Posted on 07/29/2009 1:22:42 PM PDT by kristinn
Following on the hundreds who protested Barack Obama this morning in Raleigh, the Associated Press reports several hundred protesters were gathered in Bristol, Virginia as of 3:16 p.m. for the scheduled 4 p.m. Obama town hall meeting at a Kroger grocery store:
A crowd of more than 200 protesters opposed to President Obama's health care overhaul have gathered outside a Kroger supermarket in Bristol, Va., awaiting the president's arrival for a town hall meeting.
Some held signs reading, "Obamacare is political malpractice" and "Keep your hands off my health care."
The Wednesday protest drew people from the tri-state region of Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina.
The Roanoake Times reports a pro-Obama rally was organized by the leftist labor union SEIU:
A few blocks from the Kroger a group of supports shared their concerns with the current health care system and reasons why they are urging for an overhaul of the nation’s health care system.
Sponsored by the Service Employees International Union, the rally sought to emphasize the hardship health care premiums have placed on small businesses. It also highlighted the problems Virginians face in paying for prescription drugs.
The Times also reported on the anti-Obama protesters:
Protesters were also waiting for Obama’s arrival.
“We’ll be here until the president sees us,” said Katie Hughes, 18 of Kingsport, Tenn. “It makes me mad. I mean this could mean our grandparents won’t be taken care of.”
The largest group of protesters gathered outside the Kroger parking lot.
Rho Griffin and her husband Blake drove down from Roanoke to tell the president to keep his hands off their health care.
Great job tri-state tea partiers!
Are they allowing shoppers into that store? The manager of Kroger’s in Bristol must be swimming in profit...will Obama shut him down?
Photos!! Any signs asking for the BC??
Obama’s refusal to release any of his documents that either prove or disprove his eligibility to be President is a double-edged sword. If he were to sue any of us who think he is a commie, marxist, fraud, traitor, America-hater, racist, charlatan, puppet for George Soros, then all of those documents would be discoverable in a court of law. This means that he can be accused by the American people and our websites of every unethical move he makes or has made and he dare not allow himself to come under any court of competent jurisdiction.
I WANT THAT FRAUD OUT OF MY WHITE HOUSE!
With the AP, that means there were probably more 4 x than that there.
I think that just about doubles the population of Bristol ...
;-)
Please ask Admin Mods to change “protestors” to “protesters” in the heading.
This movement is growing. I see a trend.
On our weekly tea party corner last Sat.... all the people had white hair. What’s that tell you?
It is probably triple that number
I think the Democrats have really lost a lot of old votes, they probably hope these voters will be dead in 4 years.
God Bless those brave Americans, and keep them safe.
They’re confronting an illegal regime of thugs, and anything could happen.
Way to go, Bristol!!!
This arrogant SOB has to be challenged at every opportunity.
Obama plans on giving illegal aliens the IRA and savings of granny and grandad plus their social security and Medicare.
Bristol... It not just for racin’
This arrogant SOB has to be challenged at every opportunity.
SEIU = illegal aliens union + sister group of ACORN.
SEIU = illegal aliens union + sister group of ACORN.
Check this out, man!
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