I just got back from one in Hattiesburg, MS. There was about 500 people or so in attendance. It was great and reassured me that there are still a lot of like-minded people in our country. Good stuff.
Did anyone else attend one?
I did at 12 today. About 70 or 80 people, pretty good for a small town.
I did forget my pitchfork, though. I was very busy this morning before I left the house.
I didn’t go…however people are sending teabags in with their tax returns. I filed an extension, I may send a teabag in when I get the rest of the paperwork done.
ETA: This was posted on YouTube, where some broad tried to make Cavuto look dumb…but all I saw was a stupid broad. I love his final comments, it was both a statement to her and an answer to her question.
There is one in Springfield, Mo that I will try to make it to
I see its on yahoo news. Starting to work. Or at least get attention
I just got back from the one in Denver. Good turn out, not sure of the number but I’d say atleast 1,000+. All in all a good rally!
I went to one at noon today. Probably 300+ in attendance, not bad since it wasn’t hardly publicized in my town. They had an 18 year old high school student who is on the debate team and works with some political groups speak and it was outstanding.
The local VFW is hosting another one Saturday.
I went to the Atlanta Tea Party toight, I estimated 10,000 easy! Fox said 15,000.
Crowd were well behaved, ranging from children to grandparents.
Denver…more than 5,000 in attendance 
Went to one in small town Minnesota -about 350 people showed.
I seriously doubt we will ever get real attendance numbers. Even if 50 million people attended, you really think CNN or MSNBC is going to report it?
interesting times.
only a couple dudes showed up for the first tea party, and look what become of that…
also, i think 50 mil people would get cnn’s attention. fox news was all over this stuff last night… they even sayin stuff like, “could this result in something much more serious?”
to which my answer is yes, it could. three months ago, people werent protesting and holding signs in the street. three months ago, people were just grumbling. shits gettin real now, people are holding signs in the streets demanding small government, and less (more fair) taxes etc. people obviously dont like whats going on.
It will be interesting to see what the ultimate impact of these will be. Frankly, I’m not too optimistic.
Still, I find it rather interesting to see how the MSM is reacting to these. Ridicule, marginalization, dismissal…the rational man is forced to ask “From whence didst this trickery come?”
I seem to recall the media portraying the people who protested the Iraq war in a very positive light. I seem to recall that the anarchist morons who protest major economic meetings are always covered favorably, and this despite the violence and property damage that always accompanies their presence. I seem to recall that the 60’s radicals who protested in Washington are lauded like heros for protesting Vietnam…
…but when you have a bunch of law abiding tax payers showing up in groups, behaving themselves, not damaging any property or requiring riot police to keep them in check…suddenly it’s something stupid or sinister. (The MSM can’t seem to settle on which it is yet) It’s almost as if many in the media are incensed that a bunch of ordinary Americans would have the gall to get together to petition for a redress of their grievances. They seem to be completely put off by this display of unmitigated temerity.
I suppose protesting is only laudable when you are destroying things and championing “progressive” causes…
I wanted to check out the one in my small hometown, but I had class and work all day…damn work…
Was it good information?
Don’t forget the hundreds of thousands of illegal Mexican immigrants and their supporters waving Mexican flags - the same media outlets denigrating the Tea Parties were swooning over the illegal immigrants.
The wife & I attended the Pittsburgh Tea Party yesterday. The estimate I heard put the crowd at over 1,000 people.
We’ll see; I just hope these Tea Parties served to wake people out of their complacency and apathy. Otherwise, they were nothing more than a feel-good rallies.
This woman is absolutely clueless and thats to bad. It shows the caliber of people we are trying to deal with…
To answer the OP’s question, I did not. I wanted to attend one here in my town, I was in a meeting with my attorney. It went from 4pm to 6pm and I missed it, if there are anymore planned I will attend.
A friend and I attended the Tea Party at the Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas. It was quite interesting. I saw a large number of people pass in and out, so I would also agree that the total number what probably a lot higher than official estimates of 5,000. The crowd was very friendly, quite polite, and cleaned up after themselves. That’s different than the norm.
There was a very large police presence, and all the law enforcement folks were polite, friendly, and professionally watchful. The SAPD is a very nice, capable bunch of folks, and they did a great job.
I did see several things that fascinated me. The broad spectrum of ages, and the racial diversity represented by the attendees. There were a large number of people that represented a broad cross-section of the general population. That would indicate a broad appeal.
The other thing I found fascinating was the signs. All of the signs I saw, and there were a LOT of them, were hand made. Not the slickly designed, mass-produced color signs made for the “Insta-Mob” demonstrations.
These were all hand-made, in people’s homes, and brought to the rally. That shows a certain level of emotional committment. I would pay attention to that, if I were a politician.
I also met a surprisingly large number of people that drove some distance to attend. We made a 5-hour drive to go to the Alamo, and a 5-hour drive home. We encountered others that had traveled the same distance.
I used to work in politics for several years. Those things are what we used to call “clues”. They are real indicators of voter dissatisfaction.
CNN reported a few hundred each in DC and Chicago. No real mention of any other event.