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This afternoon Eastern time, my representative Michele Bachmann led a Freedom Rally on the Capitol Hill steps. Joining with her were several thousand of her best, freedom-loving friends:

Rep. Michele Bachmann says her "Super Bowl of Freedom" at the U.S. Capitol today can torpedo Democratic health care overhaul plans by enlisting "the voices of freedom." At noon eastern time today, the lawn near the Capitol's West Front was crowded with thousands of protesters who chanted "kill the bill."

"Are they going to listen?" Bachmann asked the throng of cheering protesters, referring to House Democrats. "Oh, yeah, they're going to listen." Bachmann stood at a podium that promoted the House GOP health care plan, declaring "Health Care Freedom."

Joining here were many of her House colleagues, including Marsha Blackburn and Tom Price. One Senate Republican, Sen. Sam Brownback, even attended the event. Joining with Capitol Hill Republicans were conservative heavyweights Mark Levin, John Voight and John Ratzenberger. Levin especially stirred up the crowd with a stemwinder of a speech, too.

Unsurprisingly, the White House Propaganda Minister weighed in with this statement:

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs also dismissed the rally during his daily briefing.

"I think anybody that watches is struck by the fact that there's a rally going on without a solution on their side," Gibbs told reporters. "They've rolled out a piece of legislation, and I use those, I hesitate to even say that, it's a series of old ideas" that wouldn't solve the nation's health care woes.

I've listened to some of Gibbs's BS before but that's the most insulting crap I've heard coming from him yet. First, it's BS to say that "it's a series of old ideas" that won't solve any health care problems. Lifting the ban on letting insurance companies sell policies across state lines isn't old. In fact, that provision isn't found in the Democrats' legislation. Just by that alone, Gibbs's statement is pure BS.

Secondly, just because the legislation isn't 1,990 pages long and just because it doesn't contain a gazillion government-imposed mandates on insurers, individuals and hospitals doesn't mean it isn't legislation. In fact, I'd argue that it's better legislation because it's concisely written, because it doesn't try to do too much and, finally, because because the end results are significantly better than "Pelosi's Abomination."

The DNC's spokesman, Hari Sevugan, also took a cheapshot at Michele:

The Democratic National Committee was quick to mock Bachmann. "If the Republican party wants to make Michele Bachmann the voice of the party, that's more than fine with us," said spokesman Hari Sevugan, accusing her of an "extreme right-wing, rigid ideological agenda."

Hari shouldn't be talking about rigid ideologues if Ms. Pelosi's involved in the conversation. That description fits Ms. Pelosi to a T. As for Michele's agenda, let's have that fight. In the words of the late great Marvin Gaye, "Let's get it on." I haven't been involved in this easy of a fight in ages. If Hari and the DC Democrats want a fight on which party is about maintaining freedom and putting in place prosperity-creating policies, then please, drag me through that briar patch. Drag me through that briar patch because I'll bet that that's the type of agenda that the vast majority of Americans crave.

The Democrats better be careful what they wish for. Yes, Michele's said things that she would've been best off not saying. If they're thinking they can just reference that once and the fight's over, those Democrats are idiots. Michele's freedom and prosperity agenda plays pretty well in Peoria. And Wilkes-Barre. And Springfield, MO. And Colorado Springs. In Georgia and North Carolina, too.

Mcihele is a charismatic, appealing figure. She was the perfect person to instigate this type of a rally. Most importantly, she's got a hunger for liberty that's second to none.

Comments welcome at LFR.

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