Comments on: “Silent No More” – A Protester at the 9/12 March Reflects http://thoughtsfromatexan.com/blog/silent-no-more/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tex http://thoughtsfromatexan.com/blog/silent-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-139 tex Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:19:24 +0000 http://thoughtsfromatexan.com/?p=373#comment-139 I think it was more around a couple hundred thousand. Note a protest with no arrests too. :-) Axelrod's counter to the those protesting reminded me of Nixon characterizing his passionate opposition. I think it was more around a couple hundred thousand.

Note a protest with no arrests too. :-)

Axelrod’s counter to the those protesting reminded me of Nixon characterizing his passionate opposition.

]]> By: Chris Milroy http://thoughtsfromatexan.com/blog/silent-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Chris Milroy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:18:07 +0000 http://thoughtsfromatexan.com/?p=373#comment-133 FYI, the actual attendance appears to have been closer to 70,000 than 1,000,000... see http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tea-party-protesters-march-washington/story?id=8557120 for the citation of the DC fire dept's statistics, and the correction by Michelle Malkin of her previously quoted 1 mil+ number here: http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/12/celebrating-the-912-rallies/ It's important to show and record strength of protests, but let's not let the debate get derailed by losing credibility. FYI, the actual attendance appears to have been closer to 70,000 than 1,000,000… see http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tea-party-protesters-march-washington/story?id=8557120 for the citation of the DC fire dept’s statistics, and the correction by Michelle Malkin of her previously quoted 1 mil+ number here: http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/12/celebrating-the-912-rallies/

It’s important to show and record strength of protests, but let’s not let the debate get derailed by losing credibility.

]]> By: ConservativeGal http://thoughtsfromatexan.com/blog/silent-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-131 ConservativeGal Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:09:16 +0000 http://thoughtsfromatexan.com/?p=373#comment-131 Thank you for sharing your experience with those of us who wanted to be there. I say for every person who was there, there is a hundred back home who wanted to be. The president, senate and congress have no idea just how fed-up their bosses are but they will find out in 2010. We need to KICK ALL THE BUMS OUT! OPERATION CLEANSWEEP IN 2010! Thank you for sharing your experience with those of us who wanted to be there. I say for every person who was there, there is a hundred back home who wanted to be. The president, senate and congress have no idea just how fed-up their bosses are but they will find out in 2010. We need to KICK ALL THE BUMS OUT! OPERATION CLEANSWEEP IN 2010!

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