Organizing a MASSIVE pro-Healthcare Rally in DC - Contact Info.

[RBInMaine]

Our AWESOME President is staking his presidency on this, and he is out there working his rear end off calling us to ACTION. (Great speech in MN today Barack !) If there is to be a massive
pro-healthcare reform rally in DC, and we DAMN WELL NEED ONE, we out here in the grassroots must INSIST on it, and yes, it DOES matter, and yes if it is big enough the MSM will cover it.

I have called Healthcare For America Now to insist upon this. Also, you can contact Organizing For America (the White House political arm) and insist upon it, as well as the Howard Dean organization Democracy For America. Also call/write the DNC. Maybe people in larger cities who have active progressive groups can get them and local progressive officials and political leaders to help get thisoff the ground. Yes, still write letters to he editor, still donate, still call and write your congressional leaders, etc.

But we MUST ABSOLUTELY HAVE A MASSIVE AND UNITED PUBLIC AND VISIBLE SHOWING OF SUPPORT. WE WON THE ELECTION, WE ARE THE MAJORITY, AND WE NEED TO BEAT THE RIGHT WING CRAZIES DOWN INTO THE PUBLIC EYE DIRT AND CALL THEM OUT FOR THE NUTJOBS THEY ARE, AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR AWESOME PRESIDENT. If we UNITE around the absolute need for this and around the motivator to take back the issue from the RePUKES, then we MUST pressure these organizations to do this rally. C'mon folks. It is time to RALLY around this once in a lifetime chance to implement som muchneeded reform while CRUSHING the right wing crazies at the same time.

Please contact friends, neighbors, email pals, send letters to the editor, put it out on other blogs, to unions, etc. etc. Let's make this national rally our goal and show these bastards what grassroots is really all about. (Please, no divisive or detractive responses. Enough of that, and enough circular firesquading. THAT IS DONE FOR ME !! The right wing is the ENEMY, not Dems. Period !)

Any other ideas out there? I am all ears. Thanks.

Contact:

Health Care for America Now
1825 K Street NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
Main number: [phone]

[BeatleBoot]

1. I have an idea

How about giving us all a date so we can plan to show up?


Let's do this Tell me the date and time.

[RBInMaine]

6. We need to tell the national leaders/organizations to plan and promote it.

[TygrBright]

2. uh... isn't that what tomorrow is supposed to be? n/t

[gauguin57]

4. According to the Americans United for Healthcare Reform, it's gone from a march to a rally in D.C.

I think it's going to be much smaller than it was supposed to be. The organizers said that Rep. Chaka Fattah, who had sponsored a resolution to make Sept. 13 the pro-health-reform-march day, withdrew his resolution. And they had problems getting a march permit. So there will be a rally in Upper Senate Park in DC, but it seems like it'll be smaller than they'd originally planned.

[RBInMaine]

5. I havn't received a single email or seen one ad about tomorrow? How MASSIVE/NATIONAL will it be?

We could have a MILLION people if it was done right and planned right.

[gauguin57]

9. Problems with organization have downscaled this, I fear.

From Americans United for Healthcare Reform...

http://americansunitedhcr.wordpress.com/

"Yesterday, right after Elizabeth King from Congressman Fattah’s office emailed me and told me that the Congressman had withdrawn his resolution to make September 13th the day to rally for health care in Washington, D.C. and, within his resolution, the parks and Capitol areas in WDC, to be available to marches and rallies…..well, I did a major meltdown. The Congressman left us holding the bag. Miles emailed me the form for the permit and I filled it out and faxed it to the Capitol Police then I immediately got on the phone with my Senator Harkin (D-IA) for help securing a permit, I shot off an email to the White House and one to Congressman Fattah’s office to help us secure a permit because there is a five day waiting period for a permit – we were at four days"

"The location has changed from a march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol to a rally at the Upper Senate Park."

"This rally is to be peaceful not a demonstration. Singing, chanting, speeches, stories of health care difficulties and peaceful participation is expected. Obstructive yelling, screaming, fighting or name calling is not acceptable. If we are approached by GOP, right-wing, 9/12 demonstrators the rule of thumb is to ignore them. We are not to acknowledge their presence. If that goal cannot be obtained you may have officials remove them. This is our rally for health care reform"

[NotThisTime]

22. Obviously not planned right, I haven't heard a word about it

[gauguin57]

3. We need to remind everyone that WE ARE THE MORAL MAJORITY now.

As our president said the other night, this is a moral issue, and an issue that speaks to our national character.

The majority of voters chose Obama and a Democratic congress. They chose them because they wanted health-care reform as a top priority. We not only need to call out the teabaggers as nutjobs, but as the lunatic fringe.

WE ARE THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS.

[RBInMaine]

7. YES and MASSIVE visual campaign does that ! CALL FOR ONE TODAY !

[cal04]

8. links to tomorrow march

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6533802&mesg_id=6533802

[Maureen54]

10. March tomorrow

http://www.march4healthcare.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1
Above is a link to one of the organizations marching tomorrow for health care reform.
If you not live close enough to DC there are also marches planned in several other cities. There is also a virtual march that anyone with a computer could do!

[RBInMaine]

11. Is this info. out on Air America, Huffington, Blue Blogs, etc.??

[Maureen54]

12. Not sure

I'm not sure where the information has been listed. I found this link today while trying to find any information on this event.

[debbierlus]

13. You are going to rally for mandated private health insurance

And, the pathetic 5% public option that Obama outlined in his speech?

Blue Cross/Blue Shield thanks you.

[RBInMaine]

14. Nice circular firingsquading you're doing there. Why don't you donate to Rush. Same effect.

[debbierlus]

21. If the bill that Obama is proposing is what we end up with - we would be better with no reform

We are living the experiment here in MA. It is NOT working.

This plan SUCKS. It doesn't control costs. The full coverage plans are too expensive for people to purchase and the catastrophic plans don't cover the costs of a catastrophe.

The free care program paid for more of the lower income population's cost then the current system.

Benefits continue to be reduced and cut to medicaid participants to offset the unsustainable costs of the plan. The whole thing will be financially insolvent in about a year and a half.

You want this on a national level? Sorry, but you don't understand what Obama is selling. If you did, you would put your energy into demanding real health reform instead of planning to join a march on Washington for Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

[elleng]

23. I agree with your basic point, Maine,

and also recognize problem when a proposal loses its sponsor.

[Better Believe It]

20. A demonstration in support of legislation requiring us to buy private health insurance won't attract

much support.

And it shouldn't.

[grantcart]

15. We need to have one in all major cities

I am phoning Monday

[ginchinchili]

16. I'm with you 100%. We need to do this and a lot of people would.

I'm infuriated that this hasn't been done yet. No wonder the Democrats seem so powerless, even when they're the majority. This needs to be organized and done properly. If there is a march tomorrow it should be called off. To have a little march after a sizable march by the rightwingnuts is just asking for trouble. I didn't know anything about it until I read it here this morning. It could also have a nagative effect on a future march. But anyway, I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, I posted the same thing this morning.

[BlueIdaho]

17. If tomorrow's do is smaller than todays Hateriot rally

Then it should be called off - the MSM will crucify us and the fascist radio outlets will have a field day.

We need to carefully plan a thunderous event that will show the world we aren't finished changing America just yet.

[Better Believe It]

19. Mass demonstrations need to be called by mass organizations.

A united rally organized all-out by labor organizations, Move-on, universal health care advocates (single payer and strong public option), the liberal wing of the Democratic party and Democratic party leaders could easily build a united demonstration of a few hundred thousand people.

To be successful it would need have a few central clear demands directed against the insurance, drug and health care special interest lobbyists and be focused on a strong public option that will provide excellent benefits at a lower cost than private insurance and that would be available to everyone.

[Better Believe It]

18. What leading Democratic Party representatives are promoting this demonstration?

They should.

Republican politicians and groups promoted and built their mass demonstration and the town hall meeting disruptions.

[andym]

24. Great idea: It is also an excellent opportunity to rally for a strong public option or

even single payer. One way to make sure we get a strong public option is to support just this kind gathering.

[ima_sinnic]

25. delete--sorry, misinterpreted your OP

[WinkyDink]

26. Too bad the ones who really need this care 1. are ill; 2. can't take time off work; 3. have no $$.

[FrenchieCat]

27. We certainly need to do something.....