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[petmoosie]

I'm a Democrat.

Emily, mrmoosie and I went to a march  an event in support of the public option for health insurance reform. We were late, the bulk of the people were later. Eventually, the group paraded around the fountain. The group had had a sponsor for parading on the Mall, but at some point (maybe when it was clear that there would not be many people) the sponsor pulled out. It is probably just as well, the group would have been dwarfed by the size of the Mall. mrmoosie is trying to convince himself that there were 300-400 people there. I'm thinking 200. We "thronged" with them for several revolutions of the fountain. Emily was given a preprinted sign ("Standing together for Health Insurance Reform" on the front and "Thank You" on the back). We worked up a bit of a sweat (good for our personal health) and got a bit of a sunburn (bad for our personal health). Eventually, a PA system was brought out and people told their own health care horror stories.

The same group is going to try something bigger in October.

Comments

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

But did your signs have awesome misspellings and look like it was written by someone who didn't finish 6th grade? Did you draw a Hitler mustache on anything? Did you pack a gun? Did you bite someone's finger off? If not, the media would ignore your message, anyway.

[petmoosie.livejournal.com]

Some of the signs looked like they were drawn by a failed 6th grader.
There were quite a few with the theme "Death Panels=Insurance Companies".
But, all in all, not super-offensive.