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March 16, 2009
Cincinnati Shows Tea Parties Are Growing
Posted by Dave Blount at March 16, 2009 8:30 AM
Reader Paul H reports from yesterday's Cincinnati Tea Party:
I attended today with my wife and children and about 5,000 other people. We had virtually no local or national press coverage despite it being the largest Tea Party event yet. At one point during the event, a speaker and local talk show host, encouraged people to call the TV stations — which we did. The one bit of TV coverage I have seen was from a reporter from Channel 9 (WCPO). The segment consisted of a brief mention of the event, 3 seconds of footage, and an interview with a local university Moonbat saying people need to support Obama. The reporter also claims he was spat on and felt threatened so he left early. I'm astounded and shocked as 4 or 5 moonbats protesting gay rights would have received coverage on CNN/MSNBC/FOX, et al.
Much as it would like to, the media can't black out these events entirely. From WLWT.com:
Thousands of Tri-State residents gathered Sunday on Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati to voice their opposition to government spending bills recently signed by President Barack Obama.
The group called itself the Cincinnati Tea Party, modeled after the Boston Tea Party of 1773.
Many of the demonstrators carried signs with slogans that said "Honk if I'm paying your mortgage" or "Stop spending my allowance." Some even wore tea bags on their hats to make their point.
Cincinnati police estimated the crowd at 4,000 people. Many who spoke with News 5 Sunday afternoon said they're angry, including Congresswoman Jean Schmidt.
"I bet there's 5,000 people here and they're mad, just as I'm mad. They have a right to be mad at the unbridled spending that's happening in Washington," said Schmidt.
Google News currently lists a total of seven news reports nationwide on this rather large demonstration. The media's general resistance to covering the Tea Parties story is part of the story. As the movement builds, people will become aware of the phenomenon — and of how the media tried to cover it up, making the MSM all the more complicit in what's being done to our economy for the sake of advancing socialism.
Read more at Michelle Malkin, and don't forget the Tax Day Tea Party at a town near you.
Photos compliments of Paul H.
