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| Topic Started: Nov 5 2009, 08:44 AM (123 Views) | |
| Joan Foster | Nov 5 2009, 08:44 AM Post #1 |
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We are being asked to call or email today that we will hold EACH of them responsible for this fiasco of a Healthcare Bill. |
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| Joan Foster | Nov 5 2009, 08:49 AM Post #2 |
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In a conference call Wednesday night with bloggers and activists for the advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) called on protesters to “scare” members of Congress into killing the proposed health care reform bill. If the protesters succeed in scaring lawmakers, Bachmann said that it could cripple efforts to restructure health care for a decade. “Nothing scares members of Congress more than freedom-loving Americans,” Bachmann said. She said that members were frightened by the August town hall meetings, but “then they came back to Washington, and they got back in the bubble and Speaker Pelosi put the hammer down on the Democrats.” Bachmann said that last week, as it appeared a House bill could pass, “I was near despair.” Last Thursday, she said that in desperation at the prospect of health care legislation passing, she happened upon the idea of a spontaneous meet-up of opponents of the bill on the steps of the Capitol. Republican organizers are planning for activists to go into the House office buildings and the U.S. Capitol and confront members directly after a press conference at noon. “Don’t bring your pitchforks,” Bachmann said, “bring your video cameras.” Bachmann expressed confidence that such efforts would stultify the Democrats’ efforts. “I think that will absolutely scare these members of Congress so much that Pelosi will not get the votes and it will kill the bill. I think it could be dead for 10 years. Why won’t we? Why won’t we go for broke?” Last Thursday, Bachmann said she appealed to Republicans but “the conference didn’t pick it up.” The following day, she decided to take matters in her own hands and made her plea directly to Fox News viewers on Sean Hannity’s program. On Saturday, Bachmann said she received a call from actor Jon Voight who offered to join her in Washington, followed by a similar call from conservative talk-show host Mark Levin. Backmann reasserted a claim that Pelosi was considering tightening security in preparation for the activists, which she warned "would be a huge mistake." |
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| Joan Foster | Nov 5 2009, 01:10 PM Post #3 |
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| Kerri P. | Nov 5 2009, 01:35 PM Post #4 |
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http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/6351509/ North Carolinians rally on opposing sides of health care debate Posted: Today at 4:01 a.m. Updated: 14 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. — While some North Carolinians headed to Washington, D.C., to oppose to a Democrat-sponsored health care bill Thursday, others gathered at the State Capitol to say why they think the overhaul is vital. Disagreement between the two groups centered on the government-run, or public, option included in a $1.2 trillion health-care overhaul bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. Opponents of the public option hopped on a bus in Raleigh before dawn. They joined the group Americans for Prosperity for a noon protest at the Capitol building in D.C., then headed to visit their representatives to urge them to vote against the bill. "If it passes, the government is going to choose what we can have, and I feel like it's important that we get to make our decisions and our own choices," said Betsy Gravitt, of Greensboro. "I believe there's a socialist agenda. I like the free enterprise system set up by our Founding Fathers," said Wes May. snip.... |
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| genny6348 | Nov 5 2009, 02:58 PM Post #5 |
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Been trying all day - circuits busy, busy signals. Both the switchboard and direct dial. Will keep trying. Faxes going out okay. |
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| Kerri P. | Nov 5 2009, 04:08 PM Post #6 |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33654086/ns/politics-health_care_reform Thousands rally to protest health care bill Obama praises AARP, AMA support; Hoyer predicts bill's passage Saturday updated 1 hour, 38 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives rallied at the Capitol on Thursday against the Democrats' health care overhaul plan. The campaign-style event kicked off a daylong, Republican protest against the legislation. "This bill is the greatest threat to freedom that I have seen," House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio told the crowd gathered on the lawn near the West Front of the Capitol. snip.... 
Edited by Kerri P., Nov 5 2009, 04:09 PM.
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| cks | Nov 6 2009, 05:24 PM Post #7 |
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My cousin attended. She said that Jim Moran was bombarded with visitors - he tried to sneak out and couldn't. She also said that there were many more in attendance than has been reported. |
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