Join Michele Bachmann this Thursday (11.5.09) at 12PM in Washington D.C.

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Time: 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: Capitol Building
Street: 100 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC

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From a request by Rep Bachmnn last Thursday on Hannity, this thing has taken on a life of its own. I won’t venture a guess on what the turnout will be, but I can tell you that practically every conservatoive website I visit has people arranging for busses, caravans, etc… It’s going to be big.

Rep. Bachmann released the following statement on her website:

“The American people spoke loud and clear at town hall meetings all across the country throughout August.  But, it would appear that Congress didn’t hear a word they had to say.  The Democrats’ latest health care proposal unveiled late last week may be packaged a little differently, but it’s the same old bad bill as before.

“This bill is a trillion-dollar, budget-busting, government takeover of our health care system.  It will put bureaucrats between people and their health care.  It will lead to rationed care, hurting the most vulnerable amongst us first.  It will break the bank, leaving our children to pay the bill with diminished freedoms and dwindling prosperity.

“The American people need to stand up again and make sure that Congress hears them this time.  Speaker Pelosi is putting her bill on fast track to a vote – and it remains to be seen if the House will even get a chance to vote on the commonsense Republican alternatives.  The people need to make a House Call on Washington this week and tell their Representatives to vote no to a government take-over of one-fifth of our economy.  This is gangster government at its worst.

“I urge all Americans to come to Washington this Thursday.  Come and meet up with your Representative and tell them that you want to control your health care.”

Also from her website:

“You see, the Democrats are playing a game of bait and switch when they talk about the costs of this legislation. For instance, they say that costs will be kept under the arbitrary $900 billion cap that President Obama has requested. Well, they’ll stay under the cap simply by expanding Medicaid eligibility. In other words, they’ll be shifting the costs off one set of taxpayer-funded books to another set of taxpayer-funded books.  And, don’t forget: we just had to bail out those states in large part because their Medicaid budgets were bleeding them dry!

Social Security is broke, Medicare is broke, Medicaid is broke – and all of them were created with the best intentions. But we have to face reality. Our deficit is at an all-time high. Our debt is nearing $12 TRILLION with no signs of slowing. We’re on a crash course for financial ruin. This isn’t conjecture, it’s basic economics.” [emphasis mine -Cnation]

Why this matters (from the AP)

WASHINGTON – The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan.

While the Congressional Budget Office has put the cost of expanding coverage in the legislation at roughly $1 trillion, Democrats added billions more on higher spending for public health, a reinsurance program to hold down retiree health costs, payments for preventive services and more.

Many of the additions are designed to improve benefits or ease access to coverage in government programs. The officials who provided overall cost estimates did so on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss them.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has referred repeatedly to the bill’s net cost of $894 billion over a decade for coverage.

Thomas Lifson at American Thinker writes:

An aroused citizenry is much harder for legislators to ignore when the citizens turn out for face-to-face interaction. This was the great lesson of Town Hall August. Having citizens come to DC for lobbying was a brilliant move on Bachman’s part, and demonstrates the difference between old-line pols, and the new breed of conservative that the era demands.

As expected, the left is already attacking Bachmann, ‘teabaggers’, and the ‘right wing fringe’. I won’t dignify these morons with a link, but it’s coming from the usual sources. As always, we won’t let these attacks distract us from the mission at hand, which is to stop this intentional, systematic decimation of the private sector, takeover of the healthcare industry, and ultimate destruction of our economy.

Sadly, the far left is beyond salvation and – although they need to be watched carefully – they need to be fully disregarded in terms of being an obstacle to our goals.

Always remember, we’re the normal ones.

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If you can’t make it:

Call and/or FAX your Congressman/woman, and Senators. Contact info here

Tea Party Patriots has a target phone/fax list for Operation Housecall. (h/t Michelle Malkin)

Here is a list of Blue Dog (fiscally conservative) Democrats who should be called as well

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Finally, here is the video of Rep Michelle Bachmann last Thursday on Hannity in which she first calls for and lays out the reasons for this meeting at the Capital. These are the words and passion of a true American patriot. She’s right on target here, and will leave you with no question as to why the left fears her so.

Hannity’s comments have been edited out in the interest of time. Unedited version here:

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-Cnation