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TEA PARTY OPEN THREAD

Posted by GayPatriot at 12:52 pm - April 15, 2009.
Filed under: National Politics,New American Tea Party

For all of you attending, or following the National Tea Party gatherings, feel free to comment here.  If you post links to photos, or other blogs, PLEASE use www.tinyurl.com.  Thank you!

There are live postings, with photos, at Twitter right now.

UPDATE: PatriotPartner is sending pics “live” from the Charlotte, NC Tea Party:

UPDATE:  Photo from Madison, WI Tea Party:

UPDATE: 3000 at Cincinnati, Ohio Tea Party! (via RighteousRantings)

UPDATE: ColoCelt has photos from Denver, CO protest.  So loud the House Speaker shut the windows!

DEVELOPING…..

-Bruce (GayPatriot, a DHS-certified rightwing extremist)

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40 Comments

  1. Busting the Left’s Top 5 Tea Party Myths. And if you’ve read any talking points from boob, Terrified Leftist, or Farva, you know what myths I’m talking about.

    Comment by V the K — April 15, 2009 @ 1:33 pm - April 15, 2009

  2. In the DC Area we have rain and cold, but that’s not deterring patriots:

    The DC Tea Party must be effing HUGE, because the Dunn Loring parking station has never in my experience been full. That’s why we always use it! Even on the Fourth of July it wasn’t full!

    Comment by V the K — April 15, 2009 @ 1:38 pm - April 15, 2009

  3. The “Tea Parties” are nothing more than demonstrations by Republicans who just can’t accept the fact that they lost the 2006 and 2008 elections.

    They demean what the original “Tea Party” was all about. The primary reason patriots staged the Boston Tea Party was to protest taxation without representation. Today, every citizen 18 or older (with the exceptions of those in prison, etc.) can vote for their representatives in the two houses of Congress.

    Those out on the streets today are nothing more than poor losers who’ve ralled to the well-organized, FOX-promoted tax protests. If they don;t like what their representatives in Washington are doing, there’s an election in November 2010!

    In the meantime, instead of wasting time and energy marching in the streets, they should be doing something constructive — like collecting food for food pantries, volunteering at homeless shelters, mentoring children at risk, etc.

    Comment by Lee — April 15, 2009 @ 2:02 pm - April 15, 2009

  4. Lee — your myths have been busted.

    Comment by V the K — April 15, 2009 @ 2:06 pm - April 15, 2009

  5. I see Lee has his talking points all prepared from ACORN, Obama WH and MoveOn.org.

    Dismissed….

    Comment by GayPatriot — April 15, 2009 @ 2:37 pm - April 15, 2009

  6. #3 – “Today, every citizen 18 or older (with the exceptions of those in prison, etc.) can vote for their representatives in the two houses of Congress.”

    Yes – especially if they are dead. (Hello, ACORN)

    And no surprise – Dhimmicrats are already trying to make felons eligible to vote.

    However, if you are in the armed forces, the Dhimmicrats will refuse to count your ballots.

    Lee, you are such a tool. What a miserable person you must be.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — April 15, 2009 @ 2:37 pm - April 15, 2009

  7. #2 – V, check out the DC Tea Party pics from Townhall.com here -

    http://townhall.com/blog/g/f237c14c-517f-42ac-bef5-75dff19911a6

    A thing of beauty, no? ;-)

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — April 15, 2009 @ 2:38 pm - April 15, 2009

  8. I’m looking out my office window and the weather is MISERABLE out there! But it’s okay, patriots are made of the best stuff on Earth.

    I see Lee has his talking points all prepared from ACORN, Obama WH and MoveOn.org.

    How often does a lefty show up here with an original thought? Without the Daily Show and MSDNC to put words in their mouths, those poor sonsofbitches would be reduced to transcribing their armpit farts.

    Comment by V the K — April 15, 2009 @ 2:55 pm - April 15, 2009

  9. The DC tea party is amateur hour – I knew I should have gone out there today.

    Comment by Levi — April 15, 2009 @ 3:37 pm - April 15, 2009

  10. Wanted to report in from the Tea Party in Lancaster SC – we had over 250 people in a small little town turnout. The best part was people of all ages joined in, kids to seniors. It was great!!!
    Now we have to continue our assault.

    Comment by PatriotMom — April 15, 2009 @ 3:39 pm - April 15, 2009

  11. #9 – Levi, you are too amateur even for a church bazaar. Get over it.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — April 15, 2009 @ 3:39 pm - April 15, 2009

  12. Now we have to continue our assault.

    You have any ideas for that? Maybe more signs? More yelling?

    Comment by Levi — April 15, 2009 @ 4:34 pm - April 15, 2009

  13. Just returned from the Pleasanton, CA., Tea Party. As I suspected, turn out far exceeded anything that was expected. I arrived at noon, the starting time and there were already about 500 people there. By the time I left at 1:15, the crowd had grown to at least 2,000. This rally is scheduled to last until 8 pm so who knows how many will eventually have attended. As I was leaving people were still streaming into the park. Media coverage was more extensive than I hoped, now lets see what ends up on local TV tonight. No counter protesters in sight. Hosted by talk radio KSFO out of San Francisco. Very positive, up beat crowd. Got some good pix.

    Comment by John in Dublin, Ca — April 15, 2009 @ 4:48 pm - April 15, 2009

  14. #12 – “You have any ideas for that? Maybe more signs? More yelling?”

    Sorry, you must have us confused with Code Pink, ANSWER, Act-Up or other true unhinged fringe groups whose lack of principles are counterbalanced by their verbosity and volume.

    Try again.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — April 15, 2009 @ 4:55 pm - April 15, 2009

  15. Just curious, what do you guys think of Glenn Beck?

    Comment by Levi — April 15, 2009 @ 5:09 pm - April 15, 2009

  16. they should be doing something constructive — like collecting food for food pantries, volunteering at homeless shelters, mentoring children at risk, etc.

    I thought all the liberals had that covered. Or is that work for SOMEBODY ELSE to do?

    You have any ideas for that? Maybe more signs? More yelling?

    Get back on the radio, Farva.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 15, 2009 @ 5:15 pm - April 15, 2009

  17. Bruce, our Lansing event went really, really well.

    5,200 protesters, respectfully assembled.

    Joe the Plumber gave some brief, appropriate remarks and signed some books, tshirts and hats.

    No one tried to make it into a partisan event –I had 3-4 families near me that were union households and had voted for Obama but now regret it. I introduced myself & M-M partner & kids… “we knew you were Republican” but didn’t think you were gay? One wife asked, quietly, of M-M partner, “Can you be both?” Gotta love that.

    Best sign seen? One that was on a little blue stroller –a tiny, tiny tyke not even 3-4 months old. Dad, Mom and twin brothers right near by… the sign said “I’m 2 months old and already $22,000 in debt!”

    Priceless.

    No counter protesters. Little media. Great sense of shared community; some folks moved about the crowd with clipboards for signing up people, addresses, phones, emails… “Where Do We Go From Here”.

    Short, focused comments –people could step up to the mic for 45 seconds if they wanted and say what was on their minds. Some Democrats, a lot of lobbyist buds from the GOP, some GOP staffers from the Legislature, some GOP Gov hopefuls, lots of state workers I’ve known from the Engler Administration and tons of folks from outside Lansing –about 30 spoke, all brief.

    Great day. Long one, though. We took a bus load of 68 high school students from AA with us –all student govt or honor society students. Bought ‘em lunch, talked civics on the way there. Very thoughtful, well informed kids –maybe 2/3rds who have parents who voted for Obama.

    They clearly understood what was at stake. They undestood the politics behind the protest. Dawning realizations in maybe 40%… everyone was glad to have the day off. We gave ‘em a tour of the Capitol… almost all hadn’t been there since early grade school. Go figure.

    Great day. Hope yours and the other GP readers went as well.

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — April 15, 2009 @ 6:05 pm - April 15, 2009

  18. Levi, shouldn’t you be at a fast food place, demanding a litre of cola while the fry cook spits in your burger?

    Comment by V the K — April 15, 2009 @ 6:09 pm - April 15, 2009

  19. Photos from the San Francisco Tea Party are here:

    http://tinyurl.com/dyblv8 [http://thecitysquare.blogspot.com/]

    Comment by John — April 15, 2009 @ 6:09 pm - April 15, 2009

  20. Got any pics of gay patriot teabagging, Larry Craig style?

    Comment by Terrible Leftist — April 15, 2009 @ 6:22 pm - April 15, 2009

  21. Check this out, a CNN Reporter who looks uncannily like Marcy Darcy from Married … with Children confronts tea party participants by spouting DNC talking points at them.

    Media bias? Perish the thought.

    Comment by V the K — April 15, 2009 @ 6:28 pm - April 15, 2009

  22. No, but we do have transcripts of Obama Party members and staffers going on about how Obama Party members like to have sex with underage boys.

    Comment by North Dallas Thirty — April 15, 2009 @ 6:28 pm - April 15, 2009

  23. Actually, Lee, the Knoxville protest collected food for Second Harvest Food Bank. I believe that the Franklin, TN protest is collecting canned food as well.

    How many charity/food drives accompanied anti-war and amnesty protests? (Seriously–I’d like to know.)

    Comment by jellibean — April 15, 2009 @ 7:51 pm - April 15, 2009

  24. Got any pics of gay patriot teabagging, Larry Craig style?

    The locker room at Martin Luther King Middle School called. They want their idea of clever humor back.

    Comment by V the K — April 15, 2009 @ 8:08 pm - April 15, 2009

  25. ndt: you do realize that pretty much no one on this blog (even the radical right-wingers) thinks you have any credibility, right?

    Comment by bob (aka boob) — April 15, 2009 @ 8:15 pm - April 15, 2009

  26. No, boob. The people who have no credibility are the little letter people who can’t seem to back up of their talking points with links to factually supportive evidence… which NDT did in his previous comment.

    Comment by V the K — April 15, 2009 @ 8:29 pm - April 15, 2009

  27. Bruce (GayPatriot, a DHS-certified rightwing extremist)

    LOL

    Comment by American Elephant — April 15, 2009 @ 8:48 pm - April 15, 2009

  28. http://teaparty.gop.com/default.aspx

    Comment by Vanessa — April 15, 2009 @ 8:49 pm - April 15, 2009

  29. ndt: you do realize that pretty much no one on this blog (even the radical right-wingers) thinks you have any credibility, right?

    bob, you do realize that that statement proves either that you are either a laughably deluded liar, or solipsistic to the point of clinical insanity, right? (take your pick)

    NDT is an honest guy who writes truthful and civil posts. Your could learn a lot from him, bob. Though I’m fairly confident you never will.

    Comment by ILoveCapitalism — April 15, 2009 @ 9:03 pm - April 15, 2009

  30. Further to that, bob: NDT gave a cite for his claim – a concept that seems alien to you. Your attack on his credibility functions as a smokescreen to draw attention away from what is in that cite. I’ll rectify the balance, by taking a look for everyone at what is in that cite. It goes ultimately to a Washington Post article, here:
    http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/12/senate_aide_busted_in_child_se.html

    From the WaPo article:

    Senate Aide Busted in Child Sex Sting

    A sex sting has claimed another culprit on Capitol Hill…. a 28-year-old scheduler to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) who has been arrested by the FBI on charges that he arranged to have sex with what he thought was a 13-year-old boy. The staffer, Mike McHaney, was arrested on Friday after he told a cooperating witness for the FBI online that he could take a “long lunch” to have an afternoon tryst with the boy.

    According to a federal court document obtained by thesmokinggun, the cooperating witness (CW) asked McHaney if he would like to have anal sex with the child. McHaney replied, “I’ll be there.”…

    Always look into people’s cites, bob, and try to answer whatever point they were making… before you go for the big attack on their personal credibility.

    Comment by ILoveCapitalism — April 15, 2009 @ 9:09 pm - April 15, 2009

  31. Back on topic, here’s my review of my locality’s Tea Party, just posted to another thread:

    Well, I could only spare an hour from the office for my local tea party – But I just got back. And it was teh awesome!!!1!

    It was something over 200 people with signs, lining a major street in a small town. That may not sound like much, but you gotta remember, this was a small town sandwiched between two much larger and more famous towns, with larger protests. Men and women, old and young. I chatted briefly with two very fetching Stanford kids.

    Everything was totally positive, on-message, orderly, a great ‘vibe’. And what was the message? All you had to do was open your eyes and read the signs:

    - Anti-bailout, anti-tax, anti-spending, anti-deficit, anti-socialism, anti-Big Government, anti-Obama.
    - Pro-America, pro-freedom, pro-capitalism, pro-personal responsibility (yes, I actually saw signs in favor of “personal responsibility” as a concept), pro-free markets, pro-middle-class, pro-liberty, pro-We The People.

    I was presently surprised at what you might call the ‘Ayn Rand’ character of many signs. I saw signs like:

    - “Socialism no, Capitalism yes!”
    - “Producers, not looters!”
    - “Freedom to prosper”
    - “Free markets, not free loaders!”

    I couldn’t have dreamed of a better demonstration – people were actually demonstrating in favor of capitalism and limited government! Yay! :-)

    Comment by ILoveCapitalism — April 15, 2009 @ 9:11 pm - April 15, 2009

  32. According to BayNews9.com, there were about 1,500 here in Lakeland with ONE counter protester who said:

    “I wanted to provide facts instead of the fiction that people like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly are putting out there,”

    I’m sure he got a lot of takers on the KOShole “facts” he offered.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 15, 2009 @ 9:41 pm - April 15, 2009

  33. So that was it, huh?

    YAAAAWWWN.

    Comment by Levi — April 15, 2009 @ 10:35 pm - April 15, 2009

  34. Levi, if it is such a big yawn, why is it you can’t seem to tear yourself away from the commentary? Bored? You couldn’t prove it by me.

    Comment by John in Dublin, CA — April 15, 2009 @ 10:51 pm - April 15, 2009

  35. I love it when in our history the producers, the silent majority stands up and screams ENOUGH! That is what today was about. It was beautiful. The producers, those that raise their own kids, not depending on others to help with their own responsibilites. Telling their government, we are fed up with the few pulling the wagon, with so many able bodied in the wagon. The corruption, the govenment out of hand. It was beautiful. Enough. And it is only the beginning. What can we accomplish from here.
    Boycotts of products, networks, demonstrations at the offices of the worst of the corrupt. Obamateleprompter tried to undercut and preempt the message of today. Guess he failed at that too. Guess he spent the day playing with BOO. Nice.

    Comment by Gene on Pennsylvania — April 16, 2009 @ 12:49 am - April 16, 2009

  36. So that was it, huh?

    YAAAAWWWN.

    Since you’re so bored, why not take this opportunity to explain to us why we’re wrong AND how massive debt and government control of private business is good for the country?

    I keep asking you liberals, but you don’t seem to stow the gear necessary to back up your beliefs. I should think you’d be thrilled to explain it to us.

    Or can you not explain what you believe beyond bumper sticker slogans and KOShole lying points? I’d really like to know, Farva.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 16, 2009 @ 5:57 am - April 16, 2009

  37. Why not take this opportunity to explain to us why we’re wrong AND how massive debt and government control of private business is good for the country?

    Farva can’t and he won’t. Like Terrified Leftist, he has nothing to offer the debate over the future of the country except insults and innuendo.

    Comment by V the K — April 16, 2009 @ 7:42 am - April 16, 2009

  38. Boob,

    NDT has plenty of credibility. You, on the other hand, do not.

    Comment by American Elephant — April 16, 2009 @ 8:13 am - April 16, 2009

  39. AE, you’d think an arrogant SOB like that would at least try to back up his dumbassery.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 16, 2009 @ 9:29 am - April 16, 2009

  40. They demean what the original “Tea Party” was all about. The primary reason patriots staged the Boston Tea Party was to protest taxation without representation. Today, every citizen 18 or older (with the exceptions of those in prison, etc.) can vote for their representatives in the two houses of Congress.

    Those out on the streets today are nothing more than poor losers who’ve ralled to the well-organized, FOX-promoted tax protests. If they don;t like what their representatives in Washington are doing, there’s an election in November 2010!

    Why did I hear almost EXACTLY the same thing on ABC news? And the FOX comment was on CNN.

    Who fed you those lines, Lee?

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 16, 2009 @ 2:46 pm - April 16, 2009

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