ALBUQUERQUE TEA PARTY

ALBUQUERQUE TEA PARTY APRIL 15, 2009

OBSERVATIONS:

TRAFFIC ON THE I-40/LOUISIANA EXIT WAS BACKED UP FOR MILES TO ABOUT 2ND STREET. WE COULD SEE IT WAS GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET INTO THE HQ AT INDEPENDENCE GRILL & WE HAD THE BABY, SO WE JUST DROVE THE GAUNTLET. WHILE WE DROVE UP AND DOWN MONTGOMERY BETWEEN 5:20 PM - 6:00 PM, WE SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINING THE STREETS ON BOTH SIDES. CARS CRAWLING BY HONKING IN SUPPORT. WE ONLY SAW ONE ANTI-PROTESTER GIVING A THUMBS DOWN WHILE DRIVING & ONE PERSON FLYING AN UPSIDE DOWN US FLAG. IT WAS TOTALLY PEACEFUL AND ALL THE PROTESTERS LOOKED HAPPY AND COMMITTED TO THEIR ISSUE!

INTERESTING THAT THE LOCAL MEDIA AFFILIATES WERE FOCUSING ON A PROTESTER WITH A PRO-OBAMA SIGN. I DID NOT SEE ANY HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER, SO I GUESS A RELIABLE CROWD ESTIMATE WILL BE TOUGH. THE LOCAL COVERAGE ON THE NEWS LATER THAT EVENING WAS SPARSE.

IT APPEARED TO BE A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT NOT FUNDED BY ANY PARTICULAR PARTY. I SAW MANY SIGNS FROM BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WITH A VARIETY OF ISSUES ON THEIR SIGNS. A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE, FROM GUYS IN BUSINESS SUITS, SOME FOLKS DRESSED IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA GARB, TO TEENAGE GIRLS WITH MULTIPLE BODY PIERCINGS. ALL PATRIOTIC AND EXPRESSING THEIR SPECIFIC CAUSE.

I HEARD REPORTS RANGING FROM 3-10,000 PEOPLE BY END OF EVENT. PROPS TO CHARLOTTE SALAZAR WHO SPEARHEADED THE EVENT AND TURNED DOWN REQUESTS FROM POLITICIANS TO SPEAK AND TO 770 KKOB AM FOR GETTING THE WORD OUT.

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[RatkoUSA]

cool



[badgarcia]

this does not represent the people of new mexico...new mexico for new mexicans..gringos y mojados pa fuera..learn tospeak american you godless shills

[DimebagVision]

The only thing more idiotic than the liberal UNM students are the Albuquerque residents.

[nuumskee]

ignorance is bliss. *sighs*

[Nmhumbug]

What a great event! I'm proud to have been there. I don't think we really needed Homeland Security there, but so be it .

Where were our representatives?? All hiding no doubt.

[eatduzt]

Bring back the Whig party!