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Tea Partiers – Spread The Word

It seems the idea of the Tea Party rallies is really catching on (see here, here, here, here, and for some good advice, here). Conservatives and concerned Americans making their voices heard is a great thing. One can only assume there are Redstaters and loyal readers among those who have had it with the government mortgaging our future.

An important part of protests and rallies is expressing the message fully and properly. Say what you are there for, what you stand for, and most importantly, what you are there to stand against. To that end, I’ve prepared some materials that anyone is free to download and print for use. Click through to download the PDFs.


Now obviously these aren’t for everyone. For one thing, it’s much easier to paint your own sign. Three big words in bright red marker and you’re done. This is for something a little different and more branded. Not everyone will use them, but there are there for the taking.

The PDFs are sized for an 18×24 sign but you should be able to print at smaller sizes in high quality. Windows users, right click on the graphic and select “Save Target As …” or “Save Link As …” to download the file. Mac users … go to the store and buy a computer. ;)

Keep in mind these are LARGE pdf files. They will take some time to download. Also, if it looks like you have a small jpg instead of a large pdf, you saved the image rather than the pdf. Make sure you don’t inadvertently select ‘Save Image As …’

1. FAIL! That’s right, like Rush Limbaugh and Erick Erickson, I’m hoping that President Obama is unable to enact his agenda. Like you, I want to see his recreating of the United States in his own image put to a stop. If that’s the message you want to share, please feel free to use the below sign graphic:

2. I AM NOT A LINE ITEM! The famous Don’t Tread On Me from the Gadsden Flag. Snake in the flags original yellow or in plain white to save ink.

3. PORK!!!!!! Inspired by Michelle Malkin, featuring Chuck “the American people don’t care about pork” Schumer as history’s most famously out of touch aristocrat, Marie Antoinette. (Can I just add, doing a photo fake at 18×24 inches is exceedingly annoying. The JPG is obviously considerably reduced so the quality will be diminished below. PDF version is obviously not reduced, so should print well.)


4. Ok Redstate Army, this last one is for you.
This is a FLYER, not a sign. It’s 8×10 so you can print out on standard paper and hand out. If you’re going to a tea party, do some recruiting!

That’s all for now, but there may be more to come if we have a positive response. I welcome additional suggestions.

If you use any Redstate signage, PLEASE take photos and post them in the comments. We’d love to see it! Oh, and if you aren’t in the RedState Army of activists yet …
GET STARTED!

COMMENTS

  • http://letsthinkaboutthat.blogspot.com thinklib

    I love and share your passion for the Tea Parties.

    However, I think the messages on the signs need to be shorter and easier to read from a distance. We want cameras to capture the message loud and clear too.

    I wrote a bunch of possible Tea Party protest signs, such as “Sharpen Your Pitchforks”, “Stimulate This”, and “Founding Fathers. Big Brother. Pick One.”

    More sign suggestions on my blog: http://letsthinkaboutthat.blogspot.com/2009/02/signs-of-taxpayer-revolution.html

    • Caleb (absentee)

      on 18×24 that bright red fail is going to pretty visible.

      In any case I figured the signs which consist of two or three words in giant lettering is something people will just make with markers. These are for something different you know? Going to the trouble to pay for printing a sign would be too much for just a few words. I recommend just painting or marker at home for that.

  • http://www.800cart.com Ron Robinson

    I’m hoping more folks will recall (and we will start discussing more) that the tea party was also a tax revolt. The tea was dumped into the harbor to prevent the associated tax from being collected, and to punish the North Government & King George fiscally by depriving them of tax revenues.

    There are lots of legal ways to legally avoid taxes and/or reduce your tax exposure. We should vocally refuse to finance policies that will harm America and be vocal in doing so. We should be sharing our ideas for legally avoiding the parts of our taxes that we can legally avoid and helping make sure other know of those strategies.

  • http://andrightlyso.com/ civil_truth

    Everything is in large fonts with mixed colors. Please fix.

  • red4ever

    These are comments not signs.

    However, I agree. Short and sweet. No one is gonna take the time to read a wordy sign. If we want to get our message out, we have to make sure people read it. This is not the time for nuance or explanation.

    The Gadsen Flag take off is the best. Evokes a strong historical image with a short message.

    The Let Them Eat Pork would work too, if that were ALL it said.

    • Caleb (absentee)

      You don’t really spend your money printing three words. You can just marker them. Believe me I spend a great deal of time at protests, there’s room for a few signs like this.

      • Caleb (absentee)

        LEFTY protests. Never been to a tea party rally. Someone has to film the crazies right?

  • $peciallist

    Smack….

    LOL

    • From ME to You

      Macs are what happens when designers have no adult supervision!

    • Caleb (absentee)

      couldn’t help myself.

      • From ME to You

        your RedState Graphic Design Contests link retrurns an ERROR 404 – Not Found!

    • philottee

      “Windows users, right click on the graphic and select ?Save Target As ?? or ?Save Link As ?? to download the file. Mac users ?”
      Already know what to do !

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    • Caleb (absentee)

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  • builder20

    I was thinking of making/purchasing a Gadsen Flag and hanging off the foot bridge between Kehl and Strassbourg. While symbolically putting the Obama Logo over it, then taking some pics throwing tea off the bridge (Actual leaves, otherwise I am sure there will be a fine!). Obama will be in the very spot where I will be taking the pics.

    Good Idea? Bad Idea?

    Suggestions?

    Also does anyone have friends living in the Ortenaukreis who would be interested in having a tea party here?