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A Very Gentle Die-In
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Dec 16, 2009 09:28am |
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| Category | Blog Entry |
| Author | David Weigel |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 16, 2009 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | “Is this it?” some asked.
The few dozen Tea Party activists who made it to upper Senate Park in Washington this morning were confused at the size of the crowd. The night before, some of them had attended a FreedomWorks-sponsored workshop about the day’s events–a “die-in” during which activists would pretend to experience the effects of government health care in Senate offices, and a 1:30 p.m. “red alert” rally outside the Capitol. Either everyone was waiting on the latter event or they were lost.
“I’m not sure that this is the right place,” said Joanne Abbott, a Virginia Tea Party activist who’d trekked into town for every one of these events so far. “Aren’t we supposed to be over there?” |
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