Thursday, April 07, 2011

It there is a shut down

I'm sure the Village will not bother to note this while being all bipartisany:

the Koch-financed Americans for Prosperity held a rally this afternoon across the street from the Capitol, with several dozen right-wing activists on hand to listen to speeches from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Reps. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), and others. The Republican voters chanted, "Shut it down!" during the rally, and every other sign at the rally urged the GOP to shut down the government.

3 comments:

Montag said...

"... with several dozen right-wing activists on hand...."

Can you really call it a "rally" when the number of speakers almost equals the number in the audience?

pansypoo said...

boner is still trying to get teabags, than work with more democrats. very bi-partisan.

Anonymous said...

let's see, now that it's shut down we will show America just how inept the elected leadership of Amerika is and show how to save the Amerika we luvs with a little coup d'etat. "Give me some men who are stout hearted men who will fight for the rights they adore. Start me with ten(not even 2 dozen) who are stout-hearted mencsh and I'll soon give you ten thousand more. Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder we will march till we go to the..."
(from the Student Prince, if I recall correctly)
vox