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SUMMARY:Arizona's Tea Party
DESCRIPTION:Sorry, didn't get it posted before, so sharing the happeni
 ng after. As most of you know, Mr. Obama arrived in Mesa, Az to discus
 s the Mortgage bail out. Here is a write up in the paper.\n\nMore than
  500 protest Obama's arrival\nPresidential protesters made their voice
 s heard in chants and signs Wednesday outside Dobson High School.\n\nC
 atholics pray for Obama at vigil\n\nSLIDESHOW: President Obama's visit
  to Mesa\n\nDobson buzzes with excitement over Obama\nText of Obama's 
 speech\n\nThe protesters, about 500 to 600 strong and growing, began a
 rriving as ticket holders walked in.\n\nMesa police set up a protest a
 rea along Guadalupe Road.\n\nThey held their signs up high: \"Don't tr
 ead on me,\" \"Spend all you want, I'll pick up the tab,\" \"I'll keep
  my freedom! You keep the change!\" \"Free fertility drugs now.\" And 
 \"B.O. smells and so does Socialism.\"\n\nA Gilbert woman, with a sign
  that said, \"Fund bikini wax now,\" said she is entitled to the beaut
 y treatment.\n\n\"It's a self-esteem issue and hygiene issue, which ma
 kes it a health care issue. I think we're all entitled,\" said the wom
 an in jest. She only gave the name JoAnne, because she is skipping wor
 k.\n\nCritics of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio showed up in force
 , as well.\n\nAt one point about 15 members of Somos America, in strip
 ed jail garb and linked by chains, marched passed the presidential pro
 testers. Those protesters responded with chants: \"We love Joe!\"\n\nR
 ob McElwain, spokesman for Somos, said they want an end to laws that a
 llow local police to enforce immigration laws, an end to Arpaio's immi
 gration sweeps and a federal investigation into Arpaio.\n\nThe Mesa Po
 lice Department stationed four neutral observers outside the school, i
 ncluding Phil Austin, former president of the Mesa Association of Hisp
 anic Citizens.\n\nAustin said things went smoothly, except for a few v
 endors trying to sell goods without a permit.\n\nAs protesters held th
 eir signs high, they exchanged cheers with the honking cars that passe
 d.\n\nThe general message of the protesters was that Obama's policies 
 would lead the country toward socialism.\n\n\"I'm out here to exercise
  my First Amendment rights while I still have them,\" said Tim Guiney,
  52, a Phoenix sales manager. \"Everything that man stands for is the 
 antithesis of what this country was founded on. He's a Marxist, fascis
 t.\"\n\nLee Bauer, 53, a social and fiscal conservative, said she does
 n't believe in the $787 billion stimulus package signed by Obama Tuesd
 ay in Denver.\n\n\"Obama's stimulus package has only mobilized the opp
 osition,\" she said.\n\nFormer Republican Congressman J.D. Hayworth of
  Arizona also was in attendance.\n\nHe called the bill a \"trillion-do
 llar boondoggle.\"\n\nA man shouted over a megaphone, \"I want to see 
 if the president is driving a (Toyota) Prius or an electric car.\"\n\n
 Went Very Well\n\nFor more information visit https://wethepeopleusa.ni
 ng.com/events/arizonas-tea-party
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090223T190000
CATEGORIES:tea, party
LOCATION:Dobson HS   Feb. 21, 2009
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sondra Bronsard/Arizona State Coordinator":https://wethe
 peopleusa.ning.com/profile/SandiB
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