The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading "Go Green Recycle Congress" and "I'm Not Your ATM." Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of "judgment day" - Election Day 2010.
Richard Brigle, 57, a Vietnam War veteran and former Teamster, came from Michigan. He said health care needs to be reformed - but not according to President Barack Obama's plan.
he said while marching, bracing himself with a wooden cane as he walked.
Organizers say they built on momentum from the April "tea party" demonstrations held nationwide to protest tax policies, along with growing resentment over the economic stimulus packages and bank bailouts.
Terri Hall, 45, of Florida, said she felt compelled to become political for the first time this year because she was upset by government spending.
she said. She added that the deficit spending was out of control, and said she thought it was putting the country at risk.
Anna Hayes, 58, a nurse from Fairfax County, said she was worried about "Obamacare," Hayes explained:
Like countless others at the rally, Joan Wright, 78, of Ocean Pines, Md., sounded angry.
Americans protesting against run away spending first began rising to prominence in April, when the governor of Texas threatened to secede from the union in protest against government spending.
Waves of tea party protests have crossed America since.
[57, 58, 78, veterans nurses. These must be the right wing extremists and racists the MSM is so persistently 'reporting' on...]
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Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading "Go Green Recycle Congress" and "I'm Not Your ATM." Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of "judgment day" - Election Day 2010.
Richard Brigle, 57, a Vietnam War veteran and former Teamster, came from Michigan. He said health care needs to be reformed - but not according to President Barack Obama's plan.
"My grandkids are going to be paying for this. It's going to cost too much money that we don't have,"
he said while marching, bracing himself with a wooden cane as he walked.
Organizers say they built on momentum from the April "tea party" demonstrations held nationwide to protest tax policies, along with growing resentment over the economic stimulus packages and bank bailouts.
Terri Hall, 45, of Florida, said she felt compelled to become political for the first time this year because she was upset by government spending.
"Our government has lost sight of the powers they were granted,"
she said. She added that the deficit spending was out of control, and said she thought it was putting the country at risk.
Anna Hayes, 58, a nurse from Fairfax County, said she was worried about "Obamacare," Hayes explained:
"This is the first rally I've been to that demonstrates against something, the first in my life. I just couldn't stay home anymore."
Like countless others at the rally, Joan Wright, 78, of Ocean Pines, Md., sounded angry.
"I'm not taking this crap anymore," ... "I don't like the health-care [plan]. I don't like the czars. And I don't like the elitists telling us what we should do..."
Americans protesting against run away spending first began rising to prominence in April, when the governor of Texas threatened to secede from the union in protest against government spending.
Waves of tea party protests have crossed America since.
[57, 58, 78, veterans nurses. These must be the right wing extremists and racists the MSM is so persistently 'reporting' on...]
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