Dallas Tea Party activists outflank MoveOn at Obamacare protest

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 24, 2009 11:25 AM

I told you how impressed I was on July 4 with the energy, organization, and commitment of the Dallas Tea Party movement.

They are fired up and showing how grass-roots activists are making a powerful and sustained impact in their neighborhoods.

Check this out from the Dallas Observer: How a Local Rally For Obama’s Health Care Proposal Turned Into a Rally Against It

Local MoveOn.org members had penciled in on today’s schedule a protest in front of Senator John Cornyn’s Spring Valley Road office, during which they had hoped to pressure the senator to support President Barack Obama’s public health care legislation. But when Paula Anderson, a MoveOn.org member and spokeswoman, showed up at 11:30 a.m., she found another contingent had beat her to the proverbial punch: A large number of Dallas Tea Party members were already set up, voicing their opposition to the proposal.

Anderson was stunned: “We really did not expect them to show up.” She estimated the crowd at about 130. “From our perspective we took names of everyone there, and we had about 30 people,” she told Unfair Park. “And I would assume they maybe had 100.” As it turned out, according to Jessica Sandlin, Cornyn’s Texas press secretary, Tea Party-hearties also showed up to health-care legislation rallies in Austin and in San Antonio; after the jump, you’ll find a statement from the senator concerning the day’s events.

Meanwhile, the person who organized the opposition in Dallas, one Q Coleman, a Tea Party member, estimated the crowd swelled to at least 200. “The vast majority of people here didn’t want this,” Coleman said. “We beat them 10 to 1. … We all agree that health care needs reform. We’re just opposed to the government taking it over.”

Michael Openshaw has scenes from the counterinsurgency.

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  1. #1
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:32 am, richardbo said:

    Good. Our socialist adversaries must learn that we exist. They need to run into walls of honest conservatives, not run unhindered.

  2. #2
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:35 am, backwoods conservative said:

    Letting the government take over health care in order to fix it is like giving a mechanic the title to your car in order to get a tune up.

    It’s worse, actually. At least a mechanic knows how to do a tune up.

  3. #3
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:42 am, conservativesRus said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:35 am, backwoods conservative said:

    I think a better analogy would be to give the title to your house to Bernie Maddof so he can invest and make money for you.

  4. #4
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:44 am, jsr said:

    The MoveOn folks need to work on their sign making skills. Having everybody show up with the same 1 or 2 pre-printed signs makes them look like brainless drones. Oh wait…

  5. #6
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    OMG!! – 130 tea baggers were organized enough to show up at a specific location at the same time?

    Wow – the chimps are starting to walk upright – this is amazing.

  6. #7
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:53 am, tre said:

    Obviously, that troublesome 1st Ammendment freedom of assembly, and right to petition the government for redress of grievances needs to be reigned in. It’s causing too much trouble.

  7. #8
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:53 am, JohnnyD said:

    From the article:

    “I’m just amazed they are so strong in what their beliefs are,” Anderson said of the Tea Party members. “With people being without health care, it’s just hard to imagine people could be so against the plan [President] Obama is trying to put in place.”

    A few thoughts; this twit is either really stupid or totally brainwashed.

    I wonder if her lack of imagination is due to the BDS she suffered from whilst Pres. Bush was in office.

    Her statement is further proof that liberalism is a disease. Gee, if she is lucky, maybe they can include that in the final bill just for people like her.

    Good for you Q Coleman and the rest of the Tea Party crowd.

  8. #9
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:54 am, beachmom said:

    The moveon people had a very small rally here yesterday. AFP, Maine Heritage and Hands of My Health Care had an indoor rally with Steven Moore from the WSJ also.
    We had hundreds of people with standing room only while they had maybe a dozen down the street.

    It was kind of funny that they were complaining and performing parodies of insurance lobbyists spending millions of dollars a day considering that Soros probably spends that or more on moveon.

  9. #10
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:54 am, Misscheryl said:

    ILMC – are you 12?

  10. #11
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:59 am, JohnnyD said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:54 am, Misscheryl said:
    ILMC – are you 12?

    There is just something wrong with that person Misscheryl. I don’t think it has anything to do with age either.

    It’s sad really to have to read such tripe.

  11. #12
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:59 am, scituate_tgr said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    I love it when the desperation begins to show up in a post, as the tide for their savior begins to turn.

    Hey, did you knuckle-draggers hear that overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. Today marks the first time his overall approval rating has ever fallen below 50% among Likely Voters nationwide. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapprove.

  12. #13
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:01 pm, DBNinKY said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    OMG!! - 130 tea baggers were organized enough to show up at a specific location at the same time?

    Pssst – ILMC!

    I think your math is a little off. Of the 130 people to show up, 30 were MoveOn dot Orgers – are you calling them T-baggers as well?

  13. #14
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:02 pm, ajmontana said:

    country bumpkin said,

    something stupid again and missing the entire point.

  14. #15
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:02 pm, scituate_tgr said:

    Sorry should have included a link it’s here.

  15. #16
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:14 pm, single stack said:

    OMG!! – 130 tea baggers were organized enough to show up at a specific location at the same time?

    And about 30 professional rent-a-mobsters from Moron.org showed up.
    130 common, working, tax paying
    citizens showing up on almost no notice is pretty impressive.
    The fun part is they were teabagging your soul mates.

  16. #17
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, spaceycakes said:

    ILMC is proof that said chimps can also type.

  17. #18
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, tre said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:
    OMG!! – 130 tea baggers were organized enough to show up at a specific location at the same time?

    Wow – the chimps are starting to walk upright – this is amazing.

    But only 30 MorOn.org’s were organized enough.
    So, the single-celled organisms haven’t yet figured out what this thing called “thinking” is yet.

  18. #19
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:39 pm, letget said:

    Rush is talking about this now. Love it. Thanks tea party people, hang in there!
    L

  19. #20
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    OMG!! – 130 tea baggers were organized enough to show up at a specific location at the same time?

    They were better organized than MoveOn – that’s huge.

  20. #21
    On July 24th, 2009 at 12:49 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    Hatred, hatred, hatred… This is the voice of the left. Read it, remember, fight it.

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    OMG!! – 130 tea baggers were organized enough to show up at a specific location at the same time?

  21. #23
    On July 24th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, cheapseat said:

    i love my country so much i feel i must remake it into russia. this morning i saw a story on the late 50s meeting between krushev and nixon and how kruschev couldn’t believe a home in america would have a tv and a washer dryer. let’s all go back to central planned failure, it worked soooo well in russia, china, cuba, north korea, north vietnam, etc.

  22. #26
    On July 24th, 2009 at 1:25 pm, behiker said:

    If you are in central Virgina (or want to visit)… tomorrow is the day for the Richmond Tea Party.

  23. #27
    On July 24th, 2009 at 1:33 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    OMG!! – 130 tea baggers were organized enough to show up at a specific location at the same time?

    Wow – the chimps are starting to walk upright – this is amazing.

    Ugh. We’ve been slimed by the slug.

  24. #28
    On July 24th, 2009 at 2:12 pm, infallible said:

    There’s a real challenge this Saturday. Here in beautiful (but very liberal) Austin, Texas there’s a gathering in support of this awful health care legislation, and, therefore, there’s one of these counter-protests against it. There are lots of conservatives in Dallas, but Austin is a haven for liberals. If we can draw a bigger crowd here on their own turf, then that would be awesome. Any other Austinites reading this should show up this Saturday at 1:00.

  25. #29
    On July 24th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, libertybelle said:

    We did the exact same thing in Seattle yesterday afternoon!! We found out that MoveOn.org was planning a pro-Obamacare rally outside of a Group Health clinic in Bellevue and on LESS than 24 hours we had an almost equal number of patriots show up to counter them!! It was amazing!

    Again, they were shocked that they had any opposition, and we got so many honks and waves. I had a shocking (or not so shocking) conversation with a woman from the opposition. I’ve related it on my blog (so as not to have a giant comment here.) Keep it up! As I always say, when we show up, we win!!!
    http://redistributingknowledge.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-we-show-up-we-win-and-talking-to.html

  26. #30
    On July 24th, 2009 at 2:24 pm, libertybelle said:

    One more item. If you want to make a real difference, organize a Neighborhood Walk and get out there with the information! I have another post which links to ALL the resources you’ll need to set one up. Go here for those: http://redistributingknowledge.blogspot.com/2009/07/neighborhood-walks-against-obamacare.html

    Also, try to plan your walk just ahead of the Obots’ walks! If you go to http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple?source=topnav you can type in your zip code and find out what they’re up to in your neighborhood.

  27. #32
    On July 24th, 2009 at 2:41 pm, letget said:

    Rush was saying Gov. Perry is threatening to do the 10th if this health thing passes. I live in TX and I hope so. I hope other states do the same. This bho has got to be stopped by the states, our elected in dc don’t seem to want to.
    L

  28. #33
    On July 24th, 2009 at 3:00 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    So much for any civility coming from the left. You are an insulting piece of crap.

  29. #34
    On July 24th, 2009 at 3:44 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    I want it, I need it, I want you to pay for my needs.

    Good job in countering the pervasive entitlement mentality by using more than a couple of your brain cells, LB.

  30. #35
    On July 24th, 2009 at 3:48 pm, dan708 said:

    Oh man, this is great! TEA puts the smackdown on moveon.org. YYYYESS!!

  31. #36
    On July 24th, 2009 at 3:52 pm, fred5676 said:

    A few pre-printed signs paid for by George Soros, against a hundred or so hand-painted signs.

    Who are the few brainless robots, and who are the many inspired, self-sufficient patriots??

  32. #38
    On July 24th, 2009 at 4:30 pm, Misscheryl said:

    2:41 pm, letget said:
    Rush was saying Gov. Perry is threatening to do the 10th if this health thing passes. I live in TX and I hope so. I hope other states do the same. This bho has got to be stopped by the states, our elected in dc don’t seem to want to.
    L

    I hope so too and I hope Oklahoma follows.

  33. #41
    On July 24th, 2009 at 6:09 pm, SHoward said:

    Wow – the chimps are starting to walk upright – this is amazing.

    Yeah, those nerds from MoveOn are proof that at least some kind of evolution exists.

  34. #44
    On July 24th, 2009 at 7:50 pm, Milwaukee Mike said:

    OMG!! – 130 tea baggers…

    We “cheese-heads” have taken a derogatory term, owned it, neutralized it, ultimately making it a source of pride for our citizens.

    I will from now on consider anyone who calls me or the people who believe as I do, “tea-bagger” as to be paying a compliment, for it is they who have identified us for standing up and being recognized for our duty to God and country!

  35. #45
    On July 24th, 2009 at 9:30 pm, corkie said:

    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Ilovemycountry said:

    Wow – the chimps are starting to walk upright – this is amazing.

    Given your complete lack of intellectual prowess, it’s ironic for you to call them chimps.

  36. #46
    On July 24th, 2009 at 10:34 pm, MichaelO said:

    Thanks for the article, Michelle. I haven’t this much fun since I was honored to be the profile camera operator for you at the July 4th Dallas bash.

    BTW: the 130 estimate missed the scores of us that were 50 yards down at the Tollway intersection picking up traffic with their signs. Driver response was about 20-1 in our favor.

  37. #47
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:08 pm, starlightwoman said:

    Its always nice to see citizens taking action. Especially conservatives. I would have been at the one in San Antonio but I was working.

  38. #48
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:47 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    We all agree that health care needs reform. We’re just opposed to the government taking it over.

    We can start said reform by getting the government out of those aspects of health care that it’s already got its grimy paws into.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  39. #49
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:49 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    like giving a mechanic the title to your car in order to get a tune up.

    It’s more like giving the title to Pennywise the Clown in order to get your car tuned up.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  40. #50
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:50 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    I think a better analogy would be to give the title to your house to Bernie [Madoff] so he can invest and make money for you.

    An even better analogy.

    … and beat me to the punch.

    Good call.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  41. #51
    On July 24th, 2009 at 11:54 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    Wow – the chimps are starting to walk upright – this is amazing.

    Why do I get the impression that my armpits should be starting to itch?

    Pffft.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

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