Still not getting it...

The most violence at ours was when nearby High School kids were smashing hamburger buns onto people then running away. Oh yeah also when 4-5 counter-demonstrator, infiltrators started chanting "Obama, Obama, Obama." This was met with an earth-pounding roar of USA! USA! USA! USA! from the tea party Americans. They still... don't get it. America was in deep trouble way before the OB regime came to power... They think this is Obama vs Republicans...duh...

From LauraIngraham.com
April 22, 2010
Shock: Police find Tea Parties more peaceful than anti-war protests
Posted by Staff
On Monday, the Christian Science Monitor bucked its mainstream peers by reporting something truthful about the TEA party movement: police officials have begun to relax security requirements at conservative rallies because of the remarkable absence of violence.

Yes, you read that right: despite nonstop media warnings about hateful protests, violence from TEA party attendants is so nonexistent that police feel safe allowing them to bring large items and sometimes even guns.

The Monitor was compelled to check things out when a TEA party in Raleigh, North Carolina, persuaded officials to overturn a ban on flag poles. Such items are typically banned because a flag pole is really just a very big stick that could be used as a weapon. The Monitor's research led the paper to admit that conservative protests are far less threatening than many past demonstrations.

Patrik Jonnsson's article drew a refreshing contrast between violent rallies of the Vietnam era versus the new model of peaceful civil uprising:

To be sure, permitting rules and police preparedness are often developed based on past behavior at various kinds of protests. Many go back to the 1960s and 1970s when violent rallies erupted over the Vietnam War. Such protests sprung up again during the presidency of George W. Bush, when protesters clashed with police in New York City and elsewhere during large-scale demonstrations against the Middle East wars. With tea party rallies so far proving more orderly, police have given them more latitude.

This flies directly in the face of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) comparing Tea parties to California in the 1970s - and that of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann comparing them to Selma during the fight for minority civil rights.

No matter how much prominent liberals talk about rampant violence, the facts on the ground tell a different story, and reporters end up leaving with rather dull footage - no police clashes, no tear gas, no images of people being carted away in handcuffs...
04/22/10 12:27 PM