"Kill the Bill" rally on Capitol Hill - lots of pics

[Kadie]

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: A protester holds up a placard calling for Congress to kill the Health Care Reform bill during a demonstration on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. While The Committee on Rules will determine how the pending health care legislation will advance through the vote in the House of Representatives a large group of protestors and Republican lawmakers rallied on the Capitol grounds calling for the defeat of the reform bill.


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Protesters hold up a placards calling for Congress to kill the Health Care Reform bill during a demonstration on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. While The Committee on Rules will determine how the pending health care legislation will advance through the vote in the House of Representatives a large group of protestors and Republican lawmakers rallied on the Capitol grounds calling for the defeat of the reform bill.


A protestor holds a picture of former U.S. President George Washington crying as several groups hold a "Kill the Bill" rally against President Barack Obama's health care legislation, on the west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 20, 2010.


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Protesters hold up a placards calling for Congress to kill the Health Care Reform bill during a demonstration on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. While The Committee on Rules will determine how the pending health care legislation will advance through the vote in the House of Representatives a large group of protestors and Republican lawmakers rallied on the Capitol grounds calling for the defeat of the reform bill.


People rally in opposition to government reform of health care in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. The 'Kill the Bill' rally comes on the eve of a vote on health reform by US lawmakers.


People rally in opposition to government reform of health care in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. The 'Kill the Bill' rally comes on the eve of a vote on health reform by US lawmakers.


People rally in opposition to government reform of health care in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. The 'Kill the Bill' rally comes on the eve of a vote on health reform by US lawmakers.


People rally in opposition to government reform of health care in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. The 'Kill the Bill' rally comes on the eve of a vote on health reform by US lawmakers.


People rally in opposition to government reform of health care in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. The 'Kill the Bill' rally comes on the eve of a vote on health reform by US lawmakers.


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) greets protestersduring a demonstration calling for Congress to kill the Health Care Reform bill on March 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. While The Committee on Rules will determine how the pending health care legislation will advance through the vote in the House of Representatives a large group of protestors and Republican lawmakers rallied on the Capitol grounds calling for the defeat of the reform bill.


People rally in opposition to government reform of health care in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. The 'Kill the Bill' rally comes on the eve of a vote on health reform by US lawmakers.


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: A protesters hold up placards calling for Congress to kill the Health Care Reform bill during a demonstration on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. While The Committee on Rules will determine how the pending health care legislation will advance through the vote in the House of Representatives a large group of protestors and Republican lawmakers rallied on the Capitol grounds calling for the defeat of the reform bill.


People rally in opposition to government reform of health care in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. The 'Kill the Bill' rally comes on the eve of a vote on health reform by US lawmakers.


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Protesters hold up a placards calling for Congress to kill the Health Care Reform bill during a demonstration on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. While The Committee on Rules will determine how the pending health care legislation will advance through the vote in the House of Representatives a large group of protestors and Republican lawmakers rallied on the Capitol grounds calling for the defeat of the reform bill.


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Preston Clark, from Delaware, cheers during a demonstration calling for Congress to kill the Health Care Reform bill on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. While The Committee on Rules will determine how the pending health care legislation will advance through the vote in the House of Representatives a large group of protestors and Republican lawmakers rallied on the Capitol grounds calling for the defeat of the reform bill.


People rally in opposition to government reform of health care in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2010. The 'Kill the Bill' rally comes on the eve of a vote on health reform by US lawmakers.

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. Makes me want it just to piss them off more.

Lumps and all.

[gateley]

I'm just dying to see how they respond when they or members of their families

or friends actually benefit from some of the changes coming down the pike.

[Cronus Protagonist]

14. I"m thinking, flawed though the bill is...

That enough people will like it that the American people will get that we can make the gubment do stuff for us and ask for MORE. It could be a watershed where the US comes of political age and demands the same things that Europeans have demanded for a long time, that the gubmint actually provide service for the populations instead of just killing and raping them!

[gateley]

33. Only problem is, what will they hide their racism behind then?

But I agree. Once they see that they're not getting screwed, and lo! behold! MAYBE even benefitting, they may actually shut up and take another look at what we really can do.

[Hansel]

81. My guess is quite a few of them already benefit from government programs.

I used to work in welfare department in my county. I'm pretty familiar with the type of people who sit in the bars and rail against welfare and then either they or their girlfriends show up at the county with their hands out.

Let me see, it seems like there are a couple of real famous ones I can think of. Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin come to mind. These folks have no trouble taking government money. They just don't want that illegitimate Black president guy handing it out to "his kind".

If someone would put in that HCR is for whites only and free, they'd be happy as fools.








Edit for spelling errors.

[gateley]

93. You know, I don't think it would even have to be free, just for whites only. nt

[livetohike]

2. Poor fools.

They really believe their little protest is going to change anything. I feel sorry for the older people in the crowd (I'm 57) - guess they really don't want their social security and medicare benefits either. Maybe they will give them back :-).

Edit:spelling

[gateley]

3. These sicken me. nt

[SeattleGirl]

4. Wow, look at all those pasty white people!

The same ones who would fight to get to the front of the line for some kind of government assistance if they needed it. (If they didn't already do that, that is.)

[Bicoastal]

9. JINX!

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

13. .....

:rofl:

:hi:

[patrice]

31. "Me and Mine FIRST and screw anyone who is different or disagrees"

[Bicoastal]

5. Sooooooo many pasty old guys...

...hope they brought plenty of sunblock.

[SeattleGirl]

8. LOL! You used almost the same term I did!

:rofl:

[Bicoastal]

12. At about the same time, too!

Great minds...

[tridim]

6. Such diversity!

Old, white people and even older white people.

[CatWoman]

82. and all of them on that evil Marxist, Communist system

known as Medicare.

fucking idiots :nuke:

[graywarrior]

7. I see white people.

And only white people.

[Beaverhausen]

72. I see stupid white people

[berni_mccoy]

10. I wonder how many Anti-HCR DUers were in those crowds.

[demmiblue]

25. berni, I am sure that there are no DUers at that rally. Really.

:eyes:

[Maru Kitteh]

68. I'm not.

[Maru Kitteh]

67. I can think of a couple that would fit right in there.

[BR_Parkway]

11. 90% of the sea of white faces is on some form of gov't healthcare - and just

afraid Obama is going to take it from them to give to black people. It's really disgusting. I wish that whatever the final bill will have in it would be a personal "opt out" - just check this box and you won't get another bit of "socialized medical care"

[SeattleGirl]

17. I'd go further than that.

The box should say "I choose to opt out of any and ALL government programs, including but not limited to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security."

[BR_Parkway]

22. Call it The Teabagger Exemption and they'd flock to before they

realized what they were signing.

Was talking to my friend on line and sent him a video of an interview at one of the rallies - he sent a few back - it's amazingly scary how often these people all over repeat the exact same phrases, and none of them can answer any detailed questions beyond that.

It truly is brainwashing

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. I love the fact that they can't handle our country's first African American President.

I hope it just continues to bug the everloving shit out of them for the remainder of his first term and all of his second.

"Voo-Doo Medicine" my ass.

Ignorant racist motherfucking pigs.

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. I don't love that at all

It saddens me.

[LiberalLoner]

23. Me too, I hope they choke on their bile for the next seven years....

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. Their signs make less and less sense all the time

WTF does this mean? EQUAL RIGHTS NOT EQUAL THINGS

:wtf:

[SeattleGirl]

21. I had that same reaction.

:wtf: indeed.

[demmiblue]

28. That one is perplexing!

[Turborama]

34. "In God we trust"

"Not government"

Could be a Taliban bumper sticker.

[blondeatlast]

36. Agreed. I've been thinking about it for five minutes now and it still comes up as

:wtf:

I'm going to stop, because it is a lovely day here and I want to enjoy it.

[jwirr]

40. They fail to understand that health care is a right not a thing. That is

why we can go to an emergency room if we do not have any money.

[JBoy]

49. Nobody is allowed to have a hat "equal" to his.

See the way he's glaring at the woman who has the same kind of hat on?

[bluestateguy]

19. White people! Pasty faced white people!!

[LiberalLoner]

20. Someone please tell me these people don't represent the majority of America...

Teh STOOOPID hurts! It burns, it burns! Not to mention the disgusting racism.

[SeattleGirl]

27. I don't think they are. It's just that the M$M covers them so

much you'd think they were.

[That Is Quite Enough]

43. If they do, we're pretty screwn

[opihimoimoi]

24. Those WASPy fuckers are all being EXPLOITED no end....their minds stolen

they plod on like Stepford GOP Clones

I pity them

Their Selfishness drips from their bodies like mini tsunamis

[patrice]

26. Watch the coverage they'll get when MILLIONS of Peace demonstrators were IGNORED by the voice of

the anti-Christ, Amerikan Media.

[FourScore]

29. Oboma? Really???

Look at the name scrawled on the pocket of that first picture. Oboma. They haven't a clue how dumb they are.

[Political Heretic]

30. Not unlike the anti-bush signs I saw at peace rallies. I didn't like them then, I don't like it now.

Saw bush as a nazi....

Saw bush hanged in effigy....

Saw bush with a bullet hole in his head...

Those are three I remember.

[patrice]

41. I didn't approve of that stuff either, but objectively speaking, it appears that the proportion is

higher in this group. Just guessing, here, but I'd be surprised if, out of the 6 national marches I went to, there was anywhere near this many expressions of violence and hate. Most church groups tend not to promote that sort of thing.

[Political Heretic]

58. Maybe, I really don't feel like I have the ability to judge that - not enough info.

Either way, I really hate it when it comes up, no matter what side its on.

[patrice]

62. Me too. So much is sacrificed to violence, no matter who "wins".

[elehhhhna]

70. ...good times, good times...

[rucky]

32. In their defense...

their spelling has improved.

:shrug:

[jwirr]

35. How many of them were there?

[sixmile]

37. Can noone fly above the crowds to take a REAL picture?

This happens every time there's a march, you can never get a panoramic shot to objectively estimate the attendance.

But by the looks of it, white people is pissed off!

[WeekendWarrior]

38. Wow. There must be at least three or four hundred people in that crowd.

Can we get a wide shot, please?

[Initech]

39. The teabaggers are just so batshit insane it's unbelievable.

[That Is Quite Enough]

42. The only way I can react to these pictures is with a :headdesk:

D'oh!

[mod mom]

44. voo-doo...hmmmh wasn't it Sarah Palin who sought out the services of a witch doctor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN7hJDS26rI

[BlueIdaho]

45. Lets see....

Old... Check.

Fat... Check.

White... Check.

[azmouse]

46. Old, fat and white.

That's all I see in that crowd.... oh! and incredibly stupid too.

[Electric Monk]

47. FrEEdoM

Teh stupid, it hurts

[MadBadger]

48. Vote No or EISE?

Or Eise what?

[MineralMan]

50. You know, Mike Pence looks a little scared in that photo.

He's "loosed the dogs of war," and they're ugly and damned mean. I imagine he's thinking, "Oh, shit! These assholes would turn on me in a second."

[Chorophyll]

74. Yeah. Funny about the sign behind him, too.

I mean, he IS government, isn't he?

[MineralMan]

91. Yes. Isn't that just the funniest thing. Pence is what they hate.

I can see the light bulb over his head now.

[MineralMan]

51. Get the government out of my Medicare!

Either that, or he's shouting, "I just made in my Depends, damn you all!"

[Vinca]

52. The old people really piss me off.

How hard would they cry if they were forced to buy insurance on the open market?

[prolesunited]

96. None of them would qualify

then we would see the *true* death panels in action.

[Jazzgirl]

53. Interesting....

There are no brown faces in any of those pictures. Of course they aren't racists at all....nooooo......

[G_j]

54. some of the signs look photo-shopped

?

[OnionPatch]

55. The dramatic hysterics is mind-blowing.

I don't want to be a government slave.....What is that supposed to mean? Someone worrying about their taxes, which haven't even been raised? That's a very brainwashed person, there.

You'd think it was a crime for us to get together, as a people, through our democratic government, and enact legislation to make things better for our people. WTF? I thought that was why we had government, you know, "promote the welfare" and all that. These cry babies act like they should never have to contribute to society in any way. What a screwy, selfish philosophy and how sickening it is that their small-minded thinking keeps us from being a better county. If their crooked politicians really are all elected this November, this is a sick country and George Washington will be rolling in his grave.

Edited to add: George is probably crying for being forced to attend that hateful rally.

[Kingofalldems]

56. Teabag hicks are on the march

[City Lights]

57. I'm embarrassed to live in the same country as these ignorant assholes.

:blush:

[comrade snarky]

59. Notice the "protest" sign in image 13

This is why I want nothing to do with the teabagger scum. How many people in that crowd do you think called him out the blatant threat of political violence? More than the number that smiled and laughed? I doubt it.

Those who say we should find common cause with teabaggers can go to hell.

[Warren DeMontague]

60. So, is that thing about "don't doubt our God/Will" a math equation?

God Divided By Will?

Maybe God is George Will?

Maybe the sign is addressed to someone named will, and they ran out of space?

[Bluebear]

61. "Do not doubt, our God will." - Huh!?

[comrade snarky]

64. I think that's "god" divided by "will"

god/will

I was never good with fractions...

[Bluebear]

65. Ah, The New Math.

Coupled with the religious health care plan, pray away your cancer.

[Kievan Rus]

63. More than a few crazy Birther signs there

[arcadian]

66. "In GOD We trust not Government"

And yet you stand outside the US Capitol, the epicenter of the Federal bureaucracy petitioning Congress. Fucking idiots.

[Glimmer of Hope]

69. Nooooooo...I live not too far from the Capitol and I don't want these

hate group members in my neighborhood again. There is no way I am going to bite my tonque.

[Emit]

71. I see some LaRouche signs in there

[Sheepshank]

76. Whay are they not carrying signs that says they'll be first in line

to give up all gov't entitlements. They don't need health, retirement, etc etc and therefore no one should need it. Oh yeah, that would be tantamount to climbing aboard their own person death/bankrupcy train right there!. On second thought their sign should read, "I got mine, screw you"

[Chorophyll]

73. A blinding sea of misinformed white people.

That first picture should leave no doubt about what their REAL problem is.

[Jefferson23]

75. I see the racists are out in force. I am always concerned for Obama's

girls when I see these fucking idiots with their signs.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

77. When you get right down to it....

Racism is at the root of the Tea Party movement and protests like these.

They can't believe a "Negro" is in the White House.

[Jefferson23]

78. +1

[upi402]

80. Yep, but there are many tools in that bag of tricks

These guys and gals are not all useful idiots. Many are actors.

[MisterP]

79. I'd love to hear interviews of WHY they're against it: probably not one will have any real complaint

let alone what FDL and PHNP have pointed out

(of course, the puppetmasters will use these tweakers to say "see, we have to pass the bill no matter how strongly it enslaves you--or are you a closet Leftbagger?")

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

84. Click on the Buzzflash link

http://www.buzzflash.com/

at the top right there is a great video asking just how uninformed Tea Baggers are about HCR.

[MisterP]

87. as I thought: teabaggers really are just acting off "unformed rage," not anything specific

lots of babble that "it's unconstitutional," but it's empty fluff: they're hardly conservative, but they're low-information and easily manipulated (thereby proving that "leftbaggers" can't exist, in the same way you can't paint something "hot black")

[Fleshdancer]

88. wow.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry at that video.

:banghead:

[Solly Mack]

83. So we have a member of Congress legitimizing a group of people with death threats on their posters

[Scurrilous]

85. Kick

:kick:

[Raffi Ella]

86. what a buncha backwardass tools.

Cry all ya want Freeps, it's gonna pass, deal with it.

[Inuca]

89. VILE and STUPID n/t

[spanone]

90. hey knucklenuts, mike pence IS the fucking government.

[B Calm]

92. Nothing more fun than pissing off stupid cons!

[bullwinkle428]

94. I guess those recently-tombstoned DUers needed something to do today!

BOOYAH!!!!!

There's a two-drink minimum, folks! Don't forget to tip your server!

[marlakay]

95. Old and white most of them

just like my republican neighbors and ex boss who are Rush fans and against HCR but couldn't wait to turn 65 to get medicare. I think they should shut up or quit their gov. programs they are on. And maybe we should stop police, firemen, ambulence, etc for them also...

[brettdale]

97. judiging by the pics

Only old white guys are against the health care bill.

[davidpdx]

98. What a bunch of dirtbags

Most of them are so blatantly racist it's not even funny.