Stand Up Indiana

This past Saturday, I headed for Indianapolis with fellow 9/12'ers and Tea Partiers to attend a rally to stop ObamaCare.  Arriving by bus a half-hour late (nobody was at fault on that) at University Park, the Stand Up Indiana rally was hosted by the FreedomMakers Coalition of Indiana.  Most of the attendees brought their own lawn chairs for the rally, which was expected to last three and a half hours

Behind the podium where the speakers for the rally would give their remarks, there were tables manned by representatives of organizations (Campaign For Liberty, FairTax, etc.), political parties (Libertarian and Constitution) and campaigns (Todd Rokita, Marvin Scott, Rebecca Sink-Burris, etc.).

Among the speakers included the Liberty Coalition's Emery McClendon, FairTax's Dave Armstrong, former Congressional candidate Kristi Risk, the Tenth Amendment Center's Michael Boldin, iCaucus's Andrew Fischer, and IFIRE's Greg Serbon.  Although there was no keynote speaker at the rally, the main speaker there was Thomas Weddle, who has been the leading advocate for interposition in dealing with ObamaCare.

About 200 people attended the rally, and sadly, it wasn't as many as hoped, but nevertheless, the message was clearly heard: to stop ObamaCare, through Interposition and nullification; to stop the continuing encroachment of the federal government in our lives and our liberty; to restore our republic. 

What I took from the rally was the same thing I have taken from other rallies, Tea Parties, 9/12 meetings, marches and so on: a renewed sense of hope (real hope, not the false kind from Barack Obama) and confidence that our cause, our work, our efforts are not in vain and will come to fruition in the form of taking back our nation, and to repeat myself, restore our republic.

Let us continue to fight the good fight.