In a clear warning to legislators, Tea Party groups, protested on a Tuesday afternoon in front of Democrat offices around the country, telling representatives – vote on health care at your own peril.
Approximately 100 people attended the ‘Operation Urgent Care’ rally in front of Democrat Susan Davis’ (D-CA) San Diego office. It was an amazing, warm day in San Diego; there were a number of handmade signs displaying their discontent with the massive health care reform bill Democrats are trying to eek through both Houses.
Many members protesting are registered Democrats. But, Leslie Eastman a co-founder of Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition suggested rally goers are suppose to “leave party affiliations at the door.”
“Many people went specifically to talk to representative Stupak and the other 12 members opposing the abortion language,” said Dawn Wildman also a co-founder of Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition. “We wanted to express our total support and that we had their back no matter what the party affiliation. It went well.”
Different rally participants came to Davis’ office with themes, but ultimately their message was the same, stop, slow down and start over.
Clarice Hurst used the Constitution to remind “Congresswoman Davis that she operates only with the consent of the governed.”
Victor Adams took umbrage with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) condemnation of Tea Party participants as Nazis, “even though she has now changed her tune, I won’t ever forget the insult to me as an American.” His daughter Sarah joined him; she recently graduated the University of California at San Diego with a degree in communication and is concerned about jobs. “Obama indicated jobs was his new focus. With unemployment near 10 percent and more than 12 percent in California, the president should be allowing the congress to work on creating jobs,” she explained.
A Tea Party staple in San Diego is the ever so intrepid, Alvin, he was making sure protesters signed the largest item on display — an enlargement of the U.S. Constitution.
SoCal-Tax Revolt Coalition wants the U.S. Congress “to honor the spirit of the document during passage of the bills. I should think the Coffee Peeps want to follow Constitutional parameters as well. They should be cool with the homage to one of our founding documents,” Eastman concluded.
Also in attendance at the midday rally was Congressional hopeful, Mason Weaver. “I consider myself the only Conservative in the race. It is important for the folks to realize that the smoke and mirrors in Washington will not change if they don’t make the right vote,” Weaver said.
While event organizer did not invite the congressional candidate, Wildman said she didn’t mind candidates showing up and talking to the rally participants. “For the most part they are willing to listen to the voter’s concerns and open up the dialog process and that is a good thing.”
On the minds of most attendees is health care. “I have grave concerns as to where our country is headed and I have extremely grave concerns about health care,” said Janet Oliver a resident of San Diego.
Oliver admits it was the health care issue that spurned her to get involved with the Tea Party movement. “Don’t get me wrong. We need health care reform, but they need to be made in incremental steps using free-market solutions. We can’t continue on this path, we are destroying America.”
A few miles up the road in Vista, another tea party group sponsored a “red alert” rally and approximately 100 people attended that event as well.
The police department closed down a lane of traffic for the Tea Party members, which allowed them more space to protest.
“The police were real cooperative and supportive of our right to protest the out of control government,” says Carol, a San Diego resident. “The reception we got from cars passing by was 95 percent positive, however we did get a few middle fingers.”
Several of the protesters stated that this was their first Tea Party rally and felt the decisions facing lawmakers in Washington D.C. was worth taking the time off work.
All these rallies are leading up to big events being scheduled on April 15 throughout America. After attending rallies all year, one thing is clear, the folks are mad and they want lawmakers to know Tea Party folks are not going anywhere.
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Comments
The tea party's ultimate goal is to repeal social security and Medicare. I think a lot of seniors in the movement don't realize just what the cause is that they are supporting. The Tea party is an instrument of the extreme right to abolish all government programs. They are not there to protect programs that help seniors. They are backed by big corporations and the very wealthy to privatize America and return everything to corporate control. The Democrats are for government protections and regulations that protect the individual rights over corporate abuses. If you care about the future of medicare and social security, you will vote Democratic. That is the party that gave us these programs and they are the ones who are trying to protect them for future generations. Republicans have already started to privatize medicare in the form of advantage programs (implimented by Bush). Their goal is to gradually hand over control of senior health care to insurance companies. A giant step backwards
The Tea-partiers are pawns of the insurance companies and other Special interest groups. Health care reform will create jobs in the long run. The health care crisis existed long before the job situation came up, which by the way was the result of corporate greed and deregulations in Wall Street. Something that wouldn't have happened had their been MORE government controls in place. I hate to tell the tea partiers this, but there are bad people out there just waiting to take advantage of you...and they don't work for the government. Get a life, do something positive for society.
Tea Party people are uninformed sheep following their leaders right off the cliff. The problem is, they are trying to take the rest of us with them.
I don't know what the Tea Party or the Health Bill is about. I do know lots of family and friends who are getting hit with leins on their houses over medical bills. I also heard that Walmart fired a cancer patient, and then cut off his benefits.
Lets face it, even as a libertarian, I know that corporations are as corrupt and incompetant as the government.
What ignorant comments below from obvious Left Wing Extremist kool aid drinkers.
This is bill is horrible and even the Dem. Congressmen admit that. Corruption is dangerously close to destroying America. Obamacare makes me sick.
Kill the Bill!
American Patriots Rock!
Thank God Americans are awake and fighting these Socialist/Marxist attempts by the radical left to destroy America. We will prevail.
As Glenn Beck says, "WE surround them"!
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