Irvine511
Blue Crack Supplier
I went to one today, and it was great. I'd say 600-700 people here in Bloomington, IL. It's really gotten me pretty fired up and angry. And anyone who wants to say that these were partisan events likely did not go to one. There was just as much anger directed at Bush as there was Obama over the spending. It was great to see hundreds of people like me and millions more across the country who, along with our yet-to-be-conceived children are being enslaved and placed trillions of dollars in debt.
that's encouraging. i suppose i can disagree rationally with a bi-partisan tea party that vents anger at Bush and the GOP for their spending over the last 8 years as well as the stimulus package. rational people can disagree. only an irrational person, however, started to care about this on January 20, 2009. so long as there's adherence to the principle, and it seems like you're saying that there was, then i really don't have a problem with it.
one thing i think that's actually good about Obama is that he's getting criticism from both the Right (these tea party things or whatever) as well as the Left (Paul Krugman), which leads me to believe that he's actually as much of an honest broker as we could ask for in this situation.
so long as the disagreements remain rooted in principle, then i think all of this is very healthy.
And that CNN lady was a joke. She should be fired. People who are calling these events nothing but anti-government, extreme-right radical demonstrations clearly must feel threatened by them. At the very least, they have no idea what the hell they're talking about.
don't fall over ... but i agree with you here as well. she should have let him talk, even though that guy had no idea about what he was talking about.