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A Glenside Tea Party

Suburban Snapshot made it out to the Tea Party rally in Glenside this week. The Kitchen Table Patriots and the Thomas Jefferson Club were my hosts, and contrary to some liberal conventional wisdom, these folks aren’t fanatics.

Creativity was there in abundance. The homemade signs were clever, and definitely got the point across that the Democrats need to slow down on ramming through this health care reform bill.  One of the best signs I saw was a picture of a little girl with the saying below, “I’m only three years old and already I owe the government $40,000.”

In addition, this crowd of over 200 patriots from Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia counties believed that the current health care proposal by President Obama and his administration needs to be addressed, discussed, and rewritten with calmer, conservative minds.

Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, an 8th District congressional candidate for whom I work, told the crowd that “we can’t sit back any longer after what’s being proposed for our health care system. [Patrick] Murphy should stop hiding from his own constituents and allow the people of the 8th District to have a voice in the process.”

Other Republican candidates that spoke included Dee Adcock, a candidate in the 13th District; Gloria Carlineo, another candidate in the 8th District; Steve Lonegan, Director of the New Jersey chapter of Americans For Prosperity; Dr. Robert Sklaroff, a local conservative activist; and talk radio host Dom Giordano.

Say what you will about the Tea Party movement, but these members are not content to sit and watch life go by. These are people who believe in fiscal responsibility and a constitutional government—and they want their voices heard.

Like Thomas Jefferson said, “In matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

March 11, 2010 at 9:19 am

--Beth Hegedus

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