Rally with Al Franken and President Obama on Saturday, Sept 12, 2009.

[Eric J in MN]

Based on last year's turnout to free Obama events, if you want to get in, you should probably show up early.

And you have to be able to go for hours without liquids.

Email from Al Franken:

Dear Friend,

After spending the month of August talking to folks around the state, there's no question in my mind that Minnesotans are ready to finally see health insurance reform get done.

As is the tradition in Minnesota, there's been vigorous, substantive debate about the issue. And today, I'm thrilled to invite you down to the Target Center this Saturday (doors open at 9:30am) for a rally to hear President Obama speak about his plans to fix our broken health care system.

I agree with what the President said so well last night - providing stability and security for Americans who have insurance and affordable coverage to those who don't is a moral imperative for America.

It's also a fiscal imperative for our country's economy - if we don't reduce the exploding cost of health care (it's doubled in the last decade) there's no way to truly turn our economy around for the long haul.

Thanks so much for all you've done and all you'll do, and I hope you'll join us this Saturday. All the details are below.

Best,


Al


What: Rally on Health Insurance Reform with President Obama
Where: Target Center - 600 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN
When: Saturday, September 12th
Doors Open: 9:30am
Program Start: 12:30pm

The event is free and open to the public. Space is available on a first come, first serve basis. No ticket is required.

All attendees will go through airport-like security and should bring as few personal items as possible. No bags, no sharp objects, no umbrellas, no liquids, no strollers, and no signs will be allowed into the venue. Cameras are permitted.

[MineralMan]

1. I sure wish I'd known about this. I have to drive my M-i-L to

Baltic, SD that day. I would love to be able to go.

I wonder if Governor Thin Polenta will show up...after all, it's the POTUS who's coming to town. Nah...

[handmade34]

2. many thanks for the heads up

I am working in South Dakota right now, was going to try to get to DC, but Minneapolis sounds more inviting

[pyro858]

3. Rally for what?

Mandated health insurance, a non-existent public option ? No thanks, Obama isn't reforming health care, he's giving the insurance companies a big payday. His plan will not solve anything.

[dpbrown]

8. Why don't Democrats get that this is the ultimate in tax-and-spend?

They want to mandate insurance coverage, then pay poor people to get it, all so that all that government and poor people money can go directly to making rich insurance companies richer.

If that doesn't cost them the next election, I don't know what will.

[krispos42]

4. I put a map and such in a thread in this forum n/t

[Hansel]

5. I can only get there at 11:30

If I can't get in, I will stay outside and take pictures and notes on the "insane assembly".

Think there is any chance of getting in arriving at 11:30?

[Eric J in MN]

6. I don't think you'll get in if you arrive at 11:30 AM.

The other thread says, "Lines may begin forming at 6:30am."

[Hansel]

7. You're probably right.

I was thinking that there are 20,000 seats and not that many people would show up.

I guess I can still document the circus outside. I'm going to be downtown working until 11:30 anyway so I might as well check it out.