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Over 25k gather in D.C. to protest Obamacare

Posted 20 Mar 2010 in Barack Obama, healthcare, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare


(Photo courtesy of Michelle Malkin)

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of protesters marched on the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, airing a wide range of grievances rooted in a shared sentiment: seething anger at President Obama and his far-reaching agenda.

Led by a fife and drum corps in period costumes, the demonstrators filled Pennsylvania Avenue and swarmed the Capitol grounds with a sea of bobbing placards and hand-lettered signs that spelled out a catalog of dissent.

There were antiabortion protesters and term-limit advocates. Critics of financial bailouts and the federal investigation into CIA interrogation techniques. Marchers who were worried about rekindling inflation and upset about the soaring national debt. Pickets opposed to Obama’s healthcare reform plan and challenging the legitimacy of his election.

“Is This Russia?” one sign said. “Traitors Terrorists Run Our Government,” read another. “Don’t blame me. I voted for The ‘American,’ ” a third stated.

The protest — touted by organizers as the largest-ever outpouring of political conservatives — was organized by a loose-knit coalition of anti-tax, small-government proponents, and widely promoted by sympathetic voices in the blogosphere and on TV and talk radio. Park police declined to provide an official crowd estimate.

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