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To: Syncro; MinuteGal; mcmuffin; gonzo
"The upcoming Tea Party Express tour will spend extra time visiting early primary states such as New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina, and has invited presidential candidates to join the rallies and speak to the tea party audience."

And the "audience" will be much larger than just those in attendence:

58 Million People Have the TEA Party 'State of Mind"

Key excerpt from the item linked below:

"...While there are Tea Party meet-ups, marches on Washington, and even groups claiming to speak for the Tea Party as a whole (including a congressional caucus), it is nevertheless hard to think of the Tea Party as a literal party.

"After all, the actual number of people affiliated with any of these activities is a pittance compared to the 25 percent or so of American adults who consider themselves "Tea Partiers." We're talking about roughly 58 million people nationwide, ----- more than the number who voted for Ronald Reagan in 1984 -----.

"Being a Tea Partier for 95 percent or more of these people suggests not a political or even social group affiliation, but a state of mind, one that evokes the sentiments of the original Boston Tea Party: that the government does not reflect the will of the people...."

HERE:

The Uses and Abuses of the Tea Party

40 posted on 08/23/2011 5:41:35 AM PDT by Matchett-PI (Obamageddon, Barackalypse Now! Bam is "Debt Man Walking" in 2012 - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Matchett-PI; All
Excellent information Matchett, thanks!

The enemy has no idea...

Interesting that Fox News was reporting that about 20,000 people were at the 9/12 rally that had over a million people attending.

CNN always reports news as it happens so much better than Fox, they were a lot closer with their estimate.

And people wonder why we didn't have our cosponsored debate on Fox News.

Can you imagine having O’Reilly or even Hannity (or Beckel/Rove lol) as moderator!

Fox News isn't Conservative, it's more old school Republican.

Palin even had to call them on the carpet the other day, and CNN actually posted a rebuttal to the Fox diss Palin stuff.

52 posted on 08/23/2011 10:04:03 AM PDT by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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