Posted on 04/15/2010 3:01:33 AM PDT by Scanian
One popular sign spotted at Tea Party protests across the country over the last year goes: "It doesn't matter what this sign says. You'll call it racism, anyway!" It's a pithy, perfect rejoinder to the fusillade of attacks that limited-government activists have weathered from their Democratic detractors and a hostile national media.
President Obama's allies whispered "racist," "fascist" and "fringe" in the earliest days of the stimulus demonstrations in January and February 2009, when hundreds of first-time protesters turned out on the streets in Washington State, Colorado, Arizona and Kansas. The whispers turned to hysterical screams as hundreds became thousands and thousands became millions of peaceful marchers who gathered for the first nationwide Tax Day Tea Party. Some fringe, huh?
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....as a reminder,if you have a camera,bring it. Nothing like documenting an act that the media will use to discredit the event.
Not sure if that many will show up but - if so - it will be hard for the MSM to ignore this time around.
The MSM are expert at ignoring facts, when they have a talking point and a carefully selected video to run with.
In MSM newspeak, a crowd of 2 million is called "thousands" when it involves anyone on the Right.
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