In Hartford, part of New England which has only Democrat representation in D.C., the tax day Taxed Enough Already (TEA) party protest drew a crowd of thousands:
An anti-bailout, anti-stimulus “tea party” at the state Capitol in Hartford on Wednesday drew an estimated crowd of 3,000 to protest what they consider excessive government spending on the day that many Americans pay their federal and state taxes.
There is video from the Hartford TEA party. I can’t get it to work here, but you can watch it at the Courant or my Right Side Politics column at the Examiner.
The Hartford Tea Party was one of the hundreds held across the nation yesterday. In Connecticut, TEA party protests also took place in Greenwich, New Haven, New Milford, Norwich and Westerly.
As I said previously, contrary to the spin the spend too much, tax too much and borrow too much Democrats and their supporters in the still Obamamania infected mainstream media would have you believe, this is not a Republican or a Fox News movement. As Glenn Reynolds explains, the TEA party movement is a spontaneous grass roots protest.
Moe Lane
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I Had a Blast!
Jaimo Thursday, April 16th at 12:38PM EST (link)I was there. When I showed up I was in awe, you sometimes get the feeling that you’re alone in your thinking, especially in Connecticut, and then you go to one of these things (my first) and wow. Real people like me, aka “Right Wing Extremist”. I was so proud that I actually teared up, not like that’s hard for me, I’m the female Glenn Beck, show me a flag and I cry, play God Bless the USA and I cry.
The signs were very creative. I took pictures of all the signs. I only saw one guy with a chocolate lab wearing an Obama tee shirt, not sure why he was there, but oh well the dog was adorable.
If Hartford has another one on July 4, I’m there.
THERE’S A DEADLINE FOR TAXES…
thincaboutit Thursday, April 16th at 12:43PM EST (link)…but you can complain about them ALL YEAR LONG!!
Check out the new Tax Day Anthem “Goin’ to the C.P.A. (The Tax Song)” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Groi6Ziio
See more parodies at http://parodyandson.blogspot.com
These things have got the Democrats scared..
WarEagle01 (Diary) Thursday, April 16th at 12:46PM EST (link)sh!#less. Most of you have probably picked up on the latest liberal meme: astroturf. Even ardent abortion supporter and Catholic Nancy Pelosi is getting in on it. I just heard her on the radio lying about how the tea parties were just “astroturfing” organized at the “high end” of the Republican hierarchy by people who want to “continue the failed policies of the Bush administration.” That’s right Nancy, whenever things get desperate, at least you have the old standby of insulting the Bush administration and average Americans.
“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg
“The alternative to the awful extremity of abortion is the indispensable joy of introducing this flawed world to someone who might make it better.”–John Hayward (AKA Dr. Zero)
Providence, RI Too
spreadthered (Diary) Thursday, April 16th at 1:16PM EST (link)I would argue that RI is even more blue than CT. (Yeah they use to have Chafee but don’t let that kid you, Linc Chafee is more liberal then Ted Kennedy. Dad was pretty liberal too in everything except defense)
Over 2k showed up in providence. I was shocked when my mom emailed this article this morning. All this time I thought my family were the only conservatives left in the state.
http://www.projo.com/news/content/TAX_DAY_PROTEST_04-16-09_CBE21PS_v20.38633fa.html
spreadthered, add 2 more to that total . . .
mailloux (Diary) Thursday, April 16th at 1:37PM EST (link)I successfully converted my parents to the conservative side. They still reside in the same house I grew up in in Providence, RI.
Take Care, mailloux
What do liberals call a grass roots meet up
10ksnooker (Diary) Thursday, April 16th at 1:45PM EST (link)Six tubby women dressed in pink.
For anyone looking for the actual link to the Instapundit WSJ article...
Jeff Walden (Diary) Friday, April 17th at 1:48AM EST (link)http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123975867505519363.html
Dan, you’ve got some sort of typo in your article, because the Glenn Reynolds link (also note typo in his name) doesn’t work (and its source doesn’t offer any pointers on an obvious correction, either, no guesses on how that happened).
Wish I’d had time to go to one of these, but now’s an especially bad time to be away from work, so I had to punt. If things keep up through July 4 I’ll try to swing by a protest then (it’s apparently a Saturday this year), but a weekday event is hard for me to make, especially since, perhaps unusually, I actually like my job.