Your New hero: Barbara Espinosa
Every revolution begins with one courageous individual, relentlessly dedicated to a cause -- and perhaps written up in my American Spectator column:
Tom's Tavern in Phoenix was "packed to the rafters" Monday morning, Barbara Espinosa told me. "You could hardly move."
The tavern was the scene of a "Health Care Town Hall" event hosted by J.D. Hayworth, the former Arizona Republican congressman who is now a popular talk radio host on KFYI in Phoenix.
President Obama was in town to address the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Ms. Espinosa was a member of the crowd who marched from Tom's Tavern to the Phoenix Convention Center to welcome the president, carrying signs with slogans like, "Pull the Plug on ObamaCare" and "Marx Was Not a Founding Father."Had Ms. Espinosa not been in the crowd, I wouldn't have known about the protest. She posted a notice of the Tom's Tavern rally on her blog and, using her cell phone, sent me photos of the protest that I posted on my blog.
Welcome to the Information Age, where somebody's grandma is changing the world one Facebook updateat a time. . . .
Read the whole thing. Ms. Espinosa is planning to attend the 9/12 Taxpayer March on DC, so we might have to organize a "Smittypalooza" in her honor. You should add her as your Facebook friend.
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Labels: Arizona, Barack Obama, Barbara Espinosa, blogging, Facebook, health care, J.D. Hayworth, Phoenix
Musical lament for a massive failure:
'By the Time Obama Got To Phoenix'
Performed by J.D. Hayworth and the Angry Mob Singers:
By the time I get to Phoenix my plan is dying
I hear the crowds, and House members running for the door
They laugh when we reach the part about cost savin'
Cause they've heard that so many times before . . .
Fisherville Mike has the rest of that tune.
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Labels: Barack Obama, health care, humor, J.D. Hayworth, Phoenix
Monday, August 17, 2009Posted by Robert Stacy McCain at 3:30 PM 30 comments Links to this post
Angry mob' awaits Obama in Phoenix
UPDATE: LIVE PHOTOS!
BUMPED 11:45 a.m. ET: Barbara Espinosa is sending photos from Phoenix via her Blackberry:
A friendly historical reminder about the American founding. And notice the yellow sign at right: "Obama's New Motto: How Can I Fool Them Today?" Except I don't think it's exactly new . . .
Notice that this lady is in a wheelchair. You may look at her and say, "Oh, look -- a patriotic American exercising her First Amendment right to free speech!" But that just goes to show you what an evil racist you are. (BTW, thanks to Jimmie Bise for the linkage.)
An unidentified hottie in front of the KFYI radio booth displays her opposition to ObamaCare, as well as her nice legs. In Barbara's last message, she reported that it's 100 degrees in Phoenix today, so if the Tea Party ladies are dressed for the weather . . . We're understanding. We care.
Beth Straley displays her "Birther" pride. I am on record in opposition to Birtherism, although co-blogger Smitty is moderate on that issue. Still, you've got to love that one bumper sticker on Ms. Straley's sign:
Kenya Called. They Want Their Marxist Back."
If that's not worth a "Heh," I don't know from "Heh."
A friendly Phoenix welcome for our Commander-in-Chief. Please note the yellow Gadsden Flag in the right background of the photo.
(ORIGINAL POST) 11:13 a.m. ET: My new BFF, American Freedom blogger Barbara Espinosa of Arizona, informs me that the Arizona Tea Party Patriots are rallying this morning in Phoenix, where President Obama is due to address the annual convention of the VFW.
KFYI's J.D. Hayworth has live coverage of the rally at Tom's Tavern. Rumors that Barbara Espinosa has gotten a Gadsden Flag tattoo have not yet been confirmed.
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Labels: Arizona, Barbara Espinosa, J.D. Hayworth, Phoenix
Kathleen Sebelius is a total douchebag
No. Wait a minute. No responsible journalist would write such a headline about the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
I misspoke.Sorry about that, Madame Secretary. You understand.
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Who the Heck Is
Robert Stacy McCain?
"Being Notorious Is Not the Same as Being Famous, But It's Better Than Being Anonymous."
August 23,2009
Robert Stacy McCain "The Other McCain" is a funny knowledgable blogger/reporter who I met at the RightOn Convention sponsored by Americans for Prosperity in Pittsburgh, Pa. Stacy you need to know I am not the only grandmother protesting since you wrote the above article I have received around 50 notes from grandmother's giving the thumbs up, old ladies still got it and cheering us on.
