Glenn Beck: It’s time for a march on Washington
posted at 7:20 pm on March 27, 2009 by Allahpundit
He’s playing this off like he’s just tossing out the idea, but come on: Anyone not think he’s at least toying with the possibility of planning a mass protest himself? His Oprah-fied populism is a huge hit; why not take it to the next level and see how many people he can pull into the streets for a march? He could even get this guy to don his cravat and lead the parade. It won’t do much to scare Congress so long as The One’s approval rating is high, but it might be a shot in the arm for the GOP. All they need is a date — Tax Day? May Day? — and a few hundred thousand conservatives willing to take a day off and travel a few hundred (or thousand) miles. Exit question: Would you go? Nah, you wouldn’t.
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Finally, I’m getting some back up on this! See, “Michele Bachmann, Saving America”:
http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/michele-bachmann-saving-america.html
Donald Douglas on March 27, 2009 at 8:17 PM
How about a march on Allahpundit? I mean seriously, dude, what’s your problem with people who believe REAL ACTION is possible.
You know what? Go hide under the bed and let the real men straighten our your idol’s mess. The One, Pelosi and Reed, they gotta go.
Stay under the bed, maybe we’ll let you stay.
I mean, seriously – grow a f*cking pair why-don’t-cha!?!
klickink.wordpress.com on March 27, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Conservatives don’t do frothy. We do strong and black. Maybe a little sugar.
katy on March 27, 2009 at 8:20 PM
A conservative march will never accomplish anything, especially with the MSM more hostile than ever toward us.
We ought to create more practical ways to spend that kind of money.
jgapinoy on March 27, 2009 at 8:20 PM
The ATL would be classic if Fox pundits do it there…
- Right in CNN’s hometown…
- The ATLis the unofficial home of the “fair tax”
- Easy for people to fly to
- tons of hotel space
- the real conservative pols will make the trip, leaving the RINOs separated from the heard
- much better entertainment after the Tea Party than DC…
phreshone on March 27, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Doing my part…
Subject: Notify the Press!!!!
Please write local reporters and media about the April 15 Tea Party. Here’s a sample email, fax, or letter.
To the Editor:
People from around the St. Louis area will hold a Nationwide Tax DayTea Party at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15. The St. Louis event will be in Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis.
We are gathering to protest against a Congress and a White House who continue to steal money from our future to pay for irresponsible borrowing and lending.
The US government has borrowed over $3 trillion dollars from us since September, and has taken responsibility for another $8 trillion in private debt. Now, President Obama wants to encourage more of the bad behavior that caused this crisis with a $75 billion bailout for homeowners. Nancy Pelosi wants another $500 billion for pork barrel projects to go along with billions of dollars of pork in the so-called stimulus package. And the Obama administration will use our tax dollars to help Gitmo terrorists acclimate to US society after their release on American soil!
We believe that in this present crisis, government is not the solution to the problem; government IS the problem.
Join us in Kiener Plaza on April 15 at 6:30 to tell the President and Congress to get out of our wallets.
Sincerely,
[your name]
JAM on March 27, 2009 at 8:22 PM
What exactly does Oprahfied mean? Does it refer to the occasional crying?
I do think Beck is a tad melodramatic, but he gets his point across. That is for sure.
Terrye on March 27, 2009 at 8:22 PM
I live in Indiana. Not too long of a drive for me. I’ll be there. Hopefully the event will be on a Saturday so I can leave Thursday night after work and take a vacation day on Friday. Regardless, I don’t care if the march is on a Tuesday morning – I’ll be there.
Ummmm… July 4th is on a Saturday this year.
Oink on March 27, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on March 27, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Warning – professional writer at work!
Excellent.
klickink.wordpress.com on March 27, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Miss, “I’m going to wait til the final Healthcare plan comes out b4 passing judgement.” You just said 5 min. ago that you have never watched Beck. STFU. As usual, you don’t know what you are talking about.
JAM on March 27, 2009 at 8:25 PM
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Yeah, like Olbermann is a breath of sanity from the Left. Give me a break.
Dr. Dog on March 27, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Oink:
I know some people here in Indiana who are very conservative, but to be honest, I don’t think they would go to a march. They are almost too conservative if you know what I mean. They don’t want to stand out or be loud…but they will vote. That is how people like Mike Pence can still get elected here.
Terrye on March 27, 2009 at 8:27 PM
I like Becks message but I can barely stand to watch. He’s just too goofy most of the time.
kahall on March 27, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Beck is definitely playing an important role in bringing new people into the conservative movement.
Saltysam on March 27, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Gee, 60 million people voted against this idiot, and nearly 50 million bothered not to vote, scared away by the charge of racism, or tired of the rigged voting that never gets prosecuted.
But say HALF those that voted against, 30 million, march quietly on their state capitals and on DC.
Who’d listen?
I’ll take that bet.
klickink.wordpress.com on March 27, 2009 at 8:30 PM
See, that’s part of the problem and I understand it. Conservatives have been just too proper. We seem to have lost the will to fight. I’m talking rolling in the mud, down in the gutter fighting.
Are you in Mike Pence’s district?
Oink on March 27, 2009 at 8:31 PM
I think people might surprise even themselves if a real movement is out there.
ProudinNC on March 27, 2009 at 8:31 PM
If you go, Allah, I will. I know you want to. Come one.
d1carter on March 27, 2009 at 8:32 PM
No I wouldn’t go. Primarily because I don’t usually do political things, and these days political things have the possibility of having hair triggers taped all over them.
With my son being quadriplegic and me providing the 24 hour care he needs, I’m not about to expose him to a bunch of liberal idiot anti-protesters and end up in jail for killing one or more of them for even breathing hard on my son.
I’ll let Glen take up my slack on that one.
Spiritk9 on March 27, 2009 at 8:34 PM
I doubt his idea of march and mine are very close.
ClassicCon on March 27, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Oink:
No, I live in the 8th district. Brad Ellsworth is my Congressman. And in some ways he has surprised me with his votes. He is a blue dog.
Yes, they are too proper and they are too suspicious. They always wonder who will be there and who will be watching and if there is some ulterior motive and are they being used. etc.
But I think the tea parties could work better in an area like this.
Terrye on March 27, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Spirit:
I work in health care and one of my patients is a quad. I have to admit when someone said something about doing this, I thought to myself Who will cover for me? Most people who have never had the responsibility of that kind of long term care have a clue what it means.
Was your son in an accident?
Terrye on March 27, 2009 at 8:36 PM
What exactly are we asking for in this “march”. I mean Obama is going to be President for some time. A march can’t change that. I might protest the passage of any more spending. I called Congress about that. But there needs to be more of a point than I’m just really uncomfortable about what Obama is doing.
I guess if there was more definition to the march. But this is just way vague. “Let’s march because Obama won the election?”
petunia on March 27, 2009 at 8:38 PM
petunia:
Good point.
Terrye on March 27, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Where were all of the Beck Lovers when he was on CNNHN? Oh, that’s right, no one here will watch CNN. Believe it or not, Glenn has been like this for well over a year. He was about the only pundit on my ‘must watch’ list during the election season (O’Reilly was totally up Bambam’s a**, and Colmes just bugged the hell out me on H&C). It strikes me as comical that NOW all the Cons find him ‘the new voice in the wilderness’ now that he is on Fox. And why is it that ‘a leader, or leaders’ are needed in order to form a march? Are Cons not able to organize themselves? Hell, even the Fiberals manage to do that. Far Right, Far Left, getting to be harder and harder to find a difference anymore…
pcbedamned on March 27, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I understand what you’re saying. But I’d sure be willing to go to DC. Incredibly, I’ve never been, but I think this is would be the perfect first time!
Terrye, was there a Tea Party in Indianapolis?
Oink on March 27, 2009 at 8:43 PM
We lost an election or two because our pols were dancing around the dictates of the MSM. We’re losing a fight in DC right now because our pols are dancing that same dance.
It is now time to dictate our own dance and if this is how we do it, then we must do it loud and clear and the MSM will either follow or get out of the way.
katy on March 27, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Sure hope so. If not Glenn, then someone.
Would I go? You betcha. I’d like to exhaust non-violent options in the hope of avoiding open insurrection. And with the emerging assault on private property, free speech, rights to bear arms, etc., that’s where it’s headed.
petefrt on March 27, 2009 at 8:44 PM
A march?
Why the hell not.
Count me in, Glenn.
iamse7en on March 27, 2009 at 8:44 PM
I’m going to the Tea Party in St. Paul, MN on 4/15/09. I would travel to D.C. for a “Tea Party”. Only this time I would be bringing my pitch fork and other “tools” of rebellion.
cjs1943 on March 27, 2009 at 8:44 PM
I agree. Folks, we have to quit being scared and pi$$ed. We have to draw our line in the sand. We have to empower ourselves.
Oink on March 27, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Yeah. Tea parties and such are not going to cut it either.
The Boston tea party was an act of outright rebellion. Protesting with a sign and giving it a cute label just isn’t the same.
What we need is and act that has the same audacity as the Boston Tea Party.
Saltysam on March 27, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Are we represented? Each so-called representative in the House supposedly represents almost a million people. Is that a truly representative body, or is that a collective, party-controlled, oligarchy? Can you truly say with a straight face that any one person can represent the interests of a million people? Bull-pucky!
If we want true representation, the House need to expand by a factor of four so that the regular citizens could run and win without having to kiss the -er- ring of party bosses. Unfortunately, short of major upheaval, this isn’t going to happen.
Random Numbers (Brian Epps) on March 27, 2009 at 8:45 PM
The only other tool you should be talking about is a sign or silly string. Don’t be talkin’ crazy.
Oink on March 27, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I live in California. If there is a NATIONAL protest in DC (as opposed to some locals), I will take time off work, put my kids at Grandma’s house, and fly back East to be there.
Heck, I might even take the kids with me. It would be a good learning experience for them.
crosspatch on March 27, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Just my .02.
I’ve posted before about an experience where I was part of a 10,000 man march on Harrisburg for gun rights. It was about the time of Santorum’s first senate run. About half of the people there were legally armed.
Well, on the way back, we hear the bombastic music
ANNR – “There was a big rally in harrisburg today”
US – “Yeah. we made the news – great”
ANNR – At least 25 people were in senator snothead’s office protesting the plight of the homeless… now for a break”
US – “WTF, WTF?? maybe they’ll talk about us after the break”
ANNR – “In other news today the Phillies are 5 and 4….”
US “WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF ??”
Same thing with the newspaper. Senator Snothead and the 25 deadbeat supporters on the cover above the fold.. The story about 10000 people on the steps — C8, about 1/8 page and half of that was propaganda from the Brady Campaign.
If Beck is going to pull this off, the only way to do it is to set up internet feeds out the wazooo.
BTW – In spite of the fourth estate/fifth column, we did get what we were trying to get.. I guess even the denses legislators looked at the votes (and the fact that the 5000 people on their doorstep were friendly – at least they were on that day :)
bullseye on March 27, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Lotta trolls….that’s a GREAT sign.
Axelnazi and buttboi Obama are skeered, and they better be.
The giant is stirring…we outnumber them by millions.
ex-Democrat on March 27, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Hey O’Reilly wore the hat!!! Oh dang now you know I watched both of them today… Well okay I did and and and I liked it!!!!
Now–there is there a step program for this kind of thing?
petunia on March 27, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I think Republican’s lack the kind of leader that can inspire and lead the majority of us to do anything more than useless things like write letters and protest in Washington and this somehow equals me being an Obama sycophant in your mind?
Perhaps it’s a good thing that the majority of people don’t have any fight in them if people like you are completely unable to even begin to identify the enemy.
Not that your ad hominem merits a response, but, for your information, the book I’m currently reading is Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell. Before that it was a collection of Reagan’s speeches. Before that it was a work on Stoicism by Seneca. Obviously I’m a flaming, liberal commie here.
Did it occur to you that the proper response to an discussion that people don’t have the will or leadership to fight is to provide evidence that they in fact do have the will to fight rather than to insult the person making the argument?
JadeNYU on March 27, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Yes, where do Obama and the massive Democratic majorities in both houses get off thinking they can advance their own policies? It’s not like they didn’t win the last two election cycles in convincing fashion.
Wait.
They did?!?!
Proud Rino on March 27, 2009 at 8:46 PM
30 million?
C’mon.
jgapinoy on March 27, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Oh,, that’s all it is??? Has nothing to do with the massive draconian like spending and expansion of government??, nothing to do with mandating our children be put into a National Security Force,?? nothing to do with encouraging mobs against private citizens and nationalization of American businesses,,??? Government run health care and all the other crap we get fed daily,,, It’s all just Oprah?? Really??
JellyToast on March 27, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Consider me there, I’m only a 30 minute drive away, and WILL take the day off, paid or not. The reason the left fills the room is because they either have no job, or have a shit ton of payed days off. Face it, we are either working, or raising a family, too busy to protest. We leave it to the skimmers, the ones with all of the free time at our expense.
I’m done! I do OK, but this regime will tax me right out of my house. Between the middle class tax slam coming, cap & trade, and a State Government out of control, they may very well put me out of a home that as of now, I can afford. They will never break me, I will always work rather than take public assistance.
I’m doing the Tea Party in Annapolis on the 15th. I will proudly wear my JPFO T-Shirt, “I WILL LIVE FREE”, not for free. Nice shirt, the Declaration Of Independence, and the classic Minute Man, only he has traded his Kentucky Rifle for an M-14.
See you there!
M-14 2go on March 27, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Glenn is a motivator. Remember the Rallies for America ? Glenn organized them as a way to show support for the troops.
I was at the Cleveland Rally on 3/2/03. The weather was about 25 with light flurries, but about an estimated 10,000 showed up. Flags and patriotism were abundant. Emotions were stirred and citizens responded.
He can do it again.
crom on March 27, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I like the idea of a million man march of peaceful, armed citizens.
Just walk through the streets of DC without saying a word. No signs. No chants. Just a million civilians walking together, peacefully and quietly, carrying a lot of cold steel.
Saltysam on March 27, 2009 at 8:49 PM
dunno, ask the founding fathers.
sesquipedalian on March 27, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I’d be there. Spring is a good time of year to go to DC.
Nessuno on March 27, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Yes, they are too proper and they are too suspicious. They always wonder who will be there and who will be watching and if there is some ulterior motive and are they being used. etc.
Terrye on March 27, 2009 at 8:35 PM
You shouldn’t worry what other people think, whether they’re too proper or suspicious. Our freedoms are constantly being attacked on daily basis and we need to fight back before it’s too late! I am very worried how fast we’re on this socialism track since BHO has been in office…very, very worried. We still have some time yet to change our country around. We need to fight back and the sheeple need to wake up before it’s too late!!
corvettelady on March 27, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Folks you MUST be willing to risk it all to win this fight.
ALL …. I’m risking job, lib family & friends, everything … if not us, who?
Let’s freakin’ roll, right over these modern-day redcoats. This time the red is for communists.
ex-Democrat on March 27, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I can’t really comment now, gotta run, but WOW! I was SHOCKED when I read this! This ranks as one of the greatest posts ever at Hotair! Conservatives talking with our feet! That’s what I’m talking about! That’s where we are folks. That’s what needs to be done. And we need these conservative talk show hosts to get the ball rolling, put the word out, get people organized for some peaceful marches. What good is it to build up an audience with tens of millions of listeners and never make anything of it. If you have tens of millions of people listening to you who love you, who adore you, and respond to you and spend hours listening to you every week. If you can’t use those audiences and you can’t mobilize those audiences to influence a couple hundred thousand conservatives, many of whom are evangelical Christians, what’s the point of complaining day in and day out. If conservatives really want change we need to build a mass movement and we need lot’s of people to join us. I’m talking about peaceful marches that fill the streets! If we don’t do this now we will never ever take back the Republican party. We will never have a conservative movement that is truly conservative. Right now we have lesser of the evils. The Democrats are worse than the Republicans. I believe that. I believe that Barack Obama is worse than John McCain. I believe that. But, even John McCain and the Republican party are not offering us answers. The American people desperately want answers! The American people are worried about our borders. That’s why the American people rose up against the illegal alien amnesty bill. That illegal alien amnesty bill had overwhelming support in the Congress; had overwhelming support from the news media; from all the people in the establishment; from the multi-national corporations that control this country – but the America people rose up and said “We don’t want this!” and threatened Senators and Congressmen with defeat! And that brought down that bill and prevented that catastrophe from becoming law giving amnesty to another 25 million illegal aliens. And so the American people are concerned. They sense that we’re going in the wrong direction. They sense something is wrong. They understand that we’re in alot of trouble. Things have to change. It has to change. People need to want it though. We need to aspire to build a movement like this. That will stand for what’s right. That will stand for the truth. That will stand up for justice. That will save America and will take America back.
P.S. Full marks to AP and Glenn Beck. Now if we could just get those folks to believe the God of the Holy Bible (only) and get saved, we’d accomplish something ever greater!!
apacalyps on March 27, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Those Marxists?
Proud Rino on March 27, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Yes, the majority of this country voted the idiot into office, but just because they’re the majority doesn’t mean they’re right.
Are you willing to let them turn this country into an unrecognizable place?
Oink on March 27, 2009 at 8:51 PM
I think it’s time to re-introduce the “Don’t Tread on Me” banner.
Saltysam on March 27, 2009 at 8:52 PM
If the protest reaches 100,000 AP reveals his mild mannered alter ego.
What do ya say?
Sammy316 on March 27, 2009 at 8:53 PM
I would go, all the way from the Midwest.
And for all those who doubt that marches make a difference, I can tell you that they do. The marches during the 60s for civil rights and against the war drew attention to the issues. And the larger they became the more influence they had on the government. Slime like Schumer assume that people don’t care because they never see any response from people. Marches do what simply writing petitions and sending emails cannot, put faces on the protests.
Deanna on March 27, 2009 at 8:54 PM
yes. especially since you also have state legislatures, city councils and a bunch of other democratic bodies that represent your interests.
sesquipedalian on March 27, 2009 at 8:55 PM
We had a protest.
It was called a mandate in the last election.
You lost. Nobody likes a sore loser.
Get over it.
getalife on March 27, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Saltysam on March 27, 2009 at 8:56 PM
My response to that would be that while you say you can read, you obviously lack the drive/gumption to act upon what you’re reading.
The problem with people like you is that you’d rather stand and talk a subject to death and play footsie with others of your ilk, instead of doing anything about it.
AubieJon on March 27, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Each representative represented far fewer than 1,000,000 people at the founding of the United States.
In Federalist Papers 55 and 56 it says that a representative should have a district with no more than 30,000 people.
So, I guess that answers that question as to their opinion on the matter….but, I somehow doubt that actually matters to you.
JadeNYU on March 27, 2009 at 8:56 PM
…a battle.
Not the war.
Idiot.
Saltysam on March 27, 2009 at 8:57 PM
I love it.
ex-Democrat on March 27, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I tend to be an Allah defender. But not this time. This time, I agree with YOU.
petefrt on March 27, 2009 at 8:59 PM
So tell me, good sir, what have you done to stop the never-ending encroachment of government?
Where have you taken your stand beyond letter writing, blog posting, congressional calling and peaceful protest? I’ve done all of the above, so, I can only assume that you have something beyond that which you’ve done that makes you think you’re somehow better than me.
Perhaps there was a blackout by the MSM of what you did and that’s why I haven’t heard of anything happening….
JadeNYU on March 27, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Jade,
Stay home. Be safe. Be stoical but please suffer in silence ’cause you really are depressing me.
Some people are better a taking action while others are better at recording the stories of the day for history.Both are important.
Vince on March 27, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I’ll go even further: From your moniker, and not knowing your age, I might hazard a guess that you’re either a student, a grad, staff or faculty member of NYU. From your lack of initiative you’ve exhibited in your placations, you have no desire to start anything like a business or to be your own boss, opting to let others do all the heavy lifting and take the risk while you stand on the sidelines and hope nothing goes wrong because it would affect your little world somehow. You’re the type who might cheer for one side in a battle, but if that side loses, you’ll run out and bayonette the wounded to ingratiate yourself to the winners.
AubieJon on March 27, 2009 at 9:02 PM
And once again Allah shows himself to be a bigger moron than even I thought.
Beck has been saying this kind of stuff for years. So now because people are starting to see that he was right, you call his views Oprah-fied populism? You are a HUGE moron and just plain stupid Allah.
The thing about this though is that just last week Glenn was saying that we shouldn’t march on Washington right now because it would be the wrong thing to do at the wrong time. Apparently Glenn has discovered something that has changed his mind. 6 to 12 months ago he was contemplating ways to get Washington’s attention though.
MobileVideoEngineer on March 27, 2009 at 9:03 PM
My God. Your deductive skills are incredible. Why are you wasting your time posting here, when there are so many crimes that remain unsolved?
Proud Rino on March 27, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Allah, please take your meds.
Geez, Mr., I’m too good for real Americans and their little tea parties and their pitchfork and torch parties, Allahpungent.
It’s getting a little old, already.
Now, I think it’s a great idea and if our Republican representatives are going to sit on their thumbs and do nothing, it’s gonna be up to us.
HornetSting on March 27, 2009 at 9:06 PM
I have marched in pro-life marches on my state capitol. I have visited with our state and district reps in their chambers, seeking to sway their opinions. I have stood for election against a liberal district rep who held the office for 40 years. I will go to DC for this march when it is announced and I’ll wave at every camera I see, hoping that you’ll be watching – as you always do because that’s what you are; a watcher.
AubieJon on March 27, 2009 at 9:06 PM
I’m seeing a lot of fence sitters and some R.I.N.O’s here.
Reminds me of a joke..
Do you know why God made cracks go up and down instead of sideaways???
So if you sat on a fence you wouldn’t get stuck.
Are we going to let this 233 year old blessing go up in smoke because the MSM won’t cover us? Or we don’t think it would make a difference?
If that’s what we have become, we deserve to lose every damn bit of this great blessing!
Get off your butts and be a part of something. Even if it’s just an idea. Everything starts with an idea. It’s those who are willing to risk rejection and ridicule that will save your sorry asses!
katy on March 27, 2009 at 9:06 PM
We are having a Tea Party here 4/15 at 5:00pm in West Palm Beach Florida at the County Government Center. I am planning on being there…
djn on March 27, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Well spoken SaltySam – Well spoken.. Reminds me of Yammamoto- He engineered the attack on Pearl Harbor but warned that it was a huge mistake. (The quote about the sleeping tiger is supposedly an urban legend. but I believe it reflected his sentiments) The Imperial Japanese Navy won that battle hands down… BUT … it resulted in the ruin of their country and a lot of the instigators getting hung or shot.
I’m going to go out to the chickenhouse and argue with the hens. It will be more of a challenge that dealing with getalife… Plus the chickenshit will remind me of his postings.
bullseye on March 27, 2009 at 9:08 PM
What’s the greater crime; someone stealing something from someone else, or a boatload of do-nothings pretending to be upstanding citizens who’d rather bend over and take it up the tailpipe instead taking a stand for something?
AubieJon on March 27, 2009 at 9:08 PM
I will be in Burleson Texas, 4/15/09.
Wearing my Stars & Stripes shirt, and Cowboy hat.
And Pitchfork and Torch.
Offshore_Drilling on March 27, 2009 at 9:08 PM
PS…. the gun will be in the truck.
Offshore_Drilling on March 27, 2009 at 9:08 PM
AP’s continued presence is making me wonder about the sincerity of MM, and Ed Moriessy. While I realize EM is just a big wuss but means well, his attitude and MM’s public one seem so at odds with AP’s.
I mean, if he’s just a liberal presence for MM to fend of the Fairness Doctrine Dogs, then how sincere can she be about being a true conservative?
AP’s gotta go.
klickink.wordpress.com on March 27, 2009 at 9:09 PM
And the economy has loved the last two election cycles!
Wait….
DOH!!!!
Saltysam on March 27, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I will attend local Tea Parties but I doubt I could travel to DC. We can adopt many of the tactics that the loony left has used in their protests over the years but not the style. I would say have a fife and drum corp dressed in 1776 fashion with a Color Guard to lead the march, dress in the attire you wear for work be it Carharts or business. I would also have Samuel Adam’s and Patrick Henry’s famous speeches read aloud, they inspire me when I need it.
goat on March 27, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Hell yes I’d go. I will either be driving across the country or participating closer to home.
We are condeming our children to a less bright future and laying the foundation for the demise of our republic.
We are at the precipice.
moxie_neanderthal on March 27, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Anyone know if there is ANYTHING going on in New Mexico, I mean, besides the occasional Mexican Army incursion, on April 15th?
HornetSting on March 27, 2009 at 9:12 PM
The enumeration of the House is left to the Hose, true. Until the end of the 19th Century, the House expanded it’s numbers with the population. Theere has been no such expansion for the last century, save for the addition of new States. Is it any wonder that there has been no viable third party threat to either of the two major parties for more than a century? The House should be the cauldron in which third parties are formed, but it is now under the semi-oligarchical control of two groups. I seriously doubt that the Founding Fathers would approve. I would go farther and say that they would be rabidly opposed to such a non-representative government-by-party situation and would countenance resistance, perhaps even rebellion, against such.
Try reading the words of the Framers. Government by, of andd for the Party is NOT their goal. They wanted government by, of, and for the PEOPLE. The current system serves to stifle the people, not serve them.
Random Numbers (Brian Epps) on March 27, 2009 at 9:15 PM
A hit and a miss.
I’m a mid-westerner born and raised. I worked hard all the way through high school and graduated 6 in a class of 400. I was 1 of 6 students at my school to get the I.B. Diploma that year and 1 of 4 students to complete the two semester Organic Chemistry course.
I was able to afford NYU because I’d worked so hard through high school and I got half of it covered in scholarships including a National Merit scholarship. I finished at NYU in 3 years because I always took the maximum number of credits allowed.
After college I moved into a studio apartment with a roommate to save money and worked my butt of in order to repay my student loans in 5 years.
Now, I work ~50/week because I both like my job and I’m helping my parents pay their bills. With the rest of the money, I sponsor a boy in India and a girl in Bangladesh through World Vision and have 3 active loans on Kiva.org. I also donate money to political causes/candidates that I like such a both of Bush’s campaigns (I worked 70 hours in the call center and was a pollworker for his second campaign), McCain’s election (more of a lesser of two evils scenario), Concerned Women for America, and others.
I recommend that, in the future, you don’t pretend to know who someone is based on their screen name and a single comment that you seem to purposely be misreading.
Now, back to my question, what have you done to take a stand that makes you A) so much braver and B) so much better than me?
JadeNYU on March 27, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Say your sorry klick- Ed doesn’t deserve that. Nor does Michelle. AP… ummmm he’s just thoroughly confused but you’ll go before he will…
;)
katy on March 27, 2009 at 9:15 PM
M-14 2go on March 27, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Be careful with that kind of talk. JadedNYU and Timid Rino will cry.
AubieJon on March 27, 2009 at 9:16 PM
There’s one in Denver if you’re up for the drive.
katy on March 27, 2009 at 9:17 PM
If you will get your head out of your resume’, as impressive as you make it sound, and look, you’ll see I answered you.
AubieJon on March 27, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Oink:
I saw this at the WIBC website:
Protesters are planning a modern-day “tea party” on the steps of the Indiana statehouse.
This time, organizers aren’t speaking out against a tea tax; they’re protesting spending in Washington.
Indianapolis Tea Party spokesman Dustin Doyle cites the federal bank bailout plan as an example. He claims dozens of fellow frustrated Hoosiers have been attending grassroots meetings to organize the upcoming event.
Doyle says the goal of the tea party is to send a message to state and federal lawmakers that there is growing opposition to irresponsible spending. He expects up to 3,000 people to attend.
The protest is set for April 15 from Noon to 2:00 p.m.
I went to DC back in the 80′s. I was there with WIFE {Women Involved in Farm Economics} to lobby for family farms.
It is a great place to visit.
Terrye on March 27, 2009 at 9:18 PM
This came through while I was still writing my post, so you can ignore my final question as you already answered it.
I’m glad to have you on the conservative side in spite of the fact that you seem a bit unable to identify who are your political friends and who are your political enemies.
As it turns out, we’ve done a lot of the same things politically, I suppose the difference between us is that you are still optimistic and believe they’re effective and I’ve grown pessimistic and doubt that anyone in Washington or the various state houses are listening.
That doesn’t make me a liberal and it doesn’t make me a coward….it could possible make me a negative nelly or just a realist (depending on whether or not they actually are listening).
Keep up the good work, but do try to save the fight for the actual liberals.
JadeNYU on March 27, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Hmmmmmm. I hear Denver is nice this time of year….
HornetSting on March 27, 2009 at 9:19 PM
And I recommend to you that the next time you want to spar with people who are tired of what’s ahppening to their country AND want to do something about it besides write a bread and butter letter, you go have a nice warm bath and then put your feet up.
AubieJon on March 27, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Other than an occasional 2 feet of snow and gale force winds in late March, it really is. Michelle Malkin was here for the tax rally a few months ago at the capitol. This one will be much bigger.
katy on March 27, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Sorry wrong answer. Take your Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat and leave in shame.
What you don’t get is that Beck isn’t preaching “frothy populism.” There is a groundswell of real Americans who have had it watching the filthy liar and complicit traitors like McCain and your own cowardly Buckeye RINOs. The time to take America is now. Incumbent polticians are not going to be unseated without national organization.
highhopes on March 27, 2009 at 9:23 PM
We will be planning our own Million Man March on Washington, DC to protest the plans of President and Democratically controlled Congress to “Sock-it-to the Wealthy” with their “Steal from the Hard-Working” programs. Their “Potato in Every Pot and Hand in Every Pocket” plan is just going too far. Instead of the ceremonial burning of the American Flag we will be burning the works of Karl Marx instead. Everyone is encouraged to bring a copy for the burning. For those having difficulty locating a copy of the Communist Manifesto might try their local library; I understand that each library has at least 15 or 20 copies that were placed their by the DNC. Just remember to bring back the ashes so you wont be charged for losing a book. You will have reduced it to its lowest common denominator so there should be no charges. See you in Washington….
Remember the Tea Party
DL13 on March 27, 2009 at 9:23 PM
granted. but there’s a reason it has not changed with the size of the population. substantially increasing congress’ size would not serve your interests at all. you would end up with a representative whose power and voice would be diluted among the thousands of others (as you suggest). that rep would probably have 2 minutes of floor time in an entire cycle, and the vote would be worth just as much as now, since states would still be represented at current proportions. your local cause would not get any more attention. and that’s not to mention the enormous bureaucracy, tens of thousands of gov’t paid staff, etc. so i guess james madison is not rolling in his grave just yet, if you know what i mean.
also, see my previous point about state legislatures, etc.
sesquipedalian on March 27, 2009 at 9:24 PM
With the bonus of burning jet fuel and adding to the carbon footprint? You bet your ass I would.
R D on March 27, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Tax Day? May Day? — and a few hundred thousand conservatives willing to take a day off and travel a few hundred (or thousand) miles. Exit question: Would you go? Nah, you wouldn’t.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this question. 2 jobs, 3 kids 6 and under, mortgage payment, utility bills,… hmmmmmm. Road trip to DC does not sound like it’s in my future. I like Chuck Norris’ idea, fire them all then rehire the honest ones.
froginthesky on March 27, 2009 at 9:25 PM
And everybody should visit. The problem is all the elected officials who never leave. We need the Congressional version of terminex to get rid of the infestation.
highhopes on March 27, 2009 at 9:25 PM
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