Video: Scenes from the Tucson Tea Party
posted at 1:36 pm on November 11, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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If Democrats think that the House has muscled its way past the Tea Party activists by passing the ObamaCare bill, the Tucson Tea Party sent a message yesterday. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) calls herself a “Blue Dog Democrat,” but that dog didn’t hunt two months ago in a town-hall meeting, and it fell even more flat after Giffords voted to approve Nancy Pelosi’s massive plan to overhaul the American health-care system. Can a Democrat who voted for Porkulus, ObamaCare, and cap-and-trade call herself a “Blue Dog”, or has she become a Lap Dog to Pelosi? Tucson voters gave an answer for that yesterday:
Once again, what’s remarkable about this protest is how absolutely ordinary it is. No one is foaming at the mouth; they’re mostly laughing at Giffords’ hypocritical attempts to cast herself as some sort of moderate while mindlessly following Pelosi and her radical agenda. They’re not an angry mob, as the media has cast the Tea Party movement — they’re a motivated group of voters who are sending a message that will only get louder in the coming year.
Be sure to watch it all. HA reader/commenter Ordinary1 did a great job of putting together a funny and entertaining look at this grassroots activism. Well, entertaining to everyone but Gabby Giffords, that is.
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Buh Bye Ms. Giffords. Wished I could say it was nice knowing ya. ;)
capejasmine on November 11, 2009 at 1:40 PM
hahaha She aint no blue dog!
becki51758 on November 11, 2009 at 1:41 PM
excellent video from my southern neighbors…
rock on!
cmsinaz on November 11, 2009 at 1:42 PM
If she thinks it’s bad now just wait till the Dems bring up Amnesty for illegals in the spring. Arizona is going to friggin explode.
Rocks on November 11, 2009 at 1:43 PM
ya got that right!!
cmsinaz on November 11, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Parker Griffith (D-AL #5): Blue Dog my Ass! She wouldn’t recognize a bluedog if it jumped and humped her like AP’s robot.
Sapwolf on November 11, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Well done.
eforhan on November 11, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Man those are some scary teabaggers! :-0
That people are willing to show up outside a Congressional office in protest AFTER the vote says all that needs to be said about the legitimacy of the movement. When among themselves Democrats must be really worried about this.
highhopes on November 11, 2009 at 1:45 PM
A vote for a “Blue Dog” is a vote for Pelosi. There is NO way around that fact.
WashJeff on November 11, 2009 at 1:46 PM
AP to Arizonans, Stop being grouchy.
fourdeucer on November 11, 2009 at 1:46 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Giffords#Political_positions
Someone please explain to me how someone with this political ideology is considered a “Blue Dog”? Especially after voting for Pelosicare. Arizona 8, if you don’t run this woman out of town next November, you’re officially on my sh-tlist.
Doughboy on November 11, 2009 at 1:46 PM
The myth of the Blue Dog continues…
Nobody who is active in Democratic politics could survive very long being a small-government, fiscally-conservative type.
mankai on November 11, 2009 at 1:46 PM
They have to know they are going to lose because of this vote. I’m thinking that the White House promised them good government jobs after they lost their re election bid if they would vote for this.
Nobody who voted for this bill in a conservative district will win. They must know that.
ThackerAgency on November 11, 2009 at 1:49 PM
This is why Pelosi scheduled the vote prior to the recess. She didn’t want the Blue Dogs to hear from the people until they were bought and sealed.
PackerBronco on November 11, 2009 at 1:50 PM
The Tucson Tea Party organizers have done a great job of keeping their efforts in the news. Very dedicated bunch. Kudos to them.
Catherine Wilkinson on November 11, 2009 at 1:51 PM
I know a lot of people with dogs named Gabby. None of them are blue.
UltimateBob on November 11, 2009 at 1:52 PM
More awesome Patriots!
My Tea Party is planning to deliver frozen turkeys to our pseudoblue dog.
Oh Mercy on November 11, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Thank goodness for people who are willing to go out like this, not lay down, not just sit and fume about our country’s direction. If I still lived in Scottsdale, I’d be there with’em. Living in a blue state, there’s not many whom I can congregate with, unfortunately. (yet I do give the 1-finger salute to those wack-job leftists who protest at the top of library hill…)
viviliberoomuori on November 11, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Lmao at the D&D bit! Hahahahahaha, so awesome. xD
nickj116 on November 11, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Thanx for picking up my video, HotAir!
Yes. Giffords must go. She beat the Conservative Tim Bee by 12 points last time around by running as a moderate. She won’t be able to do that this time. Her voting record (among other things) will be her downfall.
Ordinary1 on November 11, 2009 at 1:57 PM
well done friend!
cmsinaz on November 11, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Time to visit the Senators’ offices but before the vote.
Cindy Munford on November 11, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Really good job on that video. Hope you can put your blue dog down.
highhopes on November 11, 2009 at 2:00 PM
We should all mail them teabags.
highhopes on November 11, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Great work on the video. More like this please!
Gilda on November 11, 2009 at 2:02 PM
My pleasure! That was expertly presented, Ordinary1.
Ed Morrissey on November 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM
More, please…
Seven Percent Solution on November 11, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Blue dogs hunt as well as a PUMA.
faraway on November 11, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Excellent job Arizonians!
darwin on November 11, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Really, outside of the Rural South, Blue Dog is just a euphemism for a Democrat incumbent in a +R district nowadays. They vote party line regardless of what they say.
Rocks on November 11, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Well done Tuscon. Can we safely move GG to the “out” column?
Ed’s question could also be asked, “can we consider a republican who votes for Stimulus, ObamaCare and C&T a republican anymore”?
Thanks Dede.
Russ
russcote on November 11, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Also, is it simply because she’s a two-termer that CQ considers AZ-8 “likely Democratic”?
http://innovation.cqpolitics.com/atlas/house2010_rr?referrer=rightrail
russcote on November 11, 2009 at 2:13 PM
I heard that in closed door talks tweenst Clinton and the Won, Tea Party participants were repeatedly referred to as, “Teabaggers”.
WTF?!!
Our POS POTUS has done a lot o’ shite to piss me off, but I am way past pissed now. He learly has no regard for the individual…only the masses that worship at the feet of the Obamessiah.
Both of these massive egos, somehow managed to stuff themselves in to the same room at the same time and proceeded to insult myself and all others that participated in the protests in a most disgusting and vile fashion…and probably got a good chuckle out of it.
I ain’ laughin’….
Army Brat on November 11, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Herb Tarlek style?
cntrlfrk on November 11, 2009 at 2:19 PM
I think best part of the video is the audience responses to her speech. It sounded like unanimous jeering. Her expression is priceless.
[OMG....they're not clapping and cheering...I don't know what to do...I'll just keep reading and get out quick...]
BobMbx on November 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM
big deal.
The GOP is fighting against conservatives.
Steele blunders, meanwhile the left is ORGANIZING, letters to editor of all newspapers, fundraising, district candidate support, etc.
Hutchison writing editorials that reprimands conservatives.
Huck, and the rest still support amnesty did not support Hoffman.
2010 is it and the GOP is STUCK in democrat lite…or they have all had a taste of the Soros endless supply of money. You pick
nondhimmie on November 11, 2009 at 2:24 PM
“I thought they could fly!”
haha..great show.
BobMbx on November 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM
There are supposed to be more registered Republicans than Democrats in District 8, but not by much. The local papers are run by liberal Dems, and they endorsed Giffords last time (and probably will again). The Republican party hasn’t put up much of a fight against her. The Tea Partiers, on the other hand, have been protesting against her relentlessly — not that it’s made any difference in the way she votes. As another commenter noted, Gifford ran (both times) as a moderate, but she’s anything but.
AZCoyote on November 11, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Hey Ordinary1….come up to Prescott and help us out! Ann Kirkpatrick ignored all our efforts. But she made sure she was in the local paper, writing about her “concern”…and she voted for it anyway. We gotta get rid of her, along with Gabby!
Catherine Wilkinson on November 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Inspirational.
A peaceful revolution is coming.
NebCon on November 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM
As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!
Laura in Maryland on November 11, 2009 at 2:37 PM
She is courting the illegal alien vote down in Tucson.
The Obama method.
dthorny on November 11, 2009 at 2:39 PM
And McCain in Phoenix.
dthorny on November 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Thanks a lot AZC. I have to wonder how many other alleged “blue dogs” are in reality straight pelosi-wingnuts.
What do we call these people…BDINO’s? I guess “liar” works too.
Russ
russcote on November 11, 2009 at 2:42 PM
A frequent HA commenter coined a new word sometime back…and darned approppriate:
Bastinos
BobMbx on November 11, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Has anyone sent this Gabby? We would not want her to miss her debut.
bloggless on November 11, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Hot Air should create a Dog Pound gallery of these tea party videos for these Lap Dog Dems. It would provide a nice lift during a down day to see these spineless weasels (who everyone knows will be out of office next year) squirm in front of their constituents. How often do we get to see Libs pay for their misdeeds with public humiliation like this? It’s just lovely.
EMD on November 11, 2009 at 2:46 PM
My humble suggestion: Don’t waste food on the twitball. Instead, wait until Monday after Thanksgiving and send him a bunch of turkey carcasses.
Laura in Maryland on November 11, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Sounds like Giffords will be joining the 10.2%
rjoco1 on November 11, 2009 at 2:51 PM
How about Democrats. Why give these people special status? They are not special. They are reliable votes for Pelosi and in lockstep with their party no matter how much they claim otherwise.
Blue dogs supposedly cross party lines to vote with the conservatives on particular issues but, frankly, most of the dogs in Pelosi’s pound call themselves Blue Dogs when in reality they are nothing more than Democrats in right-leaning districts. They shouldn’t be given the cover of the moderate label when, like Giffords they clearly are nothing more than Pelosi’s chew toy.
highhopes on November 11, 2009 at 2:51 PM
It will be more like 15% by the time she loses her job.
highhopes on November 11, 2009 at 2:52 PM
That was me. :-) really.
It was a typing error. Glad to see that it caught on. Like a bad case of the sh!ts.
UltimateBob on November 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM
“Oh, the humanity!”
Best. Show. Ever.
My brothers and I still quote WKRP to this day.
BlueStateBilly on November 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Love the Jim Carrey clip. Nice video, Ordinary.
Sixth Guard on November 11, 2009 at 2:59 PM
She showed up on a site listing her as receiving their endorsement:
mankai on November 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Blue Dog
Lap Dog.
juanito on November 11, 2009 at 3:19 PM
I truly think that the dems are convinced that once this passes, it will be so good and so well received that they will be immune from being voted out of office.
They are convinced that we really need this bill and really want this bill, we just don’t understand it.
Even Bill is convinced that if Hillary’s bill would have passed it would have been great.
This is where people who say there are no differences between the two parties don’t get it…
right2bright on November 11, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Blue Dogs same as Rinos====No core principles (They just want to stay in Congress.)
mobydutch on November 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM
“I think best part of the video is the audience responses to her speech. It sounded like unanimous jeering. Her expression is priceless.
[OMG....they're not clapping and cheering...I don't know what to do...I'll just keep reading and get out quick...]
BobMbx on November 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM”
Bob, she got exactly the same reaction in Sierra Vista the night before, and she looked genuinely puzzled. I said to the guy next to me …. She really doesn’t have a clue…Look at her . All I can say is that she made a HUGE mistake voting for this bill, and against the Stupak amendment. She works for US, not Pelosi, and she’ll find that out in 2010, believe me.
Maggie45 on November 11, 2009 at 3:44 PM
The effects will only be felt in 2012 in a positive sense for the Dims if they can immediately pass AMNESTY with the help of McCain and Grahamnasty. Thus putting 30 million illegals and as many more as can hop the border before the elections in Dim pockets.
The long term consequences are what they think will benefit them. Turning the whole country into a third world, taxed poor, Government dependency.
Keep a sharp eye and a sharp stick out for your RINO’s and Blue Dogs amnesty is a killer!
dhunter on November 11, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Arizonans to AP: f*** off and die!
VoyskaPVO on November 11, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Great article here on yet another story hardly touched so far.
http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=ZGFmMDY4NzdkMmIwZTQ1MzU2ZDA4NGZhNzJlNGU2MTE=
AnninCA on November 11, 2009 at 4:01 PM
I agree about the calmness, too. That is what marks the teaparties.
I guess some of the uglier signs do give the media a way to illustrate “hatred.”
Can’t control folks, but it’s a lot more fun when that stuff isn’t part of it.
AnninCA on November 11, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Yepper UNION doctors and Nurses thats’ just what the doctor, eeerrrr Pinnochio called for!
dhunter on November 11, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Get Ready…..Lets do some Spring Cleaning!
BigMike252 on November 11, 2009 at 4:06 PM
It’s great to see the Tea Partiers actively opposing this fraud.
However, a lot more will be necessary to beat her. No offense to Doug Hoffman, who made the best of his abilities, but I hope Az-8 folks can find someone better than his type to run against this liberal b****. Someone articulate, charismatic and with lots of money, but also principled. I get the idea the former Republican (forgot his name) talk show host who used to represent this district upset the well-healed suburbanites. You need someone like Bob McDonnell who is smart and can talk to them in their language. And he or she shouldn’t run a one issue (anti-illegals) campaign. Good luck in finding your candidate. Start looking now. Any Republican running in a district full of these shallow upscale dumb f***ing suburbanites who vote for frauds like this Giffords and Obama needs to go to school on the McDonnell campaign.
chris999 on November 11, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Putting a link up on our site and have passed on in emails…
LOL! That was my first thought when the idea was brought up! WKRP was the only show that my BA brother and I would actually sit down and watch with our folks.
@Laura: I like your idea better – we are in the deep South, so perhaps we’ll just let ‘em fermet for a few days.
Oh Mercy on November 11, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Looks like the only thing “blue dog” about Giffords is that her dog collar is too tight around her neck and it’s cutting off the blood supply to her brain.
nelsonknows on November 11, 2009 at 4:46 PM
In 2006 when the Gabster was first elected to congress, the Republicans engaged in a heated primary to succede Jim Kolbe. The NRCC intervened in the race and endorsed the RINO candidate before the vote. The conservative candidate was nominated, but Kolbe,who was retiring, refused to back him. Gabby was endorsed by both local papers and every TV station. She won by about 20,000 votes.
This is just another reason why I hate RINOs!!!I was a precinct committeeman at the time, but this crap drove me away. I haven’t been back since.
BillyGoatGruff on November 11, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I love HotAir!
macummings on November 11, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Maybe she calls herself a “Blue Dog” because Nancy Pelosi makes her sit on a block of ice in the Democratic cloak room and bark like a dog?
I know … I’m reaching here. :D
HondaV65 on November 11, 2009 at 5:07 PM
It’s not surprising that a Blue dog was a lap dog. It is surprising that Giffords isn’t a total dog.
That makes the score: Hot conservative women in the public eye: 100+, Passable dim women: 1.
Lou Budvis on November 11, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Frighteningly scary people those teapartiers. I can see why they are considered extremists, but the Ft. Hood shooter is not. /sarc
ctmom on November 11, 2009 at 6:28 PM
I tweak her on twitter often. This is not her debut. Check here, here, here and here :-)
Ordinary1 on November 11, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Can Tucson still be that shocked at a Dem’s actions after all these years?
Known as the Hippie Capitol of the SW even back in the 90’s and having a hand in shatting out such wonderful hard-core Dems as Raul Grijalva, Tom Volgy and Ed Pastor in a true Chicago-style political machine, it would seem they’re still wallowing in their own socialist filth created in the voting booths.
Where’s John C. Scott to sum it all up when ya need him?
UncleOlaf on November 11, 2009 at 6:42 PM
I live in Tucson in Gifford’s district. She is definitely NOT a Blue Dog. Yet somehow she keeps getting elected. I just do not understand it. Part of the reason is that the Republican party keeps supporting weaker more moderate candidates. I think many Republicans in the past have said why bother voting. The Republicans throw solid conservatives such as Randy Graffe overbooard. Hopefully 2010 will have the GOP supporting a solid conservative or she will win again.
paraff on November 11, 2009 at 7:27 PM
We’ve not yet begun to fight! Thanks, Tuscon patriots. Now let’s All roll!
Christian Conservative on November 11, 2009 at 7:30 PM
There are a couple of strong Conservatives vying for the Republican nomination already. I like Jesse Kelly. Here’s my video of a Town Hall meeting he took over in Sahaurita/Green Valley this past August when Gabby canceled.
Ordinary1 on November 11, 2009 at 7:36 PM
I wish this article had mentioned that there is an amazing Conservative candidate and a Marine Corps combat veteran who is challenging Gabby for her seat.
JESSE KELLY
It’s important that people know that there are far superior alternatives out there.
AZ is wising up and Kelly will clinch the win!!
Now…if only they could get rid of McShame…
Redhead Infidel on November 11, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Sadly what you saw in that video was every single person in Tucson who is to the right of Van Jones. Tucson is Berkely with rattlesnakes.
Sheikh Yerbouti on November 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM
Talked to a die hard Obama fan over the weekend. Told her I had watched C-SPAN and heard parts of the bill read. Told her what was in the bill. Her reaction “WHAT????!, you’re kidding”. When I explained the bill caps doctor’s fees but not lawyer’s fees, gives AARP 1 billion, gives insurance cover by not permitting anyone to sue for denial of treatment, and can send ordinary citizens to jail for up to five years, she could not believe it. I also explained how Big Pharma would be exempt from lawsuits on any and all medications they produced. I think the last straw, which I saved for last, was telling her our Progressive Rep voted against the bill for those reasons. WE have a convert. Now she gets it. Vote ‘em out if they don’t listen. Good on ya, Tucson!!!
elclynn on November 12, 2009 at 8:09 AM
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