Photos by: FReeper MarineBrat
Posted on 07/04/2009 6:35:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
More than 15,000 people from Bakersfield to Modesto gathered at the International Agri-Center Saturday for the Freedom Rally Tea Party Saturday.
The event had several speakers, talking about their viewpoints of the country's government.
“We believe in limited government, fiscal responsibility and the free market and think that’s something Americans should get behind,” said Jared Gordon, Central Valley Tea Party spokesperson.
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15k ppl no media coverage,
200 war protesters, 300 reporters covering it
Awesome!
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WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME!!! On behalf of the Mod Squad, THANK YOU & CONGRATS to y’all for putting this together!
We must have 1 million in DC on 9/12. Period.
Wow 15,000
Wow 15,000
With 15,000 people there- who needs the media!
The media were there...at least Channels 21 & 30 from the Fresno area. Still pretty meager, but the media were present.
I think it was probably closer to 20,000, maybe more. I heard the main building seats 20,000 and it was standing room only at the height of the event. And there were thousands more strolling through the vendor exhibits and attractions throughout the day. And people were coming and going all day long.
IMO, 15K showed up there for more than one main reason...but I’ve got to think that the state of the CA economy has pushed a lot of people “over the edge”.
As the pain & outrage continues to spread, the gatherings nationwide will grow larger & more boisterous. Maybe by September, enough people will be P.O.’ed to actually show up in DC & demand changes.
I am so happy to hear there were so many people.
BTW, the guy who was selling tacos had some AWESOME salsa.....gawd, that stuff was GOOD.
I am so happy to see this and I am so full of hope for our future with good people like these. Good always triumps evil.
The media must’ve been there. When I arrived, I attempted to get a parking space in a large empty area up close, but the parking guy said that area was reserved for the media and shooed us away. I imagine it filled up with satellite trucks later.
Wish I’d gotten me some of those tacos.
I saw channel 47 cameras also. That’s the local CBS affiliate. The venue was perfect. I predict these will become an annual event on July 4th and eventually the fire department will come out and fire off fireworks. Then it will become politically correct and we’ll have to start all over.
This event was really good and I am sure the next one will be even better.
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