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(After-Action Report) Temecula Tea Party & Anti-Tax Rally - Saturday, February 27, 2010
Temecula Valley Tea Party Patriots ^ | February 28, 2010 | Bridget Blanton

Posted on 02/28/2010 11:28:18 AM PST by DogByte6RER

Feb. 27 Temecula Tea Party

Tea Party Anniversary Rally

Saturday, February 27th

At The Duck Pond in Temecula, California

The turnout was great despite the rain. All told, with people coming and going between cloudbursts, the estimate was put at around 200 people.

Thank you to everyone who took time on a very wet Saturday afternoon to wake up their fellow Americans.

The Patriots who came out today sent an even stronger message in defense of liberty by doing so in midst of a downpour. The support for our message was strong as evidenced by the honking, waving and thumbs up from drivers passing by the Duck Pond.

People out on the street with their fantastic signs and majestic flags were smiling although drenched to the skin. Our freedom, our way of life, our constitution and being an American in the greatest country in the world were important enough for the folks captured in the photos below to stand out in the rain for liberty.

This is Who We Are….Happy Warriors.

A small group of hardy souls went from our freedom rally to counter protest the Pro-Obamacare rally that took place later that afternoon over at Margarita and Winchester. The atmosphere there was sad and at times hostile. This group of six was subjected to what has been characterized as an unhinged and at times vile rant from a clearly unstable man. While outnumbered by the o-bots – their 40 to our 6, this small group of patriots stole their thunder and received the enthusiastic support of passers by….

We outnumber them folks! Let us be reminded that we should never back down from what we believe in because freedom is far more precious and necessary to life.

In closing, let me add my heartfelt thanks to the members of Temecula Valley Republican Women Federated for staging a successful petition signature gathering/voter registration effort.

To Murrieta Temecula Republican Assembly for handing out great information and letting folks know about the local grassroots efforts in the Valley.

Thanks are also due to Doug Gibbs for sharing his knowledge on our beloved Constitution.

To Ken Pettigrew for broadcasting live on site, conducting interviews and sending out a live video feed to the world at large on our event.

To Mark Center for his hard work in putting together a great music program and for relieving the gloominess of a rainy day.

See you all on April 15th!


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: aar; antitaxrally; freeperrally; freepers; freeprally; killthebill; rally; taxedenoughalready; taxes; teaparty; teapartyexpress; temecula
The rainy weather kept our numbers down to about 200 or so.

Still...it was a fun and productive day.

I'll post more pics and blog links below on this thread.

1 posted on 02/28/2010 11:28:18 AM PST by DogByte6RER
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2 posted on 02/28/2010 11:30:17 AM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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3 posted on 02/28/2010 11:32:07 AM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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More news story and blog coverage at:

TEMECULA: Protesters decry big government - Rain hampers turnout, not spirits

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/temecula/article_deeb0697-761b-5cff-b0f8-45e96234ca73.html

Tax Zombies! Tea Party Patriots Rally in Temecula

http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/tax-zombies-tea-party-patriots-rally-in.html

http://www.leftcoastrebel.com/2010/02/american-power-tax-zombies-tea-party.html


4 posted on 02/28/2010 11:36:14 AM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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Notice of the event was posted here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2446429/posts


5 posted on 02/28/2010 11:44:26 AM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

Fantastic! My family and I spent three months in Wildomar three winters ago and absolutely loved it. (fresh grapefruit, avocadoes, great food and good people)

Keep it up!

From SE Alaska

Gettinolder


6 posted on 02/28/2010 2:05:59 PM PST by gettinolder (Smashed lips save ships.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Hey Rick,
Looks Like You Lost a Little ,,,,Hair,,,!?!


7 posted on 02/28/2010 2:06:18 PM PST by bravotu (Have a Nice Day !)
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To: bravotu

Yep...

Just for the day though.

Heh, heh.


8 posted on 02/28/2010 4:49:05 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

THANK YOU for fighting for OUR liberty.


9 posted on 03/02/2010 8:19:11 AM PST by kitkat (Obama hates us. Well, maybe a LOT of Kenyans do.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Thanks for standing up to tyranny.


10 posted on 03/05/2010 4:40:48 PM PST by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
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