Joined by hundreds-upon-hundreds of grassroots activists, we greeted President Obama with our “Hands Off My Health Care” bus at 4pm today in Bristol, Virginia.

Sadly, the President repeated his usual untruths: that bureaucrats will not “get between patients and their doctor” that “government control of health care will SAVE MONEY” and that his government takeover will make health care “more efficient.”

But, we were there to send the President and the national media a clear message that Americans are not buying what’s he’s trying to sell.

I wish you could see the energy and passion and determination of the Americans we see on this “Hands Off My Health Care” bus tour. We were in Wytheville, VA at 4pm yesterday, then Bristol, Gate City, Norton and then back to Bristol this afternoon to “greet” the President. The crowds are big at each stop.

One lady in Wytheville was there with her 96 year young father and she told me that “no government bureaucrat is going to tell her how to care for her Dad’s health.” An elderly lady raised her hand at our Norton event and said “it’s like they want us to feel guilty for wanting to keep our health care.”

At the President’s stop in Raleigh, North Carolina today our AFP North Carolina state director had over 400 folks at a counter-rally that was widely covered. The President even mentioned the signs and folks protesting on the other side!

Next week, we’ll have two AFP “Hands Off My Health Care” buses going – one in North Carolina making 21 strops and another in Nebraska making 19 stops. Visit www.joinpatientsfirst.com for more information on the tour.