Hundreds of Tea Party activists waving signs and Colonial-era flags gathered on the Boston Common on Saturday afternoon to hear antitax crusader Grover Norquist and other speakers at a rally protesting government spending and taxation....
Turnout for the annual event was moderate, though the mostly white and middle-aged crowd swelled slightly as the weather warmed up throughout the early afternoon....
What's with all the jackets then?
(Blog editor is not only sick of the s***-shoveled big lies, he's tired of the subtle insinuations planted and buried in other items)
Volunteers from the campaigns of Republican Senate candidates Daniel Winslow and Michael Sullivan also attended, working the crowd and handing out literature.
Related: Senate Election Special: Sullivan Thinks He's Special
I don't like any of them.
Issue-driven factions of the Tea Party set up tents around the Common’s Parkman Bandstand promoting gun rights and the repeal of the federal health care overhaul, which activists represented with a towering stack of paper tied with red tape.
One group had an unusually specific niche: The “Tea Party in Space” tent showed attendees a slickly produced video arguing for a large, privately funded space program that would “strengthen America as the vanguard of freedom and opportunity as we spread throughout the solar system.”
Translation: They are all a bunch of nuts. SIGH!
Btw, why would any one "out there" -- pffft -- welcome us?
The ideology of rally participants was diverse, as single-issue diehards mingled and debated with moderates like 66-year-old Virginia Barberie of Dracut, who said she came to hear new ideas....
After the rally, dozens of protesters entered the gallery of the State Senate chambers, where legislators were debating a transportation finance bill that would raise taxes. When one senator criticized the tax hike proposals, the protesters erupted into applause and chanted “No more taxes!” before they were escorted out by State House police....
They have been kind of busy the last few days. Haven't seen a one around here. They all get called to Boston?
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