Hot Button: Answering the call (Thursday at Capitol)

Washington Times ^ | 11/4/2009 | Amanda Carpenter

[markomalley]

A Florida woman is happily answering Rep. Michele Bachmann's call to storm the steps of Capitol Hill on Thursday to protest Democratic health care proposals.

The Minnesota Republican has been encouraging the "tea party" protesters who came to Capitol Hill on Sept. 12 to turn out again Thursday afternoon and arrange face-to-face meetings with their elected officials to talk about the health care legislation that could be put to a House vote as early as this week.

"The only way they're going to listen is if real freedom-loving Americans come here to Washington noon on Thursday, look at the whites of the eyes of their members of Congress and say, 'Don't you remember, I told you don't take away my health care,' " Mrs. Bachmann told Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity on Friday evening.

That was enough to inspire Orlando resident Donna Kearfott, who is anxious about the increasing size of government, to make plans to go to Washington.

"I heard Michelle talking about it on Friday night and got up the next morning and said every American needs to be in Washington, so I told people about it and sent a link out and finally decided to take it upon myself to get a bus," Mrs. Kearfott told The Washington Times over the phone. "Now I'm working on my second bus and have a waiting list of people to call back.

"My phone won't quit ringing," she said. "This is the first time I've ever done anything like this, but our government is trying to take over our freedoms and it's crystal clear and it's very scary."

[markomalley]

If you can possibly manage to be there, get to the Capitol tomorrow at noon. Join Michele, Mark Levin, and others.

Sign up for the event here to show your support: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=164798192654&ref=mf

If you can't, don't just sit here on FR and whine. use this link, http://americansforprosperity.org/cong.php, to find your representative's DC and local offices. Go personally visit the local office, make phone calls both to the local office and the DC office, and send faxes to both.

Bottom line is to do SOMETHING while you still have time and the freedom of speech to do so (both are running out under the Obamanation)

[markomalley]

Try again on those links

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=164798192654&ref=mf

http://americansforprosperity.org/cong.php

[grey_whiskers]

Let's get everyone to call their Representative and suggest this; and those of you who are traveling to DC on Bachmann's suggestion, bring this idea up in person as well.

Can someone get this idea on the air on Hannity, Levin, Glenn Beck, or Rush? Cheers!

[mathluv]

'Let's get everyone to call their Representative'

My congressman sent an e-mail REQUESTING people to call.