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With no great fanfare and little national media coverage, the people who organized the April 15 Tea Parties are gearing up for a new day of protests against government spending and higher taxes.
While some in the media choose to ignore the Tea Parties, they will not be able to ignore what I expect will happen at mid-term elections 2010.
Me, being self employed, I get around, and I can tell you people are angry and, and they are ready to "throw the bums out", whether Democrat or Republican; anyone who has voted for any of this insanity can expect to lose their seat, but especially the Democrats.
I attended my first Tea Party on the 4th. People of all ages were there, all with the same feelings and message, which was, "stop the spending, stop the taxation, no more 'czars', no government run health care, no more takeover of businesses, restore our Constitution and our constitutional form of government"; etc, etc.
I think the tea parties have good intentions, I think the spirit is in the right place but I think that they were ill organized and lost sight of the main goal-LOWER TAXES and LESS GOVERNMENT.
That is the message that I heard at the one I attended. Stop the spending, Stop the tax increases (Taxed Enough Already), Stop the illegal takeover of private business, Stop the bailouts, Stop with the "czars", Read before you sign; etc.
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Originally Posted by locoenlacabeza
Unfortunately, I think that they did turn out to be right wing partisan affairs and scared off many who were interested in hearing the NON partisan thoughts on the matters.
I don't know where you're getting this information from, but I know that many of the people attending the Tea Parties are Democrats. Everyone is fed up. This isn't about parties and party affiliation. It's about government, and returning responsible government to the people, by the people. It is our government.
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Originally Posted by locoenlacabeza
It should have never been turned into a republican "rally".
The idea in theory is a good one, but it does need to remain non partisan.
As I said above: They are not "Republican rallies". They are citizen rallies, people demanding that there government be responsible.
As I said above: They are not "Republican rallies". They are citizen rallies, people demanding that there government be responsible.
Very true, the one I attended had a couple of folks that voted for Obama. While they still support him, they did not like the path he was taking with regard to the money being spent. They wanted to protest that along with eveyone else at the rally.
LOL!!! How do you figure that? I'd love to know, and when did it happen? Obama hasn't signed any tax cut legislation yet. And he's going to eliminate the Bush tax cuts.
Everyones taxes are headed up, chump. Yours too. Big Time!
Ithere garnateee to go up with just his cap and trade. Democrats have never lowered taxes. If they can get it there they will raise fees. They rae the party of tax and spend and always have been.Lok nat the deficit that has triped in a short timje. Anoy wo thinks that comes free is a fol;plin and simple.
Oh please The "protests" were FCN sponsored anti-Obama rallies. No recognition my arse. FCN made a whole production on location with music and entertainment for crowd. There was nothing grass roots about the gatherings.
What's "FCN"?
Are you expecting anyone to believe that these are all staged productions? LOL! You're loony!
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The "protests" were FCN sponsored anti-Obama rallies. No recognition my arse. FCN made a whole production on location with music and entertainment for crowd. There was nothing grass roots about the gatherings.
