Tea Party activists swarm Capitol Hill -- can they kill healthcare bill?

[Charie]

LA Times

Tea Party activists swarm Capitol Hill -- can they kill healthcare bill?

November 5, 2009 | 7:44 am

The Tea Party is coming to Washington today.

Minnesota's firebrand Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann stoked the rebellion by organizing today's noontime rally against healthcare reform on the steps of the Capitol. Galvanizing the anger that erupted over the issue at last summer's congressional town hall meetings, she urged her loyal band of citizen lobbyists to "Go into the Capitol and find members of Congress. Don't bring your pitchforks, bring your video cameras. And get them on record saying how they're going to vote and why."

Predicting that the healthcare bill would impose huge tax increases on Americans, Bachmann called the battle "the Super Bowl of Freedom," adding: "Nothing is more influential than an eyeball-to-eyeball meeting between a freedom-loving constituent and a member of Congress. Nothing scares a member of Congress more than freedom-loving Americans."

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[VIRGOVINCE]

Sure do wish I could be among them, but I'll be cheering them on from home!!
I hope they number in the millions and DC will have to take notice!!!!
NO MORE ASTROTURF, PELOUSY, JUST REAL AMERICANS WHO ARE WAY SMARTER THAN YOU!!!!

[JimMetcalf]

Until our representatives and politicians are placed in the proposed healthcare program, I will not support it! They should not be exempt from this program they want to force upon us. Why are they given a better healthcare plan than those of us who pay their bills? If they have to use the same plan as we do-it will be improved!

[qrayjack]

Anyone who depends on the leftist propaganda machine, the mainstream media, would never know this event was going on. These people are true patriots and need our support. I hope the American people bury the capitol in a sea of humanity. I assume this is ongoing since I heard Bachmann was calling for reinforcements. I wish I was younger.

[ReneeCA.]

It just galls me that the MSM just ignores what is going on around them just like Obama does, when it doesn't suit their agenda or sheds light on what is wrong with this administration!

This trend is truly frightening and something that I never thought I'd see in this country! They just won't cover it OR talk about it and Obama has even said he was unaware of the first tea party demonstrations where some estimated the crowd ran in the Millions and the media claimed a few thousand.

How can we win with a MSM that are obstructionists to portraying the facts?

[utexas]

I'm beginning to be persuaded that Michelle Bachman could pursue higher office than mere Congress Rep.

[qrayjack]

How can we win with a MSM that are obstructionists to portraying the facts?

Imagine what it would be like without Fox, and Rush, Hannity and Beck et al.