Grammy nominee Marcia Ball hosts rally, labels Perry a ‘raging hypocrite’

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A sea of red converged on the Capitol today to advise Gov. Rick Perry not to mess with Texas women.

Marcia Ball, an Austin musician who organized the protest, said the more than 100 activists, mostly women, wore red to show their anger with a recent move spearheaded by Perry to defund a $40 million Medicaid Women’s Health Program. The program provides healthcare and cancer screenings and birth control for low-income women between the ages of 18 and 44.

“Basic women’s health services were gutted by two-thirds last June, and last month they (Republicans) made a ruling that will cut access to healthcare for another 130,000 women,” Ball said. “You can send emails to these people all day, but we want them to see that we are real.”
http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2012/03/grammy-nominee-marcia-ball-hosts-rally-labels-perry-a-raging-hypocrite/?gta=commentlistpos#commentlistpos

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1. That's Enough of That Stuff!

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2. K&R

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4. Nice

Thanks for the morning music link!

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3. "raging hypocrite"

raging hypocrite thy name is rick perry.