"Tea party rally falls flat"

[Clio the Leo]

Tea party rally falls flat

A last-minute march to stop socialist medicine draws a tiny ("teeny, tiny, tiny, teeny") crowd.

BY MIKE MADDEN
WASHINGTON -- Walking into the Capitol from the Metro Tuesday morning, I spotted a smallish crowd gathered down Constitution Avenue, waving flags. It looked like a mini-rally; a particularly well-organized group pushing some obscure, but popular, cause -- say, a limited ban on slaughtering ugly puppies -- might have been pleased with the turnout. There couldn't have been more than 1,000 people there at the beginning of the event.

As it turns out, that was the latest incarnation of the tea party protests against socialist healthcare. The movement that claimed, for no good reason, that more than 1 million people gathered on the National Mall on Sept. 12 to protest healthcare reform had suddenly gone flat. Sarah Palin helped promote the Tuesday "Code Red" rally on her Facebook page; more people commented on or gave a virtual thumbs-up to her link about the rally than actually bothered to show up, by a huge factor. (An organizer for Tea Party Express, one of the groups that promoted the rally, told CNN they counted about 2,000 or 3,000 people.)

Democrats were gleeful. The Democratic National Committee decided, based on their own informal headcount, that there were only 300 people at the rally. Spokesman Hari Sevugan sent out a list of "12 things that have had more than 300 people attend/participate in," including "any flight to Las Vegas," "a New Jersey Nets home game," and "screenings of 'Gigli'."

What the low turnout might mean, besides the fact that getting people to show up for something at 10 a.m. on a random Tuesday isn't easy, is that tea partiers have already resigned themselves to the healthcare bill passing....

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/03/16/code_red

Below are shots NOT from today's rally but from ANOTHER, UNRELATED event that happened last year....

[Jennicut]

1. So do they think the bill will pass?

From the article:

What the low turnout might mean, besides the fact that getting people to show up for something at 10 a.m. on a random Tuesday isn't easy, is that tea partiers have already resigned themselves to the healthcare bill passing, and they're looking ahead now to getting revenge on the people who did it. The Washington Independent's Dave Weigel, who hung around the rally for a while, reports that many of the GOP lawmakers who spoke there think Democratic leaders have the votes to prevail.

I really, really hope so. I take glee in it.

[Clio the Leo]

7. WHAT will they fight against now?

Wall Street regulation? Education reform? WHAT will it be!!!? lol

[Jennicut]

9. Glenn Beck will tell them what is next on the agenda.

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[Clio the Leo]

13. Oh, that's right, they're fighting against Jesus....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/glenn-beck-leave-churches_n_490060.html

The first century Christians were a bunch of commies, who can blame Beck for trying to rid of this heretical religion! (ha)

"All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had." ~ Acts 4:32

[Spazito]

2. Okay, gotta say...

I just loved this:

"Spokesman Hari Sevugan sent out a list of "12 things that have had more than 300 people attend/participate in," including "any flight to Las Vegas," "a New Jersey Nets home game," and "screenings of 'Gigli'."

:rofl:

[DrToast]

4. That dude is funny

I always look forward to his press releases.

[Spazito]

12. I wasn't aware of him 'till this but I will definitely pay better attention from now on, lol n/t

[Clio the Leo]

5. well when you GET ON Twitter....

:)

.... follow Hari. With apologies to Dr. Seuss, Hari is a hoot!

http://twitter.com/HariDNC

(and he apparently enjoys Michael Steele as much as I do! lol)

[Spazito]

10. LOL re twitter...

Geez, I thought the first step was facebook, not there yet never mind the newfangled Twitter thingee!

Seriously, thanks for the link! I would have missed this one otherwise, lol:

"I think even the Montreal Expos managed better attendance. " I know I shouldn't, being a Canadian and all but....

:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

14. nah, I skipped Facebook completely....

.... went straight from MySpace to Twitter.

[Spazito]

16. I must admit I am 'playing with' signing up with Twitter, just haven't done it yet...

it certainly is becoming more tempting every day.

[Clio the Leo]

18. DoIt!DoIt!DoIt!DoIt!DoIt!NT

[Cha]

8. "Screening of Gigli"..

According to the movie reviews..that would be a huge turnout for Gigli..although I liked it.B-)

[Spazito]

11. LOL, yeah, don't disagree there but, damn, the implied 'insult' to the...

teabaggers is positively delicious.

[Cha]

15. I guess they had better

things to do.

[Spazito]

17. LOL, yeah but I am working real hard NOT to envision what that might be...

after hearing J.D. Hayworth talking about his obsession with horses and all.

:rofl:

[rpannier]

3. Sounds like they need to get a new bag

Everyone knows you have to change the teabag after a few cups.

Maybe theirs has become used up.

[Clio the Leo]

6. lol, love it! NT