Boston Tea Party on The Common

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

About the tea party movement...

Let me ask a question.

In Rhode Island, the number of participants at the Tax day Rally last yearand this years rally was estimated to roughly be the same. I'm not sure about Boston.

Does that have any significance (i.e. because there were not significantly more people there after a year as a 'movement')?

Not a dig at the tea party. Just curious what you guys think.

Why would there be more people at the Tax Day Rally? A majority of Tea Party participants believe the taxes that they pay is fair.

Originally Posted by buckman

I think the movement is losing steam. People are feeling like they don't matter. They are being misrepresented and the media has portrayed them poorly. Bashing the Tea Party movement is the new "cool thing" to do if your on the left. Bush bashing is so 2009.

I think come election time, the true feelings of the American people will come out. People who support the Tea Party vote.

They aren't being misrepresented... they're portraying themselves poorly.

[striperman36]

sarah palin will sink the effort

[buckman]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

They aren't being misrepresented... they're portraying themselves poorly.

That's like me saying everyone on StriperTalk are arrogant, know it all, Obama lovers because of a select few

[scottw]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Why would there be more people at the Tax Day Rally? A majority of Tea Party participants believe the taxes that they pay is fair.

They aren't being misrepresented... they're portraying themselves poorly.

you keep making this claim JD...but I'm pretty sure you found this nugget in the NY Times poll and column posted earlier in the thread...if you read the link...this claim and supposition was based on a NY Times poll of 800 people that claimed to represent the tea party....you may as well have formed your opinion from a Pravda poll...