York: Inside the 9/12 protest

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Inside-the-912-Tea-Party-protest-59181917.html

So the protesters spent their own money and caught buses and came to Washington.  And made their own signs.  There were SILENT NO MORE banners.  There was DON'T TAX ME, BRO! and WE NEEDED PROBLEM SOLVERS -- WE GOT POWER GRABBERS and NO THANKS, I ALREADY HAVE A MESSIAH and perhaps the favorite, GRANDMA'S NOT SHOVEL-READY. 

You've probably heard descriptions of the marchers as crazies and haters and fanatics.  Perhaps there were some in the crowd. Far more important, though, was the very presence of so many everyday Americans protesting in Washington, just eight months into unified Democratic control of the White House and Congress. What did Barack Obama and his party's leadership on Capitol Hill do to bring doctors and truck drivers together in common cause on the streets of the nation's capital?  More than anything, these people are afraid that the new president is running the country off a cliff.  They're in no mood to remain silent now. 

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