Subject: txt 1st hcare gdd -
Alex Brandon/Associated Press A crowd of health care protesters in front of the Capitol on Thursday.
Thousands of opponents of the Democrats’ health care legislation are gathered outside the Capitol, for a noon news conference and rally led by Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, and the chants are already under way, echoing across the Mall.
“Can you hear us now?”
A series of spot interviews suggests that the protesters have come to Washington from all across the country – Texas, Ohio, Oregon and the greater Washington area. They are deeply skeptical of the government, many of them adamantly opposed to any government run system.
“The government couldn’t even get the shots out,” ... “Let’s just get the government out of all this.”
The crowd is waving signs, some predictable, others inventive.
“No Socialistic Health Care.” “Sweeping Away Socialism One Democrat at a Time.” “Politicians Lie, Patients Die”
Mr. Hershberger said he was hoping to make a difference.
“I literally got off my butt yesterday,” ... “We might have an impact. A politician can’t be a politician if they get voted out of office.”Art Scevola, a financial consultant from Portland, Ore., said that he felt a mission to come to Washington.
“We want to see limited government, not more taxes put in our face. We don’t believe our health care system entirely broken. We need to slow down, stop and start over with this legislation.”
READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment