Dean and 500 Followers March for Health Care Reform

[ProSense]

Dean and 500 Followers March for Health Care Reform

By Julissa Treviño

No one will be claiming a turnout of two million, but Howard Dean and company managed to draw a healthy crowd for their health care rally today in Washington’s Dupont Circle.

About 500 people turned out this morning to push for health care reform and stand up against health insurance companies. The message of the rally? Health insurance companies and reform opponents should stop being greedy and help insure the millions of people who need health care. Organized by Health Care for America Now, a national grassroots campaign fighting for affordable health care, the protest couldn’t attract the thousands that some anti-health care protests have drawn, but it still managed to assemble one of the larger crowds of pro-health care rallies.

Speakers, including Dean, the former governor of Vermont and founder of Democracy for America, and Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau, called attention to the need for demanding immediate health care reform.

Members of the dozens of labor unions and community organizations participating in the rally held signs reading “Stop Corporate Lobbyists,” “enough greed and selfishness” and “I kill for profit,” among many others.

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[denimgirly]

1. Good Bet that No MSM covers this.

[Uzybone]

2. CNN covered it for about 10 minutes

I was surprised.

[denimgirly]

6. WOW! Revolutionary! Thanks for sharing.

[JohnnyBoots]

3. There was a news truck there, not sure if it was local or national though. NT

[Phx_Dem]

8. Rick Sanchez covered it, but only to let everyone know how

crazy the Dems are for. He focused on the arrests, and questioned whether this has been sanctioned by the White House or DNC.

I was listening in my car and I thought for minute these "crazy" people must be carrying guns and signs depicting the President as Hitler or the Joker or something. But then I remembered only sane and serious-minded people do that.

[Cha]

4. Thank you Dean and Company.

[ChiciB1]

5. I HAVEN'T Hear A Thing About It! BUT I Did Hear About A T-Party Rally

in D.C. against HCR that's coming up! Since I don't give a S--t about them, I didn't get time or date, but they have ANNOUNCED IT and all the information regarding it!

Make ANYONE WONDER???

[FrenchieCat]

9. Tha's probably why this was covered......

cause they will be covering the shit out of the next T-Party.

They, the media, want to "feel" that they weren't "Biased" against Liberals,
although they are.

[ChiciB1]

12. Yeah, I HEARD Info TWO Times Today For TP's & I Wasn't Even Home

all day!! Same Ole, Same Ole! Disgusting!!

[karynnj]

7. This should have been more publisized here - I know I didn't here of it

The fact is the media does exaggerate the tea party numbers - and never cared about the huge anti-war rallies - but I wonder how many DC area people even heard about this. (To avoid being embarrassed, I just looked at the activist forum, which I admit I forget to follow, but there is nothing.

[angelicwoman]

10. Let it be known that Dean's group does not want just any health reform bill

"Thousands will be in the streets today to protest the insurance companies and their skyrocketing profits while our health goes by the wayside. We'll be out there, risking it all, to show Congress how you stand up for what you believe in, and challenge them to pass health reform that works for us, not the insurance companies."

http://blog.healthcareforamericanow.org/2010/03/09/arresting-the-insurance-companies-live/

It is unclear what they mean by that; but it cannot be said (in case someone gets the wrong impression) that the group does not just want to pass the current Senate-bill-inspired plan in Congress.

[ProSense]

11. HCAN isn't Dean's group and

they support the President's plan.

[Cha]

13. Thank you for the FACTS, PS.

[Oregone]

14. That group makes me giggle

All these people out in the streets demanding health CARE now, and all they are going to get through their sweat insurance reform. I mean, shit...are these people missing work for this stuff?

:rofl:

They are only rivalved in ridiculousness by my new PAC, Move America Anywhere Now! MAAN is totally about progress, no matter who you are. Kickass

[ProSense]

15. That group comprises

this group.

You can laugh at the membership here.

[Oregone]

16. Im giggling at their antics and slogan

Its like a vegetarian demanding tofu at a steak house. I mean seriously, do these people have day jobs? Its a bit pathetic

[ProSense]

17. "I mean seriously, do these people have day jobs? Its a bit pathetic"

Protesting insurance companies is pathetic? What have you done to support health reform?

Any marches? TV Ads? Print?

What about a key blog post?

HCAN gets more credit than most groups for beating down the health insurance industry's BS and advancing reform.

[Oregone]

18. LOL!

They are protesting FOR private insurance, some of which will be subsidized straight from the government coffers.


Why so defensive? When not posting here are you skipping work, out there in the rain, demanding mandated private low actuarial valued policies?

[ProSense]

19. What are you protesting, I mean

whining about?

[Oregone]

20. Im not protesting here....Im giggling

[ProSense]

21. Sounds like

whining. n/t

[Oregone]

22. Thats ok! I don't expect you to correctly perceive reality at this point

[ProSense]

23. Reality:

Health care reform is going to pass despite the lame mischaracterization of the bill by the all or nothing posers.

[Oregone]

25. Yes, I agree the bill will pass

"all or nothing" is a straw man (which is something called a logical fallacy in an argument, but I imagine you've yet to familiarize yourself with the term, right?)

[angelicwoman]

26. The link said Obama's proposal brings us nearer the goal

And asks that Congress do it and "do it right."

I agree with them that it has to be done right, and that we're not there yet (nearer the goal).

If Obama doesn't deliver a public option, HCAN will be dissatisfied. Let's hope he and Congress deliver.

[BlueIdaho]

24. Awesome! Dean and 10,000 HC Reformers march on Washington!

Hey - if the baggers inflate numbers, why can't we?