Memo to Baghdad Bob Gibbs: The Infidels Have Arrived

Patrick Byers — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:27:21 +0000

Update: I’ve had a lot of trackbacks come in referencing the first overhead picture, so I thought props would be appropriate. However, I don’t have a source for it – it was tweeted by @lizblaine, but it wasn’t clear if she took it herself.

I had read about the DC 9/12 rally, but I admit I didn’t think it would be a huge to-do. I got up this morning and got on Twitter, just out of curiosity, and I was flabbergasted at the at the turnout. Rumor has it they are over a million. And just imagine what it would be if times were better and more of us could afford to fly out there…

Rooftop Cell Phone Image

It’s going full throttle presently, and I figure pictures will do it more justice than anything I can write. I’m going to pull together pictures and video coming from the rally as it goes. I’ll be updating this post for the next couple of hours with images and tweets I collect from on the ground.

@vannschaffner At the Capitol Building

@brinux Racism Sign

@vannschaffner Holding up the flag

@theGOPalliance Protest Signs

@vannschaffner Holding up the Flag

@aemenefee Hands off HC Bus

@markdkelly2 #912dc on the lookout for a mass produced sign. haven’t seen one in a sea of hundreds of thousands.
@markdkelly2 #912dc from the platform, “speaker pelosi, we’ve replaced the grass on west lawn with astroturf.”
@markdkelly2 #912dc over 1 million people singing the national anthem.
@markdkelly2 #912dc from the platform, “America to Charlie Rangle, pay your taxes.” crowd chants along.

@thatsright_95 At Federal Building

@beesnguns Hard Day

@ohio_tea_party Have a Staffer look up

@chazmof New best sign: “God asks 10%, King George asked for 2%, how much will Obama ask for?” #912dc
@chazmof Sign on stroller: I’m 2, how much do Oi owe? #912dc

@FreeMountaineer Best 9/12 sign yet: If We Socialize Medicine, Where Will Canadians Go? #912dc

This From @Vodkapundit:

George Addresses today's Congress

Also via @Vodkapundit:

Stacy McCain just called in with a bunch more protest signs spotted on The Mall:

Congress are you foolish enough to bet against our vote in 2010?

If you’re not outraged you’re not paying taxes.

Obamanomics – our dollars, no sense, trickle up poverty.

2009 Intolerable Acts – Cap & Trade, Bailouts, Obamacare.

@this80sgirl Don

@rst379 Obey the Constitution

@jeffdubya ACORN Field Office

Jim Demint & Mike Pence Speak

@AmandaCarpenter http://twitpic.com/hgxkn – Jim DeMint tells crowd: “Welcome to Waterloo!”

@woodkatm: Pres said if we disagree he would call us out/ Demint just said Hey Prez we are out! #912dc

@markdkelly2 #912dc DeMint “we need new leaders who will tell us the truth . . . not the audacity to say these policies won’t increase our debt”

@markdkelly2 #912dc DeMint “if you continue to stand up and speak out, we will save freedom.”

@markdkelly2 #912dc Pence, “nowhere in the Constitution will you find the word czar.”

These and more from The Corner at National Review:

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Memo to Baghdad Bob Gibbs: The Infidels Have Arrived

Jim Demint & Mike Pence Speak