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A REVOLUTIONARY
IDEA

A million or more rock Washington

Taxpayer march could be biggest rally ever in capital

Posted: September 12, 2009
9:57 pm Eastern

Chelsea
Schilling and Alyssa Farah
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

Hundreds of
thousands descend on Capitol

WASHINGTON – The capital was rocked today by a taxpayer march and rally
that could be the biggest protest ever – potentially dwarfing the Million
Man March and the Promise Keepers Rally.

Though crowd estimates vary from as low as 60,000 to 70,000 according
to ABC News to a high of 2 million by London Daily Mail, photographs and
videos of the march and rally demonstrate its enormity.

The taxpayers stormed Washington, D.C., today, taking their fight
against excessive spending, bailouts, growth of big government and soaring
deficits to the front door of the U.S. Capitol.

All week citizens have been heading to the Hill by the busloads for the
showdown today. The Tea Party
Patriots' "Tea Party
Express" national bus tour has been hosting a series of tea party
rallies all across the nation. A caravan of buses, speakers and
entertainers arrived in Washington, D.C., just in time for the march. The
taxpayers have paid their own way to the event.

The White House said Friday it was unaware of the rally. President
Obama has traveled to Minneapolis, Minn., to promote his health-care plans
at a rally there.

But so many taxpayers showed up on Pennsylvania Avenue that the crowd
ran out of room and the march was forced to begin early.

WND was at the scene to get crowd reaction and take photos of the
protest.

Live at the scene in
Washington, D.C. (WND photo)

Citizens carried hand-made signs that read:

2010: Vote all incumbents out!

Our Constitution has termites!

We are under attack by our own government

Stop the march of socialism

You can put lipstick on communism, but it's still
communism

My family, my doctor

Obamacare makes me sick

Go green: Recycle Congress

I'm not your ATM

We had a dream. We got a nightmare

Is this Russia?

You Lie!

Washington
march photo by Barbara Auchter

Some people donned colonial costumes while the crowd was sprinkled with
U.S. and yellow "Don't tread on me" flags.

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the one and only "tea party store" now.

Laurie Slough (WND
photo)

Others, like Laurie Slough of Orlando, Fla., also dressed in costume to
demonstrate their message. Slough wore a prison costume and carried a sign
that read, "Criminals in Congress, your judgment day is coming."

WND also noticed many anti-ACORN signs, following the recent
controversy in which one of the organization's offices was exposed
supporting prostitution and human trafficking.

Politico
reported among the signs seen were those asking "Where's the
Birth Certificate?" – reflections of WND's extensive coverage of the
yet-unanswered questions surrounding Barack Obama's constitutional
eligibility to serve as president.

Fox News reported lines of citizens completely filled Pennsylvania
Avenue for blocks.

"It was wall-to-wall people. I felt like I was in line for Obama health
care," said participant Robert Barney of Chesapeake, Va.

Organizers have told the media they expect the event to be the largest
group of fiscal conservatives to ever gather in Washington.

(Story continues below)

Richard Brigle, 57, a Vietnam War veteran and former Teamster, came
from Paw Paw, Mich. He told Fox News that he believes the nation needs
health-care reform – but not President Obama's plan.

"My grandkids are going to be paying for this. It's going to cost too
much money that we don't have," he said while marching with a wooden cane.

Fox News live
footage shows thousands at
Capitol

According to the Washington Times, the "Tea Party Express" tour was the
fourth most popular topic searched on Yahoo last week. Joe Wierzbicki,
national coordinator of the Tea Party Express, told the Times he expected
a large turnout.

"We were expecting 25,000 a few weeks ago, but now we are hoping for
over 50,000," Wierzbicki said.

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your copy of "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream"
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Several organizations united to help organize the National Taxpayer
Protest's descent on the Capitol, including: Freedom Works,
Grassfire/ResistNet, Tea Party Patriots, National Taxpayers Union, Club
for Growth, Americans for Tax Reform, Young Americans for Liberty, Ayn
Rand Center for Individual Rights, Our Country Deserves Better, Campaign
for Liberty, Leadership Institute, Free Republic, Young America's
Foundation, the National Association of Rural Land Owners and Smart Girl
Politics.

Washington
march photo by Barbara
Auchter

Brendan Steinhauser of FreedomWorks, one of the groups
that organized the event, told WND, "People want to do this. The people
who have been protesting around the country want to come to Washington and
do this in D.C. In a lot of ways, they are being ignored and the media is
underrepresenting them and their numbers. They want to come together for
one big event and send a very clear message."

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Wee the
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Independence
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Independence
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Motivated
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Coast-to-coast
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Obama
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ACORN
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Tax
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Tax
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Fed-up
Americans mobilize: More than 170 tea parties tea parties

Americans
throw more than 40 tea parties

Senator
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Obama
hits back at 'tea party' rant

See
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Patriot
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Cowboy
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Cowboy
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