The post below is what I found on the front of Daily Kos today. If you want to see just how confused, upset and downright afraid liberals are of the tea party movement, look no farther.
Sunday Talk - The Land of Make-Believe
by Silly Rabbit
Sun Sep 13, 2009 at 02:14:36 AM PDT
Thousands of millions of teabaggers descended on Washington, DC yesterday.
Some of them, no doubt, were hoping [in vain] to catch a glimpse of their newest hero/mancrush — Joe "NOES" Wilson.
Others were looking to relive the glory of 9/12s past.
But many (read: most) went just because they're so madly in love with America.
Real America... not Africa-America
Predictable as heck and by the book.
Using the name "teabaggers" in an attempt
to diminish the tea party movement? Check. Trying to downplay the
number of protesters by mocking them as "thousands of millions"? Check.
Saying tea party protesters are racist? Check.
They have to mock and exaggerate and call names because if they look at the crowds honestly they'll have to cry.
Here is what I don't think you'll be seeing on the front page of the liberal blogs:
Or this:
Or this one:
Update: Here is a handy, dandy chart to help those struggling to understand what the pictures above mean.
Update II: More from Melissa Clouthier on liberal reaction to the 9/12 protests. Rick Moran on how the dispute over numbers is meant to mask the history being made.
Update III: No number of pictures, even those appearing in the Obama loving media, even those showing crowds that appear every bit as large as those at O's inauguration, will convince some people. I really hope they continue to live in denial. It will make the November 2010 election results even more of a shock.
Update IV: Check out the entry currently posted at Wikipedia for the 9/12 march on DC:
Taxpayer March on Washington
On September 12, 2009, over 75,000 Tea Party protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. to march from Freedom Plaza to the United States Capitol.[62][63]. While hundreds of thousands of people indicated that they planned to attend[64], and as many as 30,000 registered in advance [65], actual turnout was estimated by many as far less[66][67][68]. DC Park Police reportedly called an estimate of 30,000 "generous".[69]
Bravo! Time to redefine "teabagger", I guess...transition it into a patriotic term, think?? ;)
Posted by: Jj | Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 06:49 AM
The left tried to inflate expectations last week so they could later claim anything less was a failure. But you know that secretly they must be shell-shocked by the sheer magnitude. Whatever the final number, which we'll probably never know, it was anything BUT a failure!
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Posted by: Kitty | Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 12:40 PM
I'm not sure the left can come to any other conclusion when videos such as this one -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hH3rIamUn0 -- so accurately highlight the absurdity that has become the conservative party.
How can you not see that the "Teabagger" movement is nothing short of an anti-democracy movement built on willful lies with potentially violent underpinnings in the thrall of an apocalyptic cult of revenge on everyone not like them.
Posted by: twitter.com/Mark_Bruno | Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 02:22 PM
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/protest-crowd-size-estimate-falsely-attributed-abc-news/story?id=8558055
Posted by: Ann | Monday, September 14, 2009 at 05:00 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Xe1kX7Wsc
Fascinating clip
Posted by: Ann | Monday, September 14, 2009 at 05:07 PM
Just came across this blog today, and really enjoyed it! Keep up the good work.
I posted a hilarious YouTube video about Obama and the current debate over the size of government I found today on my site. Check it out:
http://rjmoeller.com/2009/09/obama-and-the-white-stripes-a-youtube/
Posted by: RJ | Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 12:57 PM
I just realized I'll still be typing next week if I keep talking about the great stuff we've gotten, so I'm going to list it!
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