Americans for Prosperity-Texas
AUSTIN U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett will walk into an Astroturf-filled town hall meeting following a rally at the Texas Capitol today all designed to give the impression of widespread support of a government takeover of the countrys health care system.
Rally organizers are MoveOn.org. The rally is slated for 1 4 p.m. beginning at the Capitol. Rep. Doggett will speak at 3 p.m. in the air-conditioned First United Methodist Church at 1201 Lavaca just one block west of the State Capitol.
Supporters of ObamaCare are worried. The more citizens know about the bill the more they oppose it. The entire event is filled with hypocrisy" said Peggy Venable Americans for Prosperity-Texas Director.
Rep. Doggett has a problem. He has characterized his constituents who oppose H.R. 3200 as Astroturf political operatives who show up at town halls with the intent of squelching honest debate. Then he goes out and aligns himself with a group of Astroturf operatives who are organizing a town hall designed to squelch honest debate on the massive overhaul of one-sixth of our national economy."
I hope Congressman Doggetts constituents have an opportunity to attend the town hall not just MoveOn.org supporters being bused in from outside Austin" Venable said.
MoveOn.org has urged its members to get as many of you as possible into this 1200 seat venue" apparently so anyone who is opposed to H.R. 3200 or who may even have questions about the bill will not be able to get inside and be heard.
Two weeks ago
www.HotAir.com obtained a fundraising letter sent out by MoveOn.org asking for money to pay for hiring trained grassroots organizers" to push for support of H.R. 3200. (
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/08/07/moveon-sounds-the-nutroots-mob-alarm/)
MoveOn.org announced plans to bus hundreds of their operatives into Austin. According to a recent MoveOn.org email the organization has hired buses to bring as many as 550 individuals in from Dallas to help show support.
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http://alamobama.blogspot.com/2009/08/big-health-care-rally-in-austin-august.html)
It is a telling picture of the lack of support for ObamaCare when leftist groups have to bus people in to a town like Austin to support liberal legislation" said Venable. You would think they could generate a lot of support in Austin without having to bus other people in. After all Austin is the blue dot in Texas. Apparently government-run health care is as we say in Texas a dog that just wont hunt even in Austin Texas!"
