Oh, right, the counter-protest
April 15, 2009
There was one of those in Madison today. Here it is:
That’s it. No, I don’t mean a sample. This isn’t just a snapshot of the larger group. That’s the counter-protest. Three guys.
They said they were from One Wisconsin Now, which is one of those “non-partisan,” “independent” activist groups whose agenda just happens to miraculously go hand-in-hand with the Democratic Party’s.
UPDATE – linked by Conservative Grapevine. Thanks, John!
I saw these nimrods…the flip side of one of those signs actually says “Get Back To Work.” You think any of them would have the balls to carry that sign to an ACORN rally?
Actually they’re cute for socialists.
Just another reason I’m a proud Wisconsin resident who loves paying taxes to support these (union, I wager) people.
I lived in Madison for almost 3 years, but as a tax payer I’m glad I left.
The reason you see so few of these counter-protestors in Madison is that the city is considered the Berkley of the midwest, and while it promotes itself as being a haven of diversity, they only mean that in a racial sense. The vast majority of local residents are students and tenured professor-types who are life-long democrats who have been drinking the Kool-Aide so long that they don’t remember what water tastes like. You would think that environment would bring out more anti-capitalist protestors, but the result is counter-intuitive. Because the liberal mentality is never challenged there, they never stop to think up a reason for what they believe. When challenged, they resort to bumpersticker slogans, but quickly back down when faced with an opponent armed with facts. So you don’t see many ‘progressives’ when a conservative rally is held. The liberals only come out when they feel they have safety in numbers.
Thanks for the comments guys. Joe, I wish that were true. We had a taxpayer rally two years ago, to demand a no-tax-increase budget. The unions came out in force to counter us – we were outnumbered like 3 to 1. I have little doubt they and other groups would have liked to have done the same yesterday, but for some reason, they weren’t able to.
Lance, you’re talking about unions, which is a whole different segment of the democrat/liberal cult. The no tax increase rally was an attack on their paychecks, I would imagine. And that’s about the only time you’ll see union members get off their asses to protest.
I live in Milwaukee and visit Madison pretty regularly. During my visits, I saw frequent anti-Bush rallies, but whenever someone would approach me to join their misinformed group, I would politely, but firmly, let them know that I disagreed with their politics and they invariably removed themselves from my presence very quickly. Thus my belief that they are easily flustered when encountering opposing views.
Why do these men have gerbils in their back pockets?
Union people?…Pffft…The doof in the middle is Judge Smails. He took a day off from his duties as President of Bushwood CC to see what all the hoy-palloy was about. The guy on the right is Dr. Beeper while the opposing bookend is Balding Golfer #5.
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One Wisconsin Now seems pretty cheap and ineffective compared to the well-funded groups organizing the “grassroots” anti-tax protests themselves, like Americans for Prosperity, funded by the Koch brothers: #19 and #20 on Forbes’ list of the richest people on the planet.
But, I guess it’s hard to get people like the Kochs to back your efforts when you’re not exactly licking their boots and begging crumbs at their table like a bunch of trained dogs who bark in unison whenever Master snaps his fingers.
Yay! My first asshole liberal commenter!
Joe, I was here for the illegal immigrant (a.k.a. immigrant rights) rally a few years ago – they had thousands for that. And the anti-war rallies – two of them I can remember – was at least in the several hundreds. The libs can turn out their people if they try. They didn’t try this time.
That’s funny nelsonleith…I didn’t receive my paycheck for attending the Tea Parties here in Vermont…and i am guessing the other 500,000 people nationwide are wondering where their paychecks from AFP are.
Why is it that the lefties always go straight to projection…it is sad really..after 8 years of claiming Bush was a fascist we now *actually* have a fascist in office and their silence is deafening.
In fact if you want to know what the radical left and the Obama Administration is going to do next..just look back at the accusations they made towards the Bush Admin.
“I think thou doth protest too much”
That is one funny photo!
I am glad to see that there is an element of tongue-in-cheek fun in the Tea Party movement.
Thanks, guys! I appreciate the humor!
Susan Lucci called. She thinks these lads deserve an Emmy.
Also, Ann Althouse has more counterprotesters on her blog.
I think joefriday is right. I just graduated from UW-Madison and liberals in Madison take pretty much all of their beliefs for granted. Once when walking across campus, I was offered a cup of coffee and asked to sign a petition to make Madison a “Fair Trade” city (I think it did so shortly after). I took the coffee but said I wouldn’t sign and asked them why we should be a FT city. They stared dumbly at me for a few seconds, apparently surprised that someone would ask that. Then they said something vague about symbolic solidarity with Colombian coffee farmers. I replied that I didn’t think the city council needed to concern themselves with international trade, and that if parties voluntarily agree to an exchange, I saw no need to interfere just because of some abstract sense of guilt. Anyways, their open minds didn’t seem to value my alternative perspective too much. I think they really expected everyone to agree with their cause.