Teabaggers a no show in Kansas!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

Last night, in Wichita, the local Democratic party hosted a screening of the new documentary 'What's The Matter With Kansas?' It was the first event of DemoFest, a weekend gathering of the state Democratic party.

A right wing blog in Kansas had posted about the movie and asked teabaggers to come and protest. They wanted them to show 'what's right with Kansas'.
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http://rightwithkansas.blogspot.com/2009/09/come-one-come-all-this-friday.html

And not a one of them showed up!

:dem: :kick: :patriot: :dem: :kick: :patriot: :dem: :kick: :patriot: :dem: :kick: :patriot:

[Subdivisions]

1. Did the rightie blogger not offer to pay them like Dick Armey did? n/t

[gratuitous]

5. And the most pathetic thing

Is how little it costs to buy these cheap, mean little people.

[RKP5637]

7. Really creepy people... they seem to climb out of the woodwork when called.

These are the fake patriots of the country. The irony of it all is they spout freedom, democracy, patriotism, flag waving and their inane signs, but their bottom line is they want to take it away... and they don't even get how they are manipulated by their keepers. They are so clueless and as you said, "how little it costs to buy these cheap, mean little people."

[tkarolewics711]

10. To quote Rachel Maddow

"You can't have a successful teabag party without a "dick army". HAHAHAHA LOL

[Swamp Rat]

2. Dick Armey run out of free donuts and crayons?

Won't Glenn Beck defend his bal movement?

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Good one, Swampy. Very good.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. From that same blog - they found a Democrat running for office who speaks Spanish!

http://rightwithkansas.blogspot.com/2009/10/alan-jilka-for-congress-hes-bilingual.html

[ThatsMyBarack]

16. Ha! Ha!

Love your poster, Swampy! :hi:

[XemaSab]

3. The ironic thing is that the title of the book "What's the matter with Kansas?"

refers to Kansas's history as a left-wing firebrand state.

In short, why are they such radicals there? :shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. One very interesting part of the movie

talks about a socialist newspaper published in Kansas that had a wider circulation than the NYTimes.

"The socialist newspaper, The Appeal to Reason was moved to Girard in 1897 by its publisher, J. A. Wayland. It was circulated around the world, and became, perhaps, the largest circulated weekly paper in the world. Barred from using the mails for distribution in 1917, the paper and its successors struggled to survive until 1922." http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Girard/history.html

[Gabi Hayes]

24. as in Liberal, Kansas? I'm reading Stephen Ambrose's book about George McGovern's tour as a B-24

bomber pilot in WWII, and one of the places he trained was Liberal, Kansas

so there!

a real man

[Monk06]

4. Teabag protests are just soooo Aug 09. It's October and Obama lost the Olympics !!!!

Gotta keep up with the phony baloney RW
obsession of the moment.

[thunder rising]

8. And that resulted in a winger-world awh shit he's not the anti-christ.

And since he admitted to being black before the election they lost their wind.

[Monk06]

11. Yeah I love that come back, "Ya'll aren't racists because I was black before you hated me."

[asdjrocky]

6. Loved the book, can't wait to see the movie.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. It's not much like the book but it's good

Reminded me of Jesus Camp in parts.

[asdjrocky]

17. Jesus Camp, now that was a scary movie. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. So is this movie

It's sad. Kansas was home to radicals 100 years ago. A socialist newspaper with a higher circulation than the NYTimes was published in Kansas. But look at Kansas now. :scared:

[Gabi Hayes]

25. Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas. that's right. for those who don't think history

is being taught in our schools, one of the 8th grade history teachers at the jr. high down the street from my school (I used to work with him) does a section on Kansas' role in the runup/aftermath of the civil war and the horrible battles between pro/anti-slavery groups there:

The truce between slavery and freedom which had been maintained for thirty-five years was broken. The war was about to recommence with tenfold energy. Numerous events had greatly strengthened the abolition party in the North, and all other questions of public policy grew unimportant before the imminent demands of this. A reorganization of parties became necessary. The old Whig party had received its death-blow. The Democratic party divided into two sections, on new lines. Finally the Free Soilers and a section of the Whigs and Democrats fused together in opposition to the new aggressive attitude of slavery, and the Republican party came into existence, while the pro-slavery members of the old parties joined hands as a modified Democracy. The country was drifting it knew not whither. The armies were in the field, arrayed for legislative battle, and the hot and bitter sentiment that was widely manifested was full of the elements of actual war.

The first phase of hostility declared itself on the soil of Kansas, organized as a Territory on May 30, 1854. The decision that slavery might be introduced there led to warlike conflicts between settlers from the Northern States and armed parties from the adjoining slave State of Missouri. An organized effort had been made by the anti-slavery societies of the North to secure Kansas, by colonization with emigrants of abolition sentiments. Missouri made an equally strong effort to secure it to slavery, but rather by violence than by colonization. An armed band of two hundred and fifty Missourians marched upon the settlers at the new town of Lawrence, and threatened to drive them out at the point of the bayonet if they did not immediately strike their tents and leave the Territory. They refused to do so, and their assailants retired, without carrying out their threat. But this battle of words was followed by a series of sanguinary assaults upon the settlers, in which a state of actual war was inaugurated.

An election for a Territorial legislature was ordered in 1855. The slave-holders of Missouri and Arkansas at once adopted a new expedient. They entered the Territory in large bands, took possession of the polling-places, drove the actual settlers from the polls, and cast their votes in favor of pro-slavery candidates. Though the settlers numbered but 2905 voters, there were cast at this mockery of an election 6320 votes. In 1857 the pro-slavery legislature met, formed a Constitution, submitted it to the people, and ratified it at an election in which no votes in opposition were allowed or counted. This fraudulent operation was endorsed by the administration, but it was soon proved that the Free State settlers of Kansas were too greatly in the majority to be thus dealt with. A convention was held at Wyandotte in 1859, in the election of whose members, though many fraudulent pro-slavery votes were again polled, the Free State party gained a decided majority. A Constitution was adopted in which slavery was prohibited. This was submitted to popular suffrage, and carried by a vote of 10,421 for to 5530 against. In 1860, after the withdrawal of the Southern members from Congress, the State was admitted under this Constitution.

http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_III/bloodykan_da.html

lots more at above, and related, links

[WCGreen]

9. They will only come when Beck gives the command...

[greymattermom]

19. teabaggers

come when their organizers tell them to. They aren't free to attend just any event, or so I think. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. Yes they were probably waiting for Dick Armey to tell them to show up

[FormerDittoHead]

21. What? No luxury bus with TV's? No free meal / snacks? No complimentary Ann Colter Books? n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. So that's it!

LOL!

[FormerDittoHead]

23. s/b "Coulter".

This new editing timeout is going to make me change my post, then proof read habits!