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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:40 AM
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Tea baggers to go to DC to protest. on 9/11
And my question would be what is the left intending to do about it...Nothing as far as I know...they will just let them take the stage, and you know the media will be right there with them.
It just makes me wonder about whether the leadership on the left has sold us out.
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:41 AM
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1. Let them mock the worst terrorist attack in US history.
Let the world see how horrible they really are.

We don't need to do anything.
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:45 AM
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6. But the media will not mock them.
But use it as evidence of a grass roots movement that represents the majority.
They win we loose.
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:47 AM
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7. I don't think so. 9/11 is sacred for most Americans. Even the far right won't like this.
I predict that this will backfire on disastrous levels.
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:01 AM
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9. No backfiring, just a further hardening of dug-in positions.
That's how this game works, these days.
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:09 AM
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11. I would like to think you are right
But I don't think so...we will see....but I predict the media will make a big deal of it and it won't be anything negative, and Cspan will cover it wall to wall.
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AieinAristuein Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:41 AM
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12. exactly!
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:43 AM
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2. If liberals rallied for healthcare reform on 9/11, it would be decried as disrespectful.
I bet you won't hear one word from the corporate media regarding the choice of days for this event by the teabaggers.
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Duckhunter935 Donating Member (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:44 AM
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3. Tea Party rally draws 300 in EP to bash government
EL PASO -- About 300 fed-up El Pasoans joined a nationwide Tea Party movement Wednesday to show their opposition to government bailout programs and to voice their displeasure with President Obama's health-care plan.

The national Tea Party Express, a grass-roots organization that opposes higher taxes and government intervention, stopped in Northeast El Paso for a two-hour rally.

"This is awesome," Mark Williams, a national radio talk show host, said as he stepped off the Tea Party bus. "People here are enthusiastic and excited about the future of this country. We are taking back this country from the government."

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_13257613

wow 300
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:04 AM
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13. "grass roots organization"
funded by Steve Forbes . . .

yeah, some "grass roots".
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:44 AM
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4. The Right always gets the spotlight.
I went to a Healthcare vigil last night. There were about 100 of us and under ten right-wing disruptors. No matter how many people we get together, the media interviews both sides pretty equally. It only takes one of them to ten of us for their message to get across, too. As long as the media goes along with this, the teabaggers win.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:45 AM
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5. And Democrats have called for a counter rally the next day, but no one will show up.
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:48 AM
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8. The next day....it should be the same day
And it should be massive....but it will not happen.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:08 AM
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10. Let's give them some privacy while they're teabagging. nt
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:05 AM
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14. They're like the Phelps group now.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 09:10 AM
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15. Glenn Becks 9/12 project will be in DC on 9/12. Not 9/11. Thus the name.
I believe our rally is scheduled for 9/13.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 10:16 AM
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16. It's hard to imagine something more disrespectful of the wingnuts to do
Bush trained them well.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 10:19 AM
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17. 9/11 is a day of mourning for our country
I think it's highly innappopriate to protest on this day.
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