Washington Tea Party Protest

The Tea Party protesters were out in full force in Washington Saturday. Estimates range from 100,000 to 150,000. What ever the number there were people from the capitol to the Washington monument. It was quite a success. The crowd was friendly and the police business like. It was a fantastic experience for all of the attendees as reported.

A few observations.

The speakers were too many. The speakers went on from 10:00 AM to almost 4:00 PM with no water vendors and isolated bathroom facilities.
We were very fortunate to have an overcast day with no or very light rain. The weather was the best part of the day besides the crowd.

The speaker system was inadequate for the unfortunate ones who did not get there into the main gated area. Not that anyone tore up the event with a fiery speech but more speakers all the way to the back of the reflecting pond would have been a decent thing to provide for all the protesters of the event.

The political correctness crap has infected the Tea Party organizers and this event. Honestly why in the hell was rap played? Did anyone look at the crowd? 40+ white males and females with a few young ones and minorities mixed in here and there. When the rappers started performing everyone just kind of looked at each other in disbelief. And then there was a procession of black speakers saying, and rightly so, democrats were the racist for bringing up the race card to dismiss Tea Party protesters. Say it once and get over it. We know democrats are racist. No need to drill it in our head.

The best performer hands down no one else close was Lloyd Marcus. I have know idea who this guy is but I have seen him three times now and he really hits the right tone, rhythm and style for these events to a T. I don’t know if it’s his personal style or he is just gifted in giving his audience what he wants but he just nails it at these events. When he did “Start Spreading the News” an old Frank Sinatra tune, and mixing Tea Party lyrics into the tune the crowd just LOVED IT! Absolutely nailed it to the wall. The only bad part of the performance was he didn’t sing more songs. As far as I am concerned this guy will always be the face of the Tea Party performers.

The main gated area where the stage was located was closed off before the area filled up. Was there an ulterior motive? Maybe to get some camera shots of the area on C-Span with empty areas? It was ridiculous having a huge crowd crushed against a wall a few feet from the main stage area with lots of empty space. Eventually some protesters climbed the wall when the cops were not looking and the area filled up closer to capacity. More cops were called in and the area was finally sealed with some capacity left. Fair is fair and the area should have been filled to capacity on a first come basis.

The fire truck incident. In the middle of the protest with the crowd pushed against the retaining wall next to the main stage area a full sized fire truck decides to run through the middle of the crowd. I kid you not. I have no idea of the emergency but running a huge fire engine through a packed street of pedestrians seems both dangerous to the pedestrians and just plain wrong. Do these firefighters know what a golf cart and stretcher is? Was the emergency so great the only way to the scene was through the crowd next to the main stage? Seemed like a total disregard for the event and the safety of the protesters. I can just imagine the legal liability if some child was crushed by that monstrous vehicle as it was pushing it’s way through the packed street. You just have to wonder what the hell were these people thinking. It was outrageous!

I was glad Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Mike Pence were there. Two really decent human beings who have in the past have tried to do what is best for America. Their speaking styles will never be associated with fiery but both these men are Americas finest and we need more men and women like these two. As a Libertarian I disagree with both these guys on some issues but I absolutely respect their virtue and integrity. God bless them both and thanks for being there.

No democrats present that I know of on the main stage. This was truly disappointing because there are many if not the majority of democrats who disagree with high taxation and inflationary borrowing. Call them blue dogs or whatever I know there are decent and virtuous democrats who are truly worried about our country who did not present themselves on the Tea Party stage. Very disappointing and quite disturbing since the Tea Party is not affiliated with either party.

Finally I would like to thank the two fellow Tea Party folks I rode up with and putting up with my bloviating. Not the easiest thing to do. It was a wonderful experience and I pray:

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen



May God be with the American people and our politicians। We need to pray that our politicians finally wake up from their avarice and corruption। May god deliver us from evil. So sayeth the people.