Code Red: Kill the bill!!! Michelle Bachmann speaks– video…. - Thanks Redd
Michelle Bachmann calls for a house call on Congress to voice unanimous opposition to the healthcare bill. Andy Sullivan is on the scene in Washington to make sure the media truth gets out. Scenes from DC and exerpts from Capital speeches highlight the event.
Tea Partiers rally: ‘Kill the bill’
Politico Published
Clad in red and armed with Grinch dolls, grim reaper scarecrows, posters and their loud voices, several thousand tea party protesters rallied near the Capitol Tuesday to send a single message: “Kill the Bill.”
The crowd’s message and energy was only intensified by the encouragement of some of the nation’s best known conservatives, including Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) and radio personality Laura Ingraham.
“I’ve never seen so many attractive domestic terrorists in all my life!” Armey yelled at the adoring crowd. “It’s so nice to be here again together, isn’t it?…You mean you actually came to town on your own terms? To say what you wanted to say? And to be heard? Sounds pretty much like terrorists to me.”
The crowd was most excited, however, by an unscheduled appearance by Bachmann, who organized the most recent major tea party protest, a “House Call” on Washington Nov. 6.
“You came before, you came again, I guess they must be deaf. They can’t hear you!” Bachmann screamed over the cheers. “We’re not leaving until you understand that no means no. What part of no don’t you people understand?”
The congresswoman, who has emerged as a conservative icon, led the crowd in chants of “Kill the Bill,” before suggesting President Barack Obama, Senate Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on their lack of knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.
“Maybe they need a course in remedial reading to find out what’s in our Constitution,” Bachmann said, suggesting the tea party movement could teach them.
As the rally broke, the protesters were encouraged to visit their senators’ offices, even though Senate Democrats were caucusing with the president at the White House. And, in short order, there were lines to get into several Senate office buildings.
Among the protesters’ signs: “HOCUS POTUS,” “Sarah, Help!” and “Obamacare: Dial1-800-You-Dead.”
“To paraphrase Franklin Delano Roosevelt,” Burr said over boos FDR’s name evoked, “The only thing we have to fear is… Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid
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