{"id":5278,"date":"2009-08-20T06:31:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T11:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2011-09-01T07:52:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T12:52:23","slug":"organizing-for-america-event-canvass-kickoff-and-rally-with-representatives-betty-mccollum-and-keith-ellison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=5278","title":{"rendered":"“Find Me 200 Outraged Citizens – STAT”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Russians don’t take a dump without a plain…” – Admiral Painter (Fred Thompson), Hunt for Red October<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Democrats don’t protest “Astroturf” unless some major organization tells them where and when to show up, and trained on when and how to cheer” – Mitch Berg, Hunt for Red November<\/em><\/p>\n

Hyperbolic?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 But I never let the chance for a good line pass me by.<\/p>\n

Either, it seems, can whomever writes press releases for Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison:<\/a><\/p>\n

As Minnesotans, we know we need health insurance reform.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Actually, smart Minnesotans know we need it\u00a0 vastly less than most people – about 8% of Minnesotans lack any <\/em>form of health insurance – but then, “smart people” is not who this announcement was aimed at.\u00a0 I digress).<\/p>\n

We are sick of a few loud people dominating this debate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(So much better to have a few people speaking into microphones in hearing rooms in Washington going unquestioned).<\/p>\n

Please join us for a rally in support of reform.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’d love to get video of the “Minnesotans For Higher Taxes and Eternal Deficits In Exchange For Crappy, Unsustainable Health Insurance” rally.<\/p>\n

The rally will be followed by a canvass, where we will hit the streets and talk to you friends and neighbors about the need for reform this year!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Be careful when Democrat “canvassers” “talk<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Featured speakers include:<\/p>\n

Congresswoman Betty McCollum
\nCongressman Keith Ellison
\nSt. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman
\nMinneapolis Mayor RT Rybak
\nState Representative Erin Murphy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder what ugly names Ellison will call anyone who opposes Obamacare?<\/p>\n

Oh, there’ll be at least one.<\/p>\n

Let me know if you plan on attending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Russians don’t take a dump without a plain…” – Admiral Painter (Fred Thompson), Hunt for Red October. “Democrats don’t protest “Astroturf” unless some major organization tells them where and when to show up, and trained on when and how to cheer” – Mitch Berg, Hunt for Red November Hyperbolic?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 But I never let the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats","category-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22387,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions\/22387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}