Code Red Healthcare Rally (December 15, 2009) -in DC-

You Tube ^ | 12-15-09

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Citizens rally against the Government takeover of healhcare. Bureaucrash is on the scene to document the event.

Code Red Healthcare Rally (December 15, 2009)

Laura Ingraham, Michelle Bachmann speak

Dick Armey at Red Alert Healthcare Rally

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FreedomWorks Takes Part in "Code Red" Rally at the Capitol

Today, FreedomWorks joined other free-market, limited government organizations in the “Code Red” rally against government-run health care.

The 1:30 pm rally in Upper Senate Park across from the Capitol kicked of the day’s activities as featured speakers including FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey, conservative talk show host Laura Ingram, and Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) addressed the crowd of literally thousands of concerned Americans who had once again made the trip to Capitol Hill to voice their concerns regarding the current Senate health care bill.

After the rally, FreedomWorks helped to organize lobbying teams by state to descend upon Senate offices, where activists are committing to politely, but resolutely, “sit in” until they are permitted to speak to their Senators face-to-face and relay their grave concerns over health care legislation that continues to inch closer to passage.

Specifically, FreedomWorks is focusing activists from appropriate states to target 14 Senators it views as key to the final outcome of the bill. For more information and a complete list of FreedomWorks Senate targets, please see our online “war room” at http://www.freedomworks.org/online-war-room.

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~~PING!

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Read and see the video on the left
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30641.html

Michelle Bachmann said the bill actually contains
a MARRIAGE PENALTY, among other despicable clauses!

[pissant]

BUMP. Thanks for the great pics!!

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News just said they are ONE VOTE AWAY FROM GETTING PASSAGE!

CALL SENATORS TOMORROW ... PLEASE!

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

I can’t believe Lieberman is folding .. dear Lord, help us.

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Scroll down lower on the left for Laura Ingraham at the rally

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30641.html

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Welcome ..

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Concerned Women for America Joins ‘Code Red’ Rally on Capitol Hill

Crowd filled the Senate Park, chanting “Kill the Bill”

Contact: Demi Bardsley, Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000 ext 1020

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /Christian Newswire/ — A crowd of TEA Party protesters convened in the nation’s capital today to speak out against the Senate’s health care bill and Concerned Women for America (CWA) was standing with them. Echoes of “Kill the Bill” resounded outside the Capitol and Senate buildings from the busloads of citizens who traveled from around the country to convince senators to oppose the health care bill.

Speakers at the rally included Republican Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Jim DeMint (R-SC,) and conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham.

Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America joined leaders from conservative groups on stage. She noted:

“If Congress were held to the same standard as everyone else, they’d face charges of peddling a bait-and-switch scam. The senators pushing this health care take-over sell it with the bait that it will reduce health care costs and increase coverage.

The switch comes in the bill itself which will increase health care costs and reduce access to health care. Instead of providing health care, it will fund abortion and ration care to patients.”

Concerned Women for America is the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization

http://www.earnedmedia.org/cwa12151.htm

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Congress can’t handle the truth.

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Busload of activists heads to Washington to fight health care bill

By Salena Zito
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Last updated: 12:41 pm

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In the predawn hours this morning, over 30 people loaded a chartered bus in a parking lot across from Ross Park Mall were seeing red and it had nothing to do with getting up before 3:00 a.m.

“We want to let Washington know that we are not going to let them pass legislation without them knowing how we feel,” said Pam Smith of Evans City.

Smith was part of a group of grassroots activists and concerned citizens heading down to Washington, D.C., this morning to issue a “code red” alert to stop the health care overhaul legislation from advancing in the Senate.

Attendees were encouraged to wear red to emphasize their point.

With pressure mounting from the White House to pass a health care reform bill, people opposed to the cost, size and structure of the bill said they felt the need to let their voices be heard.

“We had less than four days to put trip together,” said Patti Weaver of Fox Chapel, who organized today’s bus ride. Weaver said she relied on social media Web sites such as Facebook and Meetup to get the word out.

“We still haven’t given up the fight,” Weaver said. “This is probably the worst time of year to do this, yet even with Christmas looming and weather working against us, we are sending a busload to Washington.”

Smith, 54, wearing a red, white and blue parka, said she wasn’t even remotely ready for Christmas, but the mother of three and grandmother who will have a houseful on Christmas Day added this was too important not to attend: “This is about my family’s future.”

The White House has pressured Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to pass health care legislation by Christmas; he needs 60 votes for passage.

Reid’s obstacles go beyond Republican opposition. Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., said Monday that he would not vote for the bill if it allowed uninsured individuals as young as 55 to purchase Medicare coverage.

Other moderate Democrats have expressed concern about not only expansion of Medicare, but language to permit government spending for abortions.

A closed-door meeting held last night in the Capitol had Democratic senators suggesting they may concede on Lieberman’s demands on Medicare and the fallback version of the public option.

President Barack Obama called a meeting at the White House with Senate Democrats to push for movement on the bill, inviting all 60 members of the Democratic Caucus.

Last month, the House of Representatives passed a version of health care legislation. When the Senate passes its bill, the two chambers will start the process of attempting to reconcile the bills.

Weaver acknowledged that their last bus trip to the nation’s capital to rally against the House reform bill left members of the group a little demoralized, “but certainly not enough so that we could not organize today’s trip.”

Bill Bruce of Coraopolis took the red dress code seriously, decked in a bright red hoodie and red ball cap. Bruce said he was hopeful that making his voice heard would work: “All we can do is try; it just wouldn’t be right to sit back and shake my head and do nothing.”

Bruce, 63, said before this year he had never been involved in politics or political activism in any form.

Set to speak at the rally in Upper Senate Park were Republican Sens. Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, radio talk show host Laura Ingraham and other conservatives.

The bus was set to pick up another load of people at the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Monroeville, and the group also plans visits to the Washington offices of Sens. Arlen Specter and Robert Casey before they head back to Pittsburgh.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_657809.html

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God help us.

One vote away? Really? Every time they get any where near that they lose another one.

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With them, principle is apparently just
a commodity they eventually market to
the highest bidder. Such despots.

CALL TOMORROW:

SUSAN COLLINS, MAINE

OLYMPIA SNOWE, MAINE

BEN NELSON, NEBRASKA

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

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BTTT

[Windflier]

Looks like this time, the redcoats are the good guys. I’m grateful that these great patriots are in DC to fight for all of us.

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Heard this on one local radio news report today...it sounded great. They were makin’ alot of noise!

[RedMDer]

And this was not in the news why? God bless all of the people there. I better pay even more attention. We missed this one.

[Art in Idaho]

FLOOD the SENATE tomorrow with your calls and emails Here

Here

or Here

This is it!

[RedMDer]

Wow, just wow.
A lot of the people attending are probably from Maryland. The little/big blue state. there’s hope for us yet here. we had a huge presence on 9.12!

[Lilpug15]

Yes indeed! The more I speak with ppl here in MD the redder it seems (it appears that too many were afraid to speak out for too long) NOT ANYMORE!

Not sure what district you are in but if you haven’t heard of this guy please check him out; Charles Lollar running against Steny Hoyer (D-5) in 2010 (it will be tough but now’s the time) http://www.CharlesLollar.com

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Thank you to any and all who attended today's (12/15) rally! Wish we weren't stuck in Connecticut or we would have joined you.

How many were at the rally? Unfortunately even Fox News had VERY little coverage of this rally... saw a very brief video clip on Bret Baier's "Special Repot" and an even shorter clip on Hannity...

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How is Lieberman folding? He is doing exactly what he said he was going to do, not vote for the bill unless the public option and medicare expansion were removed. Lieberman never said he would not vote for the bill under any circumstance. He has not caved or folded. Maybe there is something he said earlier that I missed?