CA: Sacramento Tea Party Pics (Cavuto live, McClintock speaking)

Cute, but this is still my calling card since '03...

:-)

thanks CalCowgirl - we were fortunate to get the pic of the Declaration before it was laid flat on the ground for everyone to sign. ;)

Thanks again, too, for all your hard work in getting our pictures up - we couldn’t have done it without your help, which I know took literally hours of your time - it’s very cool to go back thru everyone’s pics and recapture the feeling of the day and you helped make that happen!! Great job, FRiend!!

post party summary:

For security reasons, legislators and staff were locked inside and unable to leave the building during the event. That also meant the bathrooms in the Capitol couldn’t be used; there were 2 porta-potties available outside.

Shortly into the event speechifying, either word was sent down to the podium from inside that it was too loud for them to do their work, or the speaker alluded it was too loud for those inside to do their work, not sure which, but chants of “No More Taxes, Vote Them Out” boomed out from the crowd louder than the volume of the PA system speakers, and one speaker exclaimed, “I love you guys!”.

Another speaker warned that attendees were being labeled radicals and extremists and mentioned the DHS report. The crowd’s response was a resounding ‘Boooo’ ! quote of the day: “Note to Napolitano, you don’t have to go looking for us, we’re already Here !”

Over by the ATM machine, you could pick up a free copy of “The Constitution of the United States and The Constitution of the State of California”. (2007-08 paperback edition). Down by the Sacramento River, a small group of patriots dressed in periodic costume dumped boxes of ‘tea’, a scene captured for the Cavuto show. Trillion Dollar bills drawn on the United States of Debt were being given out by FreedomWorks.org - of course, Pelosi and Reid are the center portraits. Also, there was a huge banner-type Declaration of Independence, that everyone could sign, that’s reportedly going to be delivered to the President along with similar banners from other parties.

Everyone had an intelligent explanation of why they were there. Most carried signs or flags. Attendees were young and old; there were those in wheelchairs and those in strollers. Parents brought their children to teach them valuable civic lessons; Grandpas and Grandmas made up a large part of the crowd, too. WW2 vets and Iraq vets, police and firemen, office workers and high-school students were also there. People even brought their dogs, large and small, some sporting their own signs.

There were people who had been laid off and people struggling to keep their small businesses afloat or mortgages paid or kids in college. There were people doing ok but worried about how ok they’d be in the future. In some faces could be seen a sense of wonder and excitement, in others, curiosity, and in still others, quiet desparation soothed for the moment by a sense of commonality. A slight, elderly woman, who’s sign was made on the inside of a cereal box, carried both her sign and her head high as she carefully made her way, a memorable and haunting image not soon forgotten.

After the event, one groundskeeper commented with a big smile, ‘there’s no trash!’ - he’d found only one placard that had been left behind; people cleaned up after themselves, creating a pleasant impression on the city.

Democrats, Republicans, Independents and Undecideds all found common ground and a common voice at Sacramento’s event, a phenomenon that was witnessed at events across the nation at tea party after tea party. People found out they weren’t alone after all. They talked to each other, and shook hands with each other, and made new friends, as a quiet sense of awe, a new, different kind of hope, permeated the air and energized the day. This day wasn’t about the speakers; this day was about the people, about their messages and their wisdom. One can’t help but feel something is happening, and it’s big, very big.

Of course, as always, IMO, MOO, JMO

Best Regards, blu

[p.s., the Sacramento Bee article zings that the crowd was ‘largely white’ but in response it’s worth mentioning, northern California itself is still a ‘largely white’ demographic area so a ‘largely white’ crowd would not be uncommon at ANY local event. FWIW ]

You’re very welcome. Just doin’ my little part. :-)

Thanks for the post party summary!

Well, look at that poor puthy, wearin that pith-ethic pithy hellmut!!! Phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht!!!

Does anyone here know the name of the band that played at the end of the rally?

They played a song about Sarah and I want to find it.

Mark Mekler, the organizer of the Sac Tea Party, set up this website.
It has a “contact us” button to submit mail. They should be able to tell you.

http://www.site.sacteaparty.com/