Message Delivered
Estimates of the crowd size at today's TEA party protest in Washington, DC vary widely, but most estimates place it north of half a million up to potentially two million or more.
By any estimate, that is an impressive figure, but what is more impressive than the numbers is the kind of person who turned out. It wasn't the professionally-aggrieved protester class, but men, women, and children of every age who had never protested anything in their lives. It was Democrats and Republicans and independents and people who had never before cared about political matters at all. It was a cross-section of America, who knew in their hearts that America cannot much longer survive if it continues down the path that our self-serving politicians are leading us. Barack Obama was sworn in seven months ago in front of roughly a million Americans who hope he represented the future of this republic. Today, perhaps double that number angrily let the world know that they no longer have faith in him or his allies. It was a powerful message. It remains to be seen if he retains enough humility to listen.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 10:03 PM
Comments
The Big Eared Chimp Barry is nothing but a community agitator, a racist, anti-American wannabe, who never worked a day in his life.
He and his kind of Marxist, Black Liberation Theology nut-balls need to be shown the door out of DC.
Posted by: rssg at September 12, 2009 10:46 PM (HH3AB)
Posted by: Janelle at September 12, 2009 10:50 PM (b/JdQ)
Posted by: Junk Science Skeptic at September 12, 2009 11:03 PM (Fnr44)
I broke up an interview with one of them by screaming into the mike that LaRouche is a criminal and they don't speak for Conservatives. The traiterous oldstream media always find those tools to paint us as crazy and I despise them for it.
Posted by: Jaded at September 12, 2009 11:10 PM (1I7uq)
Posted by: Jayne at September 12, 2009 11:14 PM (dwIL0)
Posted by: rrpjr at September 12, 2009 11:22 PM (RTl70)
Posted by: Jerry Haberer at September 12, 2009 11:25 PM (HoVgC)
You clowns can't even count. Go back to school.
Posted by: Liars at September 12, 2009 11:52 PM (IRC/t)
Posted by: Chief Thundermoon at September 13, 2009 12:36 AM (Efdjh)
You'll get another chance to convince the rest of us to let you drive the country into the ground again, in 2012. Until then, can't you just man-up and admit that democracy means you don't always get your way? Or are you going to stamp your feet and wave your fists like cranky three year olds ?
You're embarrassing yourselves.
Posted by: Get Over It at September 13, 2009 12:48 AM (IRC/t)
You mean like you Democrats did for the entire eight years Bush was in office? Yes, we're going to be every bit as annoying as you were. Deal with it.
Posted by: Steve at September 13, 2009 01:07 AM (Z6thO)
How is that embarrassing?
You should be embarrassed, you control the congress and the presidency and you are worried about a few people who disagree with The Man.
Whoa the 60's must finally be over!
Posted by: Frank at September 13, 2009 01:09 AM (9YHuO)
Upset over dissent? Not even a little. But let's face it, "dissent" is a mighty big word to use to people walking around screaming about things which have no basis in reality.
Posted by: Worried? at September 13, 2009 01:26 AM (IRC/t)
Posted by: Anthony at September 13, 2009 01:32 AM (wUsav)
Funny how you didn't look at it that way between 2001 and 2008. In those years you regarded dissent as the most noble and patriotic thing a person could do. Now all of a sudden it's the hallmark of cranks and crazies.
If lefties could not be hypocrites, they would not know how to behave at all.
Posted by: Steve at September 13, 2009 01:54 AM (Z6thO)
Posted by: jann at September 13, 2009 05:55 AM (sBGqI)
Jayne
Please note that this is not a thread about Obama's address to congress.
Posted by: Pinandpuller at September 13, 2009 07:41 AM (aRm4V)
Posted by: megapotamus at September 13, 2009 08:03 AM (FnL7Q)
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn33/danceswithglock/motivatorb06ef63843b4a997ff57c0ed4c.jpg
Yeah, that looks like 60K to me.
You libs cant even lie well.
Posted by: Matt at September 13, 2009 08:07 AM (54Fjx)
In response, R.S.McCain gives one of the best comebacks and defenses of the South and conservatism I have ever read. Read it all.
Point I.
Point II.
Point III.
Posted by: Joe at September 13, 2009 10:25 AM (0Gde6)
We are a REPUBLIC - not a Democracy
I saw one of the LaRouche Obama as Hitler signs - big whop-de-do.
There was also one woman with a Confederate Flag - oh the horrors - divert your eyes.
But anyone who can look at those traffic cam and airial photos and minimize that crowd down to 60K deserves a job in the state run media or in the Obama propaganda administration.
Posted by: neomom at September 13, 2009 10:51 AM (PiO8s)
"Most" consists of who exactly? Even Fox News -- who's been promoting this event for weeks -- calls it "tens of thousands". Not even hundreds of thousands, much less over a million.
Posted by: Pennypacker at September 13, 2009 10:54 AM (tTXmT)
Most media outlets.
Also, most peoples eyeballs. Stop reading Kos for five seconds and look at some aerial pictures of the event.
It's remarkable the way you people will refuse to believe what your own eyes tell you.
Lastly, stop the silly sockpuppeting. Pick a name and stick with it.
Posted by: Steve at September 13, 2009 11:09 AM (C9F/h)
Posted by: Steve at September 13, 2009 11:10 AM (C9F/h)
Posted by: Steve at September 13, 2009 11:21 AM (C9F/h)
FreedomWorks has apologized for misquoting ABC News for lying about the alleged crowd size report:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/protest-crowd-size-estimate-falsely-attributed-abc-news/story?id=8558055
And the message has been delivered quite clearly: 70,000 divided by 50 states equals 1400 protesters per state. Hope you're not planning on winning any elections with those incredibly dismal numbers. The message is you're still not a threat and we're still moving forward.
Posted by: Lipiwitz at September 13, 2009 02:05 PM (OX5qU)
Posted by: wbutler at September 13, 2009 02:25 PM (znAs1)
Can you please provide a link to this claim?
"And the message has been delivered quite clearly: 70,000 divided by 50 states equals 1400 protesters per state."
lets assume that there were only 70,000 people there. Lets also use a little bit of logic, just a wee bit ok.
Logic would dictate that only a small percentage of people that agree with those protesters actually went, logic also dictates that the further away from DC you get, the lower the percentage of people that share those views.
Take me for example. I did not go, but the only reason I did not, was because I did not know about it. Yes, shame on me.
As it was not widely reported on beforehand, logic would dictate that many Americans didn't even know there was going to be an event.
Logic would also dictate, that as many Americans do not even watch the nightly news anymore, that had it been widely reported on, they wouldn't have known about it.
Your argument, as stated in your post, is idiotic.
Posted by: Matt at September 13, 2009 02:32 PM (54Fjx)
Posted by: Rick at September 13, 2009 02:33 PM (FWmwx)
The crowd was impressive, no doubt about it but what was the message? There was tons and tons of messages spewing about all sorts of paranoid stupid crap. Nobody made any rational points about anything. A mob of angry dimwits who couldn't even stay on message about anything. Why? No leadership! Np shepherds to coral the sheep into making sense about anything at all. It's nice that these protesters showed up but they are followers, not leaders. Without somebody besides TV, Radio and blogger personalities to lead them into the promise land of making a difference, I don't think they should be a concern to anybody. Just a gathering of angry dumb folk.
Posted by: Lipiwitz at September 13, 2009 02:38 PM (OX5qU)
Damn the no edit function.
Sorry, kids got to going crazy, and I lost concentration.
That should have read "logic also dictates that the further away from DC you get, the lower the percentage showed up."
Posted by: Matt at September 13, 2009 02:38 PM (54Fjx)
Posted by: Jim at September 13, 2009 02:40 PM (yYbeZ)
Posted by: megapotamus at September 13, 2009 02:58 PM (L26dt)
Posted by: RicardoVerde at September 13, 2009 03:25 PM (PBTsv)
The DC fire and police are forbidden from giving estimates. The accurate quote is "in excess of 75,000".
Which .5-1.5 million definitely is. And working Americans, not professional agitators. Pretty good turnout.
But go ahead and radicalize the group even more. Pretty soon we will have the likes of back to "fist in the air and head in the sand" where you belong.
Posted by: iconoclast at September 13, 2009 04:03 PM (G/up0)
I repeat, look at the pictures. LOOK AT THE PICTURES! They don't lie.
The ablity of you lefties to lie about even the most obvious things never ceases to amaze me, and I've been watching it for decades.
Posted by: Steve at September 13, 2009 04:32 PM (akMpk)
The message, Lipshits, is that you are either an illiterate moron or shockingly dishonest. Although we can't rule out the possibility that you are both at once.
But if you are right then your pack of jackels will have no problem moving forward with their agenda. Let's see if that happens. My bet is that your precious government run health care is dead in the water.
Posted by: Steve at September 13, 2009 04:39 PM (akMpk)
Posted by: davod at September 13, 2009 05:02 PM (GUZAT)
Keep whistling past the graveyard. There were only two of us there, and Unicorns can fly.
2010 is right around the corner, and those Tea Partiers vote. We'll see whose right in a few months.
Posted by: Old Dad at September 13, 2009 06:14 PM (Gn3nw)
But who to vote for? Most Republicans are scared of their own shadows. If there is no alternative, the Dims will continue their march to a socialist utopia...ok, a socialist dump
Posted by: iconoclast at September 13, 2009 09:01 PM (G/up0)
As I entered the Capitol grounds, I asked a Capitol police officer if he knew how many people were there. He said 1.5 million. Take that for what it is worth.
Numbers don't really matter much to me. I never got the whole "let's count noses" thing. There was a lot of people there, and they were all not pleased with the government. One thing I thought was interesting was that the Gadsen flag was very popular. I'd say over half the flags there were Gadsen flags, the rest the Stars and Stripes, and a smattering of the state flags. Saw two San Jacinto flags, and one battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. I thought one of the coolest things was hearing better speeches from activist groups then from Congresscritters.
Posted by: Britt at September 13, 2009 11:47 PM (DcWbe)
It was great being there with over a million people fighting to keep Obama and this democratic administration from socializing this country.
This is a good picture showing the incredible attendance that liberals are to pathetic and ignorant to accept:
http://twitcaps.com/search?q=%23912dc
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Baxter Greene at September 14, 2009 12:24 AM (uUPj8)
Posted by: Baxter Greene at September 14, 2009 12:47 AM (uUPj8)
Also, the national park service is saying that "It is a record.... We believe it is the largest event held in Washington, D.C., ever."
Posted by: Matt at September 14, 2009 08:09 AM (54Fjx)
The have lost any creditability they ever had, so will continue down the path of destruction, because they have no other choice. The must continue to support the far left with fingers in ears and say "Na Na Na Na Na".
I hope we can find a way to control the nut jobs in this administration, but the media is pretty much a dead issue. They no longer have credability or trust in this country, it is really bad when you have to listen and read stories in the EU media to find out about events in the USA.
Pathetic
Posted by: John at September 14, 2009 10:10 AM (bvaOU)
Posted by: growup at September 14, 2009 12:48 PM (IRC/t)
Posted by: Big Country at September 14, 2009 02:54 PM (H/RUP)
There are photos circulating on the right-wing blogs showing a massive crowd on Pennsylvania avenue. They are also circulating pictures with massive crowds on the mall that look strangely familiar to the crowds that were on the mall back in January. Some right-wing bloggers are claiming 2 million people on Penn Ave and some are claiming 2 million on the mall and Fox News said 400 million which means every single human being in America was there and we borrowed 100 million from other countries. Neat trick.
The DC Fire Department has confirmed about 60,000. FLOP!
The Grand Pooba Tea-Bagger herself, Michelle Malkin has a picture she has confirmed on her blog site that "yes, it's authentic nutroots". Apparently the Grand Pooba tea-bagger herself, Michelle Malkin didn't notice in the picture that the building that houses the Department of Indian Affairs isn't there. Well? They didn't build it yesterday!
You guys are soooo precious.
Posted by: Lipiwitz at September 14, 2009 07:28 PM (OX5qU)
But Obama should remind himself that the next time all those folks come the DC, it's quite possible that they will all have pitch-forks .. and they won't be looking for any Wall Street types.
Posted by: Neo at September 14, 2009 09:09 PM (tE8FB)
And Obama and the rest of America that democratically elected President Obama through our constitutionally established process as presented by our patriot fore-fathers have more than enough armed personnel and weapons to accommodate your pitch-forks. I'm sure they will hold their own quite well against a fleet of black-hawks. Hell, we'll even give you an extra ten minutes so you can figure out which side of the pitch-fork you're supposed to be using.
It's time you pink-team pansies stop talking and suit up. Grab your guns and pitch-forks and bring it if you got the balls (in which you don't). The sooner the World's most powerful military can wipe these parasites off the planet, the sooner we can get back to doing adult stuff.
Posted by: Lipiwitz at September 15, 2009 02:21 AM (bhNGz)
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