Denver Tea Party Brings Out Conservatives and Pumas
I attended the Denver Tea Party yesterday, very happy to be representin’ my conservative people – who are (apparently) now considered Right Wing Extremists (like the woman below – LOL!) according to Janet Napolitano. Oooh! FEAR Us!
If you love God, love your family, love your country, and love your countrymen – then you are an Enemy of the Obama Government (it is no longer the US Government). But what was really great to see at the Denver rally – and at the other hundreds of rallies across the US – was the number of young people, college age and under 30, who showed up. There were no pro-Obama counter-protesters at the rally, despite the call by Daily Kos to disrupt the nationwide events and turn them into angry protests.
Instead, the protest was attended by 5,000 well-behaved but pissed taxpayers and concerned citizens who exercised their freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. Many were rather sheepish to be at the event, but face it, conservatives aren’t good at this kind of protest thing. It took Congress going on a trillion-plus dollar stimulus spending spree on our money to bring out people who had never before attended a political or protest rally.
As for the people who drove by on Colfax Avenue, they honked and rolled down their windows and cheered when they realized what the huge mass of people in front of the capitol building were there protesting!
It’s just the beginning. We are going to learn and get better and we will bring more people next time. We are not a small minority. After all, 47% of the electorate voted against Obama. It’s not like he has a mandate, and many of the 53% that did support him are now very worried that their Messiah isn’t The Won they thought he was.
Here’s more great Denver photos at the www.lookingattheleft.com
