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Flordia Tea Party Protesters against Govt Spending and President Obama's Policies
Fort Lauderdale Tea Party protesters declare: End "fiscal lunacy"

Tea Party protesters stirred up over government spending.

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A hearse with a sign on the window reading "born free but taxed to death" drives past protesters lined up in front of the Federal Courthouse on Broward Blvd. This was one of many Republican-led protests against taxes, modeled after the Boston Tea Party (in spirit, anyway; there are no ships of tea to unload) demonstration against taxes keyed to the holiday. (Mike Stocker, Sun Sentinel / July 4, 2009)

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5:47 PM EDT, July 4, 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE - In a sea of red, white and blue, hundreds of anti-tax demonstrators took to the streets in Fort Lauderdale to speak out against government spending and President Obama's policies.

Hoisting a sign with the message "My grandchildren do not deserve fiscal lunacy,'' Frank Sullivan of Tamarac stood in the crowd, hoping to make his point.

Sullivan, a retired police officer, said the president is spending too much too fast to serve a liberal agenda. "You don't appease the bully,'' said Sullivan, referring to liberals.

Dubbed a Tea Party, the protest was one of many held around the country Saturday. They drew on the symbolism of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, when colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they considered an unfair tax.

Organizers estimated that the last such protest in Fort Lauderdale, held in April, drew about 5,000 people.

Initially Saturday's demonstration in Fort Lauderdale was going to be held in a park, but lack of permits shifted the rally to Broward Boulevard, in front of the federal courthouse.

Under a blazing sun, the crowd chanted, "USA.'' Some wore T-shirts with messages like "Obama: How you like him now?'' and "Send Barry back to Kenya.''

Republican Allen West, who unsuccessfully challenged Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Klein last year, gave a speech promising to help win seats in 2010 and 2012 and put the country back on a more conservative course.

"For Fourth of July it's really remarkable that people would stand out in the heat to express their distrust of our government,'' said radio host Joyce Kaufman on WFTL, AM 850.

Kaufman said people are stirred up because Obama is handling the country's finances all wrong.

"You have to give tax relief to people and grant corporations the money they need to put people back to work,'' she said.

In April, an aide to the Obama administration responded to the criticisms coming out of tea parties, saying they were unfounded since the president is cutting taxes for most Americans, according to The Associated Press.

Javier Alvarez, of North Miami Beach, nabbed one of few spots in the shade Saturday and held a copy of the Declaration of Independence so people passing could see it.

He is against mandating health care reform and the cap-and-trade plan in Congress to deal with climate control.

"The Declaration of Independence used to mean something,'' he said. "But our freedom is being squashed.''

Georgia East can be reached at geast@SunSentinel.com or 954-356-4629. Copyright 2009, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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The Politicians won't take the Tea Party Movement seriously until they file all the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, and start raising money.

Pissed off people in the street makes good media, but it doesn't cause immediate change until there is money backing a potential opponet.

Then you might see the Politicans taking the message to heart.
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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn drew boos from a crowd outside the Texas Capitol this afternoon as he spoke at a “tea party” rally organized by the Texas office of Americans for Prosperity.

Cornyn was booed at the start and close of his remarks, which assailed actions in Washington; there were no boos while he awarded a Purple Heart to a Copperas Cove resident injured in Iraq in 2006.

“You’re the problem,” a crowd member hollered.

Another crowd member yelled that Cornyn voted for the initial federal bailout of Wall Street approved by Congress last year, the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

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