Why Does The Size Of The Tea Parties Matter?

Yeah it was about fifteen carring around a balck sign that said pass the Obama budget. I scratch my head about that one because the Obama budget passed. Last time I check Democrats control all the branches of government, so what was their deal. Every local news channel gave them equal time but their leader did not make a lot of sense.

Oh you can believe that the media would turn a couple of people into a gaint mass of people.

I believe that this is just the beginning of a new movement that will grow. Most of the media is discussting, with their lies, and criticisms, and snide remarks. Once school is out, many that couldn't get involved, probably will. I am so proud that the folks were civil, and that as far as I know - - no violence or stupidity popped up. God Bless America

The Internet is how I even learn that there was going to be a tea party in my state. I did a search on the web and there it was. Trust my FOX still has not paid my anything!

Blue you are talking as though you got all your information from CNN when they were bashing Fox News. These tea parties started in late January, early February. Fox News didn't start covering them until late March, early April. Then in April a few high profile republicans started endorsing them. Some of those republicans were spend heavy hypocrites like D!ck Armey. Either way, these tea parties started long before Fox and Republican politicians got involved. Either way I don't think reporting on an event equals promoting on it. They also reported on Obama rallies throughout the election and I don't think anyone would accuse them of promoting Obama.

Blue, what bothers me most about your response is your anger. No one should express anger when US citizens exercise their right to free speech. If you question the validity of the movement, then I suggest you go to the source and investigate. I have known of these tax day tea parties for months, and they definitely had a grassroots start. I am sure that forceful words like "rape and defile" do a lot to express your anger that there are people who still refuse to think like you (the ones you called... um.. idiots), but that's the whole concept behind the Bill of Rights. We have the right to disagree, and to peaceably assemble and the right to FREE speech, not just to speak those views that the media approve of. It's even possible that some decent folks actually hold these views and weren't "tricked into going". To suggest that decent folks wouldn't disagree with you unless they were hornswoggled suggests that you don't believe in the principles that our country was founded upon.

I agree that Bush should have been protested for the bail outs, spending and the patriot act. I wondered why people were not out in the streets over it. I think what you saw were people that were finally fed up. For the general masses to finally get fed up takes a lot longer than it should. But I guess better late than never. THey were protesting ALL the bail outs. ALL the irresponsible spending. The fact that while most us pay our taxes our elected officials do not feel the need to pay theirs. I think you would have seen more protests against Bush if he had not been about the leave office when all the bail outs started. Plus the primary started way early and that focused everyone's attention away from what Bush and Congress was doing and onto who was going to replace them (for almost two years).Recently you had the second round of bail outs, all the CEO bonuses, the pork thrown into the bills, the increased cigerette tax, finding out high profile elected officals were not paying their taxes...etc (too much to list in one place)... and people reached their breaking point (the straw broke the camels back finally). Enough is Enough. I think people are more Mad at congress than the president. But he is the public face on the admin so he is going to get most of the blame.