SEIU

The SEIU's fingerprints were all over the Press Herald's story last Friday on a group of about 200 folks protesting Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield's rate increase. But nowhere in the story was the union mentioned.

Instead, the reporter devoted much of his space to quoting the all-too-familiar and insipid chants by the protesters (Example: "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Anthem's greed has got to go") and the equally hackneyed comments from speakers, including Democratic state Rep. Sharon Treat, who seemed to be quoting from the Obama anti-insurance play book.

AUGUSTA -- Supporters of federal health care reform marched Thursday through the streets of Augusta to urge Republican U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to vote for major change to the health care system....The rally and march were organized by Health Care For America Now!, which delivered more than 1,500 postcards to Snowe's Augusta office urging her to support a public option.

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Phil Bailey is one busy leftish operative. He's all over the place it seems, speaking at demonstrations, organizing forums, and still reserving time to blog for the far-left Daily Kos website.

Little more than a couple of weeks ago, Bailey stood in the rain outside the State House orchestrating a rally that protested an effort by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to overturn a state ruling denying the company a rate increase.