[nutmeg]

I'm stunned there won't be another 9/12 March in DC this year... we were planning to attend. Why not??

We were there for the first (amazing!) 9/12/09 March on DC, but didn't go last year because Glenn Beck stupidly had his rally in DC only a few weeks before 9/12/10. We had to pick which rally we could attend - we couldn't do both. I kind of wish we were there for the 9/12/10 instead of Beck's rally, to be totally honest.

I've spoken to hundreds of people who would have been at the 9/12/10 March on DC if they also didn't decide to do Beck's rally instead.

[LS]

Whatever his reasons, Glenn basically destroyed that rally. True, he got his media coverage with his rally. Then what? That weakened the Tea Party movement without doing anything of its own.

[Syncro]

Yep, Beck co-opted the Tea Party that year.

He knew what he was doing.

This year, of course, the Tea Party Express will be in Tampa, FL on Sept 12th.

See these threads and related ones:

TEA PARTY EXPRESS RELEASES SCHEDULE AND ROUTE OF NATIONAL TOUR (TPXV-Aug 27-Sept 12)

Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:26:16 PM · by Syncro · 32 replies

Tea Party Express ^ | July 7, 2010 | Levi Russell

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7, 2011CONTACT: Levi Russell at Levi@FrontlineStrat.com, or (509) 979-6615 TEA PARTY EXPRESS RELEASES SCHEDULE AND ROUTE OF NATIONAL TOUR Coast-to-Coast Route Focuses on Early Presidential Primary StatesThe Tea Party Express (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) announced today the full route and schedule of the upcoming national tea party bus tour. Titled "Reclaiming America," this is the 5th coast-to-coast tour for the group, and will feature 29 tea party rallies in as many cities with extra time spent in states having early presidential primaries. The Reclaiming America tour will launch on August 27th in Napa, CA and roll East to...

• LOCAL TEA PARTY GROUPS TO CO-SPONSOR TEA PARTY PRES DEBATE, HOSTED BY CNN AND TEA PARTY EXPRESS

  Monday, July 11, 2011 7:47:29 PM · by Syncro · 60 replies

  Tea Party Express ^ | July 11, 2011 3:11 PM | Levi Russell

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2011CONTACT: Levi Russell at Levi@FrontlineStrat.com, or (509) 979-6615 LOCAL TEA PARTY GROUPS TO CO-SPONSOR TEA PARTY PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, HOSTED BY CNN AND THE TEA PARTY EXPRESS The Tea Party Express (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) released details today on the 120+ local tea party groups that will co-sponsor the upcoming Tea Party Presidential Debate. Tea party groups may become a co-sponsor at no cost, giving them access to event tickets, national recognition, and input content of the debate.   The historic Tea Party Presidential Debate is the first and only scheduled debate focusing exclusively on tea party issues,...