Saturday, September 12, 2009

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President Obama’s remarks at healthcare rally in Minnesota today

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Today, President Barack Obama spoke at a healthcare reform rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The speech reiterates the President’s principles of healthcare insurance reform. Here is his speech:

Hello, Minneapolis! It is so good to be back in the great state of Minnesota. I hear the Gophers have their home opener in their brand new stadium a little later today. I’d wish them luck, but they’re playing Air Force, and I have to fly home on one of their planes in a few hours.

I don’t know if any of you caught it on television, but the other night I gave a speech to Congress about health care. I can already see that this crowd’s a lot more fun.

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Healthcare insurance reform rally in Seattle

Friday, September 4th, 2009


Healthcare Rally

On Thursday evening at Westlake Park in Seattle, around 3000 energetic people participated in a rally supporting healthcare insurance reform.

Many battled Seahawks traffic to make it to the event in downtown Seattle.

Reverend Lesley Braxton led the crowd in a moment of silence for the late Senator Ted Kennedy and United States Congressman Jim McDermott spoke to many of his Seattle constituents.

Congressman McDermott said, “I’m sure it must make [Kennedy’s] heart feel good to see that the dream has not died. It is our dream to have health insurance that can never be taken away. I’ll do my part in the Congress, but he and I need you to keep showing up and making people aware.”

Though many “teabaggers” were to attend and disrupt the event, their numbers were comparatively negligible.

For more photos of the rally, visit healthcareWA on Facebook and click the Photos tab.