Posted on 08/23/2009 2:14:49 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
See #80
I like your idea of trying to get the opposition to read at least a few facts. If you have to use Obama’s words against him, so be it, the point is that you are trying to get them to read!
I think, for a smart activist, one flyer for our FRIENDS and then another flyer for the O-bots makes some sense!
Good work!
Thanks for the ping!
Ha! Love it!
I’d say that covers it.
A very nice effort.
Is that all one document?
I went through the original list of issues with the bill and picked out the four or five that I thought would resonate most, then assembled several documents, one for each issue, Friday night for our Recess Rally Saturday. I headed each one “Read For Yourself” then put the link to the bill underneath, then the claim with its page reference, then a snapshot of that page in the bill.
Then I ran out of ink, and didn’t have a spare cartridge, and it was 2 am. Oh well. Bestlaid plans and all that. We have a Town Hall coming up so maybe I’ll try again for that.
Which is why I am bitterly opposed to any form of this bill. I don't care if the first iteration is nothing but unicorns and fluffy bunnies and it's all paid for by manna from Heaven. If we allow the Government to seize the right to determine health care at all, at some point they'll do anything they please and we'll have no moral ground to stand on.
"You knew I was a scorpion when you picked me up."
Yeah, it’s one two-sided page. With pretty small margins!
Ran out of ink? Oh sister, I know the feeling. Do the Town Hall, then let us know how it goes!
Government, get outta the way.
Excellent Job!
We did not stay for it all. It was a full house in a small auditorium - I’d guess 300 - 400. Mrs D got her picture made with the Congressman because he liked her sign. I stayed outside mostly with my Gadsden flag and Obama/Joker “why so socialist” poster. I got shot by one TV station and the newspaper.
Not many move-oner’s in evidence. They may have, indeed, all been at City Hall. I did have one older gentleman look at my sign and say, “That’s not funny, asshole.” I replied, “It’s not supposed to be funny. It’s supposed to be scary.” He was uninterested in further dialog.
Made a few pics but I don’t think they are any good. May upload them later anyway. I’ll leave it to the Mrs to comment on what was actually said.
I think you are doing an excellent job!
All I could do would be create an animated gif - and they don’t seem to work well on paper, lol!
There were a number of rowdy/noisy pro-Obamacare folks, some of whom wore matching burgundy golf shirts. One woman sitting beside me wore a burgundy shirt so large, I didn’t know they came that size!
Dr. Roe is as Huckabee-like as a man can get and not be as corny as Huckabee. Freeper Vendome has a tagline to the effect of ‘don’t be so serious about life, you’re not getting out of it alive anyway.’ Well, that is pretty much Dr. Roe’s outlook on life. He has a strong sense of humor. But he does not like Obamacare and was all about the Republican alternative HR3400 (IIRC).
Before getting into Q&A, he talked about the Stimulus bill and the passage without reading the 1000+ pages of that debacle because they did not have time from the receiving of the last 300+ pages and voting on it. That was by DNC design since the bill was so loaded with crap for the socialist minions, crap which has not gone into effect and will not before 2010! His take was that the stimulus should be repealed since we are ending the recession and only 10% of the stimulus has been spent.
When Q&A happened on the Obamacare bill, the pro Obamacare shills with lengthy speeches written for them to deliver tried to monopolize the microphone.
Of the dozen or so who got to address Dr. Roe directly, only three or four were openly/clearly opposed to the socialist program. The audience in the auditorium was overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, however, and they even shouted on occasiuon for a long winded Obamabot to sit down ... and shut up, but that was not shouted out.
One voice in opposition to Obamacare made the point that the Constitution does not allow for the federal government to take over healthcare of the individual in America. Sadly, Dr. Roe was heard subsequently to say that there were a few good things in the ‘Obamacare’ bill but that democrats did not appear ready or willing to listen to the Democrat and Republican doctors (4 of each, IIRC) who had reviewed the provisions and had major suggestions for alterations.
As I left, Dr Roe was wrapping up with a final negative assessment of the cfrazy, too long, too invasive, takeover of the Healthcare industry with the Obamacare bill. I’m sure he was booed, but I was out the door before he finished his closing remarks.
I did leave Dr. Roe’s staff copies of the thread essay I posted today at FR under blogs.
To his credit, Congressman Roe was very familiar with the provisions in the Obamcare bill and made sound rebuttals to the lies floated by the Obama talking heads regarding ‘no abortion’ provisions, ‘you get to keep your program if you like it’, and ‘no end of life panels’. Roe is a very smart man. I hope the sludge in Washington doesn’t change him into a typical beltway politician.
I just want to reiterate my impression that the crowd was overwhelmingly anti-ObamaCare. I was scouting around TRYING to find the opposition before the meeting started, and --- yes, there were some there, but --- they were not out with banners, bells and bullhorns.
There were entrances to the auditorium from two directions: Don-o covered one entrance, and I covered the other. When absolutely NO opposition showed up at my entrance, I went to join my husband, and spotted a nice young "Progressive Student Alliance" guy from ETSU with a pro-ObamaCare sign. (He had that adorable retro fist-symbol on his shirt, just like I used to wear 40 years ago, when I was young and stupid.) I hailed him, complimented him on his legibility, and informed him cordially that he was seriously in the wrong.
As for my leafets: I hardly used the first one ("The Truth About the Lies") because conservatives tended to think, at first glance, that it was something from the other side, and I realized it was really too subtle to get past that first glance. I favored Comrade Progressive Student with a copy: he pocketed it. I do hope he has adequate reading comprehension skills.
I handed out lots of the second one ("Liberty") and got a universally good response.
Oh! And I got my picture taken with a beaming Rep. Roe, holding a sign that said "I [heart] DOCTOR ROE; PUBLIC OPTION? JUST SAY NO."
Don-o looked great, very dashing, with his big yellow Gadsden Don't-Tread-On-Me flag and his Obama/Joker "Why So Socialist?" poster.
I feel quite confident that Roe won't vote for ObamaCare, and pleased that my husband and I had a chance to spread our nuggets of political wisdom hither and thither.
Only thing that would have made it better would have been tax-chick doing her belly dance :o)
Suggest you call Roe's office today and see if one of his people got that picture. and see how we can get a copy.
I’d have brought lemonade and muffins, too.
I don’t think I can get off this afternoon for Rep. Myrick’s meeting in this area. Frank wants to eat every hour, all day, and it’s more than an hour’s drive in heavy traffic.
Great resource! Thanks!
You’re welcome!
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