I just returned home from Tea Party Express national bus tour VII – picked up mail from the P O box, petted Sammy our greyhound who was excited to see me and enjoyed listening to Mark Levin rant on the radio.
Later, relaxing on the sofa, I reflected back to the tour. Obviously, the highlight was June 5th in Wisconsin when Gov. Scott Walker won the recall.
What I found most charming and symbolic of the grassroots spirit of the tea party was our “whistle stop” in a tiny little town called Englewood, Florida.
A whistle stop is not a full-blown scheduled rally with sound equipment, sound engineers, staging and etc. Whistle stops usually consist of our tour buses arriving at a decided location. Our team, (speakers, singers and entertainers) does a brief meet and greet with the patriots. Then, we get back on the buses and head to the next city on the schedule for our rally.
The crowd of 50 or so flag waving patriots who greeted our buses in Englewood was extremely excited and enthusiastic. When I stepped off the bus, my eyes focused on a woman jumping up and down in the crowd. She was excited to see me. I ran and gave her a big hug. The crowd cheered. It felt like a family homecoming.
Our buses parked in front of a little storefront which was their tea party headquarters. “Take Back America” was printed in big block letters on the picture window.
Our Tea Party Express team hung out quite a while enjoying the fellowship.
Since this was only a whistle stop, the truck hauling our sound equipment did not accompany us to Englewood. Our sound guys were on their way to the next location preparing for the rally.
Sensing the enthusiastic vibe of the crowd, a staff member dug in a storage bay under one of our buses and found a small sound system with a microphone attached. This allowed our team to take turns addressing the fired up grateful crowd.
My brief speech encouraged Englewood patriots to continue doing what they are doing. Gov. Scott Walker taught us a powerful lesson – one bold, truly committed conservative can make a huge difference. Gov. Walker's victory has embolden governors across America to take on the unions and reign in unsustainable insane spending. Hopefully, I inspired patriots with the knowledge that their books, songs, phone calls, letters to the editor and etc all matter. Keep doing your part and we will defeat the evil, racist and divisive Obama administration in November!
Hanging out with the small town Englewood patriots reminded me what the tea party is all about and why our dedicated Tea Party Express team does what we do.
Oh my gosh, my lawn has grown a foot since I've been away. Note to self: Call lawn guy.
Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
Chairman – www.CampaignToDefeatObama.com
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"We The People" Are Here To Stay And We Ain't Going Away!
Lloyd, thank you for all that you do.
The tea party is small town America.Those who will fight is Small towns all over America.Lead on.
Thank God for all the Patriots that are Standing in this Tyrants Way for "The Sea Of Tea Shall Engulf Thee" Mr. President !!!
Lloyd Marcus- -Please, keep on doing what you're doing and God Bless!
G-d bless the Tea Party express!
we the people i called maxine waters office,and was voicing my opinion ,and i told the women there that ovomit is ineligible to be president,and she immediately cut me off,and said that i have to be educated,and i said no,you have to be educated and she hung up on me,i called back a 2nd time,and she wouldn,t let me finish my opinion about ovomit and hung up on me the 2nd time,then i called back right away a 3rd time,and another women answered,and said we have your phone number,and if you call again we are going to report it to the police,and i kept talking and said are you going to give my opinion to maxine,and they hung up on me again.they are not allowing me to voice my opinion,and they sound very racist to me.they threatened me by saying that if i call again,they would call the police,this is a threat to my freedom of speech,and the constitituion.maxine waters and office.are threatening my opinion and freedom of spepech.we the people this is unconstitiuional for maxine waters office to threaten me not to call again,or they will tell the police.so i am writing a letter and contacting my local politicians.this type of behavior must not be tolerated.god bless ron paul,sheriff joe and cold case posse,chuck norris,and all american veterans/citizens.one nation under god
Great write, Lloyd. And even if the Tea Party isn't getting the press exposure, we're out here everywhere and we're still growing stronger every time the Dalibama speaks.
We all have our jobs cut out for us, and we are grateful to those who are willing to take the message out and abroad. Thank you Lloyd and the rest of the Tea Party leadership for your dedication and commitment to shrink the government's size and rule over our every day lives.
Thanks for all your whole gang is doing for America,We the People will win in November.
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