'American Spring' organizers baffled as to where their 10-30 million 'patriots' went

[babylonsister]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/19/1300477/--American-Spring-organizers-baffled-as-to-where-their-10-30-million-patriots-went?detail=facebook

Mon May 19, 2014 at 01:06 PM PDT
'American Spring' organizers baffled as to where their 10-30 million 'patriots' went

by Hunter

Screenshot of Operation American Spring rally, billed to host 10-30 million Americans

Operation American Sprung


The tea party folks that descended on Washington D.C. to overthrow the government last Friday are still a bit bewildered as to why the predicted 10-30 million "patriots" who they expected to show up did not, leaving them instead with a confused group of a few dozen or so. Among the possible explanations: Patriots don't like getting wet.

“We were getting over two inches of rain in hour in parts of Virginia this morning,” Mr. Milton said. “Now it’s a nice sunny day. But this is a very poor turnout. It ain’t no millions. And it ain’t looking like there’s going to be millions. Hundreds is more like it.”

Pro tip for future revolutionary movements: Try to plan your rebellions around fair weather.

“This isn’t just the one day thing,” Mr. Milton said. “Most of our group [126 from Texas] are going to stay most of the weekend. And when the bikers come in, there will much more. I know Connecticut’s here. I know Colorado’s here. I think Utah, maybe.”

Well, there's a tipoff. You're bringing 126 people from Texas and hoping the rest of the country will chip in the other 30 million?

He also said the some of the planned Operation American Spring members who were planning to head to Washington, D.C., instead traveled to Nevada, to give support to cattle rancher Cliven Bundy in his fight against the federal government over grazing fees.

That must be it. Quick, someone head over to the Bundy Ranch and see if there are 30 million people camping out near his barbecue.

[ProSense]

1. I saw that. The

title alone is worth a...

[kelliekat44]

2. It's refreshing to know that there are not 30 million idiots here. nt

[nomorenomore08]

5. I wouldn't be surprised if 10% (or more) of Americans agree with these stupid fucks.

It's just most of them are too damn lazy to "march on Washington."

[workinclasszero]

46. How u gonna have a nazi coup...

when ur fridge is full of cold beer, u got a months supply of Cheetos's and hot pockets and 200 plus channels on ur 65 inch flat screen TV?

Nope Junior ain't going nowhere but his man-cave in Mamas basement!

But hey, they are fierce keyboard warriors, you betcha!

[genwah]

3. Siri's been taken over by Liberals!

[Blue Owl]

4. Anyone ever follow up on the camps?

You know, the millions who were stranded due to floods and such...

[freshwest]

12. What camps? These camps? The OAS is hiding, just like this post was hidden:

Urgent Message For All Teapublicans

Dear Teapublicans,

Please be advised that your days of freedom are numbered now. In FACT the buses will be along in just 48 hours now to collect you from your homes and transport you to those FEMA death camps where you'll be forced to endure nonstop liberal propaganda and sharia law. You'll be put to work in chain gangs repaving roads and reparing bridges. Your wives and daughters will be forced to breed with dark-skinned people and their babies will be aborted at random. Your homes and belongings will be redistributed amongst the union thugs who run the camps and your bibles will be used as fuel to heat those homes. You will endure psychologically scarring conditioning regimens to convert you into muslim atheists like Obama and you will all be given free cell phones whether you want them or not bwahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This post was made with 100% recycled electrons.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=212590

Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said:

I'm laughing my ass off, but I guess this shouldn't be here. The guy has 7 posts, with 2 already hidden, a bragging profile and has got the wingnut dogma down pat.

I don't know why his other posts were hidden. Maybe he's drunk as a skunk tonight. Maybe he's a troll here to make DU looks bad to those who are lurking.

The use of the racist theme is the reason I'm voting to hide. If he'd used a icon I guess it would pass with an edit, but he really did say exactly what wingnuts believe. Still...

Other that that, I'm at this wingnut taunting post.

'Given free cell phones whether they want them or not.'

At the FEMA death camps. OMG.

*spits on monitor*

I confess. I was Juror #6.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. lol!

love that pic

[Rockyj]

59. What he/she said is true! Why would anyone...

vote to hide this post? They also believe in Chem-trails, HARP, NWO, Illuminati, Aliens, and Alex Jones. Its funny but many of them really believe that we're in the end of times (in a biblical sense) and that's kind of scary. Because if they believe we're living in the end to times they have nothing to lose.

[Squinch]

6. They're almost cute.

[Spazito]

7. LOL! The perpetually baffled...

baffled about spelling, baffled about the 20th century (not to mention totally flummoxed about the 21st).

[VanillaRhapsody]

10. Baffled why White people allow a Black man to occupy the Oval Office....

that's their biggest "baffle"

[Spazito]

13. Yes, it is part of their wanting the 19th century back...

a big part. They are racists, pure and simple.

[11 Bravo]

48. Other things that baffle Teabaggers: Chinese finger traps, velcro, ...

and what happens to the refrigerator light when the door is closed.

[freshwest]

56. LOL!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

15. Toilets indoors....

....not stand alone sheds made of wood or blue plastic....baffling indeed!

[Spazito]

18. LOL!

Damn, think how even more baffled they would be if the color of the port-a-potties changed to orange, they will think they are huge traffic cones!

[malaise]

8. Shouldn't he be more concerned with why they never came before he

contemplates whre they went?

I say they got lost among the port-a-potties.

[lastlib]

35. I heard the womenfolk were complaining about someone peeing in the purse-holder....

(you know, the little gray plastic thing that's mounted in 'em a little below waist-level, usually has a hole in it with a tube you-know-where...)

[malaise]

40. LOL

[waddirum]

53. it took me a minute...

... but then

[pinboy3niner]

41. Oh, c'mon, malaise

One or two million falling into the port-a-pottties, yeah. But all 30 million?

[malaise]

42. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahah

choking with laughter on my coffee.

I'm beginning to think it was all a hoax to put the tea party idiots in their place (just in time for Super Tuesday).

[NightWatcher]

9. he confused a few Keyboard Commandos for masses of real people???

[reflection]

22. The 101st Chairborne. n/t

[Jamastiene]

44. This should get a DUzy!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. Their entire life is baffling

How the majority of them have lived this long without being suffocated by a stray plastic bag or jamming a metal utensil into a light socket is completely baffling....

[freshwest]

57. LOL

[muntrv]

14. Check the CrackerBarrels!

[GP6971]

16. Was their founder

even there? col (ret, deranged) riley????haven't seen any references or pictures of him.

[genxlib]

17. The weather excuse was always bs

If you travel all the way from Utah, you aren't going to sit in your freaking hotel room because of rain.

Even if you do, you would come out when the rain clears.

At most, it might deter the day drive people.

Still, not a lot of stiff spine individualism on exhibit there.

[spanone]

19. alien abduction. got to be.

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[genxlib]

20. No clue

They pulled that number right out of their backsides.

When your estimates have a margin of error (~20 million) larger than the estimate itself, then you know the number is made up.

[GP6971]

21. You knew it was a publicity stunt

when you didn't see a sound stage, no rows and rows of porta johns, medical aid tents, increased food vendors etc.

[Initech]

23. Watch Fox News try to justify it by reporting a tin foil shortage in Washington DC.

[Thinkingabout]

24. Was Catherine Engelbrecht one of the Patriots? She runs the True the Vote

Website and produces big numbers claiming voter fraud but no proof. BTW, she will gladly accept your donations.

[yellowcanine]

25. "When the bikers come in there will be much more."

“This isn’t just the one day thing,” Mr. Milton said. “Most of our group are going to stay most of the weekend. And when the bikers come in, there will much more. I know Connecticut’s here. I know Colorado’s here. I think Utah, maybe."

You can't make up this shit.

[GP6971]

30. Well

they just did.....par for the course with them

[yellowcanine]

26. The good news is every participant had their choice of portopotties all day long.

[bottomofthehill]

27. Clearly the Rapture

[shenmue]

29. Huzzah!

[progressoid]

39. Oh Sweet Jesus...

[renate]

61. thank you!

My favorite Six Feet Under scene EVER!

[Gothmog]

28. These idiots do not live in the real world

They believe their own BS. This reminds of the unskewed polls and the Romney supporters who were shocked that Romney lost. You have to live in the real world

[smallcat88]

31. Half the crap

these jokers come up with is just delusional wishful thinking. I remember when I was a kid - I'm reasonably intelligent, fair share of common sense - I figured everyone else in the world was the same. Growing up was a bit of a nightmare for me. (Would put a naïve smiley here if there was one.)
My guess is these people are working the other end of that except they're doing it as adults. They think everyone is as stupid as they are - though, of course, they don't see themselves as stupid. Bigotry, to them, is the 'way it's supposed to be'. Go figure.

[freshwest]

58. Tell me about it! So true.

[avebury]

33. Were they taken away by the

rapture?

[Jack Rabbit]

34. Maybe they went on strike

They want the Koch brothers to pay them minimum wage.

[freshwest]

36. Which would be no wages at all:

“We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

And Rand Paul, a Koch puppet, wants a national Right To Work law, so no organizing to get more:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014389452

But I bet most of them are welfare kings and queens.



Just sayin'

[Proud Liberal Dem]

37. They are all seriously deluded

to believe that there were that many people whom subscribe to their fantasies of "overthrowing" our government, much less believe that they would have been able to get them to resign en masse just on their say-so.

I wish I could find a video clip but it reminds me of a scene from Season 5 of Babylon 5 where Londo and G'Kar are locked in a dungeon after Londo insists that he go wherever G'Kar goes (after G'Kar is detained) and Londo is convinced that his arrest would generate a massive outrage that would lead to a popular revolt against their leader, the Regent. Unfortunately, that revolution, of course, never materializes- much to G'Kar's amusement and Londo's frustration.

[Godhumor]

38. He got his numbers. There were between 10 and 30 million people

Now if it were between 10 million and thirty million...

[Jamastiene]

43. I never knew the Teabaggers were afraid of water.

Does it cause them to melt or what?

[reflection]

47. No kidding, I thought teabags and water went hand-in-hand.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

64. Fair weather "patriots". nt

[workinclasszero]

45. American Idiots

What can you expect from the brain dead mouth-breathers that believe the insane BS that Limpballs, Becky and Handjob shovel out 24/7?

They heard on Fox "nooze" that the scary black man in the white house was a tyrant so it must be true eh?

x 30,000,000


Just damn...

[Teamster Jeff]

49. Did Social Security checks arrive then?

If so they should check peopleofwalmart.com. Prob spot quite a few no shows shopping for confederate bandanas.

[MissMillie]

50. They're baffled?

Why am I not surprised that they're baffled?

They're not smart enough to figure anything out.

[jwirr]

51. I also heard someone say that there were 300 protesters. Anyone know if it ever got to that big?

[Aristus]

52. They went to the Waffle House!

Can't fight a revolution on an empty stomach.

Can't get up from the table without help on a full stomach.

"Buford, Ah don't think Ah'm gonna make it. Ah gots me a gut-bomb!"

[Warpy]

54. The guy screaming "WHERE ARE YOU ALL AT?" at the camera should have realized

that he'd already gotten his answer: the OAS people are a tiny, vulgar minority and nobody wants to be associated with them in the numbers he was expecting to see.

Those numbers only show up to tell the government we don't want more war or to try to dissuade them from restricting our civil rights.

[bullwinkle428]

55. I guess most of the "patriots" felt the "tree of liberty" was sufficiently watered,

what with the two inches of rain per hour.

[tclambert]

60. Obama must possess a cloaking field he can project to hide protesters.

It's the only explanation that makes sense. Therefore it must be true.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

62. So, there are 30 million patriots proudly protecting Bundy's cows?

[Rex]

63. Which strikes at the very heart of the Tea Party...why are they such out of touch

morans? I blame it on a privileged lifestyle with easy access to guns and never a real hardship in their lives.

IT RAINED? THAT IS THEIR EXCUSE?

Pathetic!

So this just confirms what we already know...just a handful of royal idiots. No such thing as 20 million tea party morans. More like 20.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

65. Now they blame Benghazi, I mean Beckghazi, er Ghazi Beck, ... Glenn Beck!

Seriously, they are mad as hell at Glenn Beck and calling him a Beckstabber for not supporting the violent overthrow of the US government by 10 million "patriots".

The organizers said they had a million names committed to showing up and staying until the job was done. The other 9 to 29 million would be there to cheerlead for a day.

[ctsnowman]

66. Some of the hardcore are still around

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/operation-america-spring-live

Better take:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/anderson-pooper-oas-retards-live

[IrishAyes]

67. Hysterical. At a time when I needed a little laugh, this delivered in spades.

And now we have a new word to play with: Beckstabbed! Does it get any better?

[arthritisR_US]

68. Wonder if they went to the wrong Washington?

A state and a city can be confusing to some...

[Jamastiene]

69. I would not doubt that.

Knowing just how dumb they really are, it is possible.