Our little town of 40,000 had a tea bagger rally this weekend. I think it is in response

county worker

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Mon Mar-07-11 11:54 AM
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Our little town of 40,000 had a tea bagger rally this weekend. I think it is in response

Edited on Mon Mar-07-11 11:55 AM by county worker

to the pro union rallies in support if the WI protesters. If so then the pro union rallies are having a positive effect. This is not election season and the tea baggers don't usually rally unless there is an election coming up. Something made them feel they needed to make some noise this weekend.

A good many of them were Medicare age and all were white. They probably get Social Security and Medicare and are apposed to government programs for everyone else!

I feel that everything they believe in is based on lies they've heard on wing nut radio and Faux News. I am overwhelmed at the stupidity they possess which leads them to stand on a street corner and profess they gullibility!

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mod mom

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Mon Mar-07-11 11:57 AM
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1. wonder how many of them were paid by Dick Armey's Freedomworks to be there:

Walker's standoff with unions in Wisconsin has also prompted tea party groups to put together an extensive schedule of national grass-roots organizing, with the goal of supporting governors and lawmakers who are pushing for pension reform, restrictions on public-sector collective bargaining and deep cuts in spending.

FreedomWorks, a Washington-based group led by former House majority leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.), said it will send paid workers to Tallahassee; Indianapolis; Harrisburg, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; and Salt Lake City in coming weeks as part of the effort.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022307100.html

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xxqqqzme

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Mon Mar-07-11 12:06 PM
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5. That's real proof of grass roots -

publish your PAID protesters itinerary.

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mod mom

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Mon Mar-07-11 12:15 PM
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6. Here is a photo of the Rally in Columbus OH that Freedomworks supported:

Edited on Mon Mar-07-11 12:15 PM by mod mom

No need for crowd estimates, there were 41 Tea Party Supporters at the "Rally", I counted them individually. Notwithstanding the media was there to interview them.

-snip photos at link:

http://www.progressohio.org/blog/2011/03/tea-party-flop-less-than-50-show-up-for-rally-to-support-sb-5.html

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Raine

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Mon Mar-07-11 03:30 PM
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12. Well if they get 10 people verses 10,000 on our side

they get covered just the same as we do. :-(

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xxqqqzme

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Tue Mar-08-11 11:51 AM
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13. Teabaggers to reporters

are nearly one on one. Better than kids to teachers.

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Angry Dragon

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Mon Mar-07-11 11:58 AM
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2. Ask them if government programs to help people should be cut

as they answer yes have them sign up to give up their benefits

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SCantiGOP

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Mon Mar-07-11 11:59 AM
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3. Matt Tiabbi article

A while back in Rolling Stone, he attended several Tea party rallies. At one, a guy was telling him that there wasn't a single federal program that was really needed other than the military and border patrols. After some general chitchat, he complimented him on the nice new motorized wheelchair he was in. With no sense of irony, the guy grinned and said, "Yep, didn't cost me a cent. Paid for by Medicare."

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ChairmanAgnostic

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Mon Mar-07-11 12:20 PM
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7. that's the symptom. Rank stupidity so vast, so deep,

that manipulative creeps like Hucksterbee, Palin, Bachmann, and others can actually gain voters and support simply by out and out lying. Those low & nonthinking folks vote on emotion and their "gut". I am surprised that our country lasted as long has it has.

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wellst0nev0ter

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Mon Mar-07-11 12:32 PM
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8. That Reminds Me, I Have To Go Get Taibbi's Book

been putting it off for a while, but now's the time.

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Scuba

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Mon Mar-07-11 12:05 PM
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4. D = Justice R - Just for Us

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Turbineguy

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Mon Mar-07-11 12:52 PM
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9. Get the government

out of the Dept. of Defense!

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cali

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Mon Mar-07-11 12:53 PM
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10. your "little" town is bigger than my state's largest city

everything really is relative.

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county worker

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Mon Mar-07-11 01:51 PM
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11. Well I live in CA and our town is little compared to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

I use to live in Los Angeles and San Diego so now I feel I live in a little town.

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