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Yesterday afternoon, hundreds of people—the AP estimates 1,000—gathered in Times Square to rally for health care reform. And many of those there invoked the memory of late Senator Edward Kennedy in appealing for a single payer system—signs mentioned Kennedy, such as "TeddyCare For All."
President Obama briefly mentioned Kennedy's fight for health care in his eulogy for the legislator yesterday, saying, "We can still hear his voice bellowing through the Senate chamber, face reddened, fist pounding the podium, a veritable force of nature, in support of health care or workers' rights or civil rights," and added, "We do not weep for him today because of the prestige attached to his name or his office. We weep because we loved this kind and tender hero who persevered through pain and tragedy -- not for the sake of ambition or vanity; not for wealth or power; but only for the people and the country that he loved." However, Kennedy's niece Maria Shriver said on Meet the Press (which airs this morning) that she thinks her uncle's death will help give momentum to the push for health care reform.
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The number was actually closer to 4000 - you can't trust the AP to report on this accurately or honestly, the are beholden to right wing interests.
And we should believe your number..... why?
Teenage angst fail.
AP right wing interests? Looks like someone is delusional!
National Health Care is Socialism at its finest.
Ron Fournier is the AP's bureau chief. He is buddies with Karl Rove, and was approached by the McCain campaign to be one of their senior communications directors. The AP is FoxNews disguised as a unbiased wire service, a partisan propaganda outlet for the GOP.
As far as National Health Care is concerned, we should be so lucky as to get more Socialism in this country. But since Americans are idiots and consistently act against their own best interests to the advantage of their oligarch overlords, it likely won't happen. At least not to the extent that it should.
SP, you should be glad the AP underreported the number, because they also underreported that a certain politically radioactive Cab-Calloway-haired NYC Democrat was there as well.
Maybe it's the fault of the AP, but in regard to the caption on the first photo, the correct (and more accurate) term to describe Danny Robert would be "wheelchair user." Making it out to a rally in Times Square on a rainy day proves that he is not "bound" to much, but rather "uses" his wheelchair to get himself to some very important political action.
That's a completely ridiculous comment and the fact that you actually spent time typing it out is testament to your complete lack of respect for a fellow human being. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Being "wheelchair bound" means that Danny Robert cannot do anything or go anywhere without a wheelchair. He is "bound to the wheelchair" as is easy to ascertain from the photo and as the caption appropriately reflects.
Fortunately, as a result of his wheelchair use (yes, he also uses a wheelchair--which he's bound to), Danny is able to lead a more independent life and stand up for the causes he believes in, an inalienable right of the US Citizen.
As a person who works with people of various disabilities and abilities--including people who use wheelchairs for some of their mobility--I make my comments with great respect for my fellow human beings. So, out of further respect, I'll direct you to a few links where they can speak for themselves.
http://newmobility.com/articleView.cfm?id=649&action=browse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/messageboards/F2322273?thread=6653787
http://accessibility.net.nz/blog/i-use-a-wheelchair-does-that-make-me-wheelchair-bound/
http://www.mobility-advisor.com/disability-etiquette.html
Why does everyone become a saint just because they die? I am sorry he died, and I empathize with his family. But I lost a father to cancer also - he was about the same age as Senator Kennedy. My father was a good man, and did a lot of good for a lot of people. He did it quietly, out of the lime-light. I still have questions about the Chappaquiddick that will never be answered. I can't help wondering how the scenerio would have played out differently if someone else had been involved. Would a republican politician have been crucified? I do not just mean messing up a bid for President. Would the have investigated and prosecuted on more serious charges? Would they still have been able to hold an important seat in the Senate? Or what if it was just a nobody, an unknown? Would the public and the authorities not have dug deeper into motive, intent, circumstances, etc? I am not saying Senator Kennedy did not feel remorse, or that he did not seek and receive forgiveness from God. But I keep thinking most mortals would have had to pay a little more dearly for their actions on earth. Further, to use someone's death to play on the emotions of the American public to try to cram government controlled health care down our throats is repugnant. Senator Kennedy had access to the best health care in the world. So should men like my father. That will not be the case if the government takes further control of health care, and its "purse-strings".
stop believing lies, please.
no one is shoving anything down your throat.
you wrote a lot for your first post, welcome.
These are probably a lot of the same people who protested the Patriot Act because it's an invasion of privacy yet now they want the federal government to have total access to their medical records and control over their bodies.
Do you realize you just made a pro-choice argument?
Even 4,000 people in a city the size of NY is rather weak. Much smaller cities like Knoxville have been having regular 4,000+ person rallies for months.
how bout we just go by who yells out the loudest?
USA! USA!
OMG! A *thousand* people showed up in Times Square?
?!?
Even if it *is* four thousand as SP said above, I'm still not impressed.
*Anti* Obama-care rallies and tea-parties routinely draw similar numbers all over the country - even in little places like San Diego.
Yeah, because important national policies should be determined by how many shitbags show up for their respective douche rallies.
I don't know one way or the other, but was Sen. Kennedy being treated by Medicare? I doubt it. But he insisted that the rest of the country should be required to submit to a system that wasn't good enough for him. And what was TeddyCare? To put everybody on Medicare, except of course for the truly wonderful people--you know, those people who own vacation homes on Martha's Vineyard.
May he burn in Hell forever.
No, he was not treated by Medicare. But he WAS treated by "socialized" medicine. The men and women who work for congress are covered by a very fine insurance system, administered by - guess who? - the Federal Government. And by the way, ask most Medicare users if they like their healthcare - in the words of a Town Hall meeting participant, "Keep your government hands of my Medicare." So, the users of our socialized medicine - Congress, Medicare, and the VA for that matter - overwhelmingly approve of their healthcare.
don't you mean RIH, rest in Hell, a term I've first heard of this week.
and there's nothing wrong with Medicare, you get to see ANY doctor, Anytime, Anywhere. from coast to coast, all hospitals will accept it.
and welcome to your first post, Tcobb.
NYPD estimated a crowd of 3000! If AP would have stayed a little longer they would have gotten the correct figure.