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Thousands expected at Tea Party rally in Reid's hometown of Searchlight
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL ^ | Mar. 22, 2010 | LAURA MYERS

Posted on 03/24/2010 1:03:04 PM PDT by george76

a Tea Party Express rally coming Saturday, a sort of conservative mini-Woodstock in the desert that organizers expect to draw 5,000 to 10,000 people -- maybe more -- from across the country, most of whom want to end the career of Nevada's most powerful politician.

Diane Kendall, the local real estate agent who helped pin down the private property for the "Showdown in Searchlight," embodies the townsfolk who aren't so fond of Reid and support the Tea Party movement's efforts to elect conservatives who believe less government is better government.

"I agree with what the Tea Party people are doing,"... "It's time for Americans to stand up. It's time for the people to wake up.''

Besides Palin, other advertised speakers include ...

Reid's grandfather, John, came to Searchlight in 1902, stayed until 1910, then returned more than a decade later. .. His father, Harry, was a hard-rock miner and a drunk who sometimes hit his mother. Reid, a former boxer who got into street fights, too, calls the experience character building.

A recent poll by the Las Vegas Review-Journal bears this out, showing that a Tea Party candidate could get 18 percent of the vote and the GOP nominee 32 percent, leaving Reid a winning 36 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at lvrj.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 111th; nv2010; reid; searchlight; teaparty

1 posted on 03/24/2010 1:03:04 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Showdown at the OK Corral 2.0


2 posted on 03/24/2010 1:07:44 PM PDT by reaganwasright1980
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To: george76
Besides Palin, other advertised speakers include ...

Reid's grandfather, John, came to Searchlight in 1902

HUH???? The guy would be 108 yrs old @ the least!

3 posted on 03/24/2010 1:12:05 PM PDT by ChrisInAR (Alright, tighten your shorts, Pilgrim, & sing like the Duke!)
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I'll be there and taking pics.

If anyone wants on the pic ping list just let me know.

4 posted on 03/24/2010 1:15:03 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM, where are you?)
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I’m thinking there will be 500,000.

I want to go the the one in Nashville on Easter Sunday. No where have I seen the exact location there... anyone know?


5 posted on 03/24/2010 1:25:44 PM PDT by Reagan69 (WHEN THEY COME FOR YOUR GUNS, GIVE THEM THE AMMO FIRST.!)
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To: ChrisInAR

I think this was an excerpt. There was other stuff before the grandfather thang.


6 posted on 03/24/2010 1:25:46 PM PDT by fatnotlazy (Never forget!)
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Verlie Doing, 86, who built the Searchlight Nugget with her husband in the late 1970s, said she thinks the Tea Party Express event will be good for business and she likes the movement's populist message. But she plans to hold a Reid rally that same day in her parking lot to show support for the embattled senator.

Attention--pass the word. Give NO business to the SearchLight Nugget.

7 posted on 03/24/2010 1:27:55 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: fatnotlazy

Whew...I knew something didn’t sound right.


8 posted on 03/24/2010 1:45:31 PM PDT by ChrisInAR (Alright, tighten your shorts, Pilgrim, & sing like the Duke!)
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“Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a Tea Party darling and failed GOP vice presidential...”

Stopped reading this piece of Obamunist media trash right there.

- JP


9 posted on 03/24/2010 2:04:58 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("We cannot spare this woman. She fights" - David Karki, regarding Sarah Palin)
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To: tflabo

I would love to be there.

The town of searchlight is about three blocks long. I don’t even think there’s a signal light in the town.

However - the clark county cops are not known for their curtesy or caracter.


10 posted on 03/24/2010 3:43:33 PM PDT by maine yankee
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