Washington state Tea Party Rally Thread

[llevrok]

This is to start a place for all WA state tea party ralliers to report in -

Olympia - just got back from the second tax day rally on the capital campus. About 4000 attended. To me, seemed a little less than last year's rally. Great crowd, good speakers. At least the rain stopped so we all did not get drenched.

[llevrok]

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[NavyCanDo]

“little less than last year's rally”

That's because there are more rallies in Washington this year. 21 of them per KVI radio. The people are spread out between them.

[llevrok]

That's because there are more rallies in Washington this year

Good point. Hadn't considered that. I hope the total number of protesters are up and growing

[NavyCanDo]

Last year I went to the Olympia rally. It had about 5000 people then. This year there are several others closer to me, which works better for me. I would love to go to the Seattle one tonight but my son has a school play.

I did order my new bumper sticker, based on something KVI’s John Carlson said yesterday that I thought was brilliant.

America is Waking Up!
TEA does that.

[NavyCanDo]

I just watched KIRO and KOMO’s coverage on the Olympia rally. KOMO did a nice job and did not show any crashers. KIRO, however gave air time to 2 crashers. They did identify them as crashers, but why waste air time interviewing them? KIRO said they had a web site on their sign that led to a porno site. Sick people.

[Sicvee]

One reason for comparatively low turnout is the lack of parking in the capitol vicinity. The last anti-health care rally a few weeks ago took place on a Saturday and parking was no problem.

[sionnsar]

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[NavyCanDo]

“One reason for comparatively low turnout is the lack of parking in the capitol vicinity. The last anti-health care rally a few weeks ago took place on a Saturday and parking was no problem.”

True, close up parking is not good, but last years 5000+ event was also on a weekday. We had to walk several blocks, but that did not bother us, because the weather was beautiful. I still stand by the reason for the smaller turn out is being the 21 other rallies. Last year it was not spread out nearly so wide.

[Robwin]

I posted this on the composite thread yesterday and shall now add it here:

TriCities, WA (Richland, Kennewick, Pasco). Local paper puts crowd at 600 which is probably close. Total population of the area: ca. 100,000-125,000.

I later added this:

I need to add something to the TriCity, WA turnout (above). The demonstration took place at a park which faces onto a major thoroughfare. While I was out there holding a sign about 1 out of 3 autos honked their horns loudly and many drivers and passengers gave us a thumbs up. No one shouted obscenities, no one yelled opposition. This took place during rush hour so support for the Tea Party was stronger than attendance figures alone indicate.

For those of you who know the area the major thoroughfare was George Washington Way.