Posted on 08/08/2009 12:31:52 PM PDT by jessduntno
Denver photojournalist El Marco was at the event and has an amazing pictorial essay detailing how Pelo-cchios Astroturf brigade had to be coached by professional organizers including several day laborers who didnt speak English and couldnt tell what the signs they were holding read. And they accuse Tea Party folks of being puppets?!
(Excerpt) Read more at lookingattheleft.com ...
Bump to the very top! Get this out to your buddies! Just Wow!
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Her 17-year-old granddaughter has never had health insurance, and her father _ Avants son _ hasnt had it for 18 years.
I see it as a social justice issue, she said.
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Thanks for the ping. I think RAT tactics will become more and more violent.
Thanks for the ping!
Great pics of this event!
Ping!
BTTT
Also Are you paying attention now?
and
Are you paying attention now? ver. 2
have both gone viral, they've been pciked up by several political websites including Hotair.com.
Darn good photo essay.
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thank you for sharing this
Bump!
Thanks for posting those EXCELLENT YouTube links!
I sent those out to a LOT of folks on my email this morning!
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WORTH REPOSTING, imho!
Are you paying attention now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwxf_2GFOBc
Are you paying attention now? ver. 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DriTTc3eeYU
Good stuff!!
BTTT
Hahahaha! You are the greatest, Albion Wilde.
If this had been the Bush Admin, their would have already been calls for Impeachment by the MSM!
Thanks for the ping!
** If this had been the Bush Admin, their would have already been calls for Impeachment by the MSM! **
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You are EXACTLY right! And, GMTA, too! :)
Here is my closing paragraph when I sent those YouTube links via email to some other folks!:
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And can you imagine if this had happened under the Bush administration? (Of course, Bush wouldn’t put up with this cr@p! Heads would have rolled! But 0bama does absolutely NOTHING to stop this!). The media would have been all over this like stink on you-know-what! But all I hear are crickets! The media is shameless NOT reporting this!!
that girl in the front just looks pissed off and is not having any fun.....
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