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TEA Parties Sent a Message,But Government Isn’t Listening

July 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The voice of the American people was spoken This weekend, but the question is Washington listening. Reaction  to the politicians were boos and hisses.

From Austin American-Statesman At the TEA Party in at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, U.S. Senator John Cornyn  and Texas Governor Rick Perry were greeted with boos and hisses.

3000 gather in Reno to protest taxes  and government spending in Carson City, NV and Washington,DC.

TEA Party in Reno,NV

TEA Party in Reno,NV

People gathered by the thousands on the Southfork Ranch, in the Dallas suburb of Parker, attending “America’s Tea Party”

Even small town America got involved, America meet Hanoverton,OH. One and half hours from Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

Here’s something to ponder Vermont( a/k/a The People’s Republic of Vermont) held seven tea parties. One of the most liberal states in the union held 7 tea parties on Saturday. At the tea party in St. Albans’s  the protesters stated  that the politicians are ignored their values like opposition to gay marriage, higher taxes and out of control spending.  There was boos when local pols including Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahey. The largest cheers from soon to be out going  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Here a treat: this news coverage from Russian TV’s “Russia Today via Google news from Glenn Reynolds.

Special thanks to Instapundit who has a round up of TEA parties across the country.

Categories: Nanny State · Politics · Protests/demonstration · economy

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