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Of course, Robert Gibss, said he wasn't familiar with a tea party group or its plans to March.
Gibbs is a dope and a liar. He has a great role model, in that, with Obama.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-capitol-rally13-2009sep13,0,5742055.story
Thousands gather in D.C. to protest healthcare reform
Organizers of the loosely knit coalition of anti-tax, small-government proponents were hoping for a crowd of 25,000 to 50,000.
By Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 12, 2009 | 6:35 a.m.
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Reporting From Washington - Thousands of protesters from across the country gathered at the foot of Pennsylvania Avenue this morning, mustering for a march on the Capitol and a daylong protest against the Obama administration and the president's ambitious healthcare overhaul plan.
Organizers of the loosely knit coalition of anti-tax, small-government proponents were hoping for a crowd of 25,000 to 50,000, billing the march as the largest gathering of fiscal conservatives in the history of the nation's capital.
Skies were gray with a few light sprinkles as protesters prepared to step off toward Capitol Hill.
If there was a unifying theme, it was the notion that the federal government, starting with the financial bailout last fall and continuing through the early months of the Obama administration, has grown too big and too intrusive in both the economy and the everyday lives of Americans.
However, the main focus of today's protest was Obama's bid to use the government's power to cut the costs and expand the availability of healthcare, a cause he defended in a forceful speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night.
A clutch of demonstrators stationed outside the iron gates of the White House responded this morning with signs saying, "Socialism isn't the American way" and "Government is the problem not the solution."
President Obama was not home. He headed to Minnesota today, where he was expected to press his case at a healthcare rally in Minneapolis. He also used his regular, prerecorded Saturday radio address to press the arguments for his reform plan.
After some initial reluctance, GOP leaders in Congress have embraced today's demonstrators and their cause. Among those scheduled to address the marchers is Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican caucus, and Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who has been one of Obama's most outspoken critics.
Virtually the entire roster of Republican House leaders, including Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, turned out for a kickoff rally earlier this week on Capitol Hill.
Gibbs is a dope and a liar. He has a great role model, in that, with Obama.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-capitol-rally13-2009sep13,0,5742055.story
Thousands gather in D.C. to protest healthcare reform
Organizers of the loosely knit coalition of anti-tax, small-government proponents were hoping for a crowd of 25,000 to 50,000.
By Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 12, 2009 | 6:35 a.m.
E-mail Print Share Text size
Reporting From Washington - Thousands of protesters from across the country gathered at the foot of Pennsylvania Avenue this morning, mustering for a march on the Capitol and a daylong protest against the Obama administration and the president's ambitious healthcare overhaul plan.
Organizers of the loosely knit coalition of anti-tax, small-government proponents were hoping for a crowd of 25,000 to 50,000, billing the march as the largest gathering of fiscal conservatives in the history of the nation's capital.
Skies were gray with a few light sprinkles as protesters prepared to step off toward Capitol Hill.
If there was a unifying theme, it was the notion that the federal government, starting with the financial bailout last fall and continuing through the early months of the Obama administration, has grown too big and too intrusive in both the economy and the everyday lives of Americans.
However, the main focus of today's protest was Obama's bid to use the government's power to cut the costs and expand the availability of healthcare, a cause he defended in a forceful speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night.
A clutch of demonstrators stationed outside the iron gates of the White House responded this morning with signs saying, "Socialism isn't the American way" and "Government is the problem not the solution."
President Obama was not home. He headed to Minnesota today, where he was expected to press his case at a healthcare rally in Minneapolis. He also used his regular, prerecorded Saturday radio address to press the arguments for his reform plan.
After some initial reluctance, GOP leaders in Congress have embraced today's demonstrators and their cause. Among those scheduled to address the marchers is Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican caucus, and Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who has been one of Obama's most outspoken critics.
Virtually the entire roster of Republican House leaders, including Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, turned out for a kickoff rally earlier this week on Capitol Hill.
