Posted on 11/04/2009 3:58:32 PM PST by mdittmar
Blue skies, warm weather and a crowd estimated at 1,500 to 2,000 people greeted the "Tea Party Express" bus tour in the parking lot of Lawrence-Dumont Stadium this afternoon.
Members of the tour, titled "Countdown to Judgment Day," entertained the crowd with songs and speeches calling for change in Washington D.C., less government spending, less government intrusion, and an end to bailouts and President Obama's health care reform plans.
The fourth tea party in Wichita lasted about two hours.
Most in the crowd held signs proclaiming sentiments such as "We Want Our Country Back," "Wake Up America" and "Nobama Death Care."
Fifteen people showed up to protest the tea party.
Tiffiny Ruegner, field coordinator for the tour from Sacramento, compared the size of the crowd to one the tour drew in Denver last night.
"Because this is at 1 o'clock on a Wednesday in the middle of the work week, this is huge," she said.
The bus caravan is on a 19-day, 7,000-mile journey across America with stops in 38 cities.
Lotas of pictures here!
Wichita KS Tea Party Express
Kansas58 | 11/04/09 | Kansas58
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378711/posts
Large Turnout at the Wichita, KS Tea Party Express rally! Their next stop is Oklahoma City, OK!
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