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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBachmann & Cain Teabagger Tampa Rally only draws 1200
and that's with Free Tickets.Cain, Bachmann applaud strength of tea party
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-cain-bachmann-cite-strength-of-tea-party-20120826,0,1401289.story
TAMPA, Fla. Defeated Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain told a Tea Party Unity rally here Sunday night that the conservative movement they championed in the primary election season has lost none of its power and will be fully engaged in the fall campaign to defeat President Obama.
Bachmann told the rally of about 1,200 tea party activists gathered at the River Church that they had already won by forcing the Republican Party to adhere closely to the activists goals of small government and reduced taxes.
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In the lobby of the church, several groups handed out literature and hawked conservative-themed merchandise. The most eye-catching of the works was by painter Jon McNaughton. It showed a shadowy Obama figure holding copy of the Constitution, set aflame. In the flames the word "obey" appears and, in the crumpled document, one can discern a hammer and sickle -- symbol of the old Communist Soviet Union.
The print, a part of McNaughton's "Nation Under Socialism" series -- sold for $69. The artist's work comes highly praised in the eyes of the tea party crowd -- recommended by Sean Hannity and mocked by Stephen Colbert.
(was gonna post the image, but won't bother. Imagine a Mormon fundy Thomas Kincade on acid)
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Bachmann & Cain Teabagger Tampa Rally only draws 1200 (Original Post)
riverwalker
Aug 2012
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. They should have invited Jim DeMint. He can draw a huge Teabagger crowd, as seen here....
<a href="http://imgur.com/0lXwB"><img src="" title="Hosted by imgur.com" alt="" /></a>
Erose999
(5,624 posts)2. I googled McNaughton... man, those are bad.
I'd pay $69 to kick this artist in the balls, but thats about it.
I didn't know there was a series.
I had seen the one with the Constitution and Jesus, but not the others.
RagAss
(13,832 posts)4. LOL - he'd probably let you !
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)5. Most attendees simply wanted to get in out of the wind and rain.
They were willing to ignore the yammering and jabbering nutjobs because they were inside and it was dry.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)6. There are still 1200 morons in Tampa? Weird.