Congresswoman Bachman's House-Call on Washington - November 5, 2009

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Permalink Reply by Robert M Stanton Oh 5&9 Dist Co! on November 7, 2009 at 5:25pm

DC Sometimes You Must Make Sacrifices 11-5-2009.

After calling on 5 congressman and senators on thursday I and the three ladies that traveled from Michigan and NW Ohio leaving on wednesday evening from Port Clinton and talked almost all
night. No one slept. It was almost as if everyone of us wanted to not miss a moment of this expression of what we wanted of our representitives.

We arrived at the perfect time as dawn broke as we entered on I-66 on to Constitution Avenue.. Even though the trallic was a little heavy we passed the Lincoln Memorial taking photos with camerias and cell phones.

At this point the Washington Monument was in view and we all wanted to make certain we did not miss the photo opportunity. As we came up on the Washington Monument and we were directly in front of this structure, those who were never here before were speechless. Even thought the cameras were clicking and many of us were all eyes.

You will never know unless you go to our Nations Capital that the personal contact is more beautiful than anyone can imagine.

When we arrived at Union Station and Parked our car on the top level we were able to see many buildings that represented our seat of governmen in every direction. Going into the terminal we freshened up and watched as the thousands of people walking to there daily responsibiliies. We spoke with some RR Policemen and a few other people stoped to join in. It is truly amazing to me that everyone of the law enforcement people we met were kind, professional and you could say, welcoming. After leaving the newer main terminal we entered the Old section of Union Station which was build 100 years ago. You could look up at the ceiling and see how well built and the fact even it was constructed to be a monument. The original floors are as if the we laid recently,and were made of marble with different colored inlays You could say they were made and shaped with the loving hands of the stone masons who labored for over a year to tell us this is a place you will never forget.

As we walked out the front entrance we could see the Capital Dome directly in front of us. It being only about 8 am we proceeded down Mass. Avenue. We were able to walk right up to the Capital Building and at this time of the day their were few people arround. There were some security people and different checkpoints here and there. The reason was not to bother visitors but to monitor and control vehicles coming and going. This was another great photo opportunity.

We next proceeded to the Congressional Office Buildings as we wanted to make our calls on Congressman and Senators before the rush. It was great to arrive early as few offices were open and we could explore. We easily cleared security as at this time of day their were no lines and we walked freely the halls of the Longworth and Rayburn Buildings and since I had contacted my congressman the day before to pick up galary tickets. The house does not open for buinness till 10am and it was almost time
for the house to open their offices We took this opportunity to visit the offices of three congressmen and 2 Senator. We left no question about our feelings.

We next walked to the visitor center to get screened for entrance into the Capital building.. The lines to enter were long so we looked for options as we wanted to spend some time there we looked on our internet map and the ladies with me wanted to go to the Library of Congress

I sat at the front of the Capital about 100 yards away. My feet were beginning to hurt as my shoe selection was not good. I removed my shoes and socks and put my feet on the cool pavement to relieve the soreness. It worked.

When the ladies returned we decided to wait till after the rally to go to the House gallery. It was a great idea but since there was a photo op on the east side of the House steps with my congressman Robert Latta, he being one of the goodguys, we did not want to miss that at 1:00 pm. Needless to say we could not return and take advantage of the tickets to the house gallery and the photo opportunity was moved to 2:00pm because Latta was at the rally. I was lucky but the ladies did not make it back in time..

We when to The rally and the assembly was big. I was beginning to feel a little tired So I found a the tree I will later talk about.

On Friday Morning I returned from DC and the great demonstration of the will of the American
people. They all were mostly kind and generious people. I arrived with over 200 Flip This House
stickers and almost all were accepted with out a second thought. During the rally I was a little weak on my feet so I found a tree about 75 feet south of the SW corner of the House side of the Capital Building. I did a few streaching exercises and after being awake for more than 24 hours. I decided to pull out a book and read.

Durring the 45 minutes I laid there I watched as hundreds if not thousands of well dressed young professional Capitol Hill employees passing by hardly noticing the beauty of the foundation of the liberty we have. It amazed me that not one member of the Capital Hill police approached me as I lay there on the Capital lawn.

Here we are and we live in the most powerfull country ever on earth,and I was laying on the
ground at the foundation of the freedom we have. I was seeing not only thousands of people excercising our God given right of freedom to assemble, and speech, without any interference. It proved to me we still have the rights to make them listen and rethink their positions on the issues that we live under.

I nexted look up at the seat of liberity I was taken by the beauty of the ediface which President Washington laid the cornerstone more than 200 years ago. I looked at it's beauty and it completely overwhelmed me. The beauty of the collumns and pilasters just added to its beauty.We can all look at this structure and everyone should realize its construction gives us one major conclusion,. There is a God and this structure was build to tell generation after generation this country was founded on HIS principals.

I believe there will be more people make this journey and if you get this chance make sure you devote just 1 hour out of your life to take in the beauty of this symbol of liberty. You will continune to exercise and express your rights. But after this exercise, your heart will never be the same.

I spoke of sacrifices. My feet still hurt but the way I feet from this expression of my belief in the founding fathers, principals and the throngs that made this journey will always remind me how much I love our country and like my fellow veterans and 9-12ers I am ready to go again and again and againto renew my freedom of speech and expression.

God has blessed this country.

Robert M Stanton
209 Percy Street
Walbridge Ohio
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419 661 8413
RMSStanton@att.net

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Permalink Reply by John M. Vaughn III on November 7, 2009 at 6:04pm

Hi Jeff,

I just bought two of your flags and look forward to receiving them. Robert, I really liked your story of your trip. It was very moving.

Regards,
John

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Permalink Reply by Jeff McQueen on November 7, 2009 at 7:13pm

John:

You flags are on their way. Check out our flag on Hannity fron Michele Bachman's House call two days ago . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWQsE0hYTM0

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