{"id":14750,"date":"2010-04-14T08:09:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T08:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/tea-party-unites-libertarians-and-republicans-says-top-illinois-organizer\/"},"modified":"2010-04-14T08:09:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T08:09:53","slug":"tea-party-unites-libertarians-and-republicans-says-top-illinois-organizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/tea-party-unites-libertarians-and-republicans-says-top-illinois-organizer.php","title":{"rendered":"Tea Party unites Libertarians and Republicans says top Illinois Organizer"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"Tea Party comes to Metro-East\"<\/strong><\/p>

According to the Belleville News-Democrat<\/a>, a leading newspaper for southern Illinois: <\/p>

The Tea Party came to the metro-east Saturday afternoon, and with it came hundreds carrying American flags and signs denouncing President Barack Obama and recent policies coming out of Washington, D.C.<\/p>

Organizers estimated about 500 gathered at Woodland Park to unite and protest \"socialist\" activities and demand change. A number of speakers addressed the crowd, many of whom were carrying American flags, wearing T-shirts and caps with American flags embossed on them or toting signs protesting higher taxes and even some calling to impeach the president.<\/p><\/blockquote>

The Republican Party, the Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party were all represented, and had information tables right next to each other under the Gazebo. <\/p>

The mood of the even was clearly unity in knocking off big taxers and big spenders for November. The event's chief organizer was quoted by the News-Democrat<\/a>: <\/p>

Alton Tea Party co-founder Rhonda Linders said the rally Saturday and the series of organized events held since early last year are non-partisan. She said Saturday's gathering showed that more and more people are fed up with overwhelming government taxation through social policies that she claims are unconstitutional. <\/p>

\"It doesn't matter if you're Democrat or Republican. This isn't Republican, Democrat, independent, Libertarian,\" Linders said. \"It's Americans.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>

Editor's Note - I am currently on a nationwide tour of Tea Party events. I started with Metro-East. And as moving as the speakers were, near the Libertarian Party booth, there was a WWII Vet in a wheelchair. He had joined at 17, and participated in the invasion of Europe, and Battle of the Bulge. Nothing compares to the overwhelming experience of shaking his hand. I was humbled, and immediately broke into tears. I told him all America thanked him for his service.<\/em><\/p>

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