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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:17 PM
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Latest AP Update OF Teabagger Protests Says "Tens Of Thousands"
IT's still "tens of thousands" which is anything from 20,000 - 90,000. From there it would be "nearly 100,000" or "over 100,000".

Certainly nowhere near "hundreds of thousands".

And Michelle Malkin along with some GOP Congresscritters, the millions are in their wildest fantasies.

Thousands of downtown DC protesters blast Obama

By NAFEESA SYEED, Associated Press Writer Nafeesa Syeed, Associated Press Writer – 10 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of protesters fed up with government spending marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, showing their disdain for the president's health care plan with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" and "I'm not your ATM."

The line of protesters clogged several blocks near capitol, according to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Demonstrators chanted "enough, enough" and "We the People." Others yelled "You lie, you lie!" and "Pelosi has to go," referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Throngs of people waved U.S. flags and held signs reading "Go Green Recycle Congress" and "I'm Not Your ATM." Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of "judgment day" — Election Day 2010.

Other signs — reflecting the growing intensity of the health care debate — depicted President Barack Obama with the signature mustache of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Many made reference to Obama as a socialist or communist, and another imposed his face on that of the villainous Joker from "Batman."

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:18 PM
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1. tens of thousands - they said the same when millions protested war in 2003.
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marketcrazy1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:34 PM
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6. this is true, many tens of thousands, like it or not that is the reality. N/T
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:56 PM
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8. you mean hundreds of tens of thousand?
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:20 PM
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2. NOT EVEN CLOSE...more like 4.6 thousand....hardly enough to Crow about...
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:28 PM
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3. I'm surprised they didn't say billions.
Republics are good at the "big lie".
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:28 PM
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4. The AP has become about as fair and balanced as Faux
"protesters fed up with government spending" as opposed to the more truthful "protesters who have lost the ability to distinguish the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground".
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:34 PM
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7. Rupert Murdoch sits on the AP's Board of Directors. So no one should be surprised. nt
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:58 PM
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10. AP has been like this since early 90s. They're just more blatant about their RW bent now.
Ya see...9-11 changed everything. Newsmedia could come out full RW and no one could do a damn thing about it by then.
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:32 PM
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5. Obama had that at most rallies while running for Prez.
Just sayin'
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:57 PM
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9. And almost five thousand teeth.
Almost.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 06:09 PM
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11. Meh. We get more than that for Mardi Gras.
Of course, Mardi Gras IS a lot more fun.
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