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Bachmann, Other Conservatives Claim Tens Of Thousands At Tea Party Yesterday -- Or Even A Million!
So how many people showed up at Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) Capitol Tea Party? According to its right-wing supporters, it was anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 -- to one million! "Estimates are anywhere between 20 and 45,000 people had assembled," Bachmann boasted on Sean Hannity's TV show ...
Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over National-Security Votes
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess... Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature ... (more) Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over ...
Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?
politicsdaily.com — When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: the wing-nuts have taken over the GOP. Think I'm being harsh? The angry folks at the protest -- ... (more) Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?
Tea Partiers Came With 2010 Warnings
Tea Partiers Came With 2010 Warnings
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — The scene today at the Capitol Hill Tea Party probably worried incumbents of both parties. TPMDC was there, following every "Kill the bill" refrain and impromptu "USA! USA!" chant from the many thousands gathered on the West Front Lawn of the ... (more) Tea Partiers Came With 2010 Warnings
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Numbers Game
Talking Points Memo — ... Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), on the other hand, says 25,000 to 45,000. Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) offered a similar estimate. And G. Gordon Liddy's radio show producer implied it was more than a million. TPMDC's Eric Kleefeld has the story. ...

Sean Hannity Will Respond to Jon Stewart Over 'Doctored' Protest Footage
Politics Daily — ... in claiming that Hannity had dramatically exaggerated the numbers of last week's protest. Stewart said footage shown on Hannity's program while he was interviewing the ...

Sean Hannity: 'Jon Stewart Was Right' About Swapped Demonstration Footage
Politics Daily — ... in claiming that Hannity had dramatically exaggerated the numbers of last week's protest. Stewart said footage shown on Hannity's program while he was interviewing the ...

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Party with Bachmann in DC
littlegreenfootballs.com 16 days ago — C-SPAN 3 is covering the Michele Bachmann anti-health care tea party swarm right now; as I write, Jon Voight is speaking on the steps of the Capitol. I’d estimate the crowd at between 7.3 and 8.2 million people. At least.