Thousands of tea partiers rally across state on tax day

spike45 said on April 26, 2010 at 4:29 PM

ok! so 3500 hundred showed up to have there say they probably know now that all that time they were talking to empty offices.That's ok tea partiers always a next time..:)

wesmar241 said on April 20, 2010 at 7:22 AM

"without fear" is obviously PARANOID about losing the 2012 race. After all, this fraidy cat gal should be..........the baggers have splintered the GOP. It's obvious and clear (even according to FOX!!), that the moderates don't have a place any more. Bye Bye Baggers!!

withoutfear said on April 16, 2010 at 9:19 PM

@ javajoe - This is not OFF topic. Hey joe. Go to washingtonpatriothubDOTorg

withoutfear said on April 16, 2010 at 3:57 PM

Hi rosie234 - You've confused me. So your argument IS for socialized medicine ( the far left of the spectrum that leads to socialism) but then you say in order to prove your theory FOR it you say let's pay NO taxes (to the other side of the far right spectrum that leads to Anarchy) to SHOW them! Please explain.

withoutfear said on April 16, 2010 at 3:52 PM

@ dkjamerican - I agree keep your religion in your heart and at church but I don't think she's preaching from a pulpit, I think she just at least acknowledges a "God" and I think that's more important. I really don't think she'll run for President, I hope NOT but I don't loath her. I know she can get a little annoying with the "You betcha's" and her voice and stuff but some of my neighbors annoy me too and I haven't chosen to move yet...yet...lol

rosie234 said on April 16, 2010 at 2:15 PM

The photos tell it all....lots of senior citizens there. Who is paying for their health care? Oh THAT'S right, I AM!! Where would they be without "socialized medicine" and the taxes that I pay so that they can have their bypass operations and their insulin shots because they don't take care of themselves. Fat slobs. Let's cut them off and show them what "no taxes" will really mean to them.

dkjamerican said on April 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM

I was interest in the Tea Party movement until S.Palin spoke for them. What bothers me worst than Socialism is Religion which is the real evil of the world. Keep your religion in your church not our government.

javajoe said on April 16, 2010 at 9:02 AM

Thank you Tea Partier’s for attending on behalf of those of us that could not be there. I look forward to joining you for the first time at the next rally. You can also thank Congressman Rick Larson for my support at the local level. I’m looking forward to helping him return to the private sector or to the unemployment line ASAP. Either place is fine.

getafterit said on April 16, 2010 at 8:06 AM

@ Rastaj. The real damage is just begining. Your precious Obama... I mean Obummer President is ripping apart everything our founding fathers stood for. How much more waste and fat can the federal government consume...

alwaysadak said on April 15, 2010 at 11:14 PM

This article was MOST interesting in that it was written at 7:51 Am ...four hours BEFORE the rally started and yet it gave an estimate of how many people HAD ATTENDED and LATER in the article said counter protesters WERE hard to find, and the State patrol had extra officers available but it EXPECTS the rally to be peaceful. Um, King 5 news...you ... may want to consider hiring REPORTERS and not story tellers. OR if you are not going to accurately report the news, at least hire goons who have taken a writing class! There they will learn about chronological order in stories

rastaj said on April 15, 2010 at 10:28 PM

Hey Tea Partiers....Ya'll missed the boat. G-dub already came and left. The damage has already been done......in case you haven't noticed

withoutfear said on April 15, 2010 at 10:04 PM

lol @ wesmar241 - It's clear? based on what? MSNBC? CNN? FOX? but I'm glad you chimed in. Leaders?...you've really missed it....and I love it!...lol Good luck in November and if our Washington state legislature and President in 2012 can't "pivot"...well? sorry.

wesmar241 said on April 15, 2010 at 8:39 PM

It's clear that these guys are whack jobs............after all, look at their leaders.........the 1/2 term dim-wit, Rush, Becky, etc., etc.

withoutfear said on April 15, 2010 at 7:24 PM

@ clear2copy - You've defined your character brilliantly. High five!

withoutfear said on April 15, 2010 at 7:22 PM

@ longballlarry - 95% of what? the one-third of the "wingnut" definition? WHO? You mentioned "A groups plans"....ok who? Lot's of groups out there, lots of think-tank controlled special interests. How many transparent "Movements" cleansing the parties on both sides backed by the principles of the nation you live in. Hey Larry? question for you? You said "the Tea Partiers are being countered by a "start-up group" How many? one-third?..See?...I'm throwing numbers out there. See how easy it is? Let's have a dialectical conversation rather than a rhetoric conversation...eh? Look it up.

clear2copy said on April 15, 2010 at 6:53 PM

buncha nutters.. not even aware what the term 'teabag' really means..

longballlarry said on April 15, 2010 at 6:46 PM

The Tea Partiers are being countered by a start-up group called "The Other 95%," which descended on D.C. on Thursday to protest "right across from Tea Party rally." "Obama passed 25 separate tax cuts," Sheryl Stein, founding member of "The Other 95%" said in a statement announcing the group's plans, "including $300 billion in middle class tax cuts -- one of the largest in history - as part of the stimulus package. Unlike President Bush's 2001 tax cuts, which went to the wealthiest 2.2%, President Obama's tax cuts overwhelmingly benefit working and middle class families -- in fact, 95% of all Americans."

withoutfear said on April 15, 2010 at 5:57 PM

See I love this...the story was posted at 7:51AM?, so do they report about a story and take pictures about a rally that didn't officially start at 12pm? hahaha. I was there and there were a bit more today on a Thursday workday than the Saturday rally supporting Rob McKenna (were King5 only reported "Hundreds") at least King5 you gave it a little bit of a fair shake with "thousands". No violence, no racial slurs, no stupid signs, (there was like 5 "dudes" way outside the rally with a single picture of obama with a hitler mustache saying Save NASA stop Obama!) Everyone there got a good laugh at what they were trying to do. ( Maybe try to paint the Tea Partier's as whatever? ) It was an awesome rally and many packed up to go to Westlake rally.

yessir said on April 15, 2010 at 4:31 PM

@kss... by the way... though I'm sure we'd never see eye to eye on many issues... I found you to be refreshingly reasonable for these blogs... thanks for the discussion.

yessir said on April 15, 2010 at 4:28 PM

ah... it's not what they say.... it's all the things they won't

yessir said on April 15, 2010 at 4:25 PM

I also notice how you utterly avoided the other ponts kbb ; )

yessir said on April 15, 2010 at 4:24 PM

kbb... your anger is hollow

kbbcoop said on April 15, 2010 at 4:11 PM

I love how the dems still bring up high oil prices during Bush's administration. Gas is 80 cents/gallon higher from ONE YEAR AGO...this is on Obama's watch, is he getting his OIL BUDDIES rich now too? Oil is all about supply and demand idiots.

kss123 said on April 15, 2010 at 2:50 PM

I'm glad you don't "declare revolution" as you said. Nor do I, however there's a bit of hipocrisy here. When Bush was president, plenty of people protested, and it was fine. Now when these people are questioning this administration, democrats are crying foul. Where's the double standard there? The fact that the Democrats ignored the Repulican alarm about the finacial industry cannot be glossed over. Both parties have a hand in this, but at least there is proof that some of congress tried to fix this before it got to this point....some democrats included. Greenspan stated in Feb. of 05 that "enabling these institutions to increase in size....we are putting the total finacial system of the future at substantial risk." I'm sure you'd agree that no matter who's on watch (D or R), if a bill cannot get out of committee, it doesn't stand a chance. S.190 could have helped us avoid this mess. Also in 03, HR 1461 tried to put more regulations in place....to no avail.

yessir said on April 15, 2010 at 1:50 PM

massive deregulation throughout 8 years of Bush's white house, plus unprecedented spending (outdoing any "tax and spend" democrat in history)... come on... you just can't pretend to ignore it. Your guy was on watch (and had been for an extended time) when the house fell... plain and simple. All the pretending in the world that he wasn't just doesn't wash... that said... President Bush (despite the fact that I didn't vote for him) was MY president as well. I don't declare revolution like some of these idiots every time someone I didn't vote for... or who is fronting fiscal policies I don't necessarily support comes into office.

kss123 said on April 15, 2010 at 1:36 PM

Yessir, sorry, it's not comedy...it's fact. There's plenty of C-Span coverage of exactly what I stated. I may agree that with ANY administration many people profit from actions of an administration. However, in 1999 Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. This, as he even stated, "establishes the principles that, as we expand the powers of banks, we will expand the reach of the [Community Reinvestment] Act." Yes, the war spending was extreme....but we're talking about the banking industry....stay on topic. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D) put it perfectly in 2004 when, after the inquest, he stated "there has been nothing that's been indicated thats been wrong with, uh, Fannie Mae...Freddie Mac..." Or a Maxine Water (D) quote (2004) of "Mister chairman we do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac or in particular at Fannie Mae under the outstanding leadership of Mr. Frank Raines." Mr. Frank Raines was one of the major contributing factors to the subprime mortgage crisis.

getafterit said on April 15, 2010 at 1:31 PM

Bunch of bleeding heart liberals... So out of touch with reality.

yessir said on April 15, 2010 at 1:00 PM

hilarious twist... it'd make good comedy... but alas... anyone who tries to contend 8 years of deregulation, tremendous war spending, and utter fiscal mismanagement by President Bush's administration, is either blindly oblivious, or intentionally deceptive on the matter. I will tell you what did happen during that time frame though... CEO's of companies profiting from the war in Iraq, and those of the oil companies akin to Bush's family ties did exceptionally well during his regime... as did insurance company heads. Nah.... it was the republicans fault... but you know... as much as I might not appreciate the repubs... I appreciate they have a cancer in their own party...the good old tea baggers aren't quite the "friends of the republicans" than many republicans hope... Sure the party is trying to use Palin to control the movement... but will one mildly unintelligent former governor (remember... she QUIT) control a bunch of right wing nutjobs going too extreme for even the republicans?

kss123 said on April 15, 2010 at 12:46 PM

@ those who believe the repulicans started the financial crisis; While I don't follow the teaparty, here's some education. The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) opened the door for the financial crisis. The CRA was initially started by Carter in 1977. Clinton then turbocharged it through regulatory changes. In late 2004, when the legislature had a hearing to investigate Fannie and Freddy's book keeping, Republicans stated concerns over a potential disaster and suggested regulations in regards to this. Democrat reps Maxine Waters (CA), Gregory Meeks (NY), Artur Davis (AL), Barney Frank (MASS), Lacy Clay (Miss), and others...all said there was no issue and argued against any regulation. NO REGULATION! In 2005 Greenspan warned of a financial collapse because of this. In 2005, whether you like it or not, republicans introduced s.190, which would have put regulations in place. It was shot down in commitee by the Democrats before it could even get to the floor and be debated. OOPS.

rocketscience said on April 15, 2010 at 12:24 PM

We can save 400 Billion dollar by cutting the defense budget in half. That's a good start

tomma206 said on April 15, 2010 at 12:23 PM

@ANONYMOUSUSER.Reading your comments on this is like nails on a chalkboard.The stench of a T-baggin turd such as yourself stinks.Bush created all this and you wont have any of it?TOO BAD!Its the truth.I do not agree with what obama and gargoyle are doing but anyone who listens to sarah palin and believes her nonsense are just riding the dummy train.Both parties suck so how can you place blame?Keep up the good work chasing your own tail.

getafterit said on April 15, 2010 at 12:12 PM

I know a good way to cut taxes..... Lay off all those dam lazy government workers!! Then the tea party movement will really have something to cheer about

longballlarry said on April 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM

The bright future with Obama... he will accomplish Peace in Israel/Palestine which will continue his uniting moderate Arabs and turn the world against terrorists everywhere. End the wars against nations and secure our energy independence. Create jobs here and stop funding corporations that send jobs abroad. Regulate the financial industry that stole our money by gambling on derivatives and ensure health-care for all (public option) Build a strong economy...strong middle class. Then he can turn to campaign reform to prevent corporations from buying any votes they want. He supports civil rights and the environment. He is on the correct side of these issues which represents the hopes of the American people. Socialism? (like Medicare and Social Security) Hitler?.... keep spewing that ignorance. Teabag This... ha ha

868686 said on April 15, 2010 at 11:29 AM

I am so tire of all you teabaggers and republicans saying how horrible it is and god forbid we take care of people in our country. We had to deal with that stupid cowboy for eight years he destroyed your country he put us in the financial crisis. He bailed the banks out the first time making us socialist or whatever you would like to call it. not to mention the two wars for oil we have no business in. I am tired of people praising teabaggers for how different they are but if you go against a republican president you are anti American and not patriotic.

anonymoususer said on April 15, 2010 at 11:12 AM

germans supported their government at all cost - and hitler came to power. ----- Now we have anti american socialists who are trying to destroy the constitution and people are supporting it - they are anti americans

anonymoususer said on April 15, 2010 at 11:08 AM

The media only covers what they want you to see --- a black CNN reporter covered the tea party rally and did not consider it racist and saw many black people and people of all races - at the tea party rallies ------ maybe most blacks are still so infatuated with the narcissistic idiot because he is "one of them" and they know deep down because he is such an ignorant narcissistic idiot that it will be a long time before another one of their "brothers" is elected as president again..... They would have been much better off if Alan Keyes or Colin Powel had been elected because either of those two would have done a much better job than the narcissistic idiot that got elected.

anonymoususer said on April 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM

WHAT AN IDIOT - americans are paying lower taxes because THEY HAVE NO JOBS not because the tax rate was reduced - talk about socialist nazi spin jobs

anonymoususer said on April 15, 2010 at 10:58 AM

obviously the ignorant socialist do not even know what socialism is -------- socialism ------ 1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

anonymoususer said on April 15, 2010 at 10:57 AM

Obviously the socialists do not even know what a patriot is ----- Patriot ------ 1. a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion. ------ 2. a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, esp. of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government.

anonymoususer said on April 15, 2010 at 10:55 AM

the kenyan born socialist narcissistic idiot just prints the money as fast as he gives it out (to bail out private businesses and institutions --- ie: socialism) - meanwhile the national debt is growing at the fastest pace ever and sets records every month.

jackwong said on April 15, 2010 at 10:53 AM

@longballlary: Amen, my brotha. Couldn't of said it any better! It's about time someone stands up to these anti-government people. Unlike them, I'm pro-government... because I would like my country to at least operate and not be the wild wild west.

anonymoususer said on April 15, 2010 at 10:52 AM

Another ignorant socialist sock puppet who supports the kenyan born socialist narcissistic idiot at all cost --- just because one does not blindly support the socialist (democrat) party does not mean they support the republicans. Only ignorant, stupid, foolish people think you have to support one of the two main parties. Of course, that's what their socialist brainwashing has taught them and they cannot disagree with what they were told - they have been taught to leave the thinking to their party leaders.

longballlarry said on April 15, 2010 at 10:40 AM

Keep it up Teabaggers..... and thank you for showing our nation how the right represents low information haters. Where are you on financial reform? The GOP is backing Wall Street and big money vs the middle class. Repeal the Bush tax breaks for the super-rich and wind down the wars to lower the deficit that they created. Obama raising taxes? A look at the numbers tells a different story. For starters: the non-partisan Center for Budget and Policy Priorities reported on Wednesday that "Middle-income Americans are now paying federal taxes at or near historically low levels." How low? The average family of four right now is paying 4.6 percent of its income in federal income taxes -- the second lowest percentage in 50 years. Love America...the future is bright with Obama

livefreeordie said on April 15, 2010 at 10:39 AM

April 15th is Tax Freedom Day in Washington. Since January you have all been working for Uncle Sam. Every Cent of what you have made since January was going to the Federal Reserve. For the rest of the year the money is yours.....Celebrate!

anonymoususer said on April 15, 2010 at 10:37 AM

I agree with what much of the tea party - the REAL tea party is all about. I am greatly distressed the movement disguised as the tea party is a republican front and is led by palin ................................. yes fool will defend the kenyan born socialist narcissistic idiot at all cost - because she is a socialist (formerly democrat) sock puppet (no sane person spends two million dollars - including one million tax dollars - to hide prevent their birth certificate from being released unless there is something to hide ---- especially when their income tax forms showing they made $5.5 million last year is released without even trying to keep it private)

yessir said on April 15, 2010 at 10:06 AM

What a pathetic bunch of fringe lunatics... the tea party keeps trying to express their expansive diversity.... watched a story on this movement just the other day... following one of the tea party tour buses... a bunch of grouchy looking middle aged fat white people... and then they say... uh... we have black people with us... just give us awhile... we'll find one. Patriots? Hardly... more like selfish tea-tards who don't want to pay their share to support the very government services like police and fire that THEY USE. How about them apples ; )

graham said on April 15, 2010 at 9:55 AM

What we need from tax payers is a war on tax & waist of our money

stoat said on April 15, 2010 at 9:22 AM

It's nice to see that, as usual, all the Left has are the standard, tired old Alinskyite tactics of slander and character assassination instead of coherent thought. November will be a bloodbath for the Left, they're terrified and it shows. The Tea Party Patriots are the driving force that will ultimately derail and repeal ZeroCare and save America from the Socialist leviathan....they are the true voice of mainstream America and their effectiveness causes the Left to become utterly unhinged, as evidenced by their shrill rhetoric, their silly attempts to paint Tea Partiers as 'racists' and 'homophobes' and the media's efforts to dismiss Tea Partiers as 'just a bunch of angry old racist white guys' . It's just laughable that they have to embark upon a coordinated effort to infiltrate Tea Parties with their operatives to shout racist slogans and hold racist, misspelled signs up for the TV cameras in an effort to paint the Tea Partiers as irrelevant, fringe hicks. Keep at it Lefties.

graham said on April 15, 2010 at 9:22 AM

Good old April 15th tax rip off day

tparty said on April 15, 2010 at 9:09 AM

Why do they even need our tax dollars when THEY can just print more money and hand it out all over the place, then add it to the national debt. Could it be that THEY just need to deprive us of our funds to keep us under THEIR thumb?? Hmmm?

notafollower said on April 15, 2010 at 8:37 AM

I"m all for the anger about the taxes we are paying......although I know this money is needed it's just the amount that's wrong......when it comes to showing the frustration and anger about HOW our taxes are being spent ( wasted) I am 100% behind that......The fact that Sarah Palin is all for these rallies mades me ask......What kind of lying scheming bulls**t is she up to???.....I DO NOT trust her......NOT AT ALL....

ginadonahue78140 said on April 15, 2010 at 7:55 AM

Awesome! Keep up the great work Tea Partiers! Some day the rest of America will learn basic economics...higher taxes does not equate to more money. Stop spending!!!