Saturday, September 12, 2009

Live Blogging: Pres. Obama's Health Care Rally in Minneapolis

Eli Yokley - 9/12/2009
(From Webb City, Missouri.)

12:14pm: When is this thing supposed to start? The campaign feel seems to be exciting the crowd. This contrasts so hard with the "9/12" protests on FOX.

Estimates of 60,000 at the 9/12 thing. It'll be interesting when we get numbers on POTUS's Rally.

1:07pm: "Health care is one of those fundamental struggles"

1:08pm: "Middle class Americans" are the ones struggling the most.

1:09pm: "We gotta do something."

1:12pm: "It's now been a century since teddy rosevelt called for health care reform." "The time is now."

1:15pm: "The time for bickering is over. The time for games has past. Now is the time for action."
Crowd starts familiar "Yes We Can" chant.

1:16pm: "When you're talking to your neighbor, or buying starbucks, or whatever you're doing." nice shout out?

1:17pm: "WHEN I SIGN THIS BILL." Tough language!

1:18pm: "Nobody should go broke because they got sick."

1:23pm: "How you gonna pay for it?" Answer.... "Control of our federal budget." "Will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficit." Will not make "Iraq war" payment mistake when it comes to health care.

1:24pm: "Most of savings can come from money that's already being spent in the health care sysyem."

1:28pm: "Common sense" health care solutions. I.e. electronic records.

1:29pm: "Will not accept status quo."

1:30pm: "I never said change would be easy."
***PROTESTOR!!!! YAY!*************

1:34pm: POTUS telling greenwood story again.

1:39pm: "One voice can change a room, and if it can change a room it can change a city, and if it can change a city it can change a state. if it can change a state it can change a nation. and if it can change a nation, it can change health care."

1:40pm: "FIRED UP?" "Fired up!" "READY TO GO?" "ready to go!" "THEY CAN'T STOP US NOW."

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