The Next Big Thing

by digby

In case you were wondering what the astroturfed teabaggers' next step is, here it is:

Obviously, the "main stream" media are hard of hearing and seeing. About 2 million mad-as-hell taxpayers assembling in Washington, D.C. for the largest-ever (most well-behaved ever, most respectful ever) protest did not make it onto their radar screens (or our TV screens).

They need our help. Maybe we cannot repeat an assembly of 2 million mad-as-hell taxpaying patriots in one place, but surely those who longed to go and couldn’t would love to be a part of Operation "Can You Hear Us Now?" I’ll bet for every one patriot who went to D.C. there are 10-20 more who wished they could have been there as well.

Well my friends, HAVE I GOT A PLAN FOR YOU…

It’s called, "Operation: Can You Hear Us Now?" Here’s how it might work, but feel free to improvise!

Step 1: Contact all your freedom-loving, American-loving, free-speech loving friends and get together to plan. Draw from your local Tea Party group or 9/12 group or other friends. Protest all things you did in D.C. – plus the complicit media!

Step 2: Identify local left-wing media outlets (most likely TV, since no one reads newspapers anymore).

Step 3: Plan a rally for October 17th, 2009. If you have enough folks, visit multiple sites concurrently, otherwise pick your least favorite, liberally biased outlet as ground zero. Time it for max participation for the working (i.e. tax-paying) class. Before the AM news or at the evening 6 o’clock hour might be good (local time).

Step 4: Use your 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech right outside their offices or broadcast locations. Make sure you are on public property, not private property. Bring your signs, banners, flags, and voices to the event. Protest big government, small minds in Congress, and liberal media atrocities in reporting (or non-reporting). (Watch for the Free Speech media to attempt to have you forcibly removed by law enforcement – so stay on public property!)

Step 5: Be peaceful, respectful, but let them HEAR you and SEE you. Remember, they are hard of hearing and their eyesight isn’t what it used to be the last 8 years prior. They accidentally missed 2 million people protesting in D.C. in one of the biggest protests in US History. Bring your video to upload clips to the internet later.

Step 6: Complete your event peacefully and leave the premises. Go home!

Step 7: Turn on the TV and see if they saw you. If not, smile and remember that November 2010 is just around the corner!



I would expect this to get good coverage because the "mainstream" press has decided that the teabaggers are a huge story and they have been very, very remiss in not covering the right wing more fully. That ACORN thing was a gigantic and important development that they missed because they weren't paying close enough attention to every paranoid conspiracy theory that emanated from Glenn Beck's lips so now they are falling all over themselves to ensure that their "concerns" are given a full airing.

I guess they really do think their 9/12 protest was one of the biggest in US history. Just goes to show you they can convince themselves of anything.


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