By DNC Math, Over a Million People Attended Tea Parties
With tea party turnout estimates ranging from 341,472 to 551,000 (I even saw one on Bruce’s twitter feed at 750,000), it’s clear this grassroots movement is really catching fire across the nation. And we did it without either a central command or the resources of groups which organized rallies for more liberal causes and candidates.
Even if we go with that lower number, using the math of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), that’s over million people pledging their opposition to bloated budgets.
You see, Organizing for America, President Obama’s political organization, now run out of the DNC
. . . boasted in a series of press releases that 642,000 “pledges” [supporting the president's budget] had been collected during a highly publicized national canvassing effort. The pledges were then printed out at Democratic National Committee headquarters and taken over to congressional offices.
But do 642,000 pieces of paper mean that 642,000 actual people signed up to back the president’s budget? Not quite.
Democrats got to 642,000 by tripling the number of people who signed the petitions:
Each American has three representatives in Congress — their two Senators and their Representative. Well, the DNC didn’t want anyone to be missed, so they made three copies of each signature and delivered them to each member. And it was that total (642,000) that was reported as supporting the budget, not the 214,000 unique signatures.
So, using the Democrats’ math, we multiple the number of participants by three to get the number of people pledging their opposition to higher government spending.
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And, using the Democrats’ math, we multiply the federal deficit by four to get the size of deficit that no one should care about under Obama, even though they should have cared a lot (and many of us did) about the original one-fourth under Bush.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — April 17, 2009 @ 5:56 pm - April 17, 2009
I’m going to use DNC math for my bank account.
Comment by OutliciousTV — April 17, 2009 @ 6:49 pm - April 17, 2009
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Pingback by GayPatriot » Democratic Count Puts Tea Party Turnout at Over One Million — April 17, 2009 @ 7:48 pm - April 17, 2009
I’ve got some easier math for the Dems.
All of us people you are expecting to pay for your crap are getting P!$$ed off at your schemes.
People on the conservative side of the spectrum tend to have Jobs(hence being the ones being soaked) and real lives, so they tend not to have the time to dedicate to standing about at a protest for long periods of time, if at all. When you get a largish amount of them together to protest, your likely not getting 2 or 3 times more that number who would love to be there but simply can’t make it.
Love that poll that states 48% of the population state that Tax levels for them are just fine. . . . What percent of the population pay no Taxes again?
A bit like claiming that 100% of dead people who answered a poll feel their vote should still count.
Comment by JP — April 17, 2009 @ 8:30 pm - April 17, 2009
I’m of the impression the demographic of these polls, the liberals quote, are teens to young to vote and who spend at least 8 hrs. a day on Xtube.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 17, 2009 @ 9:59 pm - April 17, 2009
Smile.
I’m thinking you should give up the screenwriting, Daniel. With those math skills, you need to become a govt accountant.
Comment by Michigan-Matt — April 17, 2009 @ 10:05 pm - April 17, 2009
This is the same as Million Man Math employed by Rev. Jackson, Louis Farakhan etc., right?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 18, 2009 @ 4:36 am - April 18, 2009
Everyone would like to pay less in taxes. And everyone thinks there is waste in government spending. The problem is getting a consensus on what things need to be cut. Ranting about high taxes and spending isn’t going to get you anywhere. Make a list of what you want to cut and then we can talk.
Comment by Houndentenor — April 18, 2009 @ 10:49 am - April 18, 2009