By conservative author and Republican strategist Michael Patrick Leahy
Online conservative activists have rallied to CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s call yesterday, backed by mortgage traders, for a “Chicago Tea Party” to protest the Obama Administration’s bailout plan.
Moving quickly, Top Conservatives on Twitter, Smart Girl Politics, the #Dontgo movement, and American Spectator magazine joined forces to announce a nationwide “Chicago Tea Party”, to be held on Friday, February 27.
The tea party will be held in Chicago, at dozens of locations around the US, and on Twitter, using the #teaparty hashtag.
Santelli’s criticism of the Obama mortgage plan is that it rewards the irresponsible, while penalizing the responsible.
St. Louis Tea Party
Time: Feb. 27, 2009 11am to 12pm
Location: Steps of Arch – Wharf Street
Website: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=67775481561
Map: http://tinyurl.com/b2q24f
Event Type: Stimulus protest, Obama policies
Host: Hennessy’s View Blog
Phone: 636 -346-1196
Email: bill@hennessysview.com
Related:
Video: CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s Chicago Tea Party
Hat tip: HeritageFoundation
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1 John Gillmartin // Feb 24, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Thanks for the coverage … there are now two Tea Parties scheduled for Friday – the one above in St. Louis and a second at Lake Springfield in Springfield – see http://motcot.ning.com/events/springfield-tea-party for details. Vincent David Jericho of KSGF AM1260 104.1 FM is the host.
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