There were a LOT of people there!
California Tea Party was treated to viewing snipers on top of the Capitol Building overlooking the crowd.
My boys and I tried to go down there. It was a madhouse! Couldn’t get through the traffic in time to go however.
The crowd was huge (from what I saw driving by (or should I say, sitting there in my car).
The state house was a great place to have it, but, the time of day wasn’t. Rush hour traffic really snarled things up. I’d bet you would have had another 2000 people there had it been held later, say around 5:30.
I was there also. Your pictures look like they were from the beginning. i was back by the far south end and once things got going the area was packed. Greg Garrison (a local radio personality) estimated about 10,000, which seemed realistic and a good turnout considering the weather was cold and damp.
I enjoyed the speaker “Thoas Paine” who may or may not have been the actor in the viral youtube video abut the stimulus.
The only disrupter(s) I saw was a black guy with at bull horn walking up and down the perimeter of the crowd, followed by a white punk who was prancing like a court jester(fool). The bullhorn sounded just like the Paul Shanklin parody of Al Sharpton. There was one 911 truther who looked lost
I have some pics and vids, but lack the know -how to post them.
Wish I could have made it. Thanks for posting the pics. YOu should have snapped a few of the moonbats.
There were a LOT of people there!
Follow up the Tea Party with a phone call to your U.S. senator advising them to vote NO on the budget. Encourage others to do likewise. And, the true power is at the polls in 2010!