Tax Day and Tea Parties: The writing on the wall
posted at 8:48 am on April 15, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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It’s Tax Day, and across America, tens of thousands of Americans plan to attend Tea Party rallies. Our friend Andrew Malcolm notes the apparent irony of a Gallup poll that shows Americans more satisfied than historical norms about the taxes they pay. However, Gallup’s poll relates to what we pay today — and not what we’ll pay in the future:
The new survey purports that a plurality of Americans (48%) think they’re paying just about the right amount in taxes. Traditionally in American society, just the right amount in taxes is zero.
But now taxpayers are like Goldilocks on her third bowl of borrowed bear porridge. It’s just right.
A slightly smaller group that apparently drinks bottled water (46%) thinks taxes are too high.
No, really.
On this annual day of financial reckoning with the Washington crowd of talking suits spending way more money than we’re all paying combined, more Americans apparently think they’re getting their money’s worth.
Perhaps the Gallup poll does reflect the future after all. If 48% believe that their taxes are just right, it might be because that’s the exact same percentage that will pay zero in the near future, according to Barack Obama’s tax policies. With Obama’s emphasis on refundables, 48.7% of Americans will wind up paying no income tax at all. For them, zero is the right amount, and they have no reason to be unhappy … yet.
Unfortunately, in a short period of time, even those people will have to start paying taxes, and not in small amounts:
The Obama administration will be hard-pressed to avoid raising taxes on the middle class, according to economists crunching federal budget numbers in the lead-up to tax return day — today, April 15.
President Obama’s proposed changes to the tax code, combined with exploding entitlement costs, will lead to ever-growing debt, according to independent estimates. The big question for Obama and his economic team will be whether he can meet the rising costs with increased tax revenue only from small slices of the electorate. …
“You just simply can’t tax the rich enough to make this all up,” said Martin A. Sullivan, a former economic aide in the Reagan administration who said he backed Obama last fall.
“Especially just for getting the budget to a sustainable level, there needs to be a broad-based tax increase,” said Sullivan, now a contributing editor at Tax Analysts publications. “If you want to do healthcare on top of that, almost certainly, it just makes [a middle-class tax increase] all the more certain.”
What’s the debt they’re discussing? Time to break out the projected deficit chart again:
At some point, we have to start paying these bills, and when we do, it will hammer the middle class.
That’s what drives the Tea Parties — not taxes today, but all of the spending that will eventually require crushing taxes to resolve. The Obama administration plans a spending spree unlike anything outside of world wars in our history, and wants to sell a fantasy that only the rich have to pay for it. It’s ridiculous on its face. The amounts are staggeringly high, and even 100% confiscation wouldn’t begin to cover it.
We will try to get Tea Party updates during the Ed Morrissey Show today, starting at 3 pm ET. Don’t miss a minute.
Update: Michelle has the history of Tea Parties, and notes that it all began with Porkulus.
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I will have my two and four year old kids with me. We may be doing a lot of walking around/coming and going. I may even end up buying a couple of umbrella strollers in case they get tired. I can’t stand to miss it, but am not sure how well it will go. Hopefully there will be other kids there and since it is downtown we may do a little sight-seeing…anything to get to be there at least for a little while. But I completely understand your predicament. If they were just a little older…
XWing5 on April 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM
oh, I’m angry at all the people in Congress, R, D or I. One of my signs reads “send Congress & ACORN to GITMO”. and i mean it. and if it ends up on the news (i really don’t want to be on TV because it adds 15 lbs), then i’m ok with that.
my cats know enough to vote “no”. and hey, i’m just as angry at Rs.
kelley in virginia on April 15, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Better then leaving them in front of the TV and having PBS tell them that everyone is special.
Limerick on April 15, 2009 at 11:56 AM
WOW!!!! Check out this Tea Party Anthem!!
Theme song for the Tax Day Tea Party – see video below
http://radiopatriot.blogspot.com/2009/03/orlando-tea-party-has-signature-song-to.html
This song was written and recorded by Florida resident, African American, entertainer Lloyd Marcus, who will perform it at this Saturday’s Tea Party rally in Orlando, Florida.
Titled “American Tea Party”, the tune is catchy and inspiring, nicely capturing the spirit of Americans joining together for Tea Party protests across America.
Lyrics below:
“American Tea Party” by Lloyd Marcus
© 2009 ZEPHYRUS MUSIC, BMI
Mr President!
Your stimulus is sure to bust
Its just a socialistic scheme
The only thing it will do
Is kill the American Dream
You wanna take from achievers
Somehow you think that’s fair.
And redistribute to those folks
Who won’t get out of their easy chair.
We’re havin’ a tea party across this land
If you love this country
Come on and join our band
We’re standin’ up for freedom and liberty
Cause patriots have shown us freedom ain’t free
So when they call you a racist cause you disagree
It just another of their dirty tricks to silence you and me.
I believe in the Constitution and all it stands for.
Anyone who tramples it should be booted out the door.
We’re havin’ a tea party across this land
If you love this country
Come on and join our band
We’re standin’ up for freedom and liberty
Cause patriots have shown us freedom ain’t free
Now we’re not advocating violence
That’s what the so-called peace crowd do
We’re talkin’ peaceful protest to defend the red, white and blue
We gotta vote out these clowns who don’t love the USA
Who stay up late loosing sleep fearing what the French might say
We’re havin’ a tea party across this land
If you love this country
Come on and join our band
We’re standin’ up for freedom and liberty
Cause patriots have shown us freedom ain’t free
We’re havin’ a tea party across this land
If you love this country
Come on and join our band
We’re standin’ up for freedom and liberty
Cause patriots have shown us freedom ain’t free
Freedom ain’t free
(Stand up for America)
Freedom ain’t free
(Gotta take a stand)
Freedom ain’t free
(Mr Obama)
Freedom ain’t free
(we work hard for our money)
Freedom ain’t free
(Don’t give it away)
Freedom ain’t free
(Save the day)
Freedom ain’t free
(Don’t go givin’ it away)
Freedom ain’t free
(It ain’t gonna work)
Freedom ain’t free
(Give back our freedom)
Freedom ain’t free
(Give back our liberty)
Freedom ain’t free
(I love my country)
(fade out)
http://www.LloydMarcus.net
Fishoutofwater on April 15, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Have a great time. Unfortunately I’m stuck at work and can’t go. Thanks for your service! I’m a vet too.
Nuts4koi on April 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Fishoutofwater on April 15, 2009 at 11:56 AM
My compliments to Mr. Lloyd Marcus
Passionate-Conservative on April 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM
For those stuck at work (or in Canada ;-) pjtv has a live feed today.
gh on April 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM
If you’re in Vegas I’ll see you at Sunset park for the T-Party starting at noon.
Mojave Mark on April 15, 2009 at 12:08 PM
This person(?) is getting onerous. I don’t think it has an original thought. Axlerod give you a list of comebacks?
Nuts4koi on April 15, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Thanks, I’m stuck 8am-10pm. Not surprised there’s nothing on CNN, WaPo, NYT…they’re ignoring a historical PARTISAN event, at least as far as I’ve seen.
scalleywag on April 15, 2009 at 12:15 PM
The vid link on Yahoo/ABC news reports the Whitehouse said the president is unaware of the teaparties today. Talk about out of touch leaders. I say lets make a very loud noise and get his attention.
canditaylor68 on April 15, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Here is a sign for the cons:
http://images.findgift.com/Graphics/Gifts/140/PR_90109.jpg
getalife on April 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Big deal. The former male cheerleader didn’t know that gas was $4/gallon. BHO has a mess to clean up – the activities of the Joe Dirt crowd shouldn’t be of much interest to him
capitulus on April 15, 2009 at 12:21 PM
I believe King George’s diary entry for July 4, 1776 was “Nothing happened”
kybowexar on April 15, 2009 at 12:25 PM
You are an ignorant racist.
Furthermore you know nothing of the founding of this country. You call them the Joe Dirt crowd. I call them Americans. As the president of this country Obama should be interested in the concerns of all Americans.
canditaylor68 on April 15, 2009 at 12:27 PM
fox news lie of the day:
We did not sponsor the tea parties, only covering them.
They advertised all week.
That is sponsoring silly.
getalife on April 15, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Congratulations Ed,
I just read this thread and want give you big shout out on a job well done in letting a couple of these trolls, capitulus being one, turn this place into another KOS or Huffpo with their personal and insulting remarks.
I’m all up for debate with those who have differing views, but the name calling and the toilet humor by a few is over the top and hurting this great site. It’s no wonder I don’t see so many familiar faces.
I’m heading out for the Daley Center to my Tea Party. Catch you all later but I won’t be holding my breath on this place getting cleaned up any time soon.
Knucklehead on April 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM
How quaint. Sorry Mrs. Dirt, but that’s really now how things work.
Meanwhile, Fox is already trying to lower expectations
capitulus on April 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I heard that on pjtv as I made my post above. You can take it as his orders to the media.
Seems to be a paid troll … ignore (take “the vow”).
gh on April 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I’m carrying a small sign in my purse that has a drawing of a marijuana plant, that says Liberal Plant with an arrow. If I can get next to some Acorn nut being interviewed, maybe you’ll see me.
NellE on April 15, 2009 at 12:32 PM
The same Americans who won’t accept the president just b/c he’s black? They never gave him a chance & they were never planning to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fieGfc6DL7k&feature=PlayList&p=70240B2AB5EF50AB&index=40
TruUSA on April 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Getalife its okay, there is nothing wrong with it. Acorn is still denying they sponsored the trip to the AIG CEO’s private homes, even though they paid for the buses.Oops I apologize taxpayers paid for the buses,through stimulus funding for ACORN. MSNBC still denies that they are the propaganda branch of the Obama administration,even though MSNBC and CNN was hawking historical videos and commencement plates after the Obamacoronation. What comes around you know…
canditaylor68 on April 15, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Early indoctrination?
sethstorm on April 15, 2009 at 12:34 PM
To my fellow Americans who are attending a Tax Day Tea Party to stand up against the out of control Government, I salute you and wish you a great time of peaceful protest with like minded Americans. I will be sending the message in Seattle (after work) tonight. Let’s help Obama HEAR what America is up to!
ihasurnominashun on April 15, 2009 at 12:36 PM
He cannot be expected to deal with every single thing that happens in the world; much less his own nation.
sethstorm on April 15, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Yeah baby – REAL America in the heart of Pennsyltucky!
capitulus on April 15, 2009 at 12:36 PM
I went to a “Tea Party” here in Greenville SC. I was struck immediately by the difference between a protest from the right vs. a protest from the left. Let me explain. At the Tea Party we proudly displayed the U.S. Flag, we spoke of our PRIDE to be Americans, we spoke of our LOVE OF NATION, we talked with joy about the constitution, we talked about our pride in our nations history.
Now – does that sound like a protest by the LEFT? Does that sound like Code Pick?
We are AMERICANS – and we are so damn proud to be Americans that we will fight for our desire and our rights to remain Americans.
There I said it.
jake-the-goose on April 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Ignorant racists on both sides. That cannot be denied. It doesnt take away facts. To infer what you are saying here is that all tea party goers are Joe Dirts and that all tea party goers are racists. You fail.
canditaylor68 on April 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM
That’s hilarious! They must be really scared if they’re going to such trouble to disrupt the free speech of the opposition.
If we’re all just a bunch of crazies who are only robotically doing as we’re told by a TV station or a corporation or an organization or any other “-tion” they can think of, then why bother?
Gilda on April 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM
What the hell is Code Pick?? Is that some Suthern thing??
capitulus on April 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM
hey:; i must be part of the JOE DIRT crowd. let’s see, i have a law degree. so i’m one of the uneducated rednecks, right? i’m a redneck & proud of it.
this is about ALL of AMERICA.
kelley in virginia on April 15, 2009 at 12:41 PM
How is life in your mom’s basement? One liners, so simple, kinda like you. LOL
usarmyretired on April 15, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Even my fingers (typing) are pissed off.
What can I tell you.
jake-the-goose on April 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Meanwhile the Texas GOP is trying to secede from the nation. And you have these Americans openly talking about assasinating the American president. My point is, I’m not sure if We’re more American on the Right argument holds much weight anymore. Because the picture they paint doesn’t look very inclusive or patriotic.
TruUSA on April 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Hey a-hole, I didn’t vote for Obama… and I’m Hispanic. And a woman to boot. Does that make me a racist, too?
So, this Hispanic woman with two college degrees is just another redneck hillbilly Conservative subhuman, according to you?
If you end up with a broken nose somewhere and we find out about it, we will certainly say you had it coming.
newton on April 15, 2009 at 12:47 PM
That is so funny. Didn’t your liberal friends make a movieabout killing George Bush. Where was your rightous indignation then? @#$$clown.
usarmyretired on April 15, 2009 at 12:48 PM
hey, i want to have a peaceful protest. none of my redneck JOE DIRT friends (see capitulus above) are taking their shotguns or other firearms. we just want Congress to hear/see us.
kelley in virginia on April 15, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Candi don’t get me wrong. I’m not defending the Joe Dirt comment. I was responding to your idea that Obama should be doing more to reach out to the kind of people involved in these Tea Parties. My point is that there is no cooperation b/c they don’t want solutions. They just don’t like the guy, no matter if he can fix the nation’s problems or not.
TruUSA on April 15, 2009 at 12:50 PM
link? never heard of it. but if so thats wrong too
TruUSA on April 15, 2009 at 12:51 PM
this is not 100% about Obama–its just not all about him. its about Congress & all the laws they pass. and taxes. if Congress took a year-long sabbatical, we would all be better off.
kelley in virginia on April 15, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Ya, um okay…
canditaylor68 on April 15, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Oh my,,,,,, you poor thing – you’re a sad example.
jake-the-goose on April 15, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Reaffirming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution is not secession. It’s an act of strongly reminding the Federal Government about the things the Constitution forbids it from doing.
It is as PATRIOTIC as could get – something you seem to know nothing about.
But to you, anay act against Obama is an act of treason. “Obama is the State! Obama is the USA!” according to you. We’re just reminding him -and you – that Obama is not Louis XIV.
It was because of the madness of a king and a government that this Nation came to being in the first place.
newton on April 15, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Death of A President.
canditaylor68 on April 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM
What? calm down and show some civility. I never said everyone who voted against Obama is racist.
TruUSA on April 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM
even my uber liberal friends don’t want to pay more taxes. in my mind, they don’t understand how we arrived at this point in our history, but rather than fuss with them, i’d rather fuss with Congress.
kelley in virginia on April 15, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Wait, didn’t the left just spend the last eight years arguing that “talking about assasinating the American president” was the hight of patriotism?
BTW, do your two minute hates still focus on ex-President Bush, or have you guys moved on yet?
18-1 on April 15, 2009 at 12:56 PM
You implied it. Everyone in this forum read the same thing.
newton on April 15, 2009 at 12:57 PM
TruUSA on April 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Civility? You are the one implying that we’re unpatriotic! What’s next? That we get arrested for treason?
newton on April 15, 2009 at 12:59 PM
TruUSA on April 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Get your facts straight. Texas is not trying to secede from the nation. It is a resolution affirming state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment.
carbon_footprint on April 15, 2009 at 1:01 PM
And an off-Broadway play. And a very explicit work of “art”. They’re out there.
newton on April 15, 2009 at 1:01 PM
You need to relax, Mrs. Mugre.
capitulus on April 15, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Glad to have an ally here!
newton on April 15, 2009 at 1:02 PM
No updates… no Liberals freaking out and starting problems???? I hope.
upinak on April 15, 2009 at 1:03 PM
We are headed to the Corpus Christi Tea Party by the Bay this afternoon, kids in tow. My kids will be carrying signs that say, “Just Send Me the Bill Now.”
pullingmyhairout on April 15, 2009 at 1:03 PM
All I can say is “Thank God I Live In Texas!!” All are welcome, you know.
pullingmyhairout on April 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM
95% of people don’t want higher taxes. Period.
LibTired on April 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Nope. YOU need to stay away from where you’re not wanted. Period.
Oh yeah, I have a Latin temper. A rather restrained one. But when I’m provoked… I pity the fool.
newton on April 15, 2009 at 1:05 PM
I wouldn’t know. Always been an Independent b/c my father is a Bush Republican & mother is a Dem. I will concede that these days one side seems to be making better arguments than the other. So I guess you can call me a bunch of names if you want.
TruUSA on April 15, 2009 at 1:05 PM
According to that survey, anyway. I have a really hard time believing 5 out of 100 want to pay more. I think it’s just something they say to make themselves feel better.
LibTired on April 15, 2009 at 1:06 PM
You’ll probably see some friends of mine in Corpus! Say Hi from me! I wish I was there!
newton on April 15, 2009 at 1:06 PM
To all you tea party haters out there (you know who you are! So do I!): This isn’t about left or right. This isn’t about liking or hating the One. This isn’t about whining about paying higher taxes. This is a fight (using Reagan’s words) between UP or DOWN.
Do we constantly spend trillions of dollars in causes the people wouldn’t generally agree with or bother spending govt money on? Or do we hold congress and the POTUS to the job that we elected them to? If it were Bush during his third term I’d bet we’d have the same thing happening now!
I know I’d be out there and plenty of conservatives on this forum would be there too… for the correct reasons.
You tea party haters on the other hand… I know exactly why you’d be there.
Chaz706 on April 15, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Ummmmm……no. They are 2 and 4 and probably won’t remember it one week from now. I want to go and there is no one to babysit them. So we are going on a trip to downtown Dallas. I don’t think it will scar them for life, but thanks for the concern :rolls eyes:
XWing5 on April 15, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Whatever happens today, it is only the beginning.
Only the Beginning.
newton on April 15, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Wow, you should write for Hallmark or Glenn Beck or Don Francisco or something.
capitulus on April 15, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Wish I could :[
It would take be a good three hours to get there. It’s not the distance, but the LIRR always ends up taking forever, etc, etc. Then I have a paper and I’m making my mom B-Day dinner this evening. I really wish I could go. I just feel bad if I ditched good ol’ ma’ on her birthday.
But have fun for me. Do some jager bombs
blatantblue on April 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM
I’m on my way to San Antone for the tea party there this evening. TTFN.
TexasDan on April 15, 2009 at 1:16 PM
You’re a good son. And I’m not being sarcastic.
capitulus on April 15, 2009 at 1:21 PM
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people… except for the power to seize control of banks and auto companies, violate contracts with private citizens, snd spend trillions of dollars the government doesn’t have on ridiculous crap that appeals to carefully targeted constituencies, as long as the ruling party thinks there’s a crisis.
If the government under all political parties followed the actual text and meaning of the real Tenth Amendment, elections wouldn’t be desperate matters of life and death for the voters. You shouldn’t have to worry about the industry you work for being nationalized if the wrong guy wins. And the alternatives for an American citizen should include a few options besides submission and secession. The whole point of the Constitution was to ensure the people would not be presented with a slate of tyrants to choose from when they cast their votes.
All this “we won, so get on your knees” nonsense illustrates the shallow understanding liberals have for the country they live in… as if the sole important feature of American governance is the way we select the leader through a popular vote every four years. What the leader is allowed to do is at least as important as how he gets there… and if he arrives with power limited only by how angry the opposition becomes, and an endless supply of free money he can siphon from future voters to pay for today’s plans, it’s no surprise his plans are sloppy. You’re better off being ruled by a constitutionally-bound hereditary monarch than a democratically elected socialist, especially since the socialist will invariably steal money from his opponents to pay off the people he thinks will keep him in power. Once the socialist gets that wealth transfer calibrated to 49% victims and 51% dependents, the dead grey stasis of collectivist politics settles in. What was the percentage of people who don’t pay any taxes again?
Yeah, but he’s perfectly qualified to run the financial, automotive, and health care industries, right? He’s omniscient when it comes to billions of daily transactions in a trillion dollar economy, and he might even get around to protecting his citizens from pirate attacks, as long as he gets to blow a couple billion on his housing programs first.
Doctor Zero on April 15, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Again, it’s a big mistake to focus exclusively on the federal income tax. For one thing, it lets D’ohbama get away with raising taxes (tobacco) on millions of Americans, predominately poor.
corona on April 15, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Are you sh!tting me? That says it all right there.
Sultry Beauty on April 15, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Can’t go to the Tea Party in my town (working and, given who I work *for*, attending would be a bad idea for my job security) but I’ve got a good view of it from one of the offices in my building.
About 15 minutes to the official start time and it looks like the steps of the capitol building are completely full.
I’ll have to get a few shots of it later in case the local press tries to play it off as 10 yokels in pickup trucks instead of hundreds of people with signs.
teke184 on April 15, 2009 at 1:45 PM
The fun is beginning in Phoenix even before the party starts:
Just got back from the gym, where I usually go after work. Since I took the day off to attend the Phoenix Tea Party and had to go get some blood drawn for labwork, I thought I’d just go to the gym early.
Ran into my trainer, who typically sees me after work. She asked me what I was doing there and I said “Well, I had to have some labs done plus I’m going to the Tea Party this afternoon downtown.” She said “Oh, you’re going to a tea party?” and I said “No, I’m going to THE Tea Party.”
She made that little wave people make when something disgusts them and curled her upper lip. Said to me “So, are you a teabagger?” I said “Do you know what that term means as it’s being used today? It’s actually a very crude slang term with sexual connotations.”
She said “Well, I know, but are you a teabagger?” Light went off in my cavernous cranium — she knows exactly what she is saying.
I said to her “You know, I’ve been called a lot of things, and the term you use is quite offensive, but I’d much rather be the one labeled than the one doing the labeling. That says something about you I’d rather not know, and it’s too bad you and the mainstream media seem to think it’s okay. Have a nice day.”
Wow, talk about a polarized nation. However, there were others in the gym who wanted to know more. So I told them. Who knows, might have a few additional folks show up tonight!
koz on April 15, 2009 at 1:51 PM
so this teabagging thing is all about big business in bed with the government? the teabaggers think this all started 70 days ago? The GOP is Big Business, thankfully they are not part of the government anymore.
Monkei on April 15, 2009 at 2:04 PM
For ernesto:
If you are looking for a way to kill time before the NYC Tea Party, check this out:
Urban Infidel on April 15, 2009 at 2:05 PM
+1 Trainer
-1 Teabagger
capitulus on April 15, 2009 at 2:05 PM
interesting. anything going on after?
ernesto on April 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Yeah, organizing hundreds of grass roots rallies to protest the subsidies and bailouts of GM, AIG and their ilk is really conservatives’ way of bringing “Big Business” closer to government.
/sarc off./
Tell me, Monkei, do you actually think before you write?
patriette on April 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM
I just saw Susan Roesgen on CNN Newsroom covering the tea party in Chicago and I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED.
She should be fired NOW.
Ryan Gandy on April 15, 2009 at 2:15 PM
what was the coverage like?
ernesto on April 15, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Just think how much money you’ll save when you ditch that trainer. I hope you can replace her with a nice veteran or at least someone who is not deliberately offensive.
Good luck with your party tonight. Make us proud!
Laura in Maryland on April 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I live in a little podunk town in the middle of nowhere, NM. Last night, I visited the website of our local newspaper and read the short blurb about our local “Tea Party” gathering.
Of the 40 comments about the article (prior to mine), only one local person had commented. There were a few from neighboring communities, but by far, most of the comments, ranting about ’silly, evil rethuglicans and their foolish little tea parties’, posted (according to their IP addresses) from places a thousand miles away (in various directions).
I can only conclude that ACORN or Moveon or something similar assigned people to search across the nation for articles and disparage any news about the gatherings.
They are really afraid of this grass roots movement for some reason. Perhaps they think that it is going to be even more effective than do many of the people who are organizing and attending the ‘tea parties’
LegendHasIt on April 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM
ernesto on April 15, 2009 at 2:18 PM
In a minute and a half, she:
insinuated the tea parties were full of “Obama bashers” and whack jobs;
got in a protester’s face and raised her voice at him;
dismissed him as a fascist with a wave of her arm at the end;
argued with another protester;
blamed Fox for her presence there and whined about the tea parties being “anti-CNN.”
SHE HAD NO PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY AT ALL!
Guess that’s par for the course though . . . I’m submitting something via CNN’s contact form about this freak. I hope other people who watched it will do the same.
Ryan Gandy on April 15, 2009 at 2:24 PM
We just got back from the one in Virginia Beach. It was cold, windy, and drizzling (oh, and my screams-at-the-drop-of-a-hat son was, well, screaming)… but there were at least a couple hundred people there. Lots of flags, and an incredible amount of children/teens. I had several people thank me for bringing my children – made me feel it was worth the effort to drag them out there.
I just wish my representatives cared – I think it says a lot that a mother of three dragged her children out on a crappy day to protest government spending. It’s not a walk in the park, and not something I’d do if I weren’t passionate about it.
Anna on April 15, 2009 at 2:25 PM
i usually watch FNC, but i have to take issue with a comment i heard within the last hour describing the teaparties as protests against Obama’s tax policies. yes, I am protesting obama’s tax policies, but it is the idjits in Congress that voted for them. fire all of them. congress is at fault. R, D & I.
going to Richmond now to protest at 6 pm.
kelley in virginia on April 15, 2009 at 2:26 PM
My family in Longview, Tx just got back from the 1 hour meet-up at the court house and apparently about a thousand showed up – more than has ever shown up there before and far more than I expected from just an averaged size city.
XWing5 on April 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Facts.
sethstorm on April 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM
sethstorm on April 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Wrong.
Shut your mouth if all you’re going to do is stand behind such deplorable behavior.
Ryan Gandy on April 15, 2009 at 2:35 PM
(Emphasis mine)
I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve told someone that we don’t have a Democracy, we have a Constitutional Republic. Schools can’t seem to tell the difference between them.
And as you point out here, it seems the indoctrination now has people living like it’s a democracy, where winning an election justifies whatever the winners choose to do. So it’s okay to violate laws, ignore the Constitution, break contracts, and use taxes to appropriate privately owned money.
tom on April 15, 2009 at 2:35 PM
YEs!
1. NYC Tea Party AFTER PARTY: This is going to be a blast from 10pm-1am with an open bar and live DJ for $20 cash donation at the door. This event is being thrown by XA, one of the Tea Party sponsors. You must RSVP here. http://www.teapartynyc.org/Default.aspx?
Urban Infidel on April 15, 2009 at 2:37 PM
What I saw at the Boston Tea Party:
I’d guess when I showed up, there were around 2 to 3 thousand folks there, with more flowing in throughout. I saw zero counter-protesters or troublemakers. A lot of Gadsden and American flags, a lot of signs mostly anti-spending, a bunch bashing Barney Frank, a lot of young folks with signs unhappy that they’re going to get stuck paying Obama’s bill. The mood was relaxed and festive, the weather was very good. Only a couple newsvans that I could see. The only downer was that the PA system for the speakers was terrible, unless you were within 10 feet you couldn’t hardly make out what they were saying.
Here’s my video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qXcW1WkT1o
The speaker is Carla Howell, a libertarian activist. I couldn’t stay for the whole thing, but that’s what I saw.
Rebar on April 15, 2009 at 2:39 PM
waaaat open bar? im so there. you’d better be as well, seeing as i’ll be lamenting the fact that Cindy Munford wont be there.
ernesto on April 15, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Deplorable? Maybe.
Factual? Definitely.
I for one do not object to the goings on of Atlanta’s media conglomerates. They’re both attacked frequently by Murdoch’s US arms, but those arms can’t take any criticism.
sethstorm on April 15, 2009 at 2:43 PM
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