Protesters aim message at Hagan

RALEIGH — Critics of President Barack Obama’s efforts to overhaul the health-care system finished an intense week of opposition Friday by picketing the Raleigh district office of Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan.

About 250 people showed up outside the Federal Building on New Bern Avenue in downtown Raleigh on Friday afternoon, carrying placards with such messages as “We the people say no to socialism,” “Freedom isn’t free and neither is Obamacare” and “Pack your bags Congress, you’re fired.”

Hagan had long been scheduled to be out of town attending a family event, according to her staff.

All week, critics packed town hall meetings — 500 in Rocky Mount, 250 in Lillington, 850 in Durham — to give Democratic lawmakers an earful about the effort by Obama to overhaul the health-care system. In many cases, auditoriums were so packed that hundreds were turned away at the door.

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