Americans will take to the streets en masse for healthcare. And it will be over.

And all the birthers, teabaggers, haters, whackos and media shills will be drowned out. And it will be beautiful. It can't happen any other way.

My representative, Xavier Becerra held a an excellent telephone town hall. He announced that he will insist that a bill he votes on have a public option. He did not entirely rule out voting for a bill without it, but he seemed pretty certain that any bill he will vote for must have the public option.

Then I attended a health care vigil in an area near my home. There were at least 50 of us standing on corners with candles and signs. Cars honked and honked.

Conservatives have had their say. Wait till they hear from us. We will be out there again and again. We outnumber the teabaggers two to one in my area. I base that on polling done during the telephone call. Of course, there is no incentive for teabaggers to call in on informational phone calls because they can't steal the show by drowning out the congressmember.

It was a great evening.

him on the spot -- "Will you support a public option" -- he said yes . . .!!

Didn't look at all happy tho!

And signed off immediately --

Am missing a vigil here, as we'll be away. What's going on with the DC rally on the 13th? I'd rather stand for Single Payer than the public option.

will be there, but Jim McDermott and others will speak. The Obama site said over 800 people have rsvp'd.

Edit -- just checked the site -- check this out!

"1483 people have signed up to attend this event."

We are looking forward to the Backbone Campaign being there!


http://backbonecampaign.org/

As of this morning it's showing 1499 people have rsvp'd. See you there! :hi:

Maybe you can find something at one of these links. Lots of groups are mobilizing.

http://www.obama-mamas.com/rally-for-healthcare.htm

Only 1,000 people in Columbus Circle? That's ridiculous.

We're too comfortable. If it can't happen any other way, then it won't happen.

Interesting contrast: the messages on the signs appear to all be correctly spelled. (Hope I didn't miss anything.)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/3/776078/-Were-On!-%28Warning:-Photos-may-cause-extreme-motivation!%29








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