Posted on 09/08/2009 12:11:32 AM PDT by GVnana
September 7, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Critics of the government are hitting the road on the Tea Party Express, a national bus tour headed to Washington, D.C. An enthusiastic crowd greeted the caravan of buses in southwestern suburban New Lenox on Monday. The caravan of buses is scheduled to arrive on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Saturday for a rally and protest.
On Monday, the patriotic chants were frequent, the signs plentiful and the crowd was big and fired up.
"We are here to encourage all of you to tell the government to get their hands out of lives," said Deborah Johns, Tea Party Express.
Thousands of flag waving protesters came out to greet the Tea Party Express. The California-based group protests big government and high taxes. For many there, the anger was aimed at one man- Pres. Barack Obama. Many held signs calling the president a socialist and a liar. Health care reform and stimulus money were the hot topics.
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Great aerial shot of the crowd.
Reliably snarky reporterette.
Biden get his boxers in a bunch.
The crowds are getting bigger as they get closer. Looks great. What a lousy reporter.
All of our Chicago news outlets are Pro-illegal alien and agenda driven, Not our agenda, but theirs. The white liberal media in Chicago never reports the news.
That is why most of them are going bankrupt.
I thought it was laughable that all Biden could come up with to brag about was how many UNEMPLOYED there were.
They report an event and get it all wrong. It is not about taxes, it is about unresponsive government.
Then they have to put in that goober Joe Biden at the end of the coverage.
Typical MSM. They are the biggest single reason that this idiot Commie is sleeping in the White House.
That was an amazing quote from Biden, i.e., if it weren’t for the bloated stimulus bill, millions of unemployed Americans would no longer have unemployment insurance.
What was I thinking? I thought the stimulus bill was supposed to reduce unemployment, not help prolong it.
Isn't that crazy? And yet millions of Democrats with their "sky is falling" politics will nod their heads in agreement, "That's right, Joe. Thanks for the ticket to the thrift store!"
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