Health Care Rally a Huge Slap in the Face!

On Saturday Aug 29, the Obamacare bus came to the Iowa Capitol and many were there to express their opinions. There were those there in support of the health care bill being peddled by our President, while many were there in opposition. The event was deceptively patriotic, and as you can see from the video, several attempts were made to confuse those that were there in dissent. Many attempts were made to confuse those that have actually read the bill and when questions were asked of Iowa’s Attorney General, Tom Miller, those questions were ignored. A luxury bus, paid for by you, the taxpayer, pulled in adjacent to a 12 foot display of old glory. In the moments leading up to the event several organizers and staffers came to where we were standing ordering us to leave, check our signs, move out of the way for the media that never came, and eventually sent in a state trooper. Several times we were asked to move so that the luxury bus and satellite vehicles could make their way through.  Even the Attorney General speaking in favor of the proposed health care bill could not draw up any media attention to this event. In short, the tax payer funded event was small, poorly staged, unorganized, and it was a personal insult to know that my tax dollars went to promote any government program in this manner.