Dressed in blue jeans and wearing a large parka, ski cap and sun glasses, I spent almost 20 minutes early this afternoon mingling among approximately two-dozen people being paid, according to a union source not at the rally, $11 an hour by St. Louis-area union bosses to wave pre-printed signs in support of President Barack Obama’s so-called “health care reform plan.”
In the video above, I share clips from my one-on-one interviews with some of those union members as well as with several of the people across the street — more than 200 anti-socialism, anti-ObamaCare patriots who gathered at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo., for the weekly rally organized by K-N-Patriots.org.
For coverage of previous K-N-Patriots.org rallies, click on the links below:
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1 st louisan // Oct 18, 2009 at 8:34 am
Have you submitted this to the Post-Dispatch? They are probably too liberal to follow the story. Perhaps Fox 2 News…
2 hotoffthepress2 // Oct 18, 2009 at 8:39 am
Because I have a journalism degree and suspect most of the folks at the P-D do not, I’ve concluded that would be a waste of time and effort.
3 Brandy Pedersen // Oct 18, 2009 at 9:16 am
You ” ROCK” Bob!
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5 Annette // Oct 18, 2009 at 11:49 am
Seriously one of the best videos I’ve seen in a while. We’ll be sending out widely too, but aren’t optimistic about the MSM grabbing hold…
6 hotoffthepress2 // Oct 18, 2009 at 11:51 am
Thanks!
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