This weekend Senator Ben Nelson has done the exact opposite of what thousands of Nebraskans have told him they wanted; Senator Nelson expressed support for, in his words, a ‘government-run option’ for health care. You can read the CNN story, with the headline ‘Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson backs trigger mechanism for public health insurance’ here:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/06/health.care/index.html

Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska has begun airing television and radio ads across the state that make two requests of Senator Ben Nelson while the nation debates health care.

Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska has begun airing television and radio ads across the state that make two requests of Senator Ben Nelson while the nation debates health care.

The ad can be seen here:

The last few days have seen thousands upon thousands of Nebraskans wait in line to fill gyms, classrooms and auditoriums to sit in on town halls forums across the state to tell Senator Ben Nelson we oppose government-run health care.

Health care reform is important, there are in deed millions of Americans who cannot afford adequate coverage. But what Senator Nelson is hearing from Nebraskans is that the solution is not more government involvement.

You have probably seen supporters of Washington-run health care call Nebraskans just like you ‘astroturf’ or ‘fake’ grassroots. The idea that it is somehow fake, or in the words of Speaker Nancy Pelosi ‘un-American’ to disagree with our elected leaders shows how desperate liberals have become on the health care debate.

Will you help keep the pressure on our elected officials to do the right thing for Nebraska and vote against government-run health care?