Senatorial Visit – August 14th Recap
Hi Franklin County Patriots,
A big THANK YOU to all who turned out today at Senator Warner’s and Webb’s office. I was very pleased to see so many new faces. I think our visit spoke volumes and I hope the next time there is a call to action even more will join us. We appreciated the Roanoke Tea Party patriots joining with us. Thanks so much!
We were about 30 people strong, articulate, to the point, polite yet spirited in sharing our anger over government interference and its violation of our Constitution. Here are some of the sentiments that were shared with the senatorial staff:
~ “I work for an insurance company and I am seeing and hearing alot of lies and they are coming from politicians.”
~ “I have never attended these meetings or rallies before but I came out today because I am fearful of government’s interference with private industry.”
~ “The government has not business interfering in our health care. It is an affront and an abomination to us that this government would have anything to do with our health
care, our freedoms and our abilities to take responsibility for our own health care and to act on behalf of our own good.”
~ “Instead of dumping the rest of us into a broken system, why not find ways to fix the problem without government control.”
~ “Mark Warner, don’t support any version of the Health Care Reform bill and if you do, you better be willing to come under it yourself!”
~ “Quit paying off lobbyists, ACORN and special interest groups!”
~ “Government has a horrendous record for mismanagment that will put small businesses out of business and put us all in a third world care system.”
I wish I could remember all the great points that were made by those who came out to express their concerns. It was stimulating and exciting. I wish more could have been apart of this. The staff members worked hard taking notes trying to capture key points that were being fired at them. I don’t think they have ever had to face something like this before in their political careers. They assured us that our concerns would be communicated to the Senators and that a reply would be forth coming.
I will share any reply from our senators that I receive.
Again, thank you to those who took the time to let your voice be heard! Your presence spoke loud and clear - “DON’T TREAD ON ME!”
Roanoke Tea Party Mass Meeting - Saturday, August 15th at the Roanoke Civic Center – 1:00 PM
Please make every effort to come and support our fellow patriots! The eyes of our politicians will be watching to see what Roanoke can do. Let’s show them our strength!!!
God Save America!
Marietta Walters
“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” ~ Edmund Burke
