1,500 Rally at St. Louis Tea Party Coalition Anniversary Protest
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, February 27, 2010, 11:05 PM
1,500 patriots turned out today at the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition Anniversary Celebration.
KMOX reported on the rally today:
A crowd of around 1,000 people gathered on the steps of the Gateway Arch, Saturday, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Tea Party movement in St. Louis and throughout the United States. Speakers talked of “sounding an alarm” in 2009 and following up by influencing the 2010 political races.
Speakers at the rally today included:
Michelle Moore
Stephanie Rubach
Jay Stewart
Dr. Gina Loudon
Dana Loesch
And tea party organizer Bill Hennessy.
Jonathon Burns did a great job as emcee. Adam Sharp, Jim Durbin and Patch took photos and blogged.
The Keyboard Militia has more photos. And, Doug posted photos and video here.
Bill Hennessy fires up the crowd at the rally.
Here’s my speech at the rally today. It’s dedicated to the tea party patriots and Charlton Heston.
(Thanks to Doug Edelman.)
Jim Hoft from Doug Edelman on Vimeo.
Missourah.com has more great photos.
Urban Infidel has photos from the New York City tea party protest rally today.
Miami held their Anniversary Tea Party today, too. Here are photos.
And, the Temecula Valley Tea Party patriots held a rally today in California.
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Mike W commented:
And mean while on the left coast we find the peaceful progressives doing what they do best destroying public property and injuring people.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/27/noose-stokes-racial-anger-at-ucsd/
But of course we all know which of these 2 protests was more violent and hateful.
Opus #6 commented:
Days like this make me wish I lived in Missouri.
OUTRAGED PATRIOT commented:
“THOUSANDS ENTERING COUNTRY EVERYDAY, IN HOPES OF BREAKING UP TEA PARTIES”
Hidden Camera Videos @ http://www.BorderInvasionPics.com
8 My Foot commented:
I have pictures from the Dallas Tea Party I took, but I don’t know how to share them on here.
AnnS commented:
I was there. Thanks Jim great speech. And Bill, Dana, Gina etc………..
I love NYC too
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
Opus #6
February 27th, 2010 | 6:24 pm | #6
Days like this make me wish I lived in Missouri.
We’ll leave the light on for ya’ll!
Larryk12309 commented:
way to go JH!
way to go St. Lou!
Army of Davids commented:
God bless these Americans.
Stay strong against the radical elements in our government. We will roll the Marxist rot back.
Urban Infidel commented:
Thank you!
so cal chick commented:
Awesome speech Jim!
The Patriots in Temecula, CA braved the downpour and came out to the rally….
http://www.desertrosebooks.com/TemeculaTeaParty.html
jim commented:
St. Louis:
Home of the best baseball fans in America, and
Home of the tea-party movement.
Good work, folks.
egoist commented:
In today’s vernacular, Jim’s speech was “better than expected”. Wish we could have made it, had family celebration.
It’s amazing how far TEA has come in 1-year. It’s amazing how bad statism has gotten in 1-year. The spread (diff between the statists and the rest of the culture [including us]) will be even wider on the 2nd anniversary. It’s going to be an even tougher year ahead.
Steve commented:
The Ozaukee Patriots in Ozaukee County Wisconsin were their in spirit. When we feel outnumbered in this “People’s Republic”, we just look to the West.
John Cooper commented:
Hey, you forgot Asheville! We forgive you, but don’t let it happen again (grin).
Great speech, Jim, but here in God’s Country, we already know we’re not alone. People around these parts are “far’d up” and (like I’m sure you are) ready, willing and eager to do more than just walk around carrying signs. So we’ve decided take the next step beyond simply writing letters and holding rallies.
Right now we’re in the process of dissolving the Asheville Tea Party and morphing it into the Asheville Tea PAC so we can actually affect some change. We had our kickoff party last Friday (YouTube video) where we raised over $1,000, ten and twenty dollars at a time. That’s just the beginning.
Our first order of business is finding a freedom-loving, Constitution-believing replacement for our U.S. Rep.Heath Shuler. To that end we and NC FairTax are sponsoring a Candidates Debate on March 5th. Shuler was invited, but declined to participate (just like he declined to participate in a Town Hall meeting in August).
Clearly, Shuler doesn’t care to hear what the citizens of his district have to say, and doesn’t care to defend his voting record either. Like we say around here, Shuler needs to get gone.
Dell commented:
Nancy Pelosi – appearing on CNN (of course!) – called the TEA PARTY movement “astroturf”. The folks at Real Clear Politics disagree. As do over 75% of the American people.
Real Clear Politics Poll
Job Approval Approve Disapprove Spread
Obama 47.7% 47.0% +0.7%
Congress 18.8% 75.6% -56.8%
Direction of Country Right Wrong
34.8% 59.2%
Militant Conservative commented:
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
The progressives have worked for over a hundred years to get to this point. What are YOU willing to do FOR your country? I for one will die a free man before I give in to soft tyranny. powder is plentiful and dry.
Doug Edelman commented:
See http://starboard.blogtownhall.com for a slideshow of pics and an article on this Tea Party.