Tea-baggers and teachers.
APRIL 16, 2010
Yesterday’s tea party events were a bust. In New York, three set-aside areas put up for the tax day event weren’t needed as there were barely enough loonies to fill up one. Here in Chicago, the turn-out was in the hundreds. In Washington, several thousand showed up, which isn’t even as many people as The Mall has on a normal day. If this is what the Republicans are counting on to return them to power, I say go for it.
But the power of mass protest was visible yesterday. Thousands of teachers, parents and students pushed back on the Jeb Bush legacy of Florida’s Senate Bill 6, and as a result, Republican governor Charlie Crist vetoed the bill. By taking this action, he took a stand, not only against