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Video: Crowd Sings 'God Bless America' As Capitol Hill Tea Partiers Are Arrested

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Here's a video recorded by TPM's Christina Bellantoni, of the Capitol Hill Tea Party crowd singing "God Bless America" in protest of the arrests of several of their compatriots, who were charged with illegally entering or disrupting the office that handles Speaker Nancy's Pelosi's duties as a Representative from California:

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November 5, 2009 4:37 PM   

Here's hoping Nancy dispatches Lucca Brazi

All I can do out here is to respond to HCAN's latest blast and forlornly hope that Kleefeld takes it to the streets

Last week, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi unveiled H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act." Now, the latest news from Congress indicates that the House may hold a vote on the bill as early as Friday, November 6th!

With so little time between now and then, it's imperative that we let our Members of Congress know that now is the time to stand up for health reform that ensures affordable health care for all Americans and gives us the choice of a strong public health insurance option.

Send an e-mail to your Representative in the House TODAY and tell him or her to vote YES on H.R. 3962!

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November 6, 2009 3:39 PM    in reply to johnmccsf

Already done. My rep is Henry Waxman and they gave me a DEFINITE YES VOTE.

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November 5, 2009 4:38 PM   

13 stories, 11 of them on this "rally".

Why?

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November 5, 2009 4:45 PM    in reply to CT Voter

If there is anything "productive" whatsoever about this (and I'm trying hard to find), those reports here or everywhere can serve as our good ad materials for 2010 and 2012.

Otherwise, it's just depressing (and to repeat myself, I don't find this whole Buchmann & co. thing even remotely funny anymore).

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November 5, 2009 4:55 PM    in reply to geofu54

I don't get TPM's fixation with this event. Some coverage, sure. But at this volume?

And the snide headlines, to boot?

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November 5, 2009 5:01 PM    in reply to CT Voter

I know, the same pain here. As for the headlines... yeah, and some exclamation marks, too. The original "The Storming Of The Hill Begins" post ended with an exclamation mark (i.e., "... Begins!"), actually, which really turned me off. Was it just me? Very disappointing.

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November 5, 2009 5:20 PM    in reply to geofu54

It is disappointing. Josh are you listening. If we want this kind of coverage we can go to Huffington Post. We are here because we don't like Huffpo so enough of this stupidity please.

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November 5, 2009 4:47 PM   

I absolutely love that the teabaggers don't know the lyrics to God Bless America. Stand beside her, and guide her with the light...from the light...from above.

God Bless our Right Wingers. Nuts that I love. Shout out loudly, stand proudly, racist signs, nonsense whines, scream and shove.

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November 5, 2009 4:52 PM    in reply to Mintcon

Very good indeed!!

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November 5, 2009 5:01 PM    in reply to Mintcon

I love that they think they are the only people who love their country. Somehow singing 'God Bless America' is assumed to annoy the left; apparently they really do believe that we are communists who hate America.

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November 5, 2009 6:42 PM    in reply to Powkat

Little do they know that "America the Beautiful" can move me to tears.

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November 5, 2009 6:36 PM    in reply to Mintcon

LOL!! I had exactly the same reaction. Superpatriots, indeed. What a pathetic bunch.

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November 5, 2009 4:59 PM   

Can someone go interview some of these fruitcakes and ask them some questions about what they think is actually in these bills? I'll bet fewer than 1% actually know what they're protesting and a majority think they'll turn Grandma into Soylent Green.

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November 5, 2009 5:01 PM   

Ask the postman! Ask the mailman! Ask the milkman! White with foam...

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November 5, 2009 5:22 PM   

Ask the teabagger on the rooftop. Ask the teabagger in the woodpile. Ask the teabagger that's singing at your back door.

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November 5, 2009 5:40 PM   

They don't even know how to protest right!

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November 5, 2009 11:33 PM   

Gosh, when I first read that headline, I said to myself hey, if I was there watching the Teabaggers getting arrested, I would have been singing God Bless America too!

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November 6, 2009 2:52 AM   

Well, this is what democracy looks like - and sounds like. Not very organized. The most incredible moment was John Boehner waving a copy of the Constitution and declaring to the crowd he was going to quote it, then quoting the Declaration of Independence. Pathetic when a leader of a major party in Congress doesn't know one founding document from another. No wonder the country was going straight to hell under Republican rule.

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November 6, 2009 3:41 PM    in reply to chitowner

Oh my goodness. I could hardly believe it but then I realized who it was. Later Keith covered it and I almost peed my britches! They are a bunch of clowns.

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November 6, 2009 3:42 PM   

I thought this was the party of law and order and respecting the cops. Not so much

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