Waterboard Congress? - Thousands rally to protest health care bill

[Kadie]

Thousands rally to protest health care bill

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Writer – 14 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Thousands of conservatives are rallying at the Capitol against the Democrats' health care overhaul plan.

Protesters chanted, "Kill the bill," as they awaited speeches by Republican leaders on Thursday. The campaign-style event kicked off a daylong, GOP protest against the legislation, which Democrats hope to pass in a historic vote Saturday.

The protesters gathered on the lawn near the West Front of the Capitol. One carried a sign reading, "Waterboard Congress." Other signs said, "Vote no to government-run health care."

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[AndyA]

1. Vote no to government-run health care because privately-run for-profit health care is so much better

Idiot. Shouldn't be allowed out in public without supervision. Danger to society.

[dennis4868]

2. really cool on their part...

to protest a bill that will give millions of people health insurance and allow them to live and at the same time bring down the deficit....if a repub was in the WH and offered this bill, the repubs in congress would all be behind it....they just cannot give President Obama a victory even if it means more people not having health insurance....these are sick people and I have no use for them....they can all go to HELL!

[kentuck]

3. "kill the bill"??

wonder if that is code for something else??

[niyad]

4. thousands?? that wasn't what I saw on tv

[lyonn]

6. Agree, they show the same small group. nt

[lyonn]

5. Imagine Barbara Boxer up there giving Michelle a lesson

in humanity. Ok, throw in that paid for crowd. Who paid for their trip? The Doctors appear to suffering due to the R's determination to keep the status quo, besides those that Need care and are left to suffer, literally. We all can tell horror stories about those that didn't have insurance. One standout for me was a young mother that had kidney stones and they were extremely painful, so I have been told. She could not afford the thousands that she needed for surgery. The gods were smiling on her since nature took over and she passed the damn thing. She got to a point when she couldn't get anymore pain pills.

Heartless people those R's! Yet, they stand on the steps of our Capitol and shout that they don't want health care reform as it would end up costing them their $$, liberty and Constitutional rights??

[fascisthunter]

7. these stooges would rather see Americans get ripped off, with no other option

these people are stupid and sick in the head for falling for such garbage.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. My estimate of the crowd was 2000-3000.