Teatards at the Capitol Steps Austin, Sat 7/31/10

[bonzotex]

The Teabaggers are having a rally at the TX Capitol South steps on Saturday 10 am. They want to scream about immigration and whatever. I'm going to go for a chuckle, maybe snap some pics. Thuis was promoted a little bit on local moron radio (KLBJ)

Don't click if you don't want to see teabaggery message board.

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=206644

[sonias]

1. You brave soul

Make sure you take a shower afterward.

:hi:

[sonias]

2. "The Way America Is Supposed to Be"

Texas Observer 7/31/10
"The Way America Is Supposed to Be": Tea-Partiers Get Back to Basics at the Capitol
At the first statewide rally since the racism flap erupted, not every Tea Partier stuck to the "colorblind" script

Whether it was the hundred-degree heat, or a hangover from all the recent hoo-ha over racist elements in the Tea Party movement, Saturday's "Back to Basics" rally at the state Capitol, featuring a George Washington impersonator on a gleaming white horse, was relatively muted by comparison with previous statewide small-government and secessionist jamborees.

By comparison, I say. And only if a "patriotic" speaker denying that Barack Obama is "our president" sounds muted to you. Or if referring to undocumented Mexicans as "cockroaches" strikes you as mild. But for the most part, folks really were on their best behavior. Despite the usual plethora of media-bashing, a few, noticing my notepad and my suspiciously liberal aspect, even smiled and said, "We're glad you're here. Thanks for coming."

Hey, thanks, wouldn't have missed it for the world!

Most speakers stuck faithfully to the patriotic "back to basics" theme of the day, celebrating the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Tea Partiers' unique grasp of these documents' meanings. Not surprisingly, given the recent controversy sparked by the NAACP's mild request that the Tea Party movement renounce its racist elements, almost everyone at the microphone on the Capitol steps made a point of emphasizing the "colorblind" nature of the movement. "I'm Not Racial, I'm Not Violent, And I'm No Longer Silent," read a sign held by one woman in the sweltering, and almost exclusively Anglo, crowd of a few hundred. Most of the people of color in evidence were trooping in and out of the Capitol building with their families, on a Saturday stroll; one African-American man, embracing the occasion, had his friends snap a photo of him smilingly holding up one of the Tea Partiers' signs ("When You Elect Clowns, Expect a Circus.").

Plus The Texas Observer captured some video for your enjoyment as well:

YouTube link

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[sonias]

3. The video about 3:25 in

The woman calls Mexican undocumented people "cockroaches". And the guy right after her trashes every religion that isn't "Christian". Rails about the mosque at ground zero. And he calls Van Jones a "Castro style communist" . :crazy: