Live from Dallas Tea Party
I’m here in Big D, hanging at the Ewing mansion. Will speak shortly. Via Breitbart TV, here’s a livestream embed (for archived clip, go to the sidebar, click on “menu,” browse “on demand library,” and select the clip labeled “09:23:34PM.” Forward to 22:00 for my speech). Tea Party On!
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Party on, Dude!
Did Janeane show up?
Have fun, though I hope someone will explain why the expenditures on the Iraq War were kept off the budet.
only 5 people actually miss work. Aint that the truth
yeah Michelle!
Give ‘em hell, Michelle! Put the looney left on the run.
MSM is downplaying every event.No pictures or numbers.
While we wait, the NY Times printed a good analysis about the significance of Palin’s announcement.
There are several more very good points made in this article. I am very encouraged at how this is developing. Palin may very well find herself in a position to impose herself onto the GOP by popular acclaim or opt to run a credible “new party” independent campaign.
It’s great being us!
Great speech Michelle!!!
May God Bless you Michelle! Excellent speech, our founding fathers would be very very proud.
Great speech, Michelle!!! Thank you!
Wish I’d been there with my family.
A wonderful speech that rang true from beginning to end.
Ma’am, that was an EXCELLENT speech!
Well done, Michelle…You looked a little flustered getting flowers, let people celebrate your help in this endeavor.
Great Speech Ms Malkin
Loved your speech, Michelle. You’re welcome in Texas anytime!
I never got the speech part. All I got was static until the feed started at the part where Michelle was given the flowers. I hope it gets posted here later so I can hear it. I’m sure it was fantastic.
I’m also curious Michelle-did the “Thing” show up?
My husband, son, and I were at the Washington, Missouri rally and my best girl friend was at home at the Chicago rally.
G-d Bless America!!
I was pretty irritated when she announced, but the more I look at it, the more sense it makes. At the very least, it will end the nuisance ethics complaints and let her concentrate full time on building her base.
Michelle — tell them how government has never, and can never create wealth.
You must be speaking about that pathetic excuse of a “woman” Jeanine?
Yes.
I’m a woman-”it’s” not.
soon to be ex-gov. Saraha did that yesterday …I loved it, the LSM had their panties in wad, and they still are, it wasn’t their show…lmao
Just got back from the Dallas Tea Party, and we got to hear you Michelle! Good job! A great gathering. Good messages. Now let’s follow up!
Amazing speech, Michelle. Reagan would have been proud and the Founders were smiling on you today.
If the party of Lincoln and Reagan comes to it’s senses in 2012 they don’t need to look far for the keynote convention speaker!
Looks like everyone had a great time, too!
About 300 at small town Castle Rock, CO tea party.. Thrilled with the turnout.. Great speakers.
Time for me to run for office.
Either part of the problem or, part of the solution…
It was an awesome day at Southfork Ranch! Michelle was awesome. Didn’t get a photo op. Maybe next time. I heard estimates of 35k in attendance.
A few things that impressed me;
1. I didn’t see any drunk idiots running around. You can have a good time without getting drunk.
2. Everyone was polite. I couldn’t believe how orderly it was leaving the ranch. Everyone took their turn merging into the exit lanes.
3. The general atmosphere was uplifting. It gave me hope for our future.
I pray that we can keep the movement going. If you didn’t make it to one or haven’t gone to a tea party at all, you should. It’s a great experience and you get to meet a lot of good American’s.
Lastly, I hope that in the near future we can stop calling it a tea party and start calling it a freedom party. Happy Independence Day everyone!
Everett WA didn’t have a live stream But I had My Camera
reshas1
I love Castle Rock!! I spent my teenage years in Franktown and went to Ponderosa High School. Went to chuch in Castle Rock and more than once actually hiked the rocks. Glad to know it’s still conservative up there.
I was honored to be the primary cameraman on Michelle (the profile shots) for this event. Were her words or the lady more beautiful? really tough call.
Hey Michelle, can we get a transcript of your speech please? I was tending the BBQ outside and missed most of it.
infidel4life -
I don’t know how long LiveStream keeps vids up but just go to the link below for the Tea Party 4th of July.
When it starts playing, just click the “on demand” button below the screen.
In the right panel showing “on demand” videos click on the one that says:
Live Show (Procaster) Set
July 4th 2009 09:23:34 PM
50 min 59 sec
If you move the slider ahead to about 22 minites into the video, you’ll catch the entire speech. It was a barn-burner!
http://www.livestream.com/wiretester
Actually, infidel4life, if the video is still embedded in this page you don’t need to go to the link. Just click on the “on demand” button below the video on at the top of this page and choose the video with Michelle’s speech.
I very much enjoyed your speech MM. The digs on AC and Janeane brought a big smile to my face.
LIBERTY.RIGHTS.DUTY.FELLOWAMERICANS.BORNFREE.EXTREMEVIGILANCE.
INDEPENDENCE.
I LOVE YOU MICHELLE!! Thank you all down there in Texas.
Hey Michelle!
Great Speech!
Keep on keeping on!
You are a tremendous role model for all who love Liberty!
The battle is going to intensify, and we need your leadership, now more than ever!
God Bless you and your family,
Qwacker
Richmond, Va
Thanks purplepeep, I’ll give that a shot!
I had never heard of Wayne Allyn Root, but his speech (just before Michelle’s) was awesome.
The jerks at the local ABC affiliate here in Dallas (WFAA) had a story on the event. They got out there really early….before most of the crowd had arrived.
Also, the anchor lead into the story by saying something like, “Independence Day is a day when Americans gather to celebrate their freedom. Well for some North Texans it’s also an opportunity to show their disgust with Uncle Sam.”
(I’m paraphrasing…so that might not have been the exact quote).
Anyway, when I see how Tea Party folks are treated by the MSM…when I see how Sarah Palin is treated by the MSM….I realize how much of this country we have to take back.
Thank you Tea Partiers!
great speech, great message, my wife is a legal immigrant, and it does my heart good to hear you remind us of the difference between immigrants who want to be americans, not just live in america. no hyphen americans! speak english, be americans or go home! i welcome people of the world who want to be americans, but i abhor immigrants who want our livelihoods without our responsibilities.
For the First Time in Your Adult Life? Geeerate!
So did Jane Ann Garafolo ever show up?
I thought not…….(sad)
The teleprompterless Michelle Malkin fights the wind and still gives a great speech. Next time I challenge you to do it with one arm tied behind your back.
A little taste of some of the logistics involved here and how a great media company like MediTech Institute can work through adversity.
The original setup was to be for four cameras; two out front, two on stage wings. When they arrived, there was room for only one camera on the elevated platform outfront and no stage wings at all; they had to find space for the cameras onstage among all the speakers and equipment.
Then, very early into Michelle’s speech, the stage crew decided they needed to get the spotlight setup in the tower. The result shaking in the tower took the primary camera outfront right out of the picture, leaving only the two stage cameras- manned by volunteers who had never used big form cameras before that day- to carry the load.
Fortunately, Andrew and Tracy in the truck made John (responsible for the crowd shots) and myself look good. (Of course, the subject matter made it far easier
)
I never appreciated the details involved in such production until being involved
I wasn’t at a “Party” (rare as hen’s teeth in Queens), but just talked to one who was at one in neighboring Nassau County who rather despondently said, we’ll know for sure whether Conservatism has any real chance of retaking the country when the Boy and Girl Scouts trickle back alive on Long Island.
I thought about that, and it’s not a bad indicator at all how our communities feel about themselves and morality and family. There are ZERO Boy/Girl Scout troops or packs in Jamaica Queens alone. A city-community equal to New Orleans or St. Louis in population.
We have a terribly long way to start.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
awesome Michele…you are our hero!!!
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GREAT JOB MICHELLE! You looked “smoking hot” in the red dress–next time–put on or carry a small bright American Flag with you–that was the only thing missing. Your husband and good parents were very proud of you.
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I went to the Las Cruces, NM. teaparty since El Paso “wimped out” on ours. A lot less people (150) attended–no press. The impromptu April 15 th. El Paso teaparty at Stateline had about 1000 people–and was a lot more diverse group.
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The real patriotic celebration was at my church’s communion service this morning. Boy Scout flag ceremony, readings from the Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, patriotic hymns (Star Spangled Banner, America, Battle Hymn of the Republic, etc.
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The ladies seem to be “putting the most heat” on the “democratic” / liberal / socialist / marxist / communist agendas. Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, Sarah Palin. Keep up the good work. And thank you Dallas–Texas was “standing tall” yesterday.
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John Bibb
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So where was FoxNews???
There is an organized blackout of the Tea Party movement.
How can you have 600 separate Tea Party’s and not one word on the state run Media including FoxNews.
Liberty and Freedom is under attack from the elitists that refuse to cover the biggest pro freedom movement in my lifetime.
A problem which I imagine we shall always have-thankfully we have the web/internet and talk radio. If they take that from us we shall get creative, Underground radio and pamphlets perhaps.
The battle for Liberty, as our American Revolution, did not end at Yorktown but merely changed. The tyrant, the thug, Progressive and ilk will always challenge us and we must always stand ready.
You are the Sons of Liberty.
And Michell Malkin can NEVER tie one hand behind her back: she might need it to silly slap a punk
Wow! Michelle, you are an inspirational force to be reckoned with in the cause of Liberty. May God continue to wield you as a weapon of Truth, Righteousness, Justice, and Goodness to right this listing country.
According to Worldnetdaily there was over 2000 Tea Parties held on the 4th.
Tea partiers counterattack
More than 2,000 tax, Big Government protests in all 50 states
I hope someone in DC is watching this movement.
Here is an example of where the spendulus is going: free breakfast and lunch in the summer to anyone under 18, no questions asked!
How does this create jobs? Obama is busy building his dependent majority. Free Food!
Well, y’all did an outstanding job with it Michael!
My background was in film when I got drafted into my first 3 cam studio shoot of a local talk show. I wasn’t too fond of people jumping out of frame and some crank in a booth yelling in my ear. Fortunately it was a recorded show, so we could do retakes.
Of course, me being in “film” mode and looking for the interesting/artsy shots didn’t help any. Especially since I was on the key cam (cam 2), lol. Ah, well, it was a “ya live n’ learn” experience.
MM, what a brilliant speech! What a brilliant freedom loving patriot!!! You are an inspiration! Thank you for working just as hard to keep us free, as we did when we were in Vietnam’s waters while I was in the Navy.
If America is angry at Obama. If even 30% of American is angry at Obama it didn’t show at the Dallas tea party. It was a motley group. Not that many chairs. Half of them empty. Not much energy.
It looks like Dallas residents had better things to do on July 4 than cheer a bunch of incoherent right wing nuts.
Michelle,
Please help NC Tea Party speaker Fern Shubert (who spoke in Monroe, NC on April 15th and in Raleigh, NC on July 4th). Please help shine your spotlight on the corruption in rigged NC elections.
Michelle,
Please help NC Tea Party speaker Fern Shubert (who spoke in Monroe, NC on April 15th and in Raleigh, NC on July 4th). Please help shine your spotlight on the corruption in rigged NC elections.
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It appears that the single word made from combining “Gerry” and “mandering” is for some unknown reason blocked by the WordPress filters. So I had to make a TinyURL to get this URL past the filter:
lgm said:
35% of Americans strongly disapprove of Obama.
Obama’s approval ratings peaked on his second day in office, and it’s been downhill since then.
He’s gone from +30 to -2.
ITookTheRedPill said (#59):
That may be, but those 35% in the Dallas area don’t feel so strongly that they will interrupt their BBQ at the pool to go to a tea party. Either that or they disapprove of the tea party nuts even more.
With all that anger, you would think more than half the 50 chairs for all of Dallas would be taken.
lgm: I can feel your fear from here of these groups. More people now strongly disaprove of your furher than strongly approve of him. This will only get worse. I pity you for the frustration you will feel as more and more people recognize the blatant worthlessness of your dear leader. But I will also enjoy watching ignorant followers like you thrash and moan as your power slowly slips away.
lgm wrote:
Keep telling yourself that. You may even start to believe it.
I was at the tea party here in tiny Longview, TX, and what I saw was truly remarkable. People who’ve been largely apolitical their entire lives have decided to get involved for the first time.
On April 15th, Longview was the tea party for 7 counties. This year, 3 of those counties had their own events. There were 42 of these IN TEXAS ALONE.
But what’s really exciting is what is happening at them. I walked around and talked to people. Like the couple who had never been involved in politics, but who have set up a We The People chapter in Longview. And the couple who did the same in even smaller, neighboring Kilgore. They had tables set up, and signed up literally dozens of new potential activists at the July 4th tea party. A web site infrastructure is in place, contacts are being made, events are scheduled….stuff is happening. Conservatives are DOING SOMETHING instead of just listening to K-Street talking heads and complaining.
These aren’t “party people.” I’m sure most have voted GOP, but there wasn’t an office holder to be found. And when you talked with folks, you realized they’re as disgusted with the betrayal of the GOP as they are with the Dems – maybe more so.
Meetings are being scheduled. Strategies are being mapped. There’s a team, for example, working on helping out in districts that are “close calls” politically. And the signature pitch of the committed activist abounded: “Tell your friends. Bring just one like-minded neighbor. If they’ve upset with what’s going on, thell them they have an obligation to get involved!”
Again, these aren’t pols -these are ordinary folks who see their country and their freedom going down the drain and are committed to doing something about it while they can.
I have a hunch the September 12th event in DC is going to be something spectacular. I must have talked to 10 people yesterday who plan to be there. In Longview, Texas!
Yes, something really different is happening. Hey, I myself have always voted…and I’ve blogged and visited sites like this and Free Republic. But I’ve never worked a campaign. And until April 15th I’d never even attended a political rally. I’ve been too busy having a career. Shame on me….but no longer! If the country is going to go down the tubes, I want to at least say I did what I could to stop it.
But, hey, lgm, keep thinking it’s nothing of note. That’s just fine with me. I imagine you’ll keep thinking that way until, oh, about November 4th of next year.
Rit
Why no Tea Party posts over at HotAir?
Wonder what the impact of ACORN running the 2010 census could be?
Take a look at what happened in North Carolina. It’s the subject of a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court:
In my opinion, the #1 thing we should be focusing on right now is correcting the abuses of the 2008 elections, and ensuring that in 2010:
1) Only United States Citizens vote
2) They only vote only once
3) The distrcts are Constitutional, not “Gerry” mandered.
4) Foreign money is kept out
It is amazing to me how easily an illegal alien could have voted multiple times in the 2008 election, and millions of dollars of foreign money poured into Obama’s coffers.
If we don’t change things NOW, before they say it is too late to change them for the 2010 elections, we will see a repeat of the massive fraud that occurred in 2008, and the 2010 elections will be stolen.
The tea parties are moot if we don’t immediately go to work to ensure honest elections.
lgm, I’m not so angry with Obama. I’m angry with myself for not caring more, for not being more active. I used to be, but the cares of life choke out. Right now, I’m looking for a job. When I get one, I’m going to be more active. I don’t know about “motley”. That word isn’t a negative descriptor (which is what I think you meant).
lgm, you and I both want our country strong, right? You want a safe and prosperous place for your family and your descendants, right? Why do you hate us so much? I appeal to your sense of logic to see that the leftist Utopia pushed by progressives can not succeed …that there is real evil in this World …that your people have been persecuted for millenniums …that there is a reason for that persecution that is not deserved …that your people are precious and must be protected …that your people are the mechanism by which God chose to save human kind. lgm, please turn to Christ. He is the Messiah for which you look. He first came to this Earth as a Lamb to be slaughtered, but will return as a Conquering Benevolent Dictator – someone in whom we really can trust.
Argh. Every time I refresh, I get that McDonald’s commercial. How to stop?
Thanks for the compliment, PurplePeep; but how could I go wrong with Michelle as subject matter?
We had the one-ear headsets and a very soft-spoken (but excellent) mixer person. For the speeches, workable; for the bands, impossible. Lots of undirected shooting with talented mixing keeping it same.
As for 2010, it’s a lot harder to steal congressional level elections in enough places. The presidential theft can be accomplished using just 3-4 states; a mass revolt throwing out every rural and ‘flyover’ Democrat will involve at least 30 states. We should be able to knock off anywhere between 1-3 Dems in Texas Congressional delegation alone; but only if there is major revolution in the GOP against the RINOs. That starts now and it must be based solely on voting records. At the state level, I’m represented by two RINOs voting for the taxpayers at the most 56% of the time. That will change.
God Bless America and God Bless you, Michelle. Thank you for a great speech and all that you do.
Sorry for the multiple posts above…the comments that got held for moderation because of the word “Gerry” mandering were later released by Michelle, so it ends up looking like duplicate posts.
lgm, move the video to 24:16 (which doesn’t even give a proper perspective because of the rise at the top; many more people beyond it).
Not many people there early on because Texans aren’t stupid enough to sit in more heat than they can stand.