If there is a big number, they simply won't be let into buildings for legitimate safety concerns. The teabaggers will look to provoke Capitol police with Fox cameras rolling. This could all backfire as well, with a member of the opposition leading folks to physically confront Reps. and Senators. And Cantor endorsed the action, so leadership can't run from this if it escalates.

You just know that the queen of the wingnuts is wasting her time when she tells these screamers not to bring pitchforks. Let's just hope that when they try to bum rush the Capital, they trample each other to death. I can't wait to watch them spewing even more racists, angry, ignorant, sore loser, stupid country bumpkin, hayseed, hillbilly, hatred for the national audience to see. You know they're still going to be pissed after that NY 23 debacle last night. I predict mayhem!

Sorrry, John. "Legitimate" just is not in the lexicon of these nutbags.

"There's no organization here," she told the callers. "It's a total organic act."

In other words - a mob.

Before they go in, they have to go through magnetometers... How long will that take?
Sealed envelopes will be confiscated, as well.

She is the epitome of an anti-American: Shameful, stupid, disrespectful and dangerous. I suspect she has something really incredibly idiotic planned to generate even more attention for herself (kind of a strange approach for a supposed Christian), which is why her chief of staff decided to hightail it out of there a day before her big spectacle. Still think she should be indicted as a co-conspirator in the murder of the census worker in Kentucky (which got incredibly little media attention for some reason) after her blathering about the census.

And, when the protests are over, they're all going to slash their wrists. Shelly said they should. For Freedom.

"Security cameras"?
"Nothing scares a member of Congress more than a freedom-loving American,"
That includes Bachman I presume.

So vacate the building, hand out lots of bottled water, lock all the rest rooms and let the tea baggers make fools of themselves for as long as their bladders allow. Then, pass a meaningfull health reform bill with a strong public option next Monday.

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Invite (with a very loud voice) Speaker Pelosi to take off her shoes and wiggle her toes in the dirt that binds these grass roots.

Is any group planning to show up at Bachmann's office to "tea Party" her? Armed with "security cameras"? Give this crazy loon a taste of her own medicine.

The most likely response to my above comment:
"...oh I get it, you're mocking us, you...you....teabagger you! You...you...Foxnewser! Go back to your Rush Limpballs and Hannity you...you...loser. Don't you know we don't debate facts here, we name call and diminish! How dare you even mention facts! I hope you wacko's are right about "net neutrality" so we can stop hearing your...your....ridicule of this great man and our great government! Get off this blog....this is an echo chamber and we don't want to hear anything except name-calling and ridicule. Go bag some tea or something".
Thanks for the entertainment, love all the meaningful debate on this oh so intellectual blog.

Just look at the "War on Poverty" declared in 1964! 10 trillion dollars spent and now there is no poverty! Look at the success of Social Security, swimming in money and total security for generations, and how about Medicare, what a giant success.

And look at all those fire houses, and we still have fires. All those police, and we still have crime.

She's bringing the Swastika-Wielding Town Hall Screamers to the Capitol.

yaaaaawn

And "Last" stand? -- she's giving up after this? Perhaps hara kiri on the steps . . . please Michele?

I find this quite hilarious, yet disturbing at the same time. What is the difference between the Brooks Brothers riot that stole the 2000 election and Bachmann via "Freedom Works" busing in lunatics to harass and intimidate Democrats who support or may support this Health Care bill?

Is this "organized stalking?"

She'll be getting paid for this act literally of rabble-rousing.

Strategic campaign "contributions" will be made by Americans for this and that. A fee for services in reality.

Next week, I want the tea-baggers to go the Congress Member's school children's schools and hector their children in classes, preferably railing about the final solution and Pol Pot.

This "rabble" will get the kind of media attention that magnifies it immensely. Imagine if as many people showed up for something like this, as did for the Republican convention in 2004...

That half-million person event was not covered by the same media that will inflate this event to match their needs.

Why would the media cover this little mob of pseudo-angry astroturfers, and not a horde of sincere, peaceful protesters?

Because the media is a tool of big money, and pharma ads are now their primary bread-and-butter. Especially with the auto-ad market drying up.

The media need health care industry money like a wino needs Mad Dog. Expect them to try to move the fulcrum on the HC debate, rather than weigh and balance the issue fairly.

Funny thing is, at Bachmann's one and only town hall meeting she's held in her district since taking office three years ago, the majority of attendees supported health care reform. What part of being in the minority does Bachmann not understand? What part of losing an election does Bachmann not understand? Hopefully, she'll find out on a more personal level in 2010 when Tarryl Clark takes her out.

"Before Bush II, American prosperity had always risen."

Really? So what was the great depression? um... how about the carter years - Oh and don't forget TODAY under Obama

He had money to burn on a phony war that could have been put to better use shoring up Social Security and Medicare.

Bush Bush Bush... blah blah blah... getting sooo very old. Rememeber that there have been quite a few Presidents since the enactment of SS and Medicare. So all should take a hand in not getting it under control. Remember the SS "Lock Box" LOL

"Yes, there will be fewer workers to support each person on Social Security in the future but each worker will have more resources from which to support the retirees and still have a higher standard of living than the prior generation. Both of these have provided decades of security and can do so in the future."

I guess you are correct if you look at the future as being the next Decade.

"Has it ever occurred to you that the cost of Medicare is probably a great deal higher than it need be because of the lack of health care for the uninsured?"

Has it ever occurred to you that the high cost of Healthcare IS Medicare?

We are willing to pay the taxes which allow us to buy the services that the private sector does a bad job of providing -- like health insurance.

That is wonderful I think one of the main sticking points is that we are not willing participants. We will be forced to buy a product! By CBO's own report this is unprecedented in our countries history and by some wholly unconstitutional.

You can argue that this may be the time for the change. I say - OK, then do it properly and Change the Constitution and put it to the separate states via referendum. That's kinda how are gov is set up to work.

"It is the right wing that thinks government services grows on trees." No I would say both parties are EQUALLY GUILTY.

That if they strip out government 'waste' -- aka known as all government spending that is not given to a defense company -- that only government services will remain. You would be in for a shock if all government workers including the legislators charged what they could get in the private market.

What exactly does this mean? They already make more than the private sector.

Talk to a senior. You will find that their government provided health care allows them a wide choice of doctors. Talk to some purchasers of private health insurance -- you will find that a lot of them have their choice of doctors restricted.

Ohhh... you mean the HMO's? Ya... Um didn't Kennedy write that in 73... ya sure did -- and Congress (both parties) kept pushing Managed care, even subsidizing them. In fact pushing Medicare, and active and retired military into these.

You have a simplistic mind which causes you to view everything in the country behind the narrow blinders of worshiping an idol called "the free market which has failed you repeatedly"

Seriously? So this is all a private sector fuck-up huh... and congress has no dirty fingers in this fiasco? Kindo like they had nothing to do with the sub-prime cluster fuck... I suppose they can do no wrong in your eyes. And you talk about blinders. So what is your solution?

Me... I don't have a problem with reducing my 9K per year cost for insurance. My issue is how about focusing on what we have first. Fixing are current programs that are broken... I mean seriously, if it was so easy to save 250B buy cutting waste fraud and abuse, why wasn't it done yesterday? I'm all for helping out those that can't afford insurance - I think all the 50 stats have programs already in place.

Seems alot of pot calling the kettle black going on.

Man...this short sightedness scary and dangerous. Should something crazy happen, the puppet masters will certainly not take any responsibility.

Oh, GAWD, PLEASE let them keep their PROMISE that this is the LAST STAND of their stupid!

Will someone stuff a sock in her mouth!