Thousands Of Patriots Turn Out At Code Red Rally

Thousands of patriots from all over the United States turned out at Code Red Rally held at Upper Senate Park in Washington DC on Tuesday December 15. The main speaker was radio host and FOX News commentator Laura Ingraham with a surprise guest appearance by Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Other speakers included Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla) and Jim DeMint (R-SC).

They charged up the crowd who chanted "kill the bill" throughout the event. Following the rally, participants walked across the street to urge their senators to vote against the Democrat's Health Care Reform Bill that the majority of Americans appose.

 This was the scene an hour before official start of rally

 

 Michele Bachmann Rallies The Crowd

 

Kill The Bill! Kill The Bill!

Best Rally Sign

 

Laura Ingraham Shares Christmas Story. How The Democrats Stole Health Care. She Energized The Crowd To Continue Their Fight To Defeat Senate Health Care Bill.

After Rally Participants Lined Up To Enter Senate Offices

Inside The Senate Offices

Patriots who visited the senate offices were left to speak to staff aides as not one single Democrat senator was on hand, they had been summoned to the White House by Obama to discuss Health Care. Staff aides were condescending and gave the usual "the Senator appreciates your concerns" response. Well, I was privileged to visit senate offices with a feisty group of senior citizens who were having none of it. "Quit ignoring us! We pay your salaries! Tell your bosses that we will vote them out of office if they vote for this assault on the American People!" Said one fed up gentlemen.

At Olympia Snowe's office, her staffer told our group that the Senator has not yet reached a decision on how she is going to vote. Olympia Snowe is a so called Republican mind you. "Where is the senator?" One woman asked her. "Getting bought by Obama?" The staffer replied with her canned response. "I will take note of your concerns and let the Senator know how you feel." At this point a fired up elderly lady noticed that Snowe's staff had MSNBC on. "Well this explains Snowe's voting record" I said to the staffer." She very testily said "don't read anything into that." We left disgusted after she failed to respond to any of our concerns on Health Care but not before letting her know that we the people will hold Snowe and any other senator accountable for a yes vote on Health Care. It is important to note that later as we passed by Snowe's office, the channel had been changed to CSPAN.

Over at Lieberman's office, the line was a mile long to see the Senator who was missing in action after news broke that he is closer to voting yes on Senate Bill.

At Senator Nelson's office, constituents lined up to encourage the senator to keep his word on voting against bill if government funding for abortion is not take out.

At every senate office, staff aides reiterated the same old rhetoric claiming that they get an equal amount of calls and visits in support of the health care bill. "Where are they?" Tania Ashe, a patriot who had driven 14 hours to the rally asked. Moveon.org had touted that they were going to be at the Code Red Rally in support of the bill but they must have had a dismal showing because they were nowhere to be found. Staffers like their democratic bosses refused to acknowledge the plummeting support for the Democratic Health Care bill as seen in poll after poll and by the thousands of patriots who have shown up in DC since September to appose the bill.

One staffer who was asked by a constituent how her senator can support an unconstitutional bill that would impose fines and jail time to those who refuse to get health care, claimed that there was an amendment put in the bill that would prohibit that. To which I responded, "Please do not insult our intelligence." I belong to Team Sarah where four hundred members have taken the bill apart and read it. You cannot deceive us." Tania Ashe, also a Team Sarah member, who was fed up with being dismissed and lied to by these condescending staffers, said to her. "Show us the amendment." Exasperated the staffer agreed and disappeared through the doors leading to the back offices. She never returned. So much for backing up her statement with the facts.

Patriots who took the time from work, families and the holiday hustle and bustle, should be proud of their efforts. We showed up by the thousands to let Washington know where we stand. They have been put on notice and they will be held accountable for their actions. It's not our guns and our bibles that they should be worried about. One sign summed it up beautifully. "WE ARE ARMED AND DANGEROUS WITH OUR VOTE!"

And The Baghdad Bob Award Goes To..... Robert Gibbs

ON THE ATTACK: Gibbs slammed Gallup's daily tracking poll that showed Obama's approval at the lowest point at this stage of any presidency since Truman's.

"I'm sure a six-year old with a crayon" could do the same thing, he said of Gallup, labeling it "the EKG that is the Gallup trend" and calling it "meaningless."

For that desperate comment, Gibbs earns the Baghdad Bob award for  his pathetic and frankly, embarrassing attempt to deny the obvious. 

WINNER OF BAGHDAD BOB AWARD

For those of you who may have forgotten the infamous Iraqi Misinformation Minister let me take you down memory lane.

More Memorable Quotes

"There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!"

"My feelings - as usual - we will slaughter them all"

"Our initial assessment is that they will all die"

"I blame Al-Jazeera - they are marketing for the Americans!"

"God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis."

"They're coming to surrender or be burned in their tanks."

"No I am not scared, and neither should you be!"

"Be assured. Baghdad is safe, protected"

"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!"

Yes Robert Gibbs has certainly earned this award.  The White House spin has taken a complete and utter pathetic turn. Gibbs and the White House have lost all credibility. Makes for great entertainment though. To quote a famous line from 'Arthur' .........."I look forward to your next syllable with great eagerness."

Sorry Barbara Boxer. Abortion Is Not About Saving Women's Lives

 

Boxer said in a speech on the Senate floor. "What have women done to deserve this? ... Why have such a lack of respect for them?"
They have killed 49 million babies since 1973, Mizz Boxer.

Abortion is not about saving women’s lives! 

Studies Find Abortions Have Long-Term Effects
An Unexpected Correlation: The Legacy of Abortion
Study: Previous Abortions Linked With Pre-Term Birth and Cerebral Palsy
American Psychological Association Ignores Abortion-Depression Link
Study finds depression suffered by 80% of women who abort
Post-Abortion Counselor Confirms Abortions Cause Women Mental Health Issues

Spanish Medical Expert: Damage to Women Caused by Abortion is Scientifically Proven
Science Catches Up with Religion Researchers prove fetuses have memories, know mothers’ voices..
Women Need More Mental Health Treatment After Abortion, New Study Finds
Teens Cope With Unwanted Pregnancies Better Than Abortions, Study Shows
New Study: Top Reason for Women's Abortions is No Supportive Partner, Father
New Study: Direct Link Between Abortion and Mental Health Problems
Researcher: Johns Hopkins Paper Biased on Abortion-Mental Health Issues
Abortion Linked to Higher Rates of Child Abuse, Study Finds
Women Want to Know of Abortion Risks Beforehand, New Survey Shows
Recent Poll Reveals Most Americans Think Abortion Hurts Women
Planned Parenthood Misleads Women on Abortion's Mental Health Risks
Study: Abortions Cause Future Relationship Problems, More Domestic Violence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

49,551,703
Total Abortions since 1973 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why the drop after 1960? (in deaths of women from illegal abortions)

The reasons were new and better antibiotics, better surgery and the establishment of intensive care units in hospitals. This was in the face of a rising population. Between 1967 and 1970 sixteen states legalized abortion. In most it was limited, only for rape, incest and severe fetal handicap (life of mother was legal in all states). There were two big exceptions — California in 1967, and New York in 1970 allowed abortion on demand. Now look at the chart carefully.
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Abortion Statistics - Decision to Have an Abortion (U.S.)
· 25.5% of women deciding to have an abortion want to postpone childbearing
· 21.3% of women cannot afford a baby
· 14.1% of women have a relationship issue or their partner does not want a child
· 12.2% of women are too young (their parents or others object to the pregnancy)
· 10.8% of women feel a child will disrupt their education or career
· 7.9% of women want no (more) children
· 3.3% of women have an abortion due to a risk to fetal health
2.8% of women have an abortion due to a risk to maternal health
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So how many women’s lives have been saved by abortion?

Less than 3% of abortions since 1972 were reported to be “due to a risk to maternal health.” A reasonable person would recognize that not all of those cases represent a lethal risk. But let’s say they did. That means that nearly 45 million fetuses were butchered to save the lives of about 1.3 million women. Or put another way; 35 babies are killed to save each woman.

Abortion was legal in all 50 states prior to Roe v. Wade in cases of danger to the life of the woman. 

Roe v Wade: FULL Text (The Decision that wiped out an entire Generation 33 years ago today)

Pelosi Protest Pictures Orange County, CA

Tish At Pelosi Protest

Cece & Tish

SEIU In Action

Liberal Ignorance, Hate, and Intolerance: George Lopez Attacks Todd Palin

This is an excellent article defending the Palins on the recent attack by George Lopez and Joy Behar. First posted on November 29, 2009 by Vocal Minority. 

About one-third the way through Sarah Palin’s informative memoir, I’ve learned not only about her, but her husband Todd as well.

For you libs who prefer to bash Sarah’s book rather than actually read it, Todd is part Yupik Eskimo and worked on the icy shores of northern Alaska since childhood, where he learned to be self-sufficient and self-reliant. By the time he moved with his family to Wasilla, he had been one of the only teens in town to have earned enough to purchase his own car. After he and Sarah were married, he was so dedicated earning income for his family, he spent days away from Sarah and young Track and Bristol to work in the oil fields, and even missed Willow’s birth because of it.

In short, Todd Palin is in no way a “bum,” and was never destined to be.
Why do I bring this all up? Because last week (the 20th) the ignorant, hateful, and intolerant liberal “comedian” Joy Behar had on as guest the ignorant, hateful, and intolerant liberal “comedian” George Lopez. An agreeing Behar played clips from Lopez’s most recent HBO special, which included such gems as …

There are a lot of politicians that would be Latinos and a lot now who are Latino. Sarah Palin, Latina. Believe me. She’s got all the signs. She works and her husband don’t.

To add insult to injury, Lopez and Behar discussed Mr. Palin’s role as a stay-at-home dad.

LOPEZ: I mean, the concept of Todd Palin being a stay-at-home dad-listen Joy, when I was a kid, those guys were called bums.
BEHAR: Uh-huh. They’re still called bums.

I’m confused. For decades the left has worked incessantly to completely redefine the roles of men and women in the home and in the workplace. Isn’t that what libs wanted: for women to unabashedly take on traditional male roles and vice versa? That why was Sarah Palin slammed by the left during the ’08 campaign for “shafting her children” because she chose to work the tough long hours of political office?

Easy: Because only liberal women are to be praised for “doing it all.” Conservative women, on the other, are not “real women” according to many self-proclaimed feminists, so when they break the so-called glass ceiling, it doesn’t count.

And so it seems to be with Todd Palin. If a liberal/Democrat man played stay-at-home dad so the wife could have her career, he would most likely be make Time Magazine’s Man of the Year. But when a conservative/Republican does it, he’s a bum.

This is what passes for tolerant, civil, open-minded conversation for the left. But remember, it’s the Rush Limbaugh’s and Glenn Beck’s of the world who are poisoning the airwaves and TV.
Isn’t it easy to be a liberal? No equally applied set of rules, no principles, no decency. Just your own lies to spew inside the comfortable little bubble, dutifully echoed by other liberals until the lies are repeated often enough that they become truth.

“We put too much faith in conventional wisdom; Insist on the truth or you will never be free.”
Colleen Raezler at NewsBusters caught this excuse for a talk show and noted that Mr. Palin was described in the Washington Post—hardly a right-wing publication—very much like he is in his wife’s memoir:

Funny that even the liberal Washington Post admitted that Todd Palin was anything but a bum in a hit piece on him last year.

… But Todd Palin, 44, the ruggedly handsome four-time winner of the 2,000-mile Iron Dog snowmobile race, was already an Alaska star before his wife’s election in 2006. Along with his family duties, he held two jobs, working occasional 85-hour weeks as an oil production operator for BP and, for a month each summer, as a commercial salmon fisherman in Bristol Bay.

Lopez didn’t simply insult the Palins’ division of labor, but opened fire on her looks and other situations regarding her family after Behar asked him, “What other signs are there that Palin is Latino?”

“She has a child and a grandchild the same age, and the tell-tale sign is she needs to get her roots done,” Lopez replied.

Speaking of employment, the other day Rasmussen released a report regarding our ever-increasing unemployment rate: Of those Americans jobless and looking, 15% are Democrats, yet only 9.9% are Republican. (Those with no major party affiliation make up 15.6%.)
Eowyn, who blogs at Giovanni’s World, asks:

Anyone interested in providing an explanation for why more Democrats and Independents than Republicans are unemployed? Is it because Republicans are more likely to be self-employed businessmen/women?

That could be, but I think these statistics make perfect sense. I’d bet that in general more Dems are unemployed than Republicans, given the behavior and expectations of each (not every single person of course, but generally): Republicans don’t look for handouts from big government. They don’t care who’s president. They just work. Period.

Dems on the other hand have an ingrained entitlement mentality. They and the party they support have been weaned on “the government owes me.” Look at all the footage from Obamaniacs during and after the ‘08 campaign—they were just waiting for Obama to become president in order to hold their hand out and for nanny gov’t to give them something they didn’t earn—pay for their house, their food, their health care, etc.. Not long ago in Detroit thousands of poor people (mostly minorities) stood on line waiting to get, as one local news interviewee called it, “Obama money.” Why work? 

Think I’m generalizing? Think there are an equal number of Dems and Reps on the welfare rolls? Doubt it. You’d never see someone like Todd Palin going on welfare. But I’m sure the unfunny George Lopez and Joy Behar wouldn’t dare insult anyone taking welfare or waiting on line for “Obama money,” as long as they were good little Democrat-voters. (You know, real bums).

And now The Democrat leadership is punishing hard work and initiative through taxation and demonization of the evil “rich” who by means of the unfair capitalist system have stolen from the unemployed what’s rightfully theirs.

Sorry, call me mean-spirited but I’m calling it as I see it: Democrats being unemployed at a higher percentage than Republicans is no accident.

So let George Lopez deflect the actual problems plaguing Hispanics—high unemployment among males and sexual activity so rampant that teenage girls are making their mothers grandmothers at a relatively young age—by projecting it onto Sarah and Todd Palin. Let his left-leaning audience laugh, and let like-minded liberals like Joy Behar give him a forum to spew his hatred against two of the most decent and hard-working people currently in the public eye.

Because the truth is, George Lopez and Joy Behar, America is better off with folks like Sarah and Todd Palin than with either of you.

New Lefty Outrage: Gasp, Sarah Palin Flies in Planes!

By Josh Painter

Texas For Palin

Monday, November 30, 2009

New Lefty Outrage: Gasp, Sarah Palin Flies in Planes!

-By Warner Todd Huston

Al Gore flies all across the world destroying the environment with his travels so that he can sell the fantasy of globaloney. Hundreds of government officials will be crisscrossing the globe flying to Copenhagen to "save the planet" at the upcoming Climate Conference this December. All are adding to what leftists call global warming and they are adding more in just the month of December alone with their efforts than any common citizen would in their entire lifetime.

So, what is the lefty outrage du jour? Is it that these so-called environmentalists are hypocrites? Nope. The newest outrage from the left is that Sarah Palin dares to fly from city to city during her whirlwind book tour.

I know. The nerve of her, eh?

At issue with Joey McGinniss' "shocking" expose is the bus that Palin has been using to get from one location to the next in the local areas during her book tour, but has flown the longer distances. Why is this such an outrage? Because Palin said this about her book tour when it began:

“I’ll post our progress from the road.”

According to McGinniss this proves that Palin is a liar about using the buss to cross the country on her book tour. Since she has at times been flying, apparently, McGinniss thinks that the "from the road" part of her post makes her a liar despite that it is quite common vernacular to use that phrase when discussing travel. Who says "from the air" when they are talking about traveling?

McGinniss then goes on to ask all sorts of "probing" questions about the flights. He wants to know who is paying for the flights, if she has anyone else on these planes with her, if she'll continue to fly, if she… well, let's just say he has a lot of questions.

And let's remind this left-wing hack that none of the answers to these questions are any of his business! Sarah Palin is a private individual dealing with a private business. She is not working for the taxpayers and her bills are paid for out of the profits of her book sales and/or the company that is publishing the work. Sarah Palin has absolutely no responsibility to answer to some twit in the press about her expenses.

If she wants to fly 20 different private jets to fly to 20 different cities, it is none of Joey McGinniss' business.

If Sarah Palin wants to drive 20 busses where ever she wants to ride them it is none of Joey McGinniss' business.

If Sarah Palin wants to ride a horse and buggy to every book stop it is none of Joey McGinniss' business.

Joey McGinniss has a tempest in a teapot all revved up and ready to outrage his extremist, left-wing buddies, to be sure, but he definitely has nothing of any note to write about. Must be a slow news day to be pushing this falderal.

But I guess it shouldn't be surprising. Joey McGinniss has been trying to get at Sarah since she debuted on the national scene. So, one wonders, how many books has Joey McGinniss' name sold?

-WTH

First Update: Joshua Livestro and Doug Brady have more at C4P, including a very good breakdown on the distances between some of the stops on the first leg of the Going Rogue tour. When it made sense to fly (long distances between stops), Sarah Palin flew. When it made sense to ride the bus (shorter distances between stops), she stayed on the bus. Well, duh!

Only one very small nit to pick. The jet former Gov. Palin flew on is an entirely different plane from the aircraft she boarded for her trip to Asheville for her meeting and dinner with the Grahams. The latter was not a jet (at least not a "pure" jet), but a smaller turboprop which Franklin Graham dispatched to bring her from Roanoke to Asheville and back. Since her visit was at Billy Graham's request, it is entirely appropriate that the  Grahams  furinshed her transportation.

The leftist Palin-haters are going to have to wake up and realize that she is no longer governor of Alaska and therefore is now immune to their Cloward-Pliven crap. They can't file any more bogus complaints against her.

Second Update: HarperCollins spokesperson Tina Andreadis informed Greg Sargent that Sarah Palin had taken only three plane trips, that her plane travel was been minimal and only, as we pointed out previously, for logistical reasons. The publisher, not Palin, scheduled the plane trips and also paid for them. Other than the three flights, Sarah Palin's book signing travel was indeed done on the tour bus.

Palin-haters make themselves look petty, mean and desperately stupid again. End of story.

- JP

UPDATE by VO: Jim Geraghty of National Review has an extensive article out today on McGinnis' hit piece. It's great.

UPDATE II by VO: One thing we should have mentioned - Dermot Cole at the News-Miner reveals that McGinniss has been lying about his interview and photo requests to the Governor. For instance, he's been saying that Palin would not cooperate with him unless she got a guarantee the piece would be favorable. Sharon Leighow, Mr. Bill's deputy, released the actual e-mails in question, and they reveal that Joe McGinniss is full of crap.