Ed Morrissey reports:
I’d have put the crowd somewhere between three and four thousand. They were not just numerous — the largest rally I’ve personally attended at this venue — but also enthusiastic. Some got a little overly enthusiastic, such as the few who brought actual pitchforks. (They were asked to step to the back of the crowd.) Almost every sign carried to the rally was homemade, as you can see from the pictures. They all came out to the capital on a day where the temperature didn’t get above 40 degrees during the entire rally, and where a cold wind blew across the mall.Pitchforks! I suppose, for safety's sake, they should have brought posters with pictures of pitchforks. But I applaud the sentiment wholeheartedly.
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By contrast, the Coffee Party, darlings of the NYT and Washington Post, attracted crowds ranging from . . . wait for it . . . five to thirty people. Not five thousand, or five hundred, or fifty. Just five. As in one, two, three, four, five. Like the number of fingers on your hand. One of your hands.
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HOTAIR tends to be more moderate in their beliefs. They give Beck a hard time (sometimes deserved). They don't want to think outside the box about solutions to the problem hoping against hope the Establishment Republicans will find their way back to the conservative fold.
With Graham and Snowe (who I actually get why she is the way she is) there is little hope of a true conservative movement.
Ed getting a little jumpy about pitchforks is just a reflection of their mindset. Me, I'm looking for the boiling tar machine.
Just pitch forks? I'm bringing a guillotine to the next Tea Party here in San Diego.
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