I Attended the Teabaggers Rally Against Socialism in NYC Today ---pix--->

[Stephanie]

The bf is a journalist so I tagged along as he covered the New York Tea Party in City Hall Park this afternoon. I've attended many, many protests but nothing quite so lame as this. The gist of the message was summed up by one young speaker who took the megaphone to say, "The battle of the future will not be between liberals and conservatives, or Republicans and Democrats, but between Capitalists and Socialists." Of course everyone cheered.

Who knew so many freepers lived in New York City? I literally counted heads around 2:00 when the event started and came up with 95. I'd estimate the tally ultimately came to around 200 max. Nearly everyone there grabbed the megaphone to speak, most incoherently. The big media guest was a fellow who hosts a radio show called Evil Conservative. There was one politician, a guy running for City Comptroller who claimed to be an alum of Univ. of Chicago. The rest were armchair activists who stood up to grumble incoherently about socialism, mostly. Their solution to the economic crisis: hand out the TARP funds directly to the taxpayers, in the amount of $4000 each. One woman was shouted off the stage as she called for a moment of silence - for what, I have no idea. I heard two men arguing over whether Obama is a Socialist or a Marxist. They settled on Marxist.

My best guess is that half of them are collecting disability checks. Some photos:


The New Moran


The Massiveness of the Teabagger Rally


Their rallying cry


Belle of the Teabagger Ball


There were many calls for Revolution


This lady had to be dragged off the stage when she refused to end her speech


A guy dressed as a monster, who knows why


That's a pitchfork


The Organizers start the festivities


No Pork, and a I'm-not-racist caricature


I shot this picture while standing on a bench at the edge of the rally, so you can see the massive depth of the crowd.


Radical activist


Someone must have tread on his flag


A typical speaker


Witty signage


A panoramic view - it took three cellphone shots to capture the whole thing.







All in all, a terrific waste of a Saturday afternoon. I can't wait for the Revolution! Hopefully it will be more entertaining than this sad spectacle was.

You are welcome to borrow my photos, so long as you rehost them.

[ogneopasno]

1. "MEDIORACY"! LMAO. Why is it right-wing protesters suck at slogans, art, costumes, music, and they

never look like they're having any fun?

[Stephanie]

31. They were enjoying themselves today.

They just love a good hate-fest.

[Mnemosyne]

92. Left brainers. Great pics, Stephanie! KnR n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. I think somebody need to remind the Freepers that the pitchfork is the symbol of......

SATAN!!!!!111!!!

[bird gerhl]

3. Do they really call themselves "teabaggers"?

Sorry, I don't keep up with every childish outburst of American tax populism.

Nice photos, by the way.

[Stephanie]

6. They called for everyone to send tea bags to "Nazi Pelosi" and Obama

And they called the event a Tea Party, because, you know, it's a Revoution.

[bird gerhl]

13. Gross.

If they really wanted to recreate the Tea Party they should have emptied their Big Gulps into the harbor.

[RainDog]

9. teabagging - the sport of frat boys

it's incredibly funny that women are there in support of the... teabaggers.

assume the position, as usual, republican females.

[TWiley]

86. Nut-baggers not tea baggers n/t

[HamdenRice]

89. I assume they don't know what "teabagging" is slang for???

Remember the "Pendajo" character from Morning Sedition a few years ago screaming about how he was going to "teabag" the system or some such?

:rofl:

[Stephanie]

96. Check out these photos from the DC rally

http://wonkette.com/406661/historic-washington-teabagging-party-there-were-poop-hats

[madaboutharry]

4. Thank you so much for your report.

I especially love the pic of "The New Moran". Very nice!

[PM Martin]

5. Strange how they never once complained

about Bush's pork spending and give-a-ways to corporations.

[Stephanie]

7. Nor did they complain about Bush's TARP bailouts

Suddenly it's All Wrong.

[azmouse]

8. oh I bet Pres Obama is shaking in his shoes.

:rofl: What a ridiculous bunch of people.

[Stephanie]

28. They were all wearing stickers that said JOKE with an Obama logo for the O

They thought that was very clever.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

10. I hope they are going to burn their Social Security and

Medicare cards since they are so opposed to "socialism"

[havocmom]

26. Gotta whole list of things they better not be doing/using/enjoying

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5136496

jist is this:

"If you have been anything but a hermit in a loincloth, you may be a socialist. If you define socialism as any form of taking tax money from people to provide people with the services and infrastructure, you are lying to yourself about how ruggedly independent you are. You are dependent on the society and the society takes care of many needs."

[omega minimo]

11. Pic #8 Future Hunter S. Thompson at 5 O'Clock

:patriot:

[inna]

65. lol! totally! :) nt

[omega minimo]

69. Doncha wonder what he's thinking?

:spray:

[JanMichael]

12. I hate to ask this, but did you see anyone who wasn't white?

?

Everytime I see a "freeper" or "freeper-- ish" type gathering, they are just so damned white.

[Stephanie]

14. I saw two black people at the rally

One woman dressed in American flag clothing, and a man who got up to speak. He opened with, "do not adjust your cameras, I am a black conservative." He went on to say that he lived in the "inner city" and that we should have no doubt that the populace was waiting for the stimulus so they could get more food stamps and welfare.

[JanMichael]

42. Oh god. I can't stand that crap. So stereotypically stupid.

damn.

Thanks for putting up with that crap today; it was nice to see a first hand account of this garbage.

[bird gerhl]

15. Yeah

A whole lot of angry white people. That's never a good sign.

[stillcool]

76. "a whole lot"?

that's kind of funny.

[Stephanie]

16. They were also opposed to earmarks, and claimed there were 9000 earmarks in the stimulus bill

The example this speaker hoped to rile the crowd with was a grant for vocational schools, to be controlled by "tribal authorities." Outrage ensued.

[Fire1]

39. Anything for the common good, according to them, is an

'earmark.' Idiots.

[Stephanie]

45. His racist point was that we shouldn't fund "tribal" schools

Why is OUR tax money going to educate those Indian kids? Oh, the outrage!

[Fire1]

47. Ha! Like I said, 'idiots.'

[Fla Dem]

17. Well if not disability checks, I'm sure some of them are collecting their "SOCIAL" security checks.

What hypocrite's. The last 8 years of mediocrity and never a whimper. Treading on the constitution, lying to the citizens, sending our armed forces to a war that NEVER, NEVER, should have been waged, engaging in torture, and allowing the country to be f*cked by the banking and oil industry. It's amazing what gets the repugs panties in a twist.

[havocmom]

27. and unless they fell outta the sky to arrive, they used PUBLIC roads/transportation

of some sort to get to their lame little dance with avoiding reality.

[Stephanie]

29. It's New York - they took public transit

But who's counting. They're going to be thrilled when they can privatize the subways and mega-corps can charge what they will.

[Kerrytravelers]

18. Wow. Speaking out against our military, are they!

With that healthcare, housing, etc., the military is pure socialism! Communism! The end of America!

[Stephanie]

30. There was not one word in support of the military today.

I guess they forgot that part.

[Kerrytravelers]

19. Wow. Speaking out against our military, are they!

With that healthcare, housing, etc., the military is pure socialism! Communism! The end of America!

[TWiley]

20. There were over 100,000 at the 2004 RNC protest I went to

This looks like an ordinary number of people on a NY street, except they have a few signs. Most are probably folks who are just walking through.

[Stephanie]

22. I'd estimate the NYC 2004 RNC protest at 1,000,000

It took us three hours just to get from 14th St. to 34th, there were so many people ahead of us.

[TWiley]

87. oops, a typo. Yes, I was there. Flew in from Michigan just for it.

We stayed at the New Yorker hotel right across the street from the convention. CNN was broadcasting from the lobby and on the street corner outside. They renamed the diner on the corner and fed all the news folks there.

It was quite an event. I got some good pictures from inside the crowd too.

The tea-baggers was a non-event. It reminds me of the heavily guarded little clusters of bush supporters that dotted the sidewalks

[democrat in Tallahassee]

21. They are just adorable; look, they dressed themselves and came

out of mommy's basement. So cute.

[Radical Activist]

23. They don't think the government handing out checks is socialist?

Stoooooooopid.

[LiberalPersona]

55. Nope

They think using tax money for public purposes is socialism but giving tax money directly to the rich is capitalism.

[SPedigrees]

24. Makes me wonder if these are really democratic plants

staging this scene to make the repubs look bad. (Much in the style of republican plants back in the 1960s who posed as war protestors and shouted "baby killers!" to returning troups in a lame effort to discredit the pacifist movement.)

[Stephanie]

25. Not a chance

Although I do wonder what my friends are going to say if they see me in this crowd on Fox News tonight. Oh wait - my friends don't watch Fox News.

[devilgrrl]

32. No, this another Brooks Brothers revolt brought to you by the RNC

eom

[Stephanie]

35. Believe me, nobody in that crowd has ever set foot inside Brooks Brothers

These were pure freeper nutjobs in all their illiterate glory.

[devilgrrl]

34. On further note, how does one go about making Republicans look bad?

As if... :freak:

[stillcool]

77. who would bother to play..

those games, other than Republicans? I think a majority of the people in this country are sick of the sand-box/asylum.

[Urban Prairie]

33. What's a "Medioracy"?

Mildly suggestive pictures taped inside some guy's coat?

[Stephanie]

37. Now, now. Look how PROUD she is of her sign.

She was thrilled to pose for me.

A Medioracy is obviously a government run by Mediorats. As opposed to a Democracy, run by Democrats.

[wickerwoman]

60. Hmmm... can't tell if it's supposed to be

"mediocracy" as in government by the middle (and what's wrong with that?) or
"mediacracy" as in government by the media (in which case, she has to be joking right?)

[SmileyRose]

36. Wow that's really impressive - no really.

They had, what, about 200 and a 2 or 3 of them were actually under 50 yrs old.

[devilgrrl]

38. Looks to me that most of the people there were bystanders awed by the utter stupidity.

eom

[Stephanie]

44. There were quite a few bystanders stunned by what they were witnessing

And I saw a few people scrambling around gleefully snapping pictures, just like me.

[Mari333]

40. compared to our anti war crowds leading up to the occupation of Iraq

that rally is a bust.
now, THIS is a crowd.

[Stephanie]

41. NYC Tea Party report from a Freeper, and their Facebook page >

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196099/posts

To: abb

I went and there were a few hundred people there. It’s hard to say exactly how many, but i’d estimate at least 300 and probably more than that- even closer to 400.
Some very spirited statements were given by people, and the crowd became more and more vocal and enthusiastic with each speaker.

There was no MSM coverage that I saw, other than one radio reporter from 1010WINS, and no police presence other than a golf cart stationed in back of City Hall, facing the fountain where the crowd was.

It was great to see so many folks there who are in their 20s and 30s, as they will be the ones to carry the torch forward into the future.


28 posted on February 28, 2009 4:06:21 PM EST by Canedawg (Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.)

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=66687281e7005dbdff8b59726da631e2&gid=145851815360

[originalpckelly]

43. If she'd put a "c" it would have been OK...

because then it would be like a government of the mediocre, but she didn't so she just can't fucking spell.

[Stephanie]

46. FR: What If They Gave a Tea Party and Nobody Came?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196372/posts

What If They Gave a Tea Party and Nobody Came? (Vanity)
magisterium | magisterium
Posted on February 28, 2009 5:40:53 PM EST by magisterium

Well, there I was at the appointed time and place: 1PM, February 28, 2009, at the Barking Crab, 88 Sleeper St. Boston MA. Seems that no one else was there, though. When I asked for the manager to inquire about the tea party, or the listed hosts for it, The Stucks, he had no idea what I was talking about. By this time, it was 1:10 PM. The crowd that was there was just the usual yuppies and tourists with kids; they had "the look" about them that they would not be interested in this sort of thing, and the few nearest the door certainly weren't there for any "tea party," you can be sure.

Too bad. This location would have been fantastic just for its symbolism: it is barely 300 yards from the site of the "original" Boston Tea Party. I was very much looking forward to some good discussion and idea generating among my fellow disgruntled "inmates" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That'll have to wait for another day.

I hope another stab at this event will be planned, and that there will actually be a "planning component" to it. I saw no media there, but if they had any inkling that this was a DOA event, they would have gleefully turned this into a media disaster for our cause.
If we can't do better than this, we're doomed to grab our ankles for The Messiah. Even Newsweek openly calls the agenda "socialism" now. They are still short of the mark, but if hyper-liberals in the MSM dare to own up to "socialism," you can be sure that the end-result will, in reality, be nothing short of Marxism. God help us all if we can't organize better than this!!


To: magisterium

I would not be surprised if some trollish person organized the so called party without planning anything just to make the rest of us look bad.
No worries, tea parties are going to be a part of things for a long time to come. I was a part of the planning for the Denver event and it was a five day “Fly by the seat of your pants” effort. We still had 150 people show up.
Jen

3 posted on February 28, 2009 5:50:39 PM EST by Jenny Hatch (Mormon Mommy Blogger)

To: magisterium
If we can't do better than this, we're doomed

I agree 100% - In fact, I've been saying this since last July.
Frankly, I'm appalled at the conservative movement's fecklessness
5 posted on February 28, 2009 5:51:37 PM EST by bill1952 (McCain and the GOP were worthless)

[thucythucy]

48. slur against people with disabilities

"My best guess is that half of them are collecting disability checks."

I wonder why you feel a need to make this slur against people with disabilities.

A quick look at your photos doesn't turn up a single person using a wheelchair, a guide cane, an assistance dog, or (as far as I can see) an ASL interpreter.

People with disabilities have been among the hardest hit by Bush economics and the Bush Depression. Budget cut-backs at the state and local levels have been absolutely devastating to the disability community, and disability rights activists have been at the forefront pushing for an end to "libertarian" (that is to say, the every man/woman for him/herself)control of our political agenda. The Americans with Disabilities Act has been a favorite punching bag for Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay, the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, etc. etc., while people with severe disabilities are among those most threatened by the right's idea of Social Security "reform."

As someone with a disability myself, involved in the disability rights movement, I really don't need to find a gratuitous hit on Democratic Underground against all these people I know and love. I expect this sort of crap from Rush Limbaugh. I don't expect or accept it from people who are supposed to be my progressive allies.

[Stephanie]

50. My apologies

I'm very sorry. If it weren't too late to edit it out I would. Not as an excuse, but what I was thinking when I wrote that was that many of them didn't seem mentally fit to hold down a job, and probably live on govt support while railing against "socialism."

[thucythucy]

56. Apology accepted

though the fact is, for people with disabilities, living on "government support" can be really quite tough. The eligibility requirements for programs like SSI and SSDI are quite stringent. You pretty much have to be one step from living on the street to qualify for disability income programs, and most of these people look too able-bodied and far too affluent to qualify.

A really good introduction into disability politics is the film by Billy Golfus, "When Billy Broke His Head," though it's a bit dated. For one thing, Golfus sees passage of the ADA as this huge victory -- which it was -- but the film came out too early to comment on the huge backlash we've seen since then.

Anyway, I didn't mean to be too harsh -- comparing you to Limbaugh and all (!). I'm sure we have lots in common as far as our politics go.

So like I said, "apology accepted" and best wishes to you and yours.

[Stephanie]

58. Cheers!

:toast:

Though I have to comment that this crowd did not look affluent in the least, FWIW.

[Stephanie]

49. Ha Ha Ha! The organizer of today's rally is a "recently laid off" architect

Can we assume he didn't apply for unemployment?

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90055

Americans are saying enough is enough to extravagant government spending and throwing more than 40 tea parties across the nation in protest of the recent bailouts and "stimulus" package.

Kellen Giuda, an architect who was recently laid-off, is organizing his own New York City tea party. He has invited several prominent guest speakers, including politicians, elected officials, an author, blogger, a bond trader and a former contestant on "America's Next Top Model" to speak out against excessive government spending.

"I saw Rick Santelli's rant, live, and thought it was awesome," he told WND. "All of this fiscal irresponsibility is absurd."
He continued, "Then I started hearing about tea parties, and I decided to do it. It's really exciting. There are a lot of people getting involved now.

***

Giuda is working with Alex Zablocki, top staffer for New York State Sen. Andrew Lanza, to coordinate the New York event. Possible speakers include Kathleen Troia McFarland, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs at the Pentagon from 1982 to 1985 under President Ronald Reagan; Brett Joshpe, conservative author and graduate of Harvard Law School; Sara-Racey Tabrizi, "America's Next Top Model" contestant and professional model and various elected officials.

That's him on the right. Get a job!




None of his hoped for special guests appeared, of course.

[The Gunslinger]

74. "None of his hoped for special guests appeared, of course."

Ted Nugent must have been playing a wedding.

[Urban Prairie]

81. LOL...talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face...

Railing against socialism and unemployed to boot..

Hey Giuda, don'tcha know that you lose conservative protest privileges, if you are a laid off slacker that is collecting unemployment benefits??

Conservatives are ALWAYS employed, only libs get fired.

[fascisthunter]

51. How Nice of the Upper-Crust Fascists to Show Themselves

[Stephanie]

53. There was nothing Upper-Crust about them.

The rally was near Wall Street but there were no suits in the crowd.

[fascisthunter]

90. they work for the upper-crust

also, I doubt they'd wear their fancy suits to get the attention they wanted.

[enlightenment]

52. Technically, at least some of them were violating

the Smith Act - sedition. To wit (my emphasis):

18 USC § 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government

Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or
Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or
Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
As used in this section, the terms “organizes” and “organize”, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.

Hasn't been used for a while, but it's still on the books!

[Stephanie]

54. Report from local news radio station

http://www.1010wins.com/Rally-to-Protest-Stimulus-Plan/3935877

Rally to Protest Obama's Stimulus Plan

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)  -- Dozens of New Yorkers came out to a rally on Saturday to protest against President Obama's stimulus plan. The crowd waved signs and gave speeches in front of City Hall crying out against the plan.

They were also critical of the recent bank, auto and homeowner bailouts. The protesters believe strongly that the country cannot get out of the recession by increasing spending.

Some people at the rally accuse Obama of "changing" the country from a capitalist nation to a socialist one.
According to organizers, this is just one of the nearly 40 "Tea Party Protests" taking place across the nation today.

[spanone]

57. so dozens out of 300 or so million is news?

[HughBeaumont]

61. Right . . . green jacket guy . . .

. . . because McCain and the Half-Baked Alaskan (or better yet, Ron Paul :rofl: )would have been SOOOOOO much better for this current situation and this country's future. :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

See, this is exactly why I'm a mean goddamned bastard to Republicans and Libertarians and they wonder WHY. I mean, how many times did these people piss on the seat before their mommy told them to put the lid down? How many times do we have to continue to attempt what DIDN'T work and almost turned this country into a smoldering heap of ash before we discard it?

YOUR way got us here, you green puffy jacketed ASSHOLE. YOUR way FAILED. Put on the dunce cap, get in the corner and let the adults take over.

What makes me absolutely SICK about this whole thing is that if you went up to many of these whiteys (I mean, really . .. look at the photo; only one person seems to be of a different nationality, let alone color), they would assert to the high heavens that they're "non-partisan", didn't agree with Bewsh either and they're "libertarians or independents". Bullshit. They're all Repukes. They're even WORSE than Repukes because Repukes at least admit their disease without a problem. I'd rather someone tell me straight up to my face they're an off-the-charts asshole and proud of it than be a sniveling disguised WUSS about it.

[vaberella]

59. Where are the Blacks, Hispanics and other minorities that fill the street of NYC?

Oh right, we were probably eating pork.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

62. Anyone there who wasn't white?

I didn't think so. It's still the party of angry, affluent white people.

[DainBramaged]

63. I want everyone to look at this picture again, and then laugh your ass off at these twits

[Stephanie]

64. Here's a report from the Village Voice, with quotes from the speakers >

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/02/one_of_the_anti.php

200+ NYC "Tea Party" Protests Obama as Socialist, Communist, Hitler, Etc.
Posted by Roy Edroso at 6:23 PM, February 28, 2009

One of the anti-Obama "tea parties," inspired by a rant by CNBC's Rick Santelli and encouraged by prominent rightwing bloggers, was held in City Hall Park today between 2 and 3 p.m. The event drew between 200 and 250 highly enthusiastic supporters. A series of speakers drawn from the crowd denounced through a bullhorn the stimulus plan as "socialism," "tyranny," "collectivism," etc.

The theme was also carried in protest signs that read "Commander in Thief," "Why Punish The Middle Class?" "NO American Socialism," and imputations, such as the one pictured above, of the President's allegiance to communism.

The event was kicked off by activist Kellen Guida (pictured right) and Alex Zablocki, a candidate for the Republican nomination for public advocate. Guida said it was time to speak out in public "just like the Democrats do. They rally and they rally and they rally, and Republicans and real Americans, sometimes we don't. It's time we take the rallies right to the steps of Socialism and the White House and we tell them enough is enough and we will not take it any more!"

The first of the citizens to take the bullhorn declined to identify himself, though he said he had spent "ten years" at the University of Chicago, where he said he took an economics degree. "The people who robbed the bank are now in charge of the bank," he said. The Democrats "lied through their teeth when they said deregulation caused , it was the regulation that caused it. They broke the system, they panicked the people, and now they're in the position where they're using this to hand out more money to people!"

==more at link==

[Gregorian]

71. Oh, I see. So Clinton caused this, Bush inherited it, and...

Nope, I don't get it.

And as I always thought, if Bush had two terms then they could never use this kind of logic against the following president. 8 years would be enough to establish an economic pattern. I guess not.

Therefore, if that is true, then the economy should begin picking up shortly because of what Bush did. I'll be waiting for it. This should be interesting.

But these are all of the same people who believe that global warming is a lie. And that finally the world could be round after all. Give them time. It seems to take these people about a thousand years to accept reality.

[devilgrrl]

80. some of the freeper responses make my head hurt

the stupidity is excruciating.

[crikkett]

66. ... and not a cop in sight

thanks!

[Stephanie]

83. It's true, I only saw one cop in a golf cart 30 yards away.

If it were us they would have had the riot police out in triplicate.

[kickysnana]

67. No SWAT team? No tear gas or horses. This cannot be America!

:sarcasm:

[The Gunslinger]

73. Well when the right does it

It is just standing up for freedom. When the left does it, it is portrayed and a gathering mob of troublemakers.

[Gregorian]

68. Have these people all been in a cryogenic state for the last 8 years?

Where were they when Bush was destroying our country? Oh, and Iraq's. Did they think their war was going to be free?

It's sad to see another Carter situation. Republican destroys economy, Democrat inherits disaster, Repubs blame Democrat.

I do believe they're beyond salvaging.

[Blue_Tires]

70. good to see the ron paul crowd has found a new outlet...

[The Gunslinger]

72. ahh yes

The poor downtrodden masses gather to protest their hardships to government..........then hop in their 09 BMW's or private jets and return to their mansions and their underpaid help.

It's funny how the MSM doesn't focus on 1 or two loonies in the crowd like when there were war protests and make everyone look like nutjobs.

[Iggo]

75. A picture of a pitchfork...

...attached to an actual stick.

Hate to say it, but taken completely out of context and at face value, that IS kinda cool.

[Skittles]

78. losers

[mrbarber]

79. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

What a sad little bunch.

250 people is the best they can do? Good lord, there Fast Food restaurants with a larger maximum capacity than that!

[Kat45]

82. All white? Majority male?

That's the impression I get from these photos. That's also the impression I would have without having seen the photos. :D

[nolabels]

84. The most common denominator here is their thinking that world owes them a living

What made the Nazi's the Nazi's was the way they viewed the world. The even more amazing thing is that the racism that helped build the Nazi party also helped defeat them. It was the Nazi's trust in ethnicity and that it would serve their interests that also led to their downfall

[old mark]

85. What is your estimate of the crowd number?

I see a lot of people, but a lot of them look like onlookers watching the show....
Thanks for the post - this was supposed to be a really gigantic national event to show the Democrats what they have to fear....not too much, I guess.
Rec.
mark

[TWiley]

88. I estimate 12 tea baggers, and 200 curious on lookers.

[Stephanie]

91. I'd say around 200

The Freepers themselves are claiming 250, so I'm being generous.

[adamuu]

93. Honestly, I am glad they are getting their views out in the open

sunlight is a disinfectant.

[bleever]

94. Those people really ARE revolting.

:)

[Brazenly Liberal]

95. There were many calls for revolution?

So then, you might say they were revolting? I can see that.