Protests against Washington spending took
place in more than 700 US cities Wednesday:
With protests in more than 700 US cities
Wednesday, and perhaps over 100,000 Americans
taking part, it's clear that a populist
counterpoint is expanding to protest what they
see as Washington profligacy. They're zeroing
in on corporate bailouts, a historic stimulus
package, and a budget that could add trillions
of dollars to the already massive US deficit.
Critics call tea partiers an irrational minority,
their movement a sign of a conservative power
vacuum.
Yet the impressive organizing effort styled
in many ways like the Democratic social-networking
playbook that worked so well last fall does
indicate to some experts that the Tea Parties
could have an effect on the body politic.
Read more:
'Tea Party protests: Could they rally change in
government?'
By Patrik Jonsson
Christian Science Monitor, April 16, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/dmapfw
