Your mortgage is not MY problem! – Highlights from Friday’s “tea party” protests all over the country

Michelle Malkin was at the DC Tea Party protest in Lafayette Park. Several hundred taxpayers are here to show their opposition to the spendalooza in Washington, D.C. as part of the nationwide demonstrations. Some photos from my iphone (see her twitpic page for original size). More to come. Send me yours:

Favorite sign:

12:30pm Eastern Crowd just wrapped up “The Star-Spangled Banner” — emphasis on the “Land of the FREE.”

Har:

With the DC Tea Party organizers: J.P., Brendan, and John:

She’s got tons of photos and e-mails pouring in from Tea Party people across the country. I joked to a Christian Science Monitor reporter covering the events that fiscal responsibility is the new counterculture. More coverage/photos/livestreaming at TCOT Report.

There is, as the old ’60s song goes, something happening here. And what it is, is very clear: A grass-roots revolt against the culture of entitlement. The spendzillas in Washington do not speak for us.

From Susan in San Diego:

Michelle,

Just back from the San Diego Tea Party. Great turn out, the San Diego Police estimated the crowd to have reached 600 and stated that it was a very peaceful and respectful display.

My husband is an immigrant from Australia having arrived in 2005. He was interviewed by several reporters and his message is “I entered this Country legally, was turned down for a home loan and car loan because my credit rating didn’t follow me from Australia. I have had to start all over building credit and now I have to do it while paying everyone else’s debt. When do I get a bailout?”

It has been a GREAT DAY!!!

Susan
Trafficknitter

From George in North Carolina:

From Michael in Oklahoma City:

From Augie in Nashville:

About 100 of the estimated 600 who protested in Nashville headed over to Democrat Rep. Jim Cooper’s office to give him some peaceful hell:

From Portland via TCOTTV:

From Scott Allan in Shelby AL:

Hi Michelle,

I attended the Shelby, AL Tea Party today organized by @ZanP. I found out about it from your site about 15 minutes before it started.

Considering the severe weather, it was amazing how many people stood outside and/or drove by. Less than one hour before the event, a tornado touched down down the street just one mile away! As you would expect, the people in Alabama were very supportive.

The pictures were taken on my phone while I was trying to hold my umbrella.

From Doug Powers in Lansing MI:

From Rachel in Cleveland:

From mes in Houston:

From El Presidente in Denver:

From Sidney in San Diego:

From Lori in San Diego:

Dear Michelle, Just got home from the Tea Party in Dan Diego, about three to three hundred and fifty people showed up, yes we had to skip work. What was new is the young families at the rally. Lots of strollers and signs, not sure how loud to be, but glad to have taken part, the signs were great. They are angry and scared for their children’s future loaded with debt. Please let’s keep the heat on, people want to have control of their future and keep what is theirs.

From Allen in Atlanta:

Dear Michelle,

I just wanted to let you know that I attended the Atlanta Tea Party. I would say there were over 200 people who came out and stood in a driving rain to listen to the speakers, and make their voices heard! The inclimate weather was not enough to dampen the spirits of modern day patriots, or to quench their outrage over the Obamanation.

Thanks for all you do, and keep up the good work!

More from Atlanta from reader Scott:

Michelle,

I’m sitting back at my desk, dress shoes, feet, and lower legs soaked, and I feel incredible! Although standing in driving rain, the turnout here in Atlanta was shocking. People spilled out from the steps of the capital building onto the sidewalk on both sides. I saw people of all ages. I saw children in strollers. I saw Americans rallying for America. I love this country enough to fight for it. I’m am elated that despite the weather conditions so many others in Atlanta agreed.

God Bless America.

Scott A. Robinson

More DC Tea Party blogging: Jonn Lilyea

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The Tampa Tribune covers the local Tea Party protest in their backyard.

Andrew Marcus has coverage of the Chicago Tea Party, where the weather was freezing, but the folks were steamed:

From Rachel in Orlando FL:

From Maureen in Austin TX:

[I]n your tracking of the tea parties, several folks stood today in front of the Texas Capitol in support of the Tea Party Movement. It was organized on the fly by Debbie McKee and Peggy Venable is the Texas director of Americans for Prosperity and some others. State Rep Wayne Gilchrist joined us and urged us to make our voices heard. I send this to you in case you want to add it to your site. I think it’s amazing that people can spontaneously come to together and share their views… in most cases, complete strangers!

All the best,
Maureen Metteauer

From Ian in Hartford CT:

As the libs still wait for those 15 long minutes to expire, even Joe the Plumber showed up in DC!

February 27, 2009 · Filed Under Joe the Plumber, Porkulus

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Joe the Plumber’s 15 minutes of fame still aren’t up apparently

“If you want to get a sense of how unserious and ungrounded most Americans think the Republican Party is, look no further than how conservatives elevate Joe the Plumber as a spokesman. The movement has become so gimmick-driven that Wurzelbacher will be a conservative hero long after people have forgotten what his legitimate policy beef with Obama was.

February 26, 2009 · Filed Under Joe the Plumber

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Joe the Plumber owns international reporters!

Joe the Plumber arrived in Sderot, Israel, and earlier in the day he spoke to the foreign press.

Boy, did he ever speak to them.

Via the Jerusalem Post, which also notes a Kassam rocket attack occurred Sunday afternoon during the visit:

Samuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio, aka Joe the Plumber, arrived in Sderot at noon Sunday to show local and foreign reporters how to do it right.

“You should be ashamed of yourself,” he told foreign reporters.

“You should be patriotic, protect your family and children, not report like you have been doing for the past two weeks since this war has started,” he said.

Wurzelbacher, the man who stole the limelight from Republican presidential candidate John McCain during the American election campaign, has found a new job – as a correspondent for the Internet Web sites PJTV and Pajamas Media.

Armed with a camera and a temporary Government Press Office card, he got a taste of reality in Sderot, visiting a house hit by a Kassam rocket two weeks ago and experiencing a “Code Red” alert first-hand. He also observed and reported from the house where a Kassam landed on Sunday afternoon.

…”Do you think this is normal, the way you cover this conflict and give away information to your enemy?” he asked the journalists that gathered around him.

“It makes me sick to see the way you behave – you guys need to be protective of your homes, your children, your family.”

“I am angry,” he said, “and this is why I came here.”

PJTV’s Gaza Update is here. Stay tuned.

January 11, 2009 · Filed Under Israel, Joe the Plumber, Liberal Media Bias, Middle East

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Joe the Plumber laughs off CNN’s John Roberts claim “I don’t stump for anybody”

Just before 8 am Eastern time on the Tuesday edition of CNN’s American Morning, anchor John Roberts interviewed Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher, and something unusual happened. According to News Busters, after a battery of questions from Roberts suggesting Joe was throwing John McCain “under the bus,” Joe shot back that the media does that to candidates it supports. Roberts took offense, since “I’m a journalist,” and Joe laughed at that. Roberts insisted Joe should not cast aspersions against him, and Joe said he didn’t mean to attack Roberts personally. (He should have said “I’m sure the Media Research Center has a thick file of your biased remarks.”)  Maybe the best part of the exchange was at about 2:10 of the video below where Roberts claimed “I don’t stump for anybody” and Wurzelbacher laughed and said “i’m not going to touch that one.”.

December 23, 2008 · Filed Under CNN, Joe the Plumber, Liberal Media Bias

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