Boston Tea Party: What a difference a year makes!

"Gonna make a tee shirt for Wed and received permission to use this image  from JENin140. Want one?" blog buddy and fellow tea partier Stoutcat of Grand Rants twittered us the other day. You betcha!

"Couldn't have planned for a better day" for the Boston Tea Party on the Common with Sarah Palin says local WBZ-TV morning anchor Paula Ebben, segueing to the weather segment this bright and sunny morning in coastal New England. Kind of fun — with a slight undercurrent of snark — to watch sausage a news meme being made right before our eyes. For us it's all about rallying with our fellow tea partiers and getting a glimpse of the woman of the hour. For the TV folks it's all about how to get a little controversy going to keep those eyeballs tuned in. Gotta get ready to head out in a minute. Not much time for blogging, but a few early-morning tweets to give the gist:

HOW SAUSAGE IS MADE: Local Boston TV wbz #teaparty meme of the day: Has SarahPalinUSA lost soccer-mom cred 'cause she's made millions?

Hey, RobiWBZ. Good to see you on the Common await'g SarahPalinUSA. Stop by the volunteer tent NW corner 2 say hi.

Woman on street says Sarah rocks

WHAT A DIFF A YR MAKES: Last yr MSM stayed away in droves. Now big media covering Boston #teaparty for a piece of the SarahPalinUSA pie.

Now wbz dangling ScottBrownMA's not being there as possible story hook. Do Repubs fear #teaparties? I should hope so.

Well, we're off to the shower, then gather up sign, camera, reporter's notebook and head into the big city. Should be a great day. Watch this space.

Update: An Instalanche is so nice to come home to. The day was a triumph though we couldn't really see or much hear the Divine Miss S. All that will be readily available online. Thousands of participants, including a contingent of grim but reasonably well behaved anti's. Police presence duly noted. For us it was mainly a great opportunity to take pictures, sign up folks for the Greater Boston Tea Party email list and shmooze with fellow believers in the Shining City Upon a Hill. More to come, but for now we're decompressing with a lovely rum-and-fruit-juice cocktail. Cheers!

Crossposted at Liberty Pundits.

Comments

[goomp]

Have a great day. I can hardly wait for your report of this famous Boston Tea Party.

[Teresa]

I know you're in the middle of all the doin's right now. Hope you're having a grand time! I am taking a small break from work to peak in. Wish I could've taken the time off to be there.

[willis]

I do hope someone turns up in Indian garb, decked out in warpaint,etc.

[Estragon]

Be careful what you wish for, willis - it might be Barney Frank!

[Formerly known as Skeptic]

Sissy, Rush just reported that Boston PD estimated the crowd at 13-16K! It was a great time although the sound system could have been better.

And...the "crashers" we were worried about all turned out to be blindingly obvious and generally well behaved.

[Miss Kelly]

Beautiful sunny weather, tons of friendly people of all ages and persuasions, a few kooks from all sides, nothing too weird though. I thoroughly enjoyed one middle-aged woman who was arguing about taxes with one of the long-haired college boys. He had a sign that said he was in favor of taxes and government programs. She asked him if he had a job. He said, no, he was in college and wasn't working. She said, well one day, you're gonna have to work, and you'll have to pay lots of taxes, and you won't like it very much when your tax dollars go to people who don't work. The college boy didn't have much to say at that. Agree with Skeptic, the "crashers" wmade themselves very obvious. I liked the "Gay Loggers for Cutting Down Trees" duo.