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2009-07-06 Home Front: Politix

25,000 to 35,000 Attend Dallas, TX July 4 Tea Party

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Posted by Elmusonter Lumumba4302 2009-07-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 So... were IRS cameras in evidence?

Posted by 3dc 2009-07-06 00:23|| 2009-07-06 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 That cain't be so or the news people wooda reported it....Oh, wait....."All the news that's fit for you to know about"

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-07-06 10:12|| 2009-07-06 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Imagine the headlines for 20K in Crawford "against the war".

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-06 11:09|| 2009-07-06 11:09|| Front Page Top

#4 I estimate the crowd in Baton Rouge at only about 1000. Good speakers, well organized event, but not the crowd I had hoped. Hot, and competed with family events, but still, the apathy among people who ought to understand the problems is very scary.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-07-06 11:14|| 2009-07-06 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, I've heard about Louisiana; I'm willing to bet that 1500 showed up but 500 got eaten by alligators.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-07-06 11:29|| 2009-07-06 11:29|| Front Page Top

#6 We had a crowd of 5,000 at the San Antonio Tea party - it was also at a ranch venue - but in late afternoon it was 105! It did cool off after the sun went down. Everyone there was very keen, though - and the speakers were well-received, also.
Governor Perry came, and signed off on our "Contract with the Constitution". He came and sat down opposite my daughter and I, the mother of one of the executive committee members and the husband of another member, who was wearing an 82 Airborne ball cap. He started up a joking conversation about how paratroops will jump out of perfectly good airplanes, and talked with us for about fifteen minutes - about the military, and Texas, and how we all wound up here; my daughter had the brass enough to tell him about my books, and he was very interested to hear that I wrote about Texas history in a big way; he seems to be a mad fan of historical fiction. (Yes, of course I gave him one of my author business cards!) Daughter says she thinks he glommed on to us because we weren't talking about politics! And that he doesn't seem to get out much...

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2009-07-06 14:19|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2009-07-06 14:19|| Front Page Top

#7 And the MSM is studiously ignoring it all, hoping it will go away.

Kill the Mainstream Press NOW!

(companies, not people)

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-06 21:11|| 2009-07-06 21:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Fishkill, NY had one this evening. About half the April attendence. People don't care that they are being screwed.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-07-06 21:26|| 2009-07-06 21:26|| Front Page Top

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