Several Tea Party groups arrived in DC. for a Rally on the 16
th to resist the current Obamacare Health plan under consideration by Congress. Occurring on a Tuesday, it was nowhere near the tens of thousands during previous highly advertised events, with some pro-Obama adherents mocking the low turnout. Freedom Works, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots, Nationwide Tea Party Coalition, and a myriad of other conservative groups denounced the latest Congressional tactics of forced reconciliation and passing a rule ‘deeming’ the bill passed without actually voting per se for it. The week’s events were labeled “Code Red” or “Take the Town Halls to Washington.”
Most Tea Party constituents hold both major parties as culprits of big government spending and control freaks contributing to dysfunctional governance and are skeptical of usurpers claiming credit or hijacking the grass roots conservative insurgency. It is with annoyance and a distraction that the RNC paid for buttons and signs distributed for the event, but later covered up that fact by placing black tape over the claim at the bottom of signs. Take a side by side look at the same sign. The GOP will no more buy off protesters with paid signs anymore than other tricks in the political grab bag. While the sign issue is minor, the principle is major, especially when compared to the prime reason for the protest as Tea Party adherents know that their most effective means for changing how Washington works is not who paid for a sign but how their vote is cast in November.
Several Tea Party groups arrived in DC. for a Rally on the 16th to resist the current Obamacare Health plan under consideration by Congress. Occurring on a Tuesday, it was nowhere near the tens of thousands during previous highly advertised events, with some pro-Obama adherents mocking the low turnout. Freedom Works, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots, Nationwide Tea Party Coalition, and a myriad of other conservative groups denounced the latest Congressional tactics of forced reconciliation and passing a rule ‘deeming’ the bill passed without actually voting per se for it. The week’s events were labeled “Code Red” or “Take the Town Halls to Washington.” 
Most Tea Party constituents hold both major parties as culprits of big government spending and control freaks contributing to dysfunctional governance and are skeptical of usurpers claiming credit or hijacking the grass roots conservative insurgency. It is with annoyance and a distraction that the RNC paid for buttons and signs distributed for the event, but later covered up that fact by placing black tape over the claim at the bottom of signs. Take a side by side look at the same sign. The GOP will no more buy off protesters with paid signs anymore than other tricks in the political grab bag. While the sign issue is minor, the principle is major, especially when compared to the prime reason for the protest as Tea Party adherents know that their most effective means for changing how Washington works is not who paid for a sign but how their vote is cast in November.
