Opponents of the Obama administration and its stimulus and budget plans intend to hold "Tea Party" protests in several West Virginia communities today to mark Tax Day, The Associated Press reports.
(Update: AP covered the event held outside the state Capitol, as did the Charleston Daily Mail and MetroNews. The latter two have photos.)
Similar events are expected across the country, and have been promoted by both the state GOP and national Republican Party, as well as by Fox News.
Charleston's organizers and planned participants include a perennial Republican legislative candidate, according to the Daily Mail, and at least one other attendee of last year's state GOP presidential nominating convention.
Organizers of a Huntington "Tea Party," held Tuesday, included a "former chairman of the West Virginia Young Republican Club," the Herald-Dispatch reports.
Obama lost West Virginia in November, attracting only 42.6 percent of the vote. He also lost all but two of the counties where "Tea Parties" are slated.
Others with coverage include MetroNews and The Journal of Martinsburg, which dubs these events "all-American." (Update II: The Intelligencer of Wheeling, The Journal of Martinsburg (with separate article here), the News and Sentinel of Parkersburg, The Register-Herald of Beckley and The Charleston Gazette also have reports.)
15 April 2009
Tea Parties in West Virginia (Updated)
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What a waste. Leave it up to the Republicans to try and "tea bag" the White House.
Nice spin. Obama lost zero countries where "Tea Parties" were slated, but I don't see any note of that. They're also being held in every state and I seem to recall that he won a few of those.
Dissent is only patriotic when it's Democrats dissenting.
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