Posted on 08/07/2010 1:21:06 PM PDT by OrangeHoof
President Barack Obama is coming to Texas to raise money for the Democratic Party with stops in Austin and Dallas on Monday, August 9th. Our response? The biggest Hands Off Texas! rally we’ve held yet at the Texas State Capitol to tell him and his Democrat friends to go home and keep their HANDS OFF TEXAS!
WHEN: Monday, August 9th, 5:30 p.m. Rain or shine
WHERE: Texas State Capitol, South Steps Austin, Texas
Featuring: Ted Cruz Former Texas Solicitor General
Chris Covo Director of Young Professionals, Americans for Prosperity
Dr. Donna Campbell GOP Nominee, Congressional District 25
David Porter GOP Nominee, Texas Railroad Commission
Jerry Patterson Texas Land Commissioner
Lisa Fritsch National Radio/Television Commentator
Emcee: Lathan Watts Lewisville City Councilman and TRHC Trustee
Brought to You By
* Texas Republican House Committee * Republican Party of Texas * Victory Texas * Texans for Fiscal Responsibility * Texas Federation of Republican Women * Texas Republican County Chairmen’s Association * Travis County Republican Party * Williamson County Republican Party * Hays County Republican Party * Bastrop County Republican Party * Burnet County Republican Party * Blanco County Republican Party * Caldwell County Republican Party * Brazos County Republican Party
FUBO going to Dallas? Such nerve.
I’m here now. Good turnout for as hot as it is. It starts in 10 minutes.
I was there. I stayed for about 90 minutes. A lot of preaching to the choir. Not too electrifying. I stood to the back and east, in the shade.
There were some nutjobs, too. One idiot with a “9-11 was an inside job” poster. There were four college-aged kids holding signs and passing out pamphlets for “Citizens Against Breastfeeding”. One sign said “God made breasts for husbands, not children”. The media covering the event flocked to those guys rather than interview anti-Obama protesters. I felt they were liberal plants there to portray Republicans as kooks, which is exactly what the media was looking for.
That’s why the Tea Party will never be allowed in the GOp tent..the TP is against old geezer RINO incumbents.
The Bat lady’s husband and I were there. We took 3 flags (texas revolutionary flags & one that we have had for a while that said “Don’t mess with Texas”) and a Devil Doggett sign.
Someone I knew was walking the crowd counting. I asked him later he said 893 so we called it 900. The AAS had a HUGE article on Obama coming to Austin and in those pictures was ONE picture of the “Hands off Texas” Rally. AMD THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL FAIR AND BALANCED.
They said the republicans said 2000 and the reporter said 1000.
I think the heat dampened a lot of the enthusiasm. We all knew this would be ignored/miscast/slanted by the MSM. But I work weekends so I couldn’t go to most of the TEA Party and other rallies so I felt I needed to go to this one to show my support.
I was so disappointed not to be able to come to this! We had plans to come and bring several others with us-—but a situation came up, and we just weren’t able to get away.
Glad you were there, Bat Lady, and thanks for the write up. I hadn’t heard much about it since I don’t watch tv or read the AAS.
Thanks for being there Bat Lady. They always seem to have these things when I am on vacation. I think the 893 was the number that signed the petition, so the crowd was a bit larger.
Don’t let that get around...I have a reputation to uphold...;-)
Besides...Leather thongs make me chafe something fierce!!!
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