Today’s Tea Party in Cincinnati was huge. My guess, somewhere between 4000 and 5000 people attended.
Here’s the pics.
The crowd was once again very middle class, VERY NORMAL, and very peaceful. Ages ranged from babies to grandmothers. Heard a lot of comments that “this is the first time I’ve ever done anything like this.”
The speakers went out of their way to bash both parties–Republicans even more so, since they were supposed to be the “fiscally” conservative movement.
There were about 5 protesters with signs asking “why didn’t you protest Bush’s spending.” The answer is, we the silent middle class did. We didn’t vote for the Republicans in 2006 and we didn’t turn out to support McCain.
BUT, as bad as Bush WAS, Obama has managed to triple the budget deficit and, pass a $780 billion stimulus package and a $3.5 trillion budget. We went from bad to disastrous. That is why we are protesting.
A $454 billion deficit in a $14 trillion economy is one thing. A $1.8 trillion deficit in a $12 trillion dollar economy is another animal.
Doses of Reality also attended the rally, with pics of course.
BizzyBlog was there also.
Right Wing Nut Job’s pictures….
DADvocate just posted on today’s protest….
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- Panorama of crowd
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- One of 5 or so protesters
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- Back end of counter protesters
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- A streetcar named gunfire and crack
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- Just search YouTube to get this reference
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- The final destination, City Hall.
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Great pix. I was there and surprised by the size of the crowd.
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Lets hope it’s the start of something lasting.