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Defend America on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:30:22 PM
Via Michelle Malkin:
By Brian Flinchpaugh
Originally published March 10, 2010 at 11:57 a.m., updated March 10, 2010 at 3:59 p.m.
Hours before President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak in St.
Charles on reforming the nation’s health care system, more than 2,000
people packed a convention ballroom a few miles away to rally against
those reforms.
The occasion was a health care town hall meeting and teleconference
Wednesday featuring Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin and
other Missouri legislators at the St. Charles Convention Center.
Akin and other legislators took to task the health reform bill that
is now before Congress. Kinder and legislators said the President’s
health care bill would play havoc with state finances at a time when
Missouri faces major budget issues.
Tea party activists and Republican party activists turned out in big
numbers. The overflow crowd in the convention center’s main ballroom
applauded Akin, Kinder and local legislators as the spoke. Before the
rally, about a dozen people held signs along the drive in front of the
convention center.
http://www.globe-democrat.com/news/2010/mar/10/health-care-reform-draws-protest-obamas-arrival/