cnn...Tea Party protest heads to Reid's hometown in Nevada

[spanone]

i guess the media is going to follow the teashitters all along the way......

(CNN) -- Caravans of Tea Party activists will roll into Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's hometown in rural Nevada on Saturday to rally for his defeat in November.

Sarah Palin, who derided big government spending and "the Obama Pelosi Reid agenda" on Friday, will headline the event dubbed "Showdown in Searchlight."

The stop is part of the latest cross-country protest against big government and health care reform. Activists hope the protest will carry a strong symbolic message.

Reid, the four-term Democratic incumbent, is from the small town, which has one gas station and a McDonald's restaurant. Earlier in the week, activists in RVs started arriving at the rally site, an undeveloped piece of land down a mile-long dirt road.

The town is not equipped to handle the crowd if it's anywhere close to the 10,000 people organizers predict will show up, County Commissioner Steve Sisolak said.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/27/reid.tea.party/index.html?hpt=T1

[malaise]

1. Are his wife and daughter still in hospital

or are they home now?
I hope he has security guard who have (in Palin's words) reloaded!!

[spanone]

2. this article isn't interested in harry other than his defeat in congress

it reads like a teabaggers fact sheet

[livetohike]

3. I wonder if we will hear any real numbers for the crowd

The media is creating a sensation - first with Palin and then with the handful of whackos who show up to these events.

The obsession with Palin is frightening. I can only attribute it to the fact that there haven't been any other young, outspoken Republican women around. I say Palin is young only because she is younger than me. The media says she is a star, but most stars in Hollywood who are in their mid-40's find their star fading. What is the fascination with a Grandmother who shows poor judgment every time she opens her mouth? Her talking points are recycled from the 2008 campaign except for the insertion of "Teaparty".

[spanone]

4. it is frightening. the media is calling it a 'palin/mccain' rally. she's not running for anything

right now

[livetohike]

9. In fact, she is a nobody. The media continues to prop her up

She is everything I hope my nieces don't become - uneducated, poor judgment and delusional. Damn John McCain for bringing her on board and making us suffer.

[Raschel]

11. The old lady teabaggers love her. She's like a movie star to them.

Plus she's assures them that she won't let the Blacks take over.

[Vinca]

5. Someone on MSNBC is breathlessly reporting how the crowd has tripled.

There might be 50 of them there.

[spanone]

6. ...but 'tripling' sounds like the crowds are growing! could have gone from 1 to 3

[Yavin4]

7. Anyone See This Line In The Story

The town is not equipped to handle the crowd if it's anywhere close to the 10,000 people organizers predict will show up, County Commissioner Steve Sisolak said. Sisolak he also has other concerns. "There are abandoned mines people could fall into..

hehehe :evilgrin:

[spanone]

8. i did read that...perhaps they could ALL fall in.

[malaise]

10. Oh My!!

They'd better
Min(e)d their own business!
or
Min(e)d their step!

I must not wish evil on these evil folks :evilgrin:

[Raschel]

13. They won't need a lot of porta potties since most of them wear depends.

[Raschel]

12. I heard the town's not happy about the gatthering.

[Raschel]

14. Any rattlesnakes?

[Yavin4]

15. And If They Do Fall In, Don't Call That Socialist Fire Dept to Get Them Out

They should pull themselves up by their bootstraps.