U.S. Senator Jim DeMint continued to attack President Obama and Democratic lawmakers Wednesday for their efforts to improve health care in this country. DeMint even goes as far as to
confuse the public by saying that if it passes without Republican support - or "American support" - it's going to hurt the president. If I recall, we are all Americans -Democratic and Republican. DeMint =Distortion.
About 600 people, not the 1000 being reported by others, attended the town lunch meeting while more than 40 people protested DeMint's plan and his stances toward the president.
Our demonstration was peaceful and we accomplished each and every goal we set. Fact sheets were handed out to dozens of people, we did not engage with the radical right-wingers who attempted to engage us - and it was only TWO men that countered us. That alone spells victory, especially in Republican-dominated Horry County.
We went through proper steps of notifying the Myrtle Beach City Police Department and the Myrtle Beach city manager to brief them on what was planned and to follow laws in the city.
The Rioz Brazilian Steakhouse, where DeMint's meeting was held, came out to the area we were standing in and provided the demonstrators free water. Twice. I want to publicly thank them for their gratitude and compassion in doing such a simple yet noble thing.
Health Care for America Now and Democracy for America sent in materials for us to use to display our pro stance for health care reform in this country. We primarily used fact sheets
from President Obama and "Setting the Record Straight," a Web site set up to counter the falsities and myths about health care reform.
Our appearance at this event is a foundation for the rest of the debate. It's time we build on what we've started to do - right the ship. It's time to stop letting the far right define our message. They do not speak for us.
"This state is not going to be portrayed as 100 percent anti-health reform,'' Sanderson said. "There are hundreds of thousands in this state who are jobless. They don't have health care.''
And the far right doesn't even care about telling the truth to begin with:
"These people don’t have the right information," said protester Jamie Sanderson," if they want to argue government take over or government health care then I’d tell him get off Medicare, if you want to fight one thing don’t be so hypocritical and just pick one issue."
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