Aw: Democrats ready to roll out the red carpet for tea partiers protesting tomorrow in D.C.
posted at 8:24 pm on March 15, 2010 by Allahpundit
But … I thought they were “angry mobs” and “teabaggers” and evilmongering “evil-mongers.”
Why are the Democrats embracing evil?
In a memo sent to freshman and sophomore lawmakers, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the House leadership, urges lawmakers to make special accomodations to prepare for the protesters, ranging from refreshments to extra staff members…
Among the suggestions:
Consider having some light snacks, H2O, and coffee available;
Have multiple guest books/comment sheets available for all visitors to sign-in and leave comments;
Have a Capitol Directory and map available to direct visitors to their Member of Congress and written instructions on how to get over to the Senate side of the Hill;
Listen and communicate in small groups:
But lawmakers and their staff should also understand that the tea partiers are reacting merely to a “caricature of the reform bill presented by right-wing media outlets” and aren’t intimately familiar with the legislation, the memo says.
Conservatives have begun melting the phones but calls from non-constituents are being mostly ignored. Show of hands — who’s going tomorrow? And among those of you who are, who’s still so ignorant about the basics of the bill after month upon endless month of Obama speechifying that you need some Democratic backbencher to explain it to you? A few tips if you do find yourself inside some lucky Blue Dog’s office: Be sure to ask (a) what Pelosi’s bribing him with; (b) why, if Democrats are so confident about cost control, they had to rig the estimate on the first decade of costs by delaying the program’s start by five years (in fact, just hand your rep a copy of this); (c) how he/she can be so sure what’s in the bill when they’ll be busy writing it right at that very moment. Other suggestions are welcome in the comments.
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60 percent chance it passes.
andy85719 on March 15, 2010 at 8:26 PM
That makes me want to kick somebody’s ass.
Man, I’m ticked tonight.
Oink on March 15, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Without Scott Brown’s victory, the Dims would still be ignoring reality and clinging to the nutroots’ version of the Tea Partiers.
Speedwagon82 on March 15, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Projecting again are we. I’ve read the Senate and House monstrosities and am passingly familiar with what’s in them. I don’t think you can say the same.
chemman on March 15, 2010 at 8:29 PM
Yeah, lefties, talk down to the protesters and see what that gets you.
Oink on March 15, 2010 at 8:29 PM
Better yet, bring a copy of whatever you can find online of the HC scheme and bring it with to the rep’s office, then ask them to explain what’s on any given page.
Bishop on March 15, 2010 at 8:29 PM
I’d tell ‘em to F off if they tried to meet with me. Politely, of course.
OmahaConservative on March 15, 2010 at 8:30 PM
Sith Mind Trick (unfortunately for the Sith, there is no such thing).
steveegg on March 15, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Does anyone think that all the “no” vote announcements today means that the Dems have the votes and are letting their Members announce their no’s?
schmitty on March 15, 2010 at 8:31 PM
The press is doing their part… Here’s the IndyStar article on a Tea Party protest at the Indiana Statehouse “competing health care rallies” (where a handful of astro-turfers with pre made signs are turned into nearly a hundred protesters)
http://www.indystar.com/article/20100315/NEWS05/100315032/Competing-health-care-rallies-held-at-Statehouse
Skywise on March 15, 2010 at 8:31 PM
This Red carpet ?
William Amos on March 15, 2010 at 8:31 PM
In other news…
Slaughter Rule to be used Wednesday.
MobileVideoEngineer on March 15, 2010 at 8:32 PM
They can’t. No one’s even seen the final bill.
Skywise on March 15, 2010 at 8:32 PM
This sounds like a “we are going to pass the damn bill, let THESE PEOPLE have their time” memo to me.
Not a good sign.
Vigilante on March 15, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Have you read it? All of it? The new bill? The old bill? The Senate bill? The House bill?
Bring a tape recorder. Get them to state on record that they haven’t even read it, don’t know what’s in it, and don’t care because this is NOT ABOUT HEALTH CARE. It’s about taking away liberty.
UnderstandingisPower on March 15, 2010 at 8:33 PM
After reading that, I’m going out and beat the first hippie I see to within an inch of their miserable lives.
Mr. Arrogant on March 15, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Solid B+.
jukin on March 15, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Talking down to protesters is SOP. See: GOP and the anti-war movement
ernesto on March 15, 2010 at 8:34 PM
Ask them why it threatens those who refuse with fines and jail time.
Ask them what student loans have to do with health care.
Ask them what their plans are for retirement.
CurtZHP on March 15, 2010 at 8:34 PM
.
Neither are our legislators.
ronsfi on March 15, 2010 at 8:34 PM
d) Will you and your family also be lab rats for Victor Obamastein’s medical experimentation?
MB4 on March 15, 2010 at 8:35 PM
I’ll be there. Isn’t anyone else here going?
IrishEi on March 15, 2010 at 8:36 PM
I wanted to go tomorrow but all Southwest flights were booked solid when I started looking last Wednesday.
Hmmmmmm…..
Knucklehead on March 15, 2010 at 8:37 PM
They’ve had plenty of closed door meetings, and not having the text to read before hand has never stopped them before. I think they’re being let go to announce their no votes, vote’s in the bag. Bring on the melting bunnies Allah.
schmitty on March 15, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Don’t have $917 for a flight. Planning to be there for the April 15 march, but I think tomorrow’s march is actually much more important. Godspeed, all of you who are going!
Mary in LA on March 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Good luck to all of you who will be in D.C. tomorrow.
yoda on March 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Sounds patronizing to me. Par for the course, I guess.
These people seriously need to be stopped. This is so patently unconstitutional it’s unbelievable. I wish people actually had the nerve to revolt b/c that’s apparently what it’s going to take. Instead it will pass and then we’ll have to navigate the byzantine federal court system in order to challenge it. It could take decades.
I seriously hate these people with every fiber of my being. We have someone running for State Senate in my district whose #1 campaign promise is to draft a nullification bill to allow Arkansans to opt out of this God forsaken POS plan. He has my vote, without my even knowing anything else about him.
NoLeftTurn on March 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Those idiots don’t know what they are in for. If anyone isn’t familiar with what’s in the bill, it’s members of Congress……..the same ones who are going to vote on it.
How many will vote YES “Because Nancy told me to!”
GarandFan on March 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM
(Jumping up and down, as though needing to pee in one’s pants): CUE TALENT:
“Misstah Kottah, Misstah Kottah!
I signed da’ guest book! I got da’ map! I’m impressed wid da talking points!
So, um, how does I tells ‘em they can pound sand?”
Chewy the Lab on March 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Watch out! It’s a trap!
Electrongod on March 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM
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These are stupid illitrate angry trashy country bumpkins who will be disoriented in a big city . So shut’em up with some cookies and H2O .
macncheez on March 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Another suggested question…
Why would you be willing to trust the President and the Senate will be either willing or able to fully take care of the revisions you need to be dealt with once the legislation goes to the White House…especially since we’re only a few months away from what will be a contentious mid-term election?
powerpro on March 15, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Hell no we won’t allow ObamaCare!!
Wait is that cookies and tea? OK, fine, we’ll let it pass.
angryed on March 15, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Look for condescension of the worst sort out of these windbags. “Silly little teabagger, of course you’re concerned. It’s a big scary bill, but we’re gonna make it all better. Cookie?”
ROCnPhilly on March 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM
THE COOKIES HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED!!!
SPREAD THE WORD
Joe Caps on March 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM
If you’re still interested in going, try kayak or hotwire (for last minute deals).
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 8:44 PM
What happened to my comment???
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 8:44 PM
Intellectual dishonesty is SOP for ernesto. See: Every post he’s ever made (except for the couple of awesome meltdowns he’s had).
Good Solid B-Plus on March 15, 2010 at 8:44 PM
If it’s a Dem congressman, ask them why they even bothered actually meeting in the first place when they could more easily have deemed a meeting held.
Christien on March 15, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Ask them 1) In addition to the federal government controlling 1/6 of our economy, why did they sneak in a fed. govt. takeover of the student loan program into the bill without letting the public know? What does that have to do with healthcare?
2) What else are they sneaking into the bill without our knowledge or consent?
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 8:45 PM
If 65,000 people without health insurance die every year, why do the benefits of this bill being in 2014? Why do the tax increases begin in 2011?
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Yes, remember that they are mouth-breathing, redneck morons…try to speak to them like 5 year olds…repeat words slowly…they love repetition. Also, say “The time for talk is over” as many times as you can.
Yeah, this is going to go over well…
AUINSC on March 15, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Remember in November. Take names now, kick a## later.
The new tea party meme is repeal the bill. The Summer of Tea is coming.
platypus on March 15, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Remember, if you can’t bring your posters and signs inside, be sure to put the slogans on t-shirts.
darii on March 15, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Nothing that will get me there by 8:00 a.m because this thing starts at 9:00 a.m. There’s one flight out of O’Hare which would mean I’d have to leave my house at 3:00 a.m.
Can’t do it, too pricey, too early, not enough time.
Knucklehead on March 15, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Ya know? You pegged it perfectly. But let them under-estimate
usthem. (I had to do that, I’m not worthy, it’s those who are going to be there…can’t include myself in their numbers, as proud as I am of them/you!)Cheezeeee I wish I could be there…but for those of you who are…remember Claire McDisCaskill’s shock when faced with a bunch of uber-ticed constituents at her town hall. Recall the conservative attendee that had the crump beat out of him for attending Russ Carnahan’s town hall.
Yup, I’m with Skippy! I smell a trap.
Be nice (as you always are)…but you KNOW how to kill ‘em with kindness.
The rest of us are praying, thinking of and supporting y’all!
Godspeed!
Chewy the Lab on March 15, 2010 at 8:53 PM
1)Why are you breaking you’re own 72 hour rule on posting bills before voting?
2)Why the flip flop on backroom deals, event though the white house is against them?
3)What happened to transparency and C-span?
4)CBO said that premiums will rise, only to insure half of the uninsured, most of whom don’t have insurance because they lost their jobs?
4a)Where is the hard-pivot to jobs?
5)Why not allow states to pass their own health care like Dirigo, Romney, and Tenncare; then see which are successful so they can be implemented nationwide? sort of like welfare reform in Wisconsin that latter passed in 1996. 6)etc. etc.
dIb on March 15, 2010 at 8:54 PM
BitterClinger on March 15, 2010 at 8:57 PM
Let’s see if this comment will get through the speech p o l i c e of HA. Sheesh.
Nancy Pelosi said a b o r t i o n s are not federally funded in this bill. Obama said this was a GOP talking point at the Healthcare summit. But a b o r t i o n s are covered in the bill with federal tax dollars. Why did Pelosi l i e ? What about the Hyde amendment?
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 8:57 PM
A question:
To cover uninsured poor people, what’s wrong with just using MedicAid? That’s what it’s there for, right?
sandberg on March 15, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Is there a monthly a b o r t i o n premium in this bill? Please specify which bill.
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 8:58 PM
And Medicare and S-CHIP.
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 8:59 PM
Hasn’t stopped anyone from voting on this crap before!
Midas on March 15, 2010 at 9:00 PM
YES! BRING A TAPE RECORDER OF SOME SORT–your camera, video camera, or phone. Anything to record what they say so you have evidence.
We are civil people. That doesn’t mean that they are.
Remember this incident? Be prepared for anything.
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 9:03 PM
Who is footing the bill for the cookies, coffee and water? Taxpayers?
Why not serve guv’mint cheese and crackers, too?
OmahaConservative on March 15, 2010 at 9:03 PM
Here`s the plan: They`ll find one sign that has Obama as Hitler and BOOM! That`ll be the whole Tea Party Movement.
IT`S A TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
ThePrez on March 15, 2010 at 9:06 PM
Ask them why they exempted themselves from Nobamacare, especially since it’s ‘historic’ and the greatest thing evah…
joejm65 on March 15, 2010 at 9:08 PM
An easy fix. All one has to do is go to the Rep’s website and get the zip code for one of the district offices. Enter that on the Reps web form and voila, it will accept your email. I always put my real info, except for the Zip.
Dingbat63 on March 15, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Question for them.
Whom do you work for? Obama, or the people? If they answer Obama, then you have your answers for everything else they’ll ram thru on us until November.
capejasmine on March 15, 2010 at 9:09 PM
This is the bill in pdf form, print it out and take it with you. I was at the OH one today. Only 200 showed up in support for the bill. Lots more against.
http://budget.house.gov/doc-library/FY2010/03.15.2010_reconciliation2010.PDF
elclynn on March 15, 2010 at 9:12 PM
macncheez on March 15, 2010 at 9:12 PM
Doesn’t that negate what we say though? I have a hard time doing that for honesty’s sake. But then they don’t listen to us because we don’t live in their district. Catch 22.
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 9:12 PM
Of course not. You’re an ideological MASTER, not a servant. You could also care less about the Constitution upon which you took an oath to uphold. You are SELF-SERVING and would rather poop on the people as to listen to their voice.
PrincipledPilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Is there a monthly a b o r t i o n premium in this bill? Please specify which bill.
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Money for Planned Parenthood is in the bill. Check out pdf link. What do you think that money is for? Also covers illegals residing in the US.
elclynn on March 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM
I wonder how soon it will be (and not that I condone this in any way shape or form) until someone backs a congress critter into a corner and asks ‘do you know what the caliber of my gun is?’
Chaz706 on March 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM
I’d like to hear the responses from the Blue Dog Democrats in Stupak’s caucus who are “undecided.” /*shakes head mournfully*
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Question:
Do you think anyone who votes NO will be saved? Will Stupak be saved? I mean, yea, the abortion part is bad, but it sounds like if it weren’t for that, he would vote fot it. Not good. There is nothing good about this bill.
PrincipledPilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 9:18 PM
What do you understand “consent of the governed” to mean?
BitterClinger on March 15, 2010 at 9:22 PM
I can’t make it tomorrow, but for those of you who do, God Bless…
…. look them in the eyes, steady your breath, and in a calm, stern voice, let them know if they pass this unconstitutional piece of sh%t, they will be personally held responsible.
Or, you could go 300 on them…
Seven Percent Solution on March 15, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Hey, if they want to help me ‘understand’ the bill its no problem!
They can bring out a copy and read it to me… I have PLENTY OF TIME.
ajacksonian on March 15, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Storm the Capitol Building! They can’t vote on it if they can’t get to the chamber.
SouthernGent on March 15, 2010 at 9:34 PM
the only carpet the Dems want to roll out is the piece the one we’re going to wear once the death panel thwacks us and they roll us up in the carpet and dump us in the river.
Mob style
ted c on March 15, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Don’t do it!!! Think JonesTown.
katy on March 15, 2010 at 9:38 PM
I wish i could post a Leonidas clip.
ted c on March 15, 2010 at 9:39 PM
God Bless all attending tomorrow.
.
Psalm 121:1-3
I will lift up my eyes to the hills; From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.
OmahaConservative on March 15, 2010 at 9:41 PM
My prayers will be with all those in DC tomorrow, but my person will be protesting outside Bob Etheridge’s office in downtown Raleigh. If you’re in the triangle and want to get in on the action, here’s a link to the details.
I’m proud of all our HA patriots who’ll be fighting the good fight in DC tomorrow! Give ‘em HELL!!!
citrus on March 15, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Beck asked this same question today. He was talking about that outrageous bit of grandstanding from the Democrats, trotting out that poor boy whose mother died “because she didn’t have health insurance.” Left out of this story, of course, is the fact that she did have health insurance when she was still working as assistant manager at Jack in the Box. She only lost it when they fired her because she was sick so often. This sounds like a wrongful termination suit to me; it has little to do with health insurance because she had insurance when she got sick! Maybe if these @sshats would get out of the way of the individual insurance markets, people could purchase their own policies instead of having to rely on their employers. Also, after she got sick and lost her insurance, she was still able to get care. She was not denied treatment.
But the point Beck made was, why wasn’t she on Medicaid? Apparently she tried to get on it and was denied. Why isn’t this the story? This happens far more frequently than one might think; I can think of two or three people right off the top of my head who by all rights should be on Medicaid and they can’t get on it for who knows what reason. One woman has MS so bad she can barely work. Her kid is enrolled in S-CHIP . . . but she can’t get on Medicaid. It makes no freaking sense.
NoLeftTurn on March 15, 2010 at 9:47 PM
I’m going to try and make it although my rep is a solid no vote. But I’ve missed all the event details, anyone have a link?
Firefly_76 on March 15, 2010 at 9:57 PM
I started planning to go, but all my best efforts so far are not solving the major disaster of a test fixture that I’m responsible for at work. Tomorrow and Wednesday are both do-or-died days for that test. I will be praying for those who do present the message of ‘Hell No!’ to the wannabe dictators in DC however. Good luck to you all.
RalphyBoy on March 15, 2010 at 10:03 PM
If somebody can make a run to a local grocery store, buy a banana cream pie and paste some fruit-suit for me. I’ve always wanted to splat a politician with one of those. ;)
Dark-Star on March 15, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Yeah, tell them it isn’t about the provisions of the bill. Tell them it’s about infringing on your Constitutional rights and going beyond the the powers delegated to the federal government.
Dusty on March 15, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Maybe these lefties would be less in a festive lighthearted mood if these people they are jesting about happened to be carrying PITCHFORKS!
pilamaye on March 15, 2010 at 10:09 PM
I’ve been using this bloc of email addresses to send my message:
‘mike.ross@mail.house.gov’; ‘drew.goesl@mail.house.gov’; ‘john.zody@mail.house.gov’; ‘ashley.jones@mail.house.gov’; ‘joe.bonfiglio@mail.house.gov’; ‘donna.pignatelli@mail.house.gov’; ‘stacey.alexander@mail.house.gov’; ‘stuart.chapman@mail.house.gov’; ‘tim.mccann@mail.house.gov’; ‘meg.joseph@mail.house.gov’; ‘kate.haas@mail.house.gov’; ‘sharon.wheeler@mail.house.gov’; ‘sam.marchio@mail.house.gov’; ‘angela.kouters@mail.house.gov’; ‘brad.morris@mail.house.gov’; ‘pia.carusone@mail.house.gov’; ‘susan.mcavoy@mail.house.gov’; ‘howard.bauleke@mail.house.gov’; ‘matt.walker@mail.house.gov’; ‘april.metwali@mail.house.gov’; ‘scott.fairchild@mail.house.gov’; ‘beecher.frasier@mail.house.gov’; ‘elizabeth.hart@mail.house.gov’; ‘ron.carleton@mail.house.gov’; ‘melanie.morris@mail.house.gov’; ‘hayden.rogers@mail.house.gov’; ‘bob.siggins@mail.house.gov’; ‘candace.abbey@mail.house.gov’; ‘trish.reilly@mail.house.gov’; ‘cori.smith@mail.house.gov’; ‘denis.fleming@mail.house.gov’; ‘lisa.quigley@mail.house.gov’; ‘joel.elliot@mail.house.gov’; ‘peter.chandler@mail.house.gov’; ‘charles.jefferson@mail.house.gov’; ‘tessa.gould@mail.house.gov’; ‘timothy.bergreen@mail.house.gov’; ‘john.hess@mail.house.gov’; ‘linda.macias@mail.house.gov’; ‘phyllis.hallmon@mail.house.gov’; ‘terry.stinson@mail.house.gov’; ‘adrienne.elrod@mail.house.gov’; ‘jason.buckner@mail.house.gov’; ‘mark.brownell@mail.house.gov’; ‘scott.nishioki@mail.house.gov’; ‘stephen.peranich@mail.house.gov’; ‘jennifer.walsh@mail.house.gov’; ‘vickie.walling@mail.house.gov’; ‘chad.causey@mail.house.gov’; ‘dean.mitchell@mail.house.gov’; ‘FL24SKIMA@mail.house.gov’; ‘Jay.Malsky@mail.house.gov’; ‘tina.mengine@mail.house.gov’; ‘doug.moore@mail.house.gov’; ‘ashley.tanks@mail.house.gov’; ‘zac.petkanas@mail.house.gov’; ‘bret.rumbeck@mail.house.gov’; ‘adam.blickstein@mail.house.gov’; ‘sean.oblack@mail.house.gov’; ‘mike.jensen@mail.house.gov’; ‘thomas.seay@mail.house.gov’; ‘Samantha.Slater@mail.house.gov’; ‘elizabeth.farrar@mail.house.gov’; ‘adam.bozzi@mail.house.gov’; ‘sandra.salstrom@mail.house.gov’; ‘caroline.hogan@mail.house.gov’; ‘ethan.rabin@mail.house.gov’; ‘hwviers@mail.house.gov’; ‘laurel.brown@mail.house.gov’; ‘jonathan.lipman@mail.house.gov’; ‘Joe.Katz@mail.house.gov’; ‘andy.stone@mail.house.gov’; ‘Ben.Marter@mail.house.gov’; ‘Todd.Jurkowski@mail.house.gov’; ‘Marc.Goldberg@mail.house.gov’; ‘nick.choate@mail.house.gov’; ‘zack.pohl@mail.house.gov’; ‘cullen.schwarz@mail.house.gov’; ‘meredith.salsbery@mail.house.gov’; ‘rebeccaloving@mail.house.gov’; ‘ndrew.stoddard@mail.house.gov’; ‘jamie.radice@mail.house.gov’; ‘kathryn.prael@mail.house.gov’; ‘will.jenkins@mail.house.gov’; ‘Meaghan.Smith@mail.house.gov’; ‘lauren.amendolara@mail.house.gov’; ‘sara.schreiber@mail.house.gov’; ‘Teno.Villarreal@mail.house.gov’; ‘charles.fant@mail.house.gov’; ‘James.Atkin@mail.house.gov’; ‘Tim.Mulvey@mail.house.gov’; ‘jessica.kershaw@mail.house.gov’; ‘joanne.peters@mail.house.gov’; ‘jerri.kaiser@mail.house.gov’; ‘Brianna.Atkins@mail.house.gov’; ‘rachael.berkey@mail.house.gov’; ‘david.herring@mail.house.gov’; ‘Jake.Rubin@mail.house.gov’; ‘garrett.russo@mail.house.gov’; ‘George.Burke@mail.house.gov’; ‘courtney.lamie@mail.house.gov’; ‘Jessica.Barba@mail.house.gov’; ‘jose.borjon@mail.house.gov’; ‘joshua.rosenblum@mail.house.gov’; ‘josh.taylor@mail.house.gov’; ‘allison.jaslow@mail.house.gov’; ‘larry.abitz@mail.house.gov’; ‘melanie.rhinehart@mail.house.gov’
My message:
To the cowards in control:
This nation will not stand by and allow this would-be dictator and his shills to subject it to the Marxist and Fascist whims of those who hate the Constitution. We have fought many wars in the past, and we are willing to fight this one to preserve this nation. Our ammunition will be our votes. And we are very well prepared to donate to candidates and PACs that will campaign against you. This treasonous act against this nation will not go unanswered. You will be out of a job if you support this forced healthcare. You will know what it’s like to suffer the indignity of unemployment. You will hear day after day how you are the reason this nation has rebelled against an oppressive government, which at one time used to represent the will of the people.
We will prevail. You will be tossed aside with prejudice.
madmonkphotog on March 15, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Sooo… for those of us who are not going… what can we do from home.
I’ve made a few calls, but my all my reps are solid. I called the rep next door but he’s a solid yes.
I sent that email from Town Hall… I changed it a lot!
I actually feel pretty much like it’s a done deal. This is so depressing. Nancy must have dirt on the no votes or she wouldn’t even call for the vote.
petunia on March 15, 2010 at 10:13 PM
maybe time for some civil disobedience – chain yourselves together to block the House chamber so they can’t get in or out!
Hehe, all (mostly) kidding aside, good luck to those going – wish I could be there with you.
Midas on March 15, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Here.
conservative pilgrim on March 15, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Ask them:
If health care is a RIGHT, why do they have to MANDATE IT?
jeanneb on March 15, 2010 at 10:16 PM
of course we are ignorant of the bill! Nancy said we had to pass the darned thing so we could find out what was in it. You obviously were not paying attention.
pgrossjr on March 15, 2010 at 10:20 PM
If Obamacare passes, will Marshal Law be far behind. Stupak is a democrat. If it weren’t for the abortion problem, he would vote for this travesty again!
flytier on March 15, 2010 at 10:35 PM
If it’s a Right, how can it be Rationed?
Chip on March 15, 2010 at 10:35 PM
So, we are the ones unfamiliar with a 2700 page bill that we have been diasecting, while they have never even bothered to read it. Senator Shumer (D-Pluto), a NY attorney, said he could not read the Senate bill, it would take 5 lawyers to explain it to him, his words not mine. We have dozens of elected officials from both house and senate that are on record as never had read the bills they voted for.
No Congressman, nor Senator, wrote the bills, the bills were written by lobbiest and special interest groups.
My advice to Rep Hollen is, open your ears mister, let up educate you as to what is in a bill you never even bothered to read.
sirknob on March 15, 2010 at 10:47 PM
Not going to DC – couldn’t find any tar and feathers. Will be protesting in front of Bob Etheridge’s office (AGAIN) tomorrow.
Threatening to vote them out falls on deaf ears when Obama promises them positions in his adminstration, if they get voted out, after passing Obamacare.
This country is going to hell in a handbasket. I hate it for my children and my children’s children. At least I can tell them I did everything I could to stop it. Can you?
tmedlin on March 15, 2010 at 10:51 PM
For everyone of you lucky enough to be in D.C. tomorrow, please remember that there are hundreds of us who want to be there, but can’t. So tomorrow, YOU are our representatives. I have no doubt that you will do a much better job than those we ‘hired’ to fulfill that role.
LASue on March 15, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Hey man, an appeaser does what an appeaser does.
phelps on March 15, 2010 at 10:55 PM
I’m going; train arrives @ Union Station @ 8:20 so I’ll be at Cannon by 9:00 start. I intend to visit Stupak’s office for certain (my mother is one of his constituents); other than that, I’ll go whereever those in the know think I can do the most good. Will have laptop PC with .PDF versions of the bills.
ya2daup on March 15, 2010 at 10:56 PM
Anybody got a fax? Fastest way to get your point across. There are two undecided in PA; one is Kathy Dalhkemper from my hometown and Tom Ridge(D) and the other undecided is another D from Pittsburgh area.
Put all questions in a nice, civilized matter and state your opinion on the bill. Remember, there are two faxes: The one in DC and the local office.
I wish I could go but kiddos could not stand the noise. My MIL God bless her, lib will stay locked in the hotel room (pure coincidence so I warned her). I encouraged her to speak to them, very nice people, not violent at all, and most hunt and perform all sorts of woodwork, just like my in-laws. Told her to not be afraid of them.
That’ll be something for her to watch…I hope she pulls out her camera for video for me :D
ProudPalinFan on March 15, 2010 at 10:58 PM
My congressman is Jim Matheson, Pelosi’s not good enough, he’s dealing directly with the Big O.
SaintGeorgeGentile on March 15, 2010 at 11:00 PM
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