Posted on 10/02/2010 4:33:23 PM PDT by stratman1969
Today was the day that an assortment of Left-wing groups, labor unions, Democrats and the NAACCP rallied on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to "counter" the genuine grassroots Tea Party movement.
Judging from the results, the astroturfers, many of whom offered free bus rides and box lunches, couldn't come close to Glenn Beck's August 28th rally, held in the same area.
But the liberals sure left their mark behind. This was on one side of the reflecting pool.
On my walk back to the Arlington Cemetery Metro station, I found several of those union paid-for boxed lunches were left for someone else to pick up, on the Memorial Bridge.
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A friend in DC said that the unions were pissed when the 2009 9/12 Tea Party cleaned the mall up so well. All those unionized weekend-rate garbage picker-uppers were sent home.
pity.
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