Leftist astro-turfing meets genuine grass roots effort:
We beat the MoveOn/union/Acorn pro-ObamaCare crowd like a big bass drum.
Scheduled for 7pm, the other side was trying to get there before us, but failed; 20-30 intrepid Tea Partiers grabbed the best (shaded) space by 4:15pm, leaving the 5-6 starting MoveOn troops out in a very hot sun. Later they gave up and moved past the entrance to some shade. By 5pm, we had them beat 10-12 to 1, after which both sides seem to grow pretty proportionally. since ours were actually there for the town hall, many of ours went on inside after awhile, so we had a fluctuating population, while they stayed out, desperately trying to do anything to look less pitiful, even going back to the ZCM tactic (Zombie Circular March). By the time Session started the town hall, somewhere between 1,800-2,000 citizens. And, from the partisan applause and cheering to questions and answers, the entire audience was also 10-12 to 1 supporting the protection of our healthcare system.
The government healthcare advocates couldn’t be happy; about a dozen of theirs were Communication Workers of America and the left as a group before the MoveOn and others. Not many- if any- of the Government Healthcare advocates that were protesting actually went in for the town hall. Not interested in actually discussing the topic.
That is from North Texas TEA Party. Our liberals – from Obama on down – are denigrating this popular movement, but they are doing so at their own political peril. Additionally, any elitist, insider-the-beltway GOPer who also discounts this movement is playing with fire. This is the American people rising up, at long last, against a corrupt system built and maintained for the well-connected.
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