Tea Party [Express] Movement Set Road Trip for October (TPX II)

Washington Times ^ | September 23, 2009 | Donald Lambro

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Tea Party Movement Set Road Trip
for October

Rallies against big government

By Donald Lambro (Contact)

The Tea Party Express, whose cross-country caravan of anti-big government rallies culminated in a demonstration at the Capitol earlier this month, will hit the road again in October to keep its political movement energized and at the center of upcoming legislative battles.

The Sacramento, Calif.-based organization said Tuesday that its second coast-to-coast road trip will run Oct. 25 through Nov. 11. The rallies are being billed as the "Countdown to Judgment Day" - one year ahead of the November 2010 congressional elections when leaders say their movement "will throw out the worst big spending offenders and bring in a new Congress."

"The Washington, D.C., rally on Sept. 12 was the focal point of the first tour. The point of this tour is all about the people themselves. What we are doing is gathering this groundswell of opposition to big government and building a platform on which it can be heard," said Levi Russell, chief spokesman for the Tea Party Express.

"The reason we are going back on the road so soon is that a sleeping giant has been awakened, the crowds have come out in record numbers and we feel we can be effective in raising that energy to a higher level," Mr. Russell said.

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The organizers intend for the demonstrations to coincide with Congress' legislative schedule when the Obama administration and lawmakers will be in the midst of their battle over health care legislation.

"The biggest thing we are in opposition to is the encroachment of government in people's lives. There's nothing more personal than health care and there is nothing more impersonal than the federal government," Mr. Russell said.

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"... rally Sept. 12 that was attended by nearly 100,000 people."

They got the 60,000 attending the rallies across the country pretty correct, but missed completely on the number of people at the rally in DC on Sept 12th.

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[Starboard]

Excellent news! I know many people who are chomping at the bit to attend the next rally. 9/12 was a spectacular event; we need to keep the pressure on.

[HarleyD]

Shoot. I think there were 60,000 packed in on the Metro train I was on.

[joydocsusie]

Rallies catch fire against Obama’s
‘Minion Media’ ...
American citizens outraged by President Obama and the actions of Congress have set their sights on a new target – the so-called mainstream media – with tea-party protests now set to boil in front of more than 30 press offices across the U.S.

[joydocsusie]

Rallies catch fire against Obama’s
‘Minion Media’ ...
American citizens outraged by President Obama and the actions of Congress have set their sights on a new target – the so-called mainstream media – with tea-party protests now set to boil in front of more than 30 press offices across the U.S.

[Syncro]

You can say that again!

[MattinNJ]

This is your America. Fight for her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwpTj_Z9v-c&feature=related

[Syncro]

Could you describe what the video is about in a little detail?

Thanks

Many of us here don't go to videos with no information posted about the content.

[MattinNJ]

Locker room speech given by Herb Brooks (played by Kurt Russel in the movie Miracle) to team USA before whipping the Soviet’s tails in 1980.

[Syncro]

Thanks!