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Video: A Tea Party Counterprotest

By | 09.12.09 | 5:51 pm

For the most part, today’s Tea Party was harmonious, with the crowds chanting in unison, “No Obamacare” and “You lie” and such. But there were small pockets of counterprotest that led to a few heated debates.

The most elaborate counterprotest came in the form of an a cappella ensemble, dressed More…

Everybody Loves Wacky Tea Party Signs

By | 09.12.09 | 5:46 pm

Here are some more choice shots (click to enlarge):

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DeMint Blames Lack of Tea Party Crowd Diversity on Timing, Media

By | 09.12.09 | 3:58 pm

The turnout to today’s Tea Party was indisputably high — likely in the hundreds tens of thousands (though organizers claimed it reached 1.5 million). But racially diverse it was not. And according to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), that’s the fault of the event’s timing and the media More…

DeMint: Apply the Constitution to Health Care When It’s Convenient

By | 09.12.09 | 3:49 pm

In a phone interview with TWI following his speech to the Tea Party crowd this afternoon in Washington, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) laid out his philosophy for applying the Constitution to health care. In a nutshell: invoke the Constitution when it’s expedient to do so, ignore it when it’s More…

Scenes From the 9/12 DC Tea Party Protest, Part II

By | 09.12.09 | 1:58 pm

More photos (click to enlarge):

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Scenes From the 9/12 DC Tea Party Protest, Part I

By | 09.12.09 | 1:27 pm

Here are some photos from today’s Tea Party protest in Washington, D.C. (Click images to enlarge.)

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Tea Party III: March on Washington

By | 04.16.09 | 2:10 pm

FreedomWorks has launched a Facebook page for a Sept. 12, 2009 march on Washington — 9/12 being the date that Glenn Beck is building his anti-whatever and pro-whatever else movement around.

On April 15, taxpayers gathered across the country. Now it’s time to bring that message to Washington on

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