In an earlier post in which I discussed Dick Armey’s gloomy predictions that Obamacare would pass, I opined that while Dick Armey’s remarks might discourage ordinary political activists, they would be unlikely to deter the Tea Partiers:
I think that even if Armey somehow did cause the activists to stay home, the real people would still be pissed enough that they would not let up. And if the real people were to actually descend on Washington, that would scare the crap out of, out of them.
Well, they did, and it did.
There’s a great series of pictures Glenn Reynolds posted which shows the real people who are pissed off and who wouldn’t let up, and who went to today’s demonstration:
Despite what some want to believe, these people are not your regular Astroturf-style political activists who look to “leaders” for guidance. Far from being deterred by Armey, I doubt they gave him so much as a passing thought.
And it looks like it worked too!
As the sign says, hell hath no fury.
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7 responses to “Hell hath no fury like real people scorned”
Ace is calling it Demon Pass.
Meh. Where was all that fury seven years ago when we committed sums on the same order of magnitude as the HCR bill on a poorly conceived, mendaciously justified war in Iraq?
This has nothing to do with “the people” at large – those of us in favor of HCR are a significant part of “the people,” too. All I see is foot stomping and people in denial about the fact that elections matter. The left was pretty unhappy about Bush 43 policy and sure as hell wasn’t quiet about it. But who the hell do these folks think won the last election? If the policy is that bad – the bums will get thrown out in November, and again two years after that. This is the way a democracy works: it ain’t pretty, and it’s not guaranteed to make you happy. But the last election is a fact, just like the elections for 2000 and 2004. Line up and make your feeling clear in eight months. That’s the way it works.
Dear leftist troll AemJeff:
You might have a point about lack of justifiable fury had you compared the current rage against HCR with Bush’s expansion of Medicare via the prescription drug law.
But to make a comparison with the Iraq war that received bipartisan support from the leaders of the Democratic Party (who had access to the exact same intelligence as the administration) and then try to give THEM cover by claiming it was “mendaciously justified” shows YOUR blinded partisan bias.
As far as elections are concerned, I’m sure your buddies at Acorn will do their best to keep Il Duce and his thugs in power.
Wow, Frank, dude! Can you write a sentence that achieves any combination of having a discernible point and lacking pointless invective?
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Wow, dude, AemJeff. Wait a while before you post after rolling a big fat one. Either that, or eat something.
DEM is in trouble either way, if the bill passes HCR will cost so much the DEM will have difficulty getting reelected, if it fails to pass the DEM and Obama are ineffective and have no control.
This for the DEM is a lose lose situation.