VIDEO : Cleveland Tea Bagger Rally

Submitted by Anthony Fossaceca on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 8:54pm.

The event hyped by Northeast Ohio Republicans as the "beginning of the revolution" looked more like the epilogue of the fall of the Republican Party in 2008.

Tens of thousands were expected, but only hundreds arrived.
People were supposed to rise up, but politicians dominated the stage.

In short, today's Cleveland Tea Bag Rally looked and sounded more like a dysfunctional family reunion than a grassroots movement. Speakers screamed on the overly amplified sound system about higher taxes, abortion, guns, God being driven from schools, civil liberties being taken away (I know...I know), the price of stamps, and pretty much every other fringe idea the GOP hangs its hat on.

After an hour and 20 minutes of random ranting, one thing stood out. No one, not a single speaker or attendee, offered an original thought or idea on how to get our economy turned around after eight years of failed Bushonomics.

Listening to these folks go on and on about taking the country back was absolutely hilarious. Taking the country back? Are you kidding me? Where were you people four years ago when the rest of us were trying to stop George W. Bush from raising taxes on working families to pay for a war we didn't need to be in? Where was the outrage then? Spare me.

Here's more video...

from BloggerInterrupted

from BuckeyeStateBlog (where a woman speaker references "unemployed minorities"

I hope I type this right...

Submitted by redhorse on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 9:33pm.

Did that staggering intellect just threaten the US government, quote Braveheart, and tell the Greatest Generation that they've been put out by a small group of malcontents?

Awesome. I also learned the most precious freedom is that of overthrowing the govt, and that Obama is somehow both Hitler and socialism all wrapped in one evil pinko package.

Thank goodness.

Submitted by Anthony Fossaceca on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 10:16pm.

I was afraid their message wasn't crystal clear.

Wow

Submitted by susan on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 6:23am.

Just wow.

Part of me wishes I had done a drive by, yelling, "Get a life!" Paybacks, ya know.

Heh.

Yes, the irony was

Submitted by Anthony Fossaceca on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 6:50am.

Yes, the irony was delicious. Some of these folks acted and talked like they came up with the idea of protest in the first place.

Too bad I can't see the videos...

Submitted by vcjpolitics on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 10:15am.

...since my corporate master blocks most of them. God forbid that we peasants get a clue.

I'm glad that you were on top of it; I haven't turned on my TV since Sunday, so I haven't seen footage of the "protests." I'll check them out and throw your links up on my FB page this evening.