Hundreds of LIers turn out for TEA parties

Newsday ^ | April 15, 2009 | SID CASSESE

[syriacus]

People came and went. I think that many more than 300 people attended. And hundreds of drivers honked as they passed by.

[mentor2k]

Tremendous news!!!! An ostrich can bury his head in the sand but he leaves his ass (or donkey) exposed!

[Tanniker Smith]

Never thought I'd click on the link of that socialist rag.

"LIers"?? Well, it's their home turf. If someone gets offended, they'll hear about it.

[llevrok]

LI-ers?

Well wasn't that a cute play on words?!

I bet some limp d*ck cub reporter stayed up all night, thinking that one up!

[444Flyer]

Hey! They stole my tag.

[Long Island Pete]

Looked like a lot more than 300 people when I got off the train at 5:00pm.

[syriacus]

One of the posters who commented on the Newsday article wrote,
“I was at the Hicksville Tea Party...Close to 1000 protesters...Very Well Done...
Alot of support from cars passing by...alot of enthusiasm... And it scares the heck out of the Democrats and the left wing liberal media outlets...This is just the beginning...”

[Yankee]

Used to live in Bethpage. Those folks were just the tip of the spear.

There are lots of “quiet” conservatives on Long Island.

But the loud-mouthed liberals usually cow them into silence.

Takes a lot more courage to be a conservative on Long Island than it takes in Georgia where I live now.

Good for those folks. God bless ‘em.

[Constitution Day]

Let's tell the reporter how we feel about this "cute" headline!

Sid Cassese: sid.cassese@newsday.com

[Dr. Ursus]

I read Newsday to get my daily hatred of liberals.I’m have
no doubt that Sid loves to be teabagged!

[syriacus]

Looked like a lot more than 300 people when I got off the train at 5:00pm.

Glad to hear this. Thanks for reporting what you saw.

As I walked to the parking lot, shortly before 5:00, I passed a number of different families, signs in hand and children in tow, who were heading over to the party.

[syriacus]

There are lots of “quiet” conservatives on Long Island.

I agree.

[Yankee]

The papers in Metro New York often use LIers as shorthand for Long Islanders.

I don’t think it was intended as a slight.

Let’s not be hyper-sensitive like a bunch of liberals.

[SeekAndFind]

Long Island went Democrat for the past several elections. There are only pockets of conservative communities in the Island.

[Constitution Day]

The papers in Metro New York often use LIers as shorthand for Long Islanders.

I don’t think it was intended as a slight.

Let’s not be hyper-sensitive like a bunch of liberals.

Not living in New York (I'm in NC), I didn't know that.

At any rate, I wasn't the only one who thought that; I was responding to two other posters who thought the same.

[Tanniker Smith]

It probably falls more under the "unfortunate" category than "malicious". (or perhaps a little of both)

Can anyone from Long Island say whether or not "LIers" is a common enough expression that appears in the paper often?

[Tanniker Smith]

Thanks for the confirmation.

[tflabo]

Can anyone from Long Island say whether or not "LIers" is a common enough expression that appears in the paper often?

I was born and raised there. In fact the old phone #'s began with LI_ _ _ _ _ . It's not an unusual term up there. Just glad to know we had some viable Tea Parties. Unfortunatley too many liberals and socialist foreigners have infested LI.

[ataDude]

Way to go, Long Island!

[syriacus]

Long Island went Democrat for the past several elections. There are only pockets of conservative communities in the Island.

Probably due to the influx of old-timey Democrats (like my late mother) who moved to Long Island in the last decade to live with their conservative children.

In 2006 I helped my mother move the "switches" when she voted for Democrats in the polling booth. In effect, her votes canceled out the votes I had made a few minutes before.

On the other hand, a liberal I've know since childhood convinced both her elderly Republican mother and her uncle that they shouldn't bother voting.