Tea Party Targets Harry Reid: Thousands Expected At Rally In Nevada On Saturday

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Run time: 02:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqyWVF6idYo   Posted on YouTube: March 23, 2010 By YouTube Member: MyNews3LasVegas Views on YouTube: 119   Posted on DU: March 26, 2010 By DU Member: Amerigo Vespucci Views on DU: 325

 

Searchlight, Nev. is a town with a population of 800 and the hometown of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. But on Saturday, the sleepy town's population is expected to explode.

The Tea Party Express will kick off its 2010 tour (the "Just Vote Them Out! Tour") in Searchlight.

The first stop -- the "Showdown in Searchlight" -- will target Reid and Democrats who voted for the health care reform bill and will feature an appearance by Sarah Palin, who is stumping for Sen. John McCain on Friday.

The bus will make a total of 44 stops as it winds its way across the country before finishing in Washington, D.C. on tax day -- April 15.

Local residents say that they will welcome the conservative activists, despite their goal of unseating Reid.

"We want the people to come in and we're going to cater to them as a business," Richard Doing told the local news station, KNTV. (Doing's grandparents own the Searchlight Nugget hotel and casino). "The political affiliation? We're staying out of that here as personal friends of the family. And he's from this town. Business owners in a small community like this, you know, you gotta all stay closely knit."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/26/tea-party-targets-harry-r_n_514622.html

[polichick]

1. Harry should retire with this huge victory - go spend some time at home...

...with his wife, who was just in that horrible accident. Why do politicians want to keep running and running - exhausting!

[SoCalNative]

2. And despite a gathering of "thousands" (which we all know really means less than 500)

the collective IQ will not make it into the 3-digit range.

[JuniperLea]

3. I was formulating those very thoughts as I read the OP...

Thank you!

I'll wait for the close shots of the "crowd" in action... I've yet to find any crowd shots from the McCain Palin Show today... who am I kidding... they won't show any:)

:hi: