Friday October 23 in Stamford, health care activists braved the October chill to rally across from a fundraiser for Senator Dodd featuring President Obama. Our message was simple: We want quality, affordable health care for everyone -- with a strong public option -- and we expect Sen. Dodd and Pres. Obama to deliver it.
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Reporting for CT News Junkie, Sharon Bass wrote about the rallies going on outside the event:
After showing their might at town hall meetings, tea partiers who came to protest President Obama’s pit stop for U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd at the Stamford Hilton Friday were, well, a disappointment. Expected to turn out in the hundreds, they numbered at best 200. Expected to put on a loud lively show, they were subdued.
Gathered on Greenwich Avenue, just down the hill from the hotel, the not-so-angry right who came to protest Dodd’s re-election bid was met by a slightly bigger crowd of Dodd supporters. However the real topic du jour was health-care reform.
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Across the street were the lefties — Health Care for America Now, Organizing for America and labor groups. John Murphy, lead organizer for HCAN’s Connecticut operation, and Rich Sivel, health-care organizer for Council 4, AFSCME, stood together in support of Dodd and a government-run public health-insurance option. As well as for the tea party movement.
“I’m glad they’re (tea partiers) here, because they’ve made Dodd a better legislator,” said Murphy. “The more they act up, the better (Dodd) gets.”
For a report from inside the event, check out Christine Stuart's story at CT News Junkie.
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