Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt was among those addressing an anti-Obama, tea party rally in Macon today, on the same day the president is in Missouri. From the GOP news release:
More than 1,100 tea party patriots and concerned Missourians rallied for freedom in Macon on Tuesday—just down the road from the site of President Barack Obama’s visit.
Several special guests addressed the Stand Up Missouri Rally, including Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer, Congressman Roy Blunt, Carl Bearden, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Missouri, former State Rep. John Loudon, and conservative activist Paul Curtman.
“Our common concern is that the country is literally being bankrupted by foolish ideas,” said Cindy O’Laughlin, an organizer of the rally. “Tonight, people from all around Missouri have spoken—and we are upset with the direction of this county! More than 1,100 people made our voices heard loud and clear, and Barack Obama can certainly hear us now!”
Speakers took issue with the Washington Democrat agenda—particularly the cap-and-tax energy scheme that would devastate rural Missouri.
“People are fed up with President Obama’s job-killing, big-government agenda. He would know that if he stopped long enough to listen to the concerns of real Americans,” said Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party. “It’s time to bring sanity back to Washington, DC—stop runaway spending, stop the government power grabs, stop the proposed tax increases that will hurt families and cripple businesses. Until he does this, President Obama will be met with overwhelming opposition, and demonstrations like the StandUp Missouri Rally, wherever he goes.”
I love how the GOP can't help itself but to include little GOP buzz-phrases such as "cap and tax" in their press releases. I would think they would leave that kind of language for the talking heads. (Besides, I much prefer use of my own phrase, Cap'n Trade). By the way, how long until we see the highly derogatory phrase "tea baggers" start appearing in dem party press releases (if it hasn't already)? I wish both parties would tone down the rhetoric a few notches these days, because it's been getting very out of hand on both sides recently. If one didn't know any better, and listened only to such rhetoric, one might think that we are currently living in a nation of nazis and communists rather than one of dems and repubs.
ReplyDeleteI'll predict that by the time of the election you will see the Republicans distancing themselves from these luney toons or leaving the party.
ReplyDeleteThey're crazies.