From Nate Silver:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/04/t...least.html

I'm a moderate guy myself and I haven't followed the tea party situation nearly as much as I normally would if I weren't bogged down with 21 hours of classes this quarter, so, I was wondering: does this tally (250k) exceed most of your expectations? Is it a disappointment? I know some were thinking millions would show, others were thinking less, etc. so it's tough to get a true barometer of the expectations. Plus there were certainly other circumstances that might've dampened the number (i.e. those who couldn't get out of work, etc.) Just was curious to see what those in the spin room felt. I know here in Cincinnati, the numbers were a bit disappointing (3k yesterday vs 5k on 3/15) but IMO, 3k is still decent.

A local radio talk show did their show from a protest in Burbank, CA and it doesn't seem to be on the list.

Looks to me also that the MSM is dumbing down the numbers.

hard to gauge it, they were held in small towns to big cities all over,

then add the millions who would go but were stuck in work following activities online and on the radio.

(04-16-2009 01:08 PM)GGniner Wrote:  hard to gauge it, they were held in small towns to big cities all over,

then add the millions who would go but were stuck in work following activities online and on the radio.

alot of them just stayed in their cars and honked at noon. They were down for the struggle...........

A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA
1 million attend tea parties in 50 states
'Obama has awakened a sleeping giant'
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April 17, 2009 12:00 am Eastern


By Jerome Corsi and Chelsea Schilling


An estimated 1 million Americans participated in at least 1,000 tea parties, according to reports by organizers tabulating the nationwide numbers, with documented protests held in 50 states.

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform told WND, "The Obama administration has awakened a sleeping giant."

Tax Day Tea Party national event coordinator Amy Kremer told WND she has confirmed that more than 850 parties took place. She has at least 100 more reports in her e-mail inbox that have not been posted.

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Asked how many people attended the events, she responded, "I would estimate it at over 1 million. I'm waiting on more numbers to come in from organizers right now. I can tell you it is absolutely over 750,000 right now."

The largest protests occurred in Atlanta, Ga., with 15,000 participants. As many as 10,000 protesters participating in Sacramento, Calif., and Overland Park, Kan., according to data compiled by Americans for Tax Reform on more than 207 tea parties.

Americans for Tax Reform has established an Internet page on the group's website where organizers of tea parties can submit attendance estimates to be included in the running tally.

Michael DePrimo, special counsel to American Family Association President Tim Wildmon, told WND that AFA's tea party website, Tea Party Day, had 2,031 confirmations that tea parties were to be held in as many cities.

"Since yesterday, we have had 394 cities give us reports, many with photographs, about the tea parties that were held," he said. "We have not been able to get all the information up. We expect more to come in as the days go by."

Glenn Beck reported yesterday on his Fox News program that official estimates of the participation in the Tea Party held in San Antonio, Texas, reached as many as 20,000 people.

The Glenn Beck show broadcast on Fox News live on April 15, from the Tea Party held at the Alamo in San Antonio.



"The establishment in Washington, D.C., is terrified," Norquist said. "There were no such demonstrations four months into the administrations of Democratic presidents Carter or Clinton."

Norquist told WND that the Obama administration was taken by surprise by the nationwide protests because the administration had calculated increased government spending was supposed to be the popular part of President Obama's economic stimulus plan.

Instead, Norquist said, the tea parties held in every state on Wednesday proved Americans nationwide are demonstrating in anger and disappointment against Obama administration plans for massive deficit spending.

"Imagine what happens when President Obama, House Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid begin to pay for their 'spend-fest' with higher taxes and inflation," Norquist said.

Kremer said the mainstream media have completely neglected their duty to accurately report on this nationwide movement.

"It's amazing that the mainstream media is reporting it the way that they are," she said. "It's just crazy. It's basically just going to come down to us. We're now reporting it ourselves because they are not reporting it accurately."

Many say the mainstream media attempted either to ignore the protests altogether or characterized tea partiers as disgruntled Republicans unable to accept that "they lost" the 2008 presidential campaign or as "rich taxpayers" unwilling to pay their fair burden of taxes.

However, Kremer said she is constantly receiving reports from organizers about the movement's resounding success.

"I think it was an absolute success," she said. "We want to send a message to them: We hired them; we can fire them. They work for us. They seem to have forgotten that."

She continued, "If it means we have to go after every incumbent in office from now until 2012, we will do that. But the American people are tired of sitting by, and they are starting to step forward and take notice."

What Tea Party?!? CNN says there was nothing!!!

Quote:When thousands of people in all 50 states assemble to protest government policy, you might suppose that this is news. Not according to the coverage on the front pages of the Washington Post, New York Times, or the Wall Street Journal. The "tea party" rallies went unmentioned. In Washington, D.C., despite temperatures in the 40s and a driving rainstorm, about a thousand demonstrators assembled across from the White House. The front page of the Times found space for a big story with accompanying pictures of competing public demonstrations in Kabul, Afghanistan, but not a word about the American protestors.

Perhaps this snub was intentional. Fox News (becoming a participant itself and not a recorder of events) had been beating the drums for these rallies for days, and some pressies clearly regarded them as therefore necessarily illegitimate. One reporter, Susan Roesgen, who "covered" the Chicago tea party for CNN, was downright confrontational with attendees she interviewed, challenging a protestor who referenced Abraham Lincoln with "What does this have to do with taxes?" The man attempted to explain. But the reporter interrupted him. "Did you know that you are eligible for a $400 rebate? Did you know that your state, the state of Lincoln, gets $50 billion out of the stimulus? That's $50 billion for your state." She then tossed back to the anchor noting that "This is really not family viewing

Proof that the average LIBERAL is a moron!!! This *itch doesn't get it and WTF "This is really not family viewing"!?! She thinks people should be happy the Gubment is spending like a drunken sailor if it means you get money shoved at you like a pole dancer.

CNN Versus the Tea Parties

(04-17-2009 03:00 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  'Obama has awakened a sleeping giant'

(04-17-2009 04:44 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 03:00 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  'Obama has awakened a sleeping giant'

For every 1 person protesting yesterday, 499 were at home cleaning their firearms or reloading spent casings.

(04-17-2009 04:59 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 04:44 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 03:00 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  'Obama has awakened a sleeping giant'

For every 1 person protesting yesterday, 499 were at home cleaning their firearms or reloading spent casings.

So we have 500 million in the US now? More like for every 1 that was protesting there was 349 pointing and laughing.

(04-17-2009 07:38 PM)cyc46 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 04:59 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 04:44 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 03:00 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  'Obama has awakened a sleeping giant'

For every 1 person protesting yesterday, 499 were at home cleaning their firearms or reloading spent casings.

So we have 500 million in the US now? More like for every 1 that was protesting there was 349 pointing and laughing.

We Okies get enough grief already by people thinking we are just a bunch of sister fk'ing dumb redneck hillbillies. Please don't post any more.

(04-17-2009 04:59 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 04:44 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 03:00 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  'Obama has awakened a sleeping giant'

For every 1 person protesting yesterday, 499 were at home cleaning their firearms or reloading spent casings.

Which one was at work?

(04-17-2009 07:49 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 07:38 PM)cyc46 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 04:59 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 04:44 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 03:00 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  'Obama has awakened a sleeping giant'

For every 1 person protesting yesterday, 499 were at home cleaning their firearms or reloading spent casings.

So we have 500 million in the US now? More like for every 1 that was protesting there was 349 pointing and laughing.

We Okies get enough grief already by people thinking we are just a bunch of sister fk'ing dumb redneck hillbillies. Please don't post any more.

Well if the shoe fits. Just kidding

(04-17-2009 10:31 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  Which one was at work?

Most people out there aren't working from 1700-2200.

Crap, I just made myself look like a *******. Maybe the dems will increase your workday to keep you away from protests! lol

(04-17-2009 10:55 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  Crap, I just made myself look like a *******. Maybe the dems will increase your workday to keep you away from protests! lol

...and how will they do that? They don't wanna work themselves. They can't just target conservative. So, how would they achieve that?

....and yes, I know you were speaking in jest.

Breaking news! Faux News claims there were 350 million people attending the tea parties! It was a huge success!. Everything I heard or saw showed about 200-1000 at most of the tea parties.

(04-18-2009 04:02 AM)RobertN Wrote:  Breaking news! Faux News claims there were 350 million people attending the tea parties! It was a huge success!. Everything I heard or saw showed about 200-1000 at most of the tea parties.

YEP !!!!!!

Just like when Louis Fair-I-can't and the Rue Royale Rev. Jackson claimed there were 2.5 to 3 MILLION attendees at the "Million Man March" (of which the 'Other Half' of Barack Obama made it) - - the real numbers put them at 763,000.

Go pedal your crap to Al JaJism Robert the Gnome King.

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(04-17-2009 10:35 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 07:49 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 07:38 PM)cyc46 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 04:59 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 04:44 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(04-17-2009 03:00 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  'Obama has awakened a sleeping giant'

For every 1 person protesting yesterday, 499 were at home cleaning their firearms or reloading spent casings.

So we have 500 million in the US now? More like for every 1 that was protesting there was 349 pointing and laughing.

We Okies get enough grief already by people thinking we are just a bunch of sister fk'ing dumb redneck hillbillies. Please don't post any more.

Well if the shoe fits. Just kidding

Your making a habit of actually being funny.