| BRIGHTON - The Livingston County Democratic Party is planning counter protest to the big money, Anti-Obama partisan "Tea Party Express" bus tour sponsored by the rightwing "Our Country Deserves Better PAC that will be in Brighton on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
The farce will make a stop at the Mill Pond in downtown Brighton at 3:30 p.m., and the party is mounting a real grassroots counter protest that will be in sharp contrast to the fake, angry "tea parties" we have been subjected to.
Bring an American flag or wear an Obama pin or tee-shirt. The protest will be rational, and non confrontational.
The so-called "Our Country Deserves Better PAC" was formed in August 2008 by veteran Republican California political consultant Sal Russo and former GOP California Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian. The PAC's mission is to oppose Obama and the "Democratic Congress." It boasts on its web site that "we must stand up to Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress." The PAC also solicits contributions by stating, "Help us fight the Democratic Congress!"
The stated "mission" of the bus tour is to "highlight some of the worst offenders in Congress who have voted for higher spending, higher taxes, and government intervention in the lives of American families and businesses." What they really mean is Democrats and only Democrats.
They will have no problem drawing a crowd in predominantly conservative Republican Livingston County, but that has never stopped Livingston County Democrats from fighting back. We welcome help from people who care about real health care reform and the environment we must live in. |
