I just got this straight off from an e-mail that was forwarded to me. Here's what the Tea Party "Patriots" are planning to do tonight:
From: Tea Party Patriots <mail@teapartypatriots.ning.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:19 PM
Subject: Descend on DC - Calling in the Reinforcements
To: "----" <---->
Tea Party Patriots
Official Home of the American Tea Party Movement
A message to all members of Tea Party Patriots
Reinforcements Needed in DC
Are you within driving distance?
Your Country needs you NOW!
The final votes in Congress on the Government Takeover of Health Care are tonight between 10 and 11 p.m. Despite overwhelming public opposition, Democrats are working hard to ram this government takeover down the throat of the America people.
If you're anywhere near DC, get in your car and get to the Capitol right away. Your country needs you. (South side of Capitol, near House Offices)
If you cannot make it to DC, considering going to your state Capitol or local Congressional District Offices.
Gather a group and get out there.
Here's more from this e-mail below, which seems to be inciting teabaggers to throw a revolution at the Capitol.
And they're planning to freep the comments of most major news websites as well:
And if you can't get out, reach out to others start hitting news websites and blogs immediately.
Most news websites give you the ability to leave comments at the bottom
of their stories. Reporters often use this to gauge public sentiment and
reflect it in their news stories. Congress pays attention to the news
and it affects their votes.
Spend the afternoon commenting on as many health care related stories as you can. Hit national news websites,local news sites, political blogs, and any other public venue you can find.
We must leave no stone unturned.
Visit Tea Party Patriots at: http://teapartypatriots.ning.com/...
So, here's what we need to do once the health bill passes in the House. We can't just celebrate in our little corner here on Dailykos, we need to go across the blogs as well and tell Republicans that this is THEIR Waterloo, and that they will suffer the consequences for opposing this health bill in the House AND in the Senate.
Here's a list of blogs we need to hit right away with the news about the bill's passing in the House tonight:
- HuffingtonPost
- ABCNews.com
- CBSNews.com
- NBCNEws.com
- New York Times
- Washington Post
We also need to hit our local newspapers and leave comments to counteract the massive freeping that will be going on. This is why they've been able to dominate the discourse because as you can see in the Tea Party e-mail above, they know that comments can influence the reporting of stories on bills:
Most news websites give you the ability to leave comments at the bottom of their stories. Reporters often use this to gauge public sentiment and reflect it in their news stories. Congress pays attention to the news and it affects their votes.
Also, if there's anyone in the DC/MD/VA area, can you PLEASE go to the Capitol as well tonight and take pictures and video clips of what the teabaggers are doing? We need to show them as the stupid racists that they are. We also need people in the Capitol by the congressional buildings to show SUPPORT for the health bill, just to show that the teabaggers aren't the only ones there at the Capitol.
Please, go and do this, if you live in the Capitol area. I used to live in D.C., and if I could, I'd be right there, but I can't. So, for the millions of Americans whose lives will be changed by this health bill, and for the children that will no longer face pre-existing conditions, please go.
UPDATE: Teabagger advocating assassination of the President. This is being investigated by the FBI.
UPDATE 2: 219-210 in favor of health reform! The bill has passed, and this is now the Republican's Waterloo.