That is the number of people who attended the Tea Party events – not bad for, at the time, less than 100 days into the Obama Error. Imagine what we’ll do next April 15th! Now, as to the leftwing’s inability to comprehend this:
According to Pajamas Media, 700,873 people attended some 883 tea party protests on April 15. It was a remarkable day, a tangible expression of public outrage that I have not experienced in my 25 years of advocacy and grassroots organizing on behalf of free-market principles.
Judging from the left’s hysterical reaction, something really big must have happened. But the only way to really understand the left’s misinformed and paranoid attacks is to realize that the protests represent tangible proof that basic libertarian values continue to resonate with the American electorate. That, apparently, is a difficult thing for some to accept.
I attended the tea party in Atlanta along with 15,000 other activists, and was struck by the makeup of the crowd. This was not a typical conservative Republican rally, with local GOP activists, Ron Paul enthusiasts, and single-issue obsessives. (Those folks always show up—and they did in Atlanta.) The difference was the new people: Young hipsters, families, angry moms, and retirees alike left their normal routines and work obligations to show up in protest of government policies that they passionately believe will ruin what is unique about America.
What were the tea parties about? Reading the signs and talking to people (unlike CNN’s incredibly hostile Susan Roesgen, I actually let folks answer my questions in their own words), the “agenda” was crystal clear. Tea party activists were worried and angry about government bailouts for the irresponsible, about spending that “stimulated” record growth in government and not much else, and about government borrowing that will place unconscionable burdens on future generations of Americans. My favorite sign of the day: “Give Me Liberty, Not Debt.”
The people showed up to demand that the powerful knock their nonsense off. The left doesn’t understand genuine popular movements – they need leaders to organize and taxpayer-funded “community” groups to put it all together…and a vast sea of people who do nothing useful (layabouts, college slackers, government employees) to provide the crowds. That Americans, all on their own, will get up and get things done without someone telling them what to do (and providing hot-ticket acts to inspire people to forgo today’s addition of Judge Judy) is outside their experience…and so, it was just a tiny group of racists who don’t understand that Obama cut their taxes who showed up…yeah, whatever.
The times, they are a-changing…the people are rising up; all the Obama election has done is awakened the American people to their peril and now all of those – regardless of party label – who work for themselves and their special interests will feel the wrath of a people cheated for too long.
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