Posted on 07/28/2009 11:03:04 PM PDT by CometBaby
For several weeks now, we’ve been force fed false statements and downright lies about the healthcare legislation Congress is attempting to put in to law. We’ve all read the headlines, digested the stories and seen the mainstream media sanctioned infomercials. We know exactly what they’re trying to do, but liberal Democrats and their followers continue to push the legislation through.
When we combined efforts for the April 15th Tax Day Tea Party, we had more than 20 free-market minded organizations, over 850 organizers, and tens of thousands of American patriots working together to make a unified statement.
Last week, Erick Erickson at RedState.com and I discussed the need for another large scale, widely promoted and unified stance against this dangerous healthcare legislation. After talking with Erickson, the folks at Smart Girl Politics and several other free-market groups, we decided that Saturday, August 22nd (during the Congressional August Recess) would be the perfect day for this nationwide event.
Michelle Malkin, one of our biggest allies for the April 15th, Tax Day Tea Party effort, has joined the coalition along with Smart Girl Politics, American Liberty Alliance, American Majority, the Sam Adams Alliance, Americans for Limited Government, Freedom Works, and RedState.com. The coalition is expected to grow in the coming weeks.
Michelle Malkin said“Now is the time for all good tea party activists to get out on the streets and tell Washington to keep its grubby hands off health care. The socialized medicine brigade is on the run. They’re hoping that the August recess will take the steam out of the counterinsurgency, but they are wrong. We will not let up. We are going to get out to a Recess Rally near us on August 22nd. It’s crunch time.”
It’s crunch time indeed.
On August 22nd, at noon local time, every freedom loving American in this great country needs to be at the office of their elected Representative. We’ll be hand delivering a petition and coalition letter, along with a strong and unified message carried by hundreds of thousands of Americans.
The Recess Rally is planned for each and every House of Representative’s district office in the country. These Government thugs think they can slip socialism into America without is knowing about it. We think it’s time to prove them wrong.
Official Recess Rally Website: http://www.recessrally.com
Tax Day Tea Party Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55223597239
American Liberty Alliance Twitter Feed: http://twitter.com/libertyalliance
For Liberty,
-Eric Odom
This is exactly the bold, forceful but not abrasive kind of action that I hoped to see.
I’m in.
Can we buy commercials on Rush’s radio show as well as a plug from Hannity, etc. This would reall help!
I thought it was going to be 12 September. 22 August might be too soon to get what we need accomplished done by then. We want to have a big turn out like Tax Day. 4 July was a failure and we don’t need two failures in a row. 12 September is perfect because people have been notified of this date for months. I appreciate your efforts but we need planning and 25 days is not enough IMHO. However, if you go for it, good luck.
“We know exactly what they’re trying to do, but liberal Democrats and their followers continue to push the legislation through.”
This is more than just “liberal Democrats” at stake. But those so-called Republican weak necks too.
And this is more than just health care. It’s about “We the People” being sold a bill of goods. Being forced into a fascist regime. Idiots in Congress who pass major economic destruction packages—such as the so called Emergency Stimulus Bill— (of which only 10% has even been spent—thank goodness—some emergency,eh? Haven’t even spent it) and a Crap and Trade Bill (which will send our economy to the dark ages—not to mention Congress never even took the time to read it.
This is more about a bunch of self serving traitors intentionally and willfully destroying the Republic and subsequent removal of their employment. And hopefully future trial.
PING!
“the next major national tea party”
Hopefully, it will be a great warmup to the March on Washington Sept. 12.
As important as the protests at individual congressional offices is getting the local press to cover it. Politicians only care about 2 things, money and votes. The national media (MSM) will trivilaize and denigrate you, but generally you’ll get a better shake from the local media and nothing scares a pol more than having negative video show up on the local 6pm news.
If you don’t have a good PR/Media system and training on the local level, these kind of events are a waste of time and money. They’ll make the participants feel good for a moment, believing they’ve “done something”, but that soon turns into depression when they realize their tree fell and it made no noise. It then makes it ten times as difficult to mount a future offensive when you really need it.
I don’t know what the Tea Party organizers are doing, but training their local activist leaders in the ways of PR/Media is the best return on the investment of time and energy.
I don’t want to be negative but centralized national rallies/protests, particularly in DC, are a waste of time, money and energy for conservatives. You rely on the national press (MSM) to get your word out but they will only trivialize and denigrate the effort because they are all libs hostile to your message.
One couple may spend thousands of dollars in travel expenses to this event. Putting that investment into local efforts is 100 times more productive. The call for visits to local reps offices is a better plan (with proper media coordination) but calling for national rallies in DC is insane and wasteful.
Just ask the Right to life groups who hold an annual rally in DC. They’ve had hundreds of thousands of people show up and the result is almost a complete media black out of their effort. And I hate to be negative, but my feeling is this rally they’re planning at best may attract 10-20 thousand, which sounds good but will be spun by the MSM as a total failure and rejection of the Tea party ideals.
“All politics is local”...it’s best to keep this in mind.
The issue is right, the time? More than enough, people are really upset about health care...
I felt Sept 11-12 was questionable. It seemed to be “crowding out the 11th and it’s somber meaning.
If August is well attended all over the country...it might just make the DC Rally better and attended by folks who are excited by the recess rally.
YES!Count me in.
Stop wasting your time with these protests and use your time, energy and money to elect people to public office who will do the right thing. Get the candidates now and start campaigning now.
Aug 22 is a Saturday. Doubt my congressman’s office will be open. Will that get much coverage?
I think if you just show up at your local legislator’s office that should be enough. Not a lot of planning involved.
I’ve thought about that one, too. If Congresscritters’ offices are closed on Saturdays, then this rally becomes pointless and useless, IMO.
Mr. Robinson,if you can,please post this site http://recessrally.com somewhere on the main page,if only as a great resource for contact and background voting information.Try going to your state`s site and enter your rep or senator,it gives a lots of useful information.
I like it. I’m in.
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