Tea partiers hit Capitol

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[Sub-Driver]

Tea partiers hit Capitol By: Daniel Libit and Martin Kady II November 5, 2009 11:14 AM EST

Capitol Police arrested nine protesters Thursday morning in the Hart Senate office building as thousands of Tea Party activists descended on the Capitol building to protest the trillion dollar health care bill and government spending.

The gathering was organized by local Tea Party groups around the country, who are arriving in Washington this morning by the busload. Conservative leaders in Congress, led by Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), have taken to the airwaves to encourage the activists to show up on the Capitol steps and demand meetings with members of Congress. The crowd is expected to grow into the thousands by noon, when Bachmann has promised to lead some protesters to a press conference inside the Capitol to express their opposition to the health care bill in person to members of Congress.

Speaking on conservative talker Laura Ingraham’s radio show this morning, Bachmann encouraged people listening to show up on the West Front steps, but she said they should show up with “cameras” instead of “pitchforks.”

A Capitol Police spokeswoman confirmed to POLITICO that nine activists were arrested in the Hart building, and they are being processed at police headquarters. All the buildings in the Capitol complex remain open for now.

The protesters, who are occupying the patch of grass only a few yards from where Barack Obama took the oath of office on Jan. 20, are chanting “you work for us!” Many are holding signs that echo their distrust of Obama and their belief that he is pursuing socialist policies.

[traditional1]

Any more info?

Were they arrested for "trespassing", or what?

This is merely Pelosi's way of limiting access and making an issue out of CONDUCT, vs. the FACT that the bulk of the Nation knows she's just an asshole trying to force Socilized Medicine to cater to the free-riders.

[ohiogrammy]

Go Michelle! I am sure the left will start up with their “teabagger” comments again. Give them Hell! Wish I could be there.

[KansasGirl]

Why were 9 protesters arrested.

[Buckeye McFrog]

more typical hit-piece lie-by-omission journalism from The Politico.

The eight people arrested were ACORN types who staged a sit-in at Joe Lieberman’s office in support of single payer.
The author deceptively leads you to believe they were eight of us.

[Wee-Weed Up]

I can hear the Liberals’ knees knocking all over the country today.

[pennboricua]

Nine people protesting in favor of universal health care were arrested this morning after occupying the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), according to Capitol Police.

[MNDude]

that’s what I was going to guess! that the arrested are liberals. Any word on how many are there now?

[LongElegantLegs]

...thousands of Tea Party activists descended on the Capitol building to protest the trillion dollar health care bill and government spending...The crowd is expected to grow into the thousands by noon...

Which is it?

[patriot preacher]

THe criminalization of dissent. Another sure sign that the Washington Establishment is out of control. I concur with Representative Bachman — this kind of thing is “A BIG MISTAKE.”

[KansasGirl]

GRRRRRR!

Thanks for clearing that up.

The Politico should be ashamed of themselves.

[freekitty]

Reported on Chris Plane show there are thousands of people there.

[Kowdawg]

Why were 9 protesters arrested.

They were PRO-Obamacare moonbats protesting Lieberman's support of Senate filibuster.

[Marmolade]

My first reaction was to wonder if it was the other side’s protesters, not ours. But the way the piece is written makes you think it was the Tea Party people. What a bunch of cr*p.

[classified]

The article doesn’t really state why the people were arrested. Anybody know anymore about the protest?

[TheDon]

The protesters, who are occupying the patch of grass only a few yards from where Barack Obama took the oath of office on Jan. 20, are chanting “you work for us!”

At least some of the People are aware they are in the process of being enslaved. It is ironic that a black American is leading the charge to enslave the People.

[KansasGirl]

The authors of the piece mislead on purpose.

[Patrsup]

How stupid from the politico - they cant even keep the narrative correct - "The gathering was organized by local Tea Party groups around the country" I thought they said that there was no grassroots tea party movement - it was all a Washington republican scam.... IDIOTS Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. - Robert E. Lee

[who knows what evil?]

Politico = CNN = MSNBC = Huffington Post, and so on...

[CIDKauf]

I have to believe that is true. Looking at the NY 23rd District race, how is it that a Repub liberal captures the 6% to defeat Hoffman in a District where the opening in Congress was created by an appointment by Obama...this was a hand picked liberal political move. We have to keep all eyes on the sneaky bast***s

[Salvation]

They are on public property. How could they be trespassing?

[CIDKauf]

I have to believe that is true. Looking at the NY 23rd District race, how is it that a Repub liberal captures the 6% to defeat Hoffman in a District where the opening in Congress was created by an appointment by Obama...this was a hand picked liberal political move. We have to keep all eyes on the sneaky bast***s

[KansasGirl]

They were ACORN activists (per other posters on the thread).

[RocketMan1]

I’m sure that Piglosi has orders for her Gestapo to round up anyone who dares dissent.

She should stop the silly acts like changing the locks on chamber doors to keep Republicans out of healthcare meetings “because they can’t behave themselves” (translation: “they DARE to not fall in lockstep with the queen of amerika!”). If she had her way, she would probably rather have anyone who dares disagree with her euthanized, or sent to the labor camps.

[Marmolade]

I’m glad to hear so many could make it. Wish I was one of them. We were out there for 9/12, so could not take another trip so soon.

[WVKayaker]

This thread needs PICTURES!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I bet the one’s who were arrested were the liberal moonbats who besieged Lieberman’s office, and not any of the Tea Partiers, who will be deliberately smeared due to the confusion.

[Nephi]

Were they arrested at the Hart building?

[OrioleFan]

Those 9 LIBERAL PRO-PELOSICARE that were arrested are all Pelosi needs for an excuse to shut the Congressional Offices down.

[PjhCPA]

what a bunch of hacks!

[traditional1]

"They are on public property. How could they be trespassing?"

With the socialists we have in power now, Laws mean nothing....they can easily use their favorite excuse "security reasons".

[NorwegianViking]

Prayers going up for the Tea Party People! May God protect them from the evil within.

[NormsRevenge]

Oldies but goodies.

A resident of Plano, Texas cheers on a speaker at an America's Tea Party event held at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, July 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

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Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama stage a "Tea Party" protest in Staten Island, New York, in April 2009. Top-level Republican feuding has trickled down to New York's 23rd District, where a three-way race for the House of Representatives sees the unofficial Republican candidate backed by "Tea Party" conservative activists. (AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)

[Red_Devil 232]

Fox News was just showing a video of the Tea Party Emergency House Call crowd. American flags waving the camera just stayed focused on one area so not able to judge how many there!

[new cruelty]

Heard that they are showing up in droves. Approx. 1,000 so far.

[Buckeye McFrog]

the single payer advocates have been on Pacifica and the DUmmy blogosphere threatening to do this to Lieberman for a week now. Apparently the Politico and the Capitol Police are the last to know.

[euram]

“Palin/Bachmann 2012,” came a shout from the crowd.

This is great news. Everywhere the dems turn, they are faced with Palin, and it makes them very jittery, as well it should.

[Red_Devil 232]

See my post 34! That is what I saw!

[NormsRevenge]

Oklahoma yesterday

Tea Party Express sees 3,000 at Oklahoma City rally

Carol Conway, of Duncan, Okla., poses for a picture near a Tea Party Express bus during a rally on the north side of the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma CIty on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. By John Clanton.

[Salgak]

Ahem.

Pellousy is NOT an @sshole.

THAT orifice actually has a use. . .

And, as always, have a nice day. . .

[freekitty]

Hey you did good. Every voice counts.

[smoothsailing]

About 20 to 25 protesters from CodePink, Mobilization for Health Care for All and Voters for Peace said they were asking Lieberman to sign an oath stating he would no longer accept money from insurance companies. According to the protesters, Lieberman’s staff offered to meet with them, but they were told the Senator himself was unavailable.The ones not arrested moved to a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on financial crime, which was being chaired by Lieberman.

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/eight-universal-health-care-supporters-arrested-at-liebermans-office.php?ref=mp

[qman]

The protesters were antiwar protesters blocking Liebermans office, not tea party people!!!

[annieokie]

that’s what I figured.

[Red_Devil 232]

FNC is covering the speeches now!

[Old Student]

From the article:

“In an unrelated incident, nine activists were arrested in the Hart building, and they are being processed at police headquarters, but Roll Call is reporting that these were protesters from the opposite end of the political spectrum – Code Pink. All the buildings in the Capitol complex remain open for now.”

If you read the article, you would have seen this.

[KalaSamy]

They were Code Pink ... but you don’t find that out until the end of the article! Natch!

[Red_Devil 232]

Bechmann behind the current speaker as they sat the Pledge!

FNC says they are streaming live on their web site.

Emergency House Call

Bechmann up now!

[RocketMan1]

.. ano no w.. they’re not. They’re showing a press confernece on yet another child endangerment thing. I swear .. the fascination that news nets (and Greta van Missing-Persons-Report) have on carrying mundane news reports. All the while a VERY important occurrence on Capitol Hill and ..

Why can’t they carry a tape of that Press conference later in the day?

Thank God C-SPAN is carrying it. Albeit in a tiny, tiny corner of the screen.

[RocketMan1]

It would be nice if FOX would pump up the volume! I have my speakers on my computer, and the volume on the browser window all the way up, and I still can’t hear it.