Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Baton Rouge Tea Party
Hot Air ^ | July 6, 2009 | Laura Curtis

Posted on 07/06/2009 9:13:10 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad

Baton Rouge Independence Day Tea Party,

posted at 9:42 am on July 6, 2009 by Laura

The Baton Rouge Tea Party folks did a fabulous job on the Independence Day Rally. In spite of the brain-melting heat there was a turnout of around 500 people, according to an unofficial police estimate. Meaning I asked a cop and he took a wild guess. There wasn’t a good angle to get the entire crowd, but here are a few photos so you can judge the crowd size for yourselves. About 40 yards down from the steps was another crowd of 75-100 people in a grassy area with shade. There were also some pretty good signs.

One of the first speakers was a woman who lived in Cuba when Castro took power. She gave a very sobering talk about parallels between what happened in Cuba and what’s happening here today. Other speakers covered cap-and-tax, health care reform (with a nice plug for Cato), and a heads up on how to get free activist training so we can be more effective rabblerousers.

The GOP was attempting to recruit and failing miserably. What do you make of that?

Update: Shocking - or, not really so shocking, but it should be - the Baton Rouge news outlets did not report on this gathering, even though at least one station was there. As of this writing, the only news on the web for this tea party is this post.

Imagine, for a moment, 500 anti-war activists going unreported. Or 500 illegal alien advocates. It would never happen.

Well. They can ignore us, but we won’t go away. To the contrary, I received an email with info for a protest in about six weeks. I’ll be there.

This post was promoted from GreenRoom to HotAir.com. To see the comments on the original post, look here.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: aar; batonrouge; independenceday2009; louisiana; teaparty
It was HOT. It was STICKY.

But

The Baton Rouge Tea Party at a great turnout.

Unfortunately, they have garnered almost NO written press.

1 posted on 07/06/2009 9:13:10 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Pikachu_Dad

You can accomplish great things while operating under the radar.


2 posted on 07/06/2009 9:15:42 AM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pikachu_Dad
Well done! Sounds like some good folks did lots of work to get that size of a crowd. RevolutionLadies
3 posted on 07/06/2009 9:16:45 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pikachu_Dad
The GOP was attempting to recruit and failing miserably. What do you make of that?

Oh, I dunno. Lingering resentment among conservatives over the party's headlong rush to the left, its failure to fix glaring problems while it held the majority, and maybe an extended middle finger to the RINOS over their shameful treatment of Sarah Palin?

They deserve to be treated like lepers. Maybe it'll make some of them wise-up (I'm hopeful, but not expecting much in that regard).

4 posted on 07/06/2009 9:31:01 AM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Charles Martel

my favorite method of critiquing the GOP is to write it up on paper and send it back to them in those postage-paid envelopes they keep sending me


5 posted on 07/06/2009 9:45:00 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Pikachu_Dad

500 gay activists equals 1,000 members of the media.
500 war protesters equals 1,000 members of the media.

500 Tea Party Patriots equals 5 members of the media.

With all that being said and done, the 500 Tea Party Patriots will be the people that get heard.


6 posted on 07/06/2009 10:33:45 AM PDT by real_patriotic_american
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tornado Alley; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

ping


7 posted on 07/06/2009 6:43:38 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The McCain/Palin ticket was like a Kangaroo, stronger on the bottom than at the top)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pikachu_Dad

Baton Rouge, State Capitol (Photo Geauxlouisiana)

Howdy, I was at the last one in Baton Rouge back in April, this is a pic from it.

These really need to be called DEATH TO SOCIALISM rally's though, it's so easy for the red SOB's to talk about tea bags instead of socialism.

Maybe somebody on our side will take a course in public relations and study Goebbels, God knows the leftist's did.

8 posted on 07/06/2009 6:50:04 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson