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After Action Report: Orlando Tea Party
March 21, 2009 | RoosGirl

Posted on 03/21/2009 4:19:17 PM PDT by Roos_Girl

What a great event! Lisa Feroli and the gang hosting the event did a fantastic job of organizing.

The Tea Party was supposed to last from noon to 2pm. I got there around 10am and met up with SeekTheTruth and her hubby and we started getting set up. There was a good number of people already there. Fantastic job and a big Thank You to Freeper "surfer" who ordered and donated a 3' x 8' banner with the simple message www.FreeRepublic.com. And well done and Thank You to Freeper MinuteGal for supplying business cards with Free Republic information, all of which were handed out!

We had a good number of people stop by the table that either were already Freepers or who said they were regular viewers and every one of them commented that Free Republic was the best conservative forum on the web!

There was a lot of talk about Glen Beck showing up, but he did not. However, our own Kristinn Taylor was the last speaker of the day and (not being biased or anything) Matchett-PI and I thought they saved the best for last. This is a list of the other speakers:

Tom Gaitens, Florida coordinator, FreedomWorks

Nathan Pick, Americans for Tax Reform

Harry Mihet, Senior Litigation Counsel, Liberty Counsel

Jon H. Gutmacher Esq, local attorney and second amendment expert

Andrea Shea King internet radio talk show host

SeekTheTruth was kind enough to supply a disposable camera and the pictures I took with it are posted below. I stayed at the Free Republic table most of the time, except to get a closer seat when Kristinn was speaking. There was such a huge crowd I was mostly trying capture the number of people there and had to do that by just holding the camera up over my head and hoping I was catching something good! Hopefully some other Freepers will post their pictures too and add their comments about their experience from their vantage points.

I was too far away to get a good photo, but this is Kristinn speaking and chargin up the crowd.



TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: aar; orlando; orlandoteaparty; teaparty
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To: Roos_Girl

Taxman Bravo Zulu! to all who planned, executed and participated!


41 posted on 03/21/2009 8:53:04 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: wombtotomb
It was so great to meet you and your family today. Here is a shot I took before I introduced myself. Image and video hosting by TinyPic

I found the FR table after the event was over, and posted some photos of it upthread.

42 posted on 03/21/2009 8:56:21 PM PDT by Truth Addict ("Whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth..." - Patrick Henry)
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To: Truth Addict

LOL. I had no idea you even took it! It was a pleasure to meet you and I look forward to many more! Eventually, they will not be able to ignore us!

I am going to the one in West Palm Beach on the 15th, hope to see you there!!

Sorry I got your name wrong on my after report. I will do better next time.... Truth Addict!


43 posted on 03/21/2009 9:25:22 PM PDT by wombtotomb (I would rather die on my feet as a free man, than live on my knees as a slave)
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To: wombtotomb
Sorry I got your name wrong on my after report. I will do better next time.... Truth Addict!

No problem, I'm not exactly a household name around here!

44 posted on 03/21/2009 9:38:48 PM PDT by Truth Addict ("Whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth..." - Patrick Henry)
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To: Roos_Girl

Wow! wow! Wow! Bttt


45 posted on 03/21/2009 9:42:44 PM PDT by timestax (CNNLIES..BIG TIME)
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To: MinuteGal

I was going to go with my wife and friends but my doctor scheduled a last min MRI on my back and put it smack dab right at 12:00 pm. So pissed I missed this.


46 posted on 03/22/2009 12:12:41 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: Roos_Girl

I don’t get why Beck didn’t show up? He has been hinting on his show the last 2 days that he was headed to a tea party in Orlando and even did his show from the Orlando Fox studios on Friday. I thought for sure he was going to be there.


47 posted on 03/22/2009 12:16:45 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: Roos_Girl
What an awesome event. It was a pleasure meeting you yesterday.


48 posted on 03/22/2009 3:27:15 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I'll miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012!)
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To: Roos_Girl

We had 60 people that came on a bus from Daytona, we had a great time. I think I got some folks interested in FR. Keep up the good work and thanks for all you do.


49 posted on 03/22/2009 5:26:12 AM PDT by Surfer Bert (Remember when seconds count police are only minutes away)
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To: manc; GILTN1stborn; 7mmMag@LeftCoast; ken5050; Rome2000; rodguy911; wymck; ghost26; STD; ...
I emailed Lisa and Shelly, the organizers of the Tea Party, to thank them for allowing Free Republic to set up a table and also congratulate them on a fantastic event. This is the reply I got back. Thought y'all would be interested.

Hi Marci,

Thanks so much for joining us! The event was spectacular and the crowd was fantastic. Everyone was respectful and passionate. We were, of course disappointed with the media coverage. The first news out was from clf13 and they estimated the crowd at 3000, so that was what started buzzing across the internet. The manager of the amphitheater who was on site said the city estimated the crowd at 5k-6k and the police on site wholeheartedly agreed. So, do your best to pass that correct number around, please. Channel 13 later even said "Hundreds gathered at Lake Eola..." and so did Channel 2! Hundreds!! Give me a break!

Thanks so much to Free Republic for being a part of it!

Shelly

50 posted on 03/22/2009 6:00:49 AM PDT by Roos_Girl (This country is being run like it's a love-in)
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To: Roos_Girl

So the MSM can underestimate by 50% maybe we should have overturned some cars or something.


51 posted on 03/22/2009 6:05:08 AM PDT by omega4179 (Don't spread my wealth, spread my work ethic.)
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To: Roos_Girl
Brevard County, Florida ping.

Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
(not associated with the county government)

52 posted on 03/22/2009 6:18:02 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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To: 88keys; Matchett-PI; mcmuffin; 3D-JOY; WorkerbeeCitizen; shove_it; drj; Sax; Normal4me; ...
Brevard County, Florida ping.

Let me try it this time using the list.


Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
(not associated with the county government)

53 posted on 03/22/2009 6:24:44 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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To: Roos_Girl
Good morning. Good job!

The Drive Byes always inflate the left's crowd numbers at their gatherings by 50%, and deflate the Right's crowd numbers by 50%. So the correct estimate should be between 4500-5000. Which, from a trained observer's eye, looks about right.

5.56mm

54 posted on 03/22/2009 6:25:04 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Roos_Girl

Thread with links and stories about Orlando and other events.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2211941/posts
There’s tax revolt in the air (Tea Party/Tax Revolt updates & links)


55 posted on 03/22/2009 6:26:33 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: M Kehoe
I had a gentleman and his wife from The Villages behind me and through his extrapolation, he estimated nearly 7000 and others were saying 10,000, which I thought was plausible. It was a large gathering of patriots!
56 posted on 03/22/2009 6:29:29 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I'll miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012!)
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To: Roos_Girl
Thanks Roos_girl! I sent information to everyone at FOX to help them out with their reporting! They have to try to ignore what is happening across America, but they know full well. It is up to us to spread the truth!

Thanks for all you did! Sure looking forward to attending other Florida events and especially our Florida Freeper Convention the weekend of April 24th!

57 posted on 03/22/2009 6:36:32 AM PDT by seekthetruth
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To: seekthetruth; Roos_Girl; mcmuffin; Friendly Tiger; flaglady47
The Free Republic.com table looked great! Kudos to Seek the Truth for putting it all together. Roos_Girl is in the middle and McMuffin is holding a sign which HAD to be a hit!

Leni

58 posted on 03/22/2009 6:42:24 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Roos_Girl

WONDERFUL JOB BUMP!


59 posted on 03/22/2009 6:44:26 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: Roos_Girl; abb

This story from Orlando Sentinel is now posted on Drudge:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-locteaparty21032209mar22,0,426670.story


60 posted on 03/22/2009 6:49:48 AM PDT by shove_it (and have a nice day)
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