Tea Party Express – 9/12 March on Washington Update…

The actual numbers are still out on today’s March on D.C., but ABC News (who like the other two network news outlets usually doesn’t even acknowledge tea party activities) estimates 1.5 million people attended the rally in Washington.  The D.C. official estimate was given as 60,000+ (and we know it was the Washington Dem’s and White House goal to ignore the event and report low numbers to mark it a failure (full story)  and Senator Jim DeMint (author of Saving Freedom) and Rep Mike Pence who attended the Washington rally were interviewed early in the day conservatively estimated the crowd (along with Fox News) at 250,000 + at that point.  Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn also attended the event.  Jim DeMint, Mike Pense and Marsha Blackburn were among the speakers at the event.

Simultaneously there were and are presently still rallies being held all over America today: Texas, Illinois, Tennessee, California etc etc which follows weeks of rallies along a 7000 mile route travelled by Tea Party Express from Sacramento California to Washington D.C. today.

When Robert Gibbs was asked why the White House had no representation or comments on this event in Washington D.C. he responded with, “I don’t even know who these people are.”  Don’t know who these people are??  They are millions or Americans all over the United States and the event has been announced for months (no doubt permits had to be acquired).

Obama even skipped town for another staged healthcare event in Minnesota.

You know something is happening when the powers that try this hard to ignore you!!!

Radio and TV Host Glenn Beck was asked to MC and Host the event, but decided he could do a better job by covering it from the Fox Studios in New York, which he did from 1PM to 3PM ET.

Other notables attending outlying tea parties included Judge Andrew Napolitano and Andrew Breitbart.

9/12 Coverage

Anti-Tax Tea Party… Or Is It More?

Turn this thing around

How did we get here?

Glenn threw out the gauntlet for change today…

• He asked 56 men & women to step up and be the new Founding Fathers (Primarily Congressmen & Senators)
• He asked all Americans to stop looking at things as Dems and Republicans… but instead as Americans
• He asked us all to focus on the corruption in the system… because it is the lynch pin to everything else.
• He asked all Americans to be watch dogs for corruption.
• He asked Americans to pressure Washington to stop the passing for anymore bills and legislation until the corruption is cleaned up.
• And finally he asked everyone who agrees with him or is even curious to watch or tape and watch his programs for the next couple of weeks, as well as listening to his  daily syndicated radio show to put this all into motion~

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9.12.09 March on Washington - Updated

THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT GOES TO CAPITOL HILL

We’ve received a lot of emails and phone calls from you about updates on the 9-12 March on Washington. Many of you are wondering where we stand, 30 days out from the historic event. I wanted to take a few minutes tonight to update you.

Every day I talk to someone new who is chartering a bus or booking a flight to come to DC on 9-12. The energy is high, the momentum is growing and the day is getting closer. We are trying to keep track of registrations for the March, but we know that many more people will simply come without registering. That is fine, but we do need to get an estimate of the expected crowd for logistics purposes.

As one wise conservative sage, Morton Blackwell, always says, “You should underpromise and overachieve.” That is what we are trying to accomplish by not giving the media any crowd estimates that they can use against us. We want to surprise them and shock the nation by the massive turnout that we expect on 9-12. I can only ask you to trust our judgment in this, and promise you that we will have a huge turnout.

We are in meetings every couple of days, locking down more logistics for the three day event, booking speakers, managing our volunteer list, marketing the event, doing interviews and raising money. These things are taking up a lot of our time, and we know that if we all work hard, it will pay off big time on 9-12. What we really need from all of you is the following: help calling talk radio stations; posting comments on blogs; alerting the local media to cover the event; helping us raise money to pay for the expensive equipment and supplies; and recruiting as many people in your neighborhood to come with you to DC.

If all the people reading this blog post help us by doing these things, we are guaranteed a successful event. The potential for this event is huge, and it is up to every one of us to commit to recruiting as many people as we can to come.

Finally, be sure to check our agenda page for updates on training sessions, grassroots lobbying, press conferences and the March details. This will be the most up-to-date source for breaking news about the March. Other sites are helping spread the word, but they may have incomplete or incorrect information. Be sure to let them know if something changes on this site.

We have a lot planned for the 3-day March on Washington, and we are excited to work with you for the next month to ensure its success. We have worked hard all year to take a stand for liberty, and we have made an impact in the debates in Congress. But now we must come together in the spirit of previous marches on Washington, and unite for one day, in one place, to display our power as a movement. We have the potential to be the kind of historic movement that makes a long-lasting impact on our country. Namely, we the people have the power to stop the movement toward socialism taking place in our country. We have the power to stand up and defend our Constitution from the politicians and their political hacks and machines. And we have the power to defeat big government and its enablers, and save our country from those that wish to fundamentally alter it.

Ask yourself, what would Thomas Jefferson do in these times? What would Samuel Adams or Thomas Paine do? Please join us in working harder than ever the next month to focus on one event that will shock the nation, and make enough noise that our voices echo into the ages. Together, we can do this. See you in September.

Word is that Glenn Beck has accepted and will be hosting and speaking at the event!!

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