{"id":4852,"date":"2009-07-27T20:30:33","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T00:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2009-07-27T20:30:33","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T00:30:33","slug":"random-thoughts-about-the-patients-first-rally-in-danville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/27\/random-thoughts-about-the-patients-first-rally-in-danville\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts about the “Patients First” rally in Danville."},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a whirlwind tour that is swinging through Southside VA. But what’ s it all about? Here are some thoughts about the Danville stop.<\/p>\n

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  1. Damn, that’s a nice bus. Who’s paying for all of this?<\/li>\n
  2. As I turned the corner around the bus, I noticed the same signs that were at those tea party rallies. Not a good omen.<\/li>\n
  3. I’d estimate the average age of the attendees at around 60.<\/li>\n
  4. There are no state troopers around calling in people’s license plates. The tea party people must be pleased at that.<\/li>\n
  5. Don Merricks is here. Unsurprisingly, Tom Perriello isn’t.<\/li>\n
  6. Ok, time for the speeches to start. The PittsCo Republican Party Chairman goes first and gets the crowd going. He introduces Merricks and he does a nice speech. Can’t this crowd let the speakers talk without interrupting them with outbursts?<\/li>\n
  7. Nobody’s here to learn anything about the health care bill. This group isn’t here to teach anything about health care. They’re here to stop the current bill.<\/li>\n
  8. ARGH ARGH ARGH! The main spokesman does the scare tactic crap of “Seniors will have to go to end-of-life counseling”. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Bad speaker.<\/li>\n
  9. The group’s spokesman gets a local retired doctor to speak. At least he brought his own homemade sign. As some raindrops fall, he wraps up his speech.<\/li>\n
  10. The group urges people to sign their petition, and that’s it.<\/li>\n
  11. No it isn’t. Some nutcase tries to talk the speaker into giving him the microphone then takes it and mumbles something about “SOB”. Lovely.<\/li>\n
  12. Damn… this group DOES have a nice bus. They’ve got a mobile internet connection and a friggin’ print shop on board.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now the recap…<\/p>\n

    This was a well-produced show, but it was there for one reason. A pep rally for people who don’t like Perriello and All Things Democratic. There’s nothing wrong with this, but that’s why they didn’t have a Q&A session. The crowd was 100% white, 90% old and 70% cranky. That means we’re going to get a bunch of Letters to the Editor to the Register & Bee. Oh goodie.<\/p>\n

    I have no problem with the group, their cause or the people that support it, but it’s not the place for the people that want to learn more. The people in this group really advocate their cause well. Congratulations to them for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It’s a whirlwind tour that is swinging through Southside VA. But what’ s it all about? Here are some thoughts about the Danville stop.<\/p>\n

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