Day Two: Campaign picks up speed in Lake Charles.

Today couldn’t have gone any better. The residents of Lake Charles met us with excitement, enthusiasm, and overwhelming support of our cause. Sitting outside of the local Wal-Mart we were met with people of varying backgrounds economically, racially, and in age but the response was clear: NO TO GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTHCARE!

One interesting part of the day was when we met a gentleman by the name of Clevance Cormier Jr, an Obama supporter who’s extremely disappointed with the state of health care, and the proposed reform coming from the White House. Currently enrolled in Medicare Part D, Mr. Cormier faces outrageous costs for prescription drugs due to his doctor’s inability to prescribe the correct dosages due to bureaucratic entanglements. He mentioned that he would much rather see a reform of the Medicare D program before we launch a new trillion dollar layer to that bureaucracy.

Here is a brief clip of what Mr. Cormier had to say:



That wasn’t the only interesting conversation of the day. One of the best moments came when a recent inductee to the local Tea Party organization spotted our table from across the parking lot and asked us about our mission. As soon as we could say “No public option” the gentleman was signing a postcard, signing up on our website, and begging for more information on the Campaign for Responsible Health Reform.

To sum it all up: we have yet to meet one person in favor of government-run healthcare. As our tour presses on I have the fact that we have a delegation in Louisiana that is truly in tune with the needs of their constituents.

THIS IS DEVIN!

Today was an eventful day, as David mentioned. Clevance offered us some very keen insight into the state of Medicare Part D and simultaneously presented fair reason for concern over the public option. But on a latter point he’s wrong. I did meet one woman today who was for the public option. Of course, I was a good fifty feet away from our table coming out of the Lake Charles Wal-Mart when the conversation occurred so there’s no way for him to know about it until he reads this… or I tell him.

Nonetheless, I did in fact meet a woman who was for the public option today in Lake Charles, except, she still appreciated what we were doing. She was glad we harbor a healthy skepticism over Congress’ rushed movements. “That’s part of the process,” she said.