Posted on 09/13/2009 3:28:47 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Tens of thousands of conservative 'tea party' protesters have staged the biggest demonstration of Barack Obama's presidency, thronging Capitol Hill to denounce runaway government spending.
The protest on Saturday demonstrated the potency of grassroots opposition to Mr Obama despite a landmark speech to Congress last week that attempted to quell opposition to his overhaul of the health-care system.
Saturday's march marked the end of a summer in which angry scenes at "town hall" meetings caught the White House off guard and damaged the campaign for Mr Obama's health-care proposals.
The rally was the high point of the anti-Obama "tea party" movement, which came together in April amid outrage over the $787 billion economic stimulus package.
But the discontent ranged widely with signs proclaiming "Obamacare makes me sick" and "Bury Obamacare with Kennedy" - a reference to Senator Ted Kennedy, a staunch Obama ally who championed health-care and died of brain cancer last month.
Home-made placards declared: "Born free, taxed to death", "King George Didn't Listen Either!" and "Vote Out All Incumbent Crooks".
One teenager carried a scrawled sign that read: "Do I 'look' like I want to 'serve' in Obama's Nazi Youth militia? Arrest our Communist, Fascist, Racist, Lying, President NOW for Treason!!"
Organisers included FreedomWorks, led by Dick Armey, a former Republican leader on Capitol Hill who helped bring down President Bill Clinton's health-care bill in 1994. Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, also a conservative Republican, demanded a return to "constitutional government" and insisted that it was "time that the president started listening to us".
There was no official crowd count. Organisers, who had expected between 25,000 and 50,000, put the total at 75,000 but many estimated that it was much higher.
The demonstration dwarfed a rally held by Mr Obama in Minneapolis, Minnesota at
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another lie about the attendance, but if it makes them feel good let them live in their media bubble. :)
This is from the British division of the ny slimes.
LLS
I saw this same picture captioned earlier:
“Parasite in Chief”
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