Health Care March on Campbell’s Office Draws Hundreds
By on September 1, 2009
I was unable to get over to today’s Health Care March in Newport Beach. Fortunately, Martin Wisckol over at the Register was and posted about it on Total Buzz.
Protesters showed up outside Rep. Campbell's office to voice opinions on health-care reform.
After two local town halls focusing on Democrats’ heath-care reform proposal attracted more opponents than backers, advocates for a public health-insurance option took to the streets today to get their message out.
But they weren’t alone. While opponents were outnumbered by roughly 3-1, about 100 foes of the government-run option countered with signs and chants of their own on the opposite street corner on Fashion Island, outside the building that houses the district office of Rep. John Campbell, R-Newport Beach.
One aspect of the debate many on both sides of the street agreed on: The current health-care system is not working well. Read the complete post here.
The Register also posted the following video of the march.
The organizers of the Health March sent out a video as well:
I got an automated call at 8:20 this evening from an unidentified source saying that I should go to something campbell.com by 8:45 to participate in some kind of on-line forum on health care reform. Had I enough advance notice to actually act upon that notice, I would have logged on to voice my SUPPORT for a public option as a part of health care reform. But what is curious to me is that I should even receive such a call. I live in the 951 area code, which is clearly far outside the Orange county district that Campbell represents. Since it’s a land-line, there’s really no justification for thinking I might be a constituent. Why then, would I be a target for a call to Campbell’s constituents? Unless, perhaps, some special interest group were trying to draw support from ANY source – even those outside Campbell’s sphere of influence – to give the impression of a wider base of support.
Response to Ben September 10, 2009
Ben, I think the call was an invitation to a phone conference call with Tom Campbell, candidate for Governor of California.
Here’s a link to a DailyKos report of today’s Organizing for America healthcare reform rally in Newport Beach:
Health Reform: OC Activists Crush Wingnuts
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/8/31/774886/-Health-Reform:-OC-Activists-Crush-Wingnuts
I got an automated call at 8:20 this evening from an unidentified source saying that I should go to something campbell.com by 8:45 to participate in some kind of on-line forum on health care reform. Had I enough advance notice to actually act upon that notice, I would have logged on to voice my SUPPORT for a public option as a part of health care reform. But what is curious to me is that I should even receive such a call. I live in the 951 area code, which is clearly far outside the Orange county district that Campbell represents. Since it’s a land-line, there’s really no justification for thinking I might be a constituent. Why then, would I be a target for a call to Campbell’s constituents? Unless, perhaps, some special interest group were trying to draw support from ANY source – even those outside Campbell’s sphere of influence – to give the impression of a wider base of support.
Ben, I think the call was an invitation to a phone conference call with Tom Campbell, candidate for Governor of California.
http://blog.campbell.org/