July 4 Atlanta Tea Party Cancelled

American Thinker ^ | June 23, 2009 | Jason Lee

[Recovering_Democrat]

Wow, I guess if Hussein wanted to use it then they’d say no, too.

[livius]

Our Tea Party in Jacksonville FL was also in a mall and I’d bet a lot of others were,too. I suspect this won’t be the first “cancellation.”

[fiodora]

That’s outrageous!!!

[ican'tbelieveit]

Do it anyway. What are they going to do, arrest 20k plus people for protesting? DO IT!

[wk4bush2004]

Oh, but if it were a pro-Obama demonstration, then it would be welcomed with open arms!

I mean, this happening in a CONSERVATIVE state like Georgia????

[TCats]

Simon Property Group, one of the World's largest REITs with extensive holdings in Comm’l Real Estate and huge amounts of debt and leverage simply does not want to jeopardize it's access to the Federal Bailout that the REIT sector will almost certainly need in the next year.

[tioga]

I think Atlanta ought to plan a tea party somewhere on that day, whether it can get a site to do all they want or not.....they are fools to just give it all up.

[HighWheeler]

What if everyone went there anyway and started walking around with signs?

[martin_fierro]

[Principled]

Every single fireworks celebration should be a tea party.

[skipper18]

Too bad, but we’re playing a bit of an ‘outrageous sense of entitlement’ game to expect someone completely opposed to a political event to allow his private property to be used.

Dont any Conservatives own anything anymore? I kind of feel like we became the dirt-poor party of beggers when I wasnt paying attention.

[HighWheeler]

Protest the owner.

“Melvin Simon is an A$$h0l3”

[Big_Monkey]

As if I needed another reason never to go to the Gwinnett Place Mall, this is surely it.

Apparently, the Gwinnett Place Mall's merchants are making so much money, they don't need any of my family's hard-earned cash. Good for them.

[autumnraine]

Conservative in all areas except metro Atlanta. Especially the limousine liberal area of Gwinnet county.

[angkor]

Too bad, but we’re playing a bit of an ‘outrageous sense of entitlement’ game

Totally agree.

I would have been surprised - no, shocked - if this went through with no resistance from opposing political interests.

Atlanta ain't exactly a conservative city.

[jennyjenny]

If I'm not mistaken, the Simons are huge, and I mean HUGE, dem donors/fundraisers.

[freeangel]

“I think Atlanta ought to plan a tea party somewhere on that day”

Indeed, we have been invited to join up with the Cobb County group at a park.

[Big_Monkey]

"Dont any Conservatives own anything anymore? I kind of feel like we became the dirt-poor party of beggers when I wasnt paying attention."

This is part of the media pushed narrative that says all Republicans are filthy rich, white guys.

In fact, those are the Democrat's biggest donors. Barack Obama didn't build his war chest with small, everyman contributions, as is frequently repeated by his media co-conspirators. He raised record amounts of cash from the super-rich, and their bundlers.

[Real Cynic No More]

Well, here’s a solution. All of those who were going to participate in the tea party should go to the mall. Walk through the area, sit on benches, window shop in the stores... but spend no money!