I'm proud to have been a part of it all. The people were very nice. Many honks of unity. And no liberals gave me the finger. I'm glad I went. Maybe I was disappointed that there was ONE republican politician who spoke. This was of the people by the people. Even the local talk radio didn't support or endorse any of the tea parties. But, two days ago I got an email from a friend. That was the first I heard of it at all. Got to hold a sign. This was a viral protest. Of course according to CNN and MSNBC this never happened. Yes it did. This proves the vapid integrity of the news media.
I felt good. Did anything happen? I don't know. But I know the hundreds of thousands who came out today want things to change. It was great to feel part of something that matters. Let's not lose this spirit.
Obama promised to bring us all together. He sure did.
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let's see, about two thousand total across 3 'parties' in IL. getting together to whine about a package your side pretty much put together before your guy left office and then our guy tweaked a little once he took office and both your guys and our guys pretty much 100% voted to pass - and you call that a revolt, a revolution? even calling it a tea party makes a mockery of the real historical tea partiers. those guys took action, took it seriously, made a difference. you guys are holding a pep rally. big deal. there were anti-war protests bigger than this in more places. people riting anti-war letters in greater numbers. the conservation foundation's annual dinner attracts almost 500 people who raise tens of thousands for saving land in the far west suburbs. put this in perspective and it is trivial and silly.
Who said anything about two thousand? The word is SEVERAL thousand. The numbers aren't in yet. Could be ten thousand. Maybe more. No big community organizing. No big media. Just grass roots people coming together for common purpose.
This is just the beginning.
I remember 1994. In less than one year the national sentiment turned against congress so strongly that they turned the whole works out. Contract with America and all.
This feels like that.
Now if we could just do something about the Beginner in Chief.
I told you during the election that his major weakness was he didn't know anything about doing actual work. It still is.
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