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Tea partiers hit Capitol
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Posted on 11/05/2009 8:39:09 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Tea partiers hit Capitol By: Daniel Libit and Martin Kady II November 5, 2009 11:14 AM EST

Capitol Police arrested nine protesters Thursday morning in the Hart Senate office building as thousands of Tea Party activists descended on the Capitol building to protest the trillion dollar health care bill and government spending.

The gathering was organized by local Tea Party groups around the country, who are arriving in Washington this morning by the busload. Conservative leaders in Congress, led by Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), have taken to the airwaves to encourage the activists to show up on the Capitol steps and demand meetings with members of Congress. The crowd is expected to grow into the thousands by noon, when Bachmann has promised to lead some protesters to a press conference inside the Capitol to express their opposition to the health care bill in person to members of Congress.

Speaking on conservative talker Laura Ingraham’s radio show this morning, Bachmann encouraged people listening to show up on the West Front steps, but she said they should show up with “cameras” instead of “pitchforks.”

A Capitol Police spokeswoman confirmed to POLITICO that nine activists were arrested in the Hart building, and they are being processed at police headquarters. All the buildings in the Capitol complex remain open for now.

The protesters, who are occupying the patch of grass only a few yards from where Barack Obama took the oath of office on Jan. 20, are chanting “you work for us!” Many are holding signs that echo their distrust of Obama and their belief that he is pursuing socialist policies.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bachmann; healthcare; michelebachmann; teapartyrebellion
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To: traditional1

They are on public property. How could they be trespassing?


21 posted on 11/05/2009 8:50:45 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I have to believe that is true. Looking at the NY 23rd District race, how is it that a Repub liberal captures the 6% to defeat Hoffman in a District where the opening in Congress was created by an appointment by Obama...this was a hand picked liberal political move. We have to keep all eyes on the sneaky bast***s


22 posted on 11/05/2009 8:50:51 AM PST by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: classified

They were ACORN activists (per other posters on the thread).


23 posted on 11/05/2009 8:51:29 AM PST by KansasGirl
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To: Sub-Driver

I’m sure that Piglosi has orders for her Gestapo to round up anyone who dares dissent.

She should stop the silly acts like changing the locks on chamber doors to keep Republicans out of healthcare meetings “because they can’t behave themselves” (translation: “they DARE to not fall in lockstep with the queen of amerika!”). If she had her way, she would probably rather have anyone who dares disagree with her euthanized, or sent to the labor camps.


24 posted on 11/05/2009 8:51:56 AM PST by RocketMan1
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To: freekitty

I’m glad to hear so many could make it. Wish I was one of them. We were out there for 9/12, so could not take another trip so soon.


25 posted on 11/05/2009 8:52:13 AM PST by Marmolade
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To: Sub-Driver

This thread needs PICTURES!


26 posted on 11/05/2009 8:52:19 AM PST by WVKayaker (www.wherezobama.org / Obama's Excellent Adventure ...)
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To: Sub-Driver

I bet the one’s who were arrested were the liberal moonbats who besieged Lieberman’s office, and not any of the Tea Partiers, who will be deliberately smeared due to the confusion.


27 posted on 11/05/2009 8:55:17 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Kowdawg

Were they arrested at the Hart building?


28 posted on 11/05/2009 8:55:58 AM PST by Nephi ( Bush legacy: "I had to sacrifice free market principles to save the free market.")
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To: Kowdawg

Those 9 LIBERAL PRO-PELOSICARE that were arrested are all Pelosi needs for an excuse to shut the Congressional Offices down.


29 posted on 11/05/2009 8:56:42 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

what a bunch of hacks!


30 posted on 11/05/2009 8:57:16 AM PST by PjhCPA
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To: Salvation
"They are on public property. How could they be trespassing?"

With the socialists we have in power now, Laws mean nothing....they can easily use their favorite excuse "security reasons".

31 posted on 11/05/2009 8:58:45 AM PST by traditional1 ("don't gots to worry 'bout no mo'gage. Don't gots to buy no gas...Obama, he gonna take care o' me")
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To: Sub-Driver

Prayers going up for the Tea Party People! May God protect them from the evil within.


32 posted on 11/05/2009 9:01:30 AM PST by NorwegianViking
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To: WVKayaker
Oldies but goodies.

A resident of Plano, Texas cheers on a speaker at an America's Tea Party event held at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, July 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi


Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama stage a "Tea Party" protest in Staten Island, New York, in April 2009. Top-level Republican feuding has trickled down to New York's 23rd District, where a three-way race for the House of Representatives sees the unofficial Republican candidate backed by "Tea Party" conservative activists. (AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)

33 posted on 11/05/2009 9:01:45 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: WVKayaker

Fox News was just showing a video of the Tea Party Emergency House Call crowd. American flags waving the camera just stayed focused on one area so not able to judge how many there!


34 posted on 11/05/2009 9:02:08 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Sub-Driver
Heard that they are showing up in droves. Approx. 1,000 so far.
35 posted on 11/05/2009 9:03:56 AM PST by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

the single payer advocates have been on Pacifica and the DUmmy blogosphere threatening to do this to Lieberman for a week now. Apparently the Politico and the Capitol Police are the last to know.


36 posted on 11/05/2009 9:06:02 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Sub-Driver

“Palin/Bachmann 2012,” came a shout from the crowd.

This is great news. Everywhere the dems turn, they are faced with Palin, and it makes them very jittery, as well it should.


37 posted on 11/05/2009 9:06:05 AM PST by euram
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To: new cruelty

See my post 34! That is what I saw!


38 posted on 11/05/2009 9:07:06 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Sub-Driver
Oklahoma yesterday

Tea Party Express sees 3,000 at Oklahoma City rally

Carol Conway, of Duncan, Okla., poses for a picture near a Tea Party Express bus during a rally on the north side of the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma CIty on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. By John Clanton.

39 posted on 11/05/2009 9:07:36 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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To: traditional1

Ahem.

Pellousy is NOT an @sshole.

THAT orifice actually has a use. . .

And, as always, have a nice day. . .


40 posted on 11/05/2009 9:11:31 AM PST by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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