Chicago After Action Report

CNN reporter loses her mind on national TV

The Tea Party in Chicago was a resounding success like so many around the country. I went downtown myself and arrived shortly after the rally had begun. Federal Plaza was packed with a standing room only crowd. I would say that it would have been nice if there had been a raised stage because it was impossible to see the speakers due to the number of people in attendance. But regardless, it was fun to wander around reading all of the different signs that people had on display. The people there were well behaved and polite; something you don't usually get from the left. Speakers included Mancow Muller and Jonathan Hoenig among others, speaking about the current situation and how we got here. Founding Bloggers have posted lots of pictures of the event that will give you a taste of what it was like to be there.

Contrary to what some in the left media would have you think, this was not an event sponsored by the RNC. Indeed, I was very pleased to hear that organizers refused Michael Steele's attempt to insert himself into the rally as a speaker. It is, indeed, time for the officials in government to be listening to us, not the other way around.

With regards to stage time, we respectfully must inform Chairman Steele that RNC officials are welcome to participate in the rally itself, but we prefer to limit stage time to those who are not elected officials, both in Government as well as political parties. This is an opportunity for Americans to speak, and elected officials to listen, not the other way around.

It should be noted that the left and their handmaidens in The Elite Media Monoculture are spinning like mad in an attempt to portray this as manufactured by the Republican party rather than being a grass-roots effort. But the argument, such as it is, falls flat when Republicans are targets of citizen outrage too. The massive spending spree in Washington has been going on for some time now, and Republicans should get their share of the blame. The elites in both parties need to be kicked out and replaced with people who will be responsible stewards of the national interest. Right now we have only a few in congress from either party who fit that description. The job of cleaning out the dead wood and replacing it will take years.

Official numbers coming in from the organizers show that the total attendance across the country was about 650,000. It is no wonder that the left is freaking out. Conservatives coming out and protesting in massive numbers is something that the left is just not used to or able to comprehend. This is the last thing that the left wants. They prefer that conservatives be unseen and unheard so that the left will be able to push their socialist agenda without any critics causing inconvenient delays or objections. They are cowards you see. They are unwilling and unable to defend their plans on the basis of ideas or evidence because there is no evidence in history that collectivism works and no theory that hasn't been soundly refuted by free market economists, historians and political writers over the centuries since the country's founding. And so they resort to smears, lies and scare tactics to make you think what they want you to think. And the dinosaur media is a big part of the problem.

As evidence for this, we should take a look at the now infamous video of CNN 'reporter' Susan Roesgen having a hysterical nervous breakdown on live national TV at the Chicago Tea Party. Judge for yourself whether there is any possible way that today's Elite Media Monoculture can claim to be fair or objective when the 'reporter' spends her on air time arguing with the protesters instead of gathering information about the who, what and why, etc., as a journalist is supposed to do. Lecturing and yelling at the people there is not what you would expect from a reporter who was really interested in getting the story. But if you have an agenda you are trying to push, then it comes as no surprise.