Posted on 11/07/2009 12:11:28 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has postponed his plan to visit the capitol Friday in order to lobby Congress on health care reform.
Instead, he’ll visit the hill on Saturday when House lawmakers are planning to vote on a $1.2 trillion health care bill.
The president’s decision comes one day after thousands of Americans showed up in Washington to speak out against the liberal plan.
Protestor: ‘This is Not Europe’
A sea of Americans converged in Washington Thursday, traveling from as far as California, Texas and Oregon to rally against a health care plan they say tramples on their constitutional rights.
“It’s not going be between me and my patients anymore. There’s going to be bureaucrats that we have to answer to and instead of giving them the care that they need they’re going to get the care that the government wants them to have,” said Heather Winn, an Ohio nurse.
South Carolina resident John Hutto said, “I am here basically taking a day out of my income to basically support God and country.”
The idea was to take the town hall meetings that dominated the August recess to Washington to send Democrats a message.
“We are America, we are not Europe,” South Carolina resident Dora Capell said. “If they want to live in Europe let them move to Europe. We are America and we are free.”
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said the protests brought him to tears.
“It really does. Here’s the capitol, there’s the Washington Monument and here are real God fearing, God loving, Constitution loving, freedom loving Americans that have come from all over this country,” he said.
Almost every member of the House Republican conference addressed the crowd and Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., made everyone a promise.
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Keep calling your representative both Saturday and Sunday -- burn up their lines!
Were they going to be there tomorrow too? I sure hope so.
Great article! I think the yeah votes, R or D or I should be checked out like they are working on Lieberman. How much money came from where to buy that yes vote? With this much corruption, follow the money. Too bad they didn’t listen with cap and trade.
Great, but sad.
Our elected officials are trying to sell us into economic slavery for the sake of being elected by the lunatic left.
Correct that. They have already sold us into economic slavery.
This is so ... African. We have a Kenyan President who believe that his tribe should be allowed to punish other tribes. Funny how our elites raise their eyebrows over tribal slaughters in Africa, yet are thrilled at the leftist, tribal takeover in the US?
Here is how you get the libs on board with this.
Start saying “Abort the Bill!” They will think that you are talking about killing children named Bill and be all for it.
That’s a nice sign. Doesn’t have the “mad-marker” look that leftard signs usually have. Maybe there should be a guide on FR as to cheap & effective sign making!
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