Monday, March 29, 2010

Time To Reload


Sarah Palin was the star speaker at this weekend's Tea Party rally in Nevada. She attacked the 'big three democrats', saying: "We're sending a message to Washington. It's loud and it's clear, and in these upcoming elections we're saying that the big-government, big-debt, Obama-Pelosi-Reid spending spree is over. You're fired!"

Along with repeating familiar tea party themes--government is too big, the healthcare overhaul is socialist--the protesters pointedly answered critics who say the group's rhetoric has fueled violence and threats against Democratic lawmakers. Palin encouraged them with: "Don't ever let anybody tell you to sit down and shut up, Americans!"

They have been accused of doing some of the vandalism, threats and slurs reported by Democrats. Palin’s site used the image of a rifle scope and told her supporters via Twitter, "Don't retreat, instead - RELOAD." She then, at the Tea Party Rally, said that she was not supporting violence.

Saturday's group quickly packed a dirt lot the size of a football field and spilled onto a nearby hill topped with an abandoned mine shaft.
Interspersed were Revolutionary War re-enactors, plastic pitchforks, cut-out torches and skull-and-cross-bones flags with Obama's face superimposed over the skull.
"The real pirates are in Washington," said Judy Hoelscher, who sold the flags for $10 each.
Fred Kubitz of San Diego carried a sign branding Obama, Stalin and Hitler "three socialists."

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