Conservatives threaten to ‘repeal’ Obamacare backers

“Any member of Congress who opposes repeal is nothing more than an Obama clone,” said Brent Bozell, chair of the two-year-old social media giant ForAmerica. “Either repeal Obamacare or the American people will repeal you,” he added.

The group is using its Facebook page to urge fans and friends to call the Capitol and demand that their representatives join with the GOP leadership and repeal Obamacare.

ForAmerica, whose Facebook messages to its 2.3 million fans have literally jammed congressional phones and even a recent White House Facebook townhall, told Secrets that it is using the Obamacare repeal to launch a new scorecard to grade congressional votes on liberty. Their “Freedom Meter” tracks votes on issues ForAmerica calls “freedom-impacting issues” such as the health reform bill, Cut, Cap and Balance, and Dodd-Frank.

The Freedom Meter will grade members individually and also give average scores of Republicans and Democrats. For example, conservative northern Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf has a score of 86 while liberal Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen scored zero.

Several groups from the National Rifle Association to the AFL-CIO use scorebooks to grade lawmakers on their issues to make it easier for supporters during elections. Bozell said that his is the only one that grades legislation that either promotes or threatens freedom.

“Either you’re a friend of freedom or an enemy of freedom,” he said. “We have an army of 2.7 million activists who clearly will keep this in mind the day you are up for re-election. That’s a promise.”

Online campaigns have become the rage in this election as activists and special interests look for low-cost ways to influence Capitol Hill. The Democrats and Obama campaign have led the way in the past, but groups like ForAmerica are guiding the way for conservatives to catch up on social media platforms.