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Time to Step It Up!
The Anti-Reform groups are still fired up. Apparently there will be another "Tea Party" (against the nasty socialized medicine, I'm sure) on September 12th.
Time for the Pro-Reform groups to step it up! It wasn't too long ago I suggested the Pro-Reform groups needed to unify and perhaps organize a March on Washington to show they were serious about the Health Care Reform fight. I felt they (we) needed to spice up our passion again.
Was someone listening to my plea? (From Huffington Post) Robert Reich is now suggesting a March on Washington to support a Public Option on Sunday, September 13th. Mark your calendars. I really will try to attend if this becomes a formal event. Who's with me? I think we all need to get back into campaign mode when we were out there making phone calls, knocking on doors, etc. This is too serious to sit back and be passive.
Robert Reich, the former Labor secretary, scholar and commentator, called Tuesday for a “march on Washington” on Sept. 13 —“Grandparents Day” — in support of a health care bill that offers a public option.
While he said organizing was not his strength, he would be prepared to assist. “If enough people feel that’s the best way for their voices to be heard, and can’t be heard in any other way, then we march,” Reich said in a reader question-and-answer session in POLITICO’s Arena.
A group of conservatives have already announced a “tea party” movement march on Washington for Sept. 12. An opposing march the next day, if one were to materialize, could make for an interesting weekend.
Reich’s suggested march is the latest manifestation of liberal anger about signs that the Obama administration may be willing to live without a public option if it means a health care bill can become law. “Very few things happen in Washington that are in the public's interest when corporations have huge financial stakes in the game, as they obviously do with health care — unless the public is actively involved, engaged and organized,” Reich wrote. “We won't get a public option, or anything close to it, unless people who feel strongly about it make a racket.”
The Freepers are having a convention in DC so they're a major component of this tea party. On 9/11 of course they're demonstrate how patriotic they are before engaging in this Glenn Beck inspired party.
Why should they get all the attention? I think I could even get into a rumble with Freepers, even at my age.:) Sounds like a good idea to me.
Izzy, that's a good idea. Those of you who are reasonably close to our nation's capital city may be able to get there. I am in Nevada and will likely not be able to get there.
There are other things that I can do. Hosting or attending local gatherings would be one, and getting the word out to my representatives would be another. On the House side, Shelley Berkeley (NV-01) and Dina Titus (my congressperson in NV-03) are pro reform, and Dean Heller (NV-02) is against reform. On the Senate side, Harry Reid, the majority leader, has been at best lukewarm, and my other senator, John Ensign, would not vote for reform if the alternative was having a root canal with no anesthetic.
Yep. A sign that says, "Central Texas Mom says HEALTH CARE REFORM NOW!"
LOL