Video From The Bismarck Tea Party

Mike Stevens

No one is….ha ha! Just kidding.

But your comment about “We’re going to start back-biting because someone *gasp* might have promoted a for-profit venture a bit at the event?”

I may be mistaken but that is a large problem what is wrong with politics today. Most politicians, whether they be Democrat or Republican, are too worried about promoting themselves rather than promoting what is best for the country. Why else would they feel it is their god-given right to serve us for decades and leave us with the same problems that were there when they went into office? Too much self-promotion and not enought promoting for the common good…..

http://northerngleaner.blogspot.com/ Gene

I have no bone to pick with Scott going out on a limb and promoting this. I thought it was fine.

I liked the audience thing. Very clever, well done.

I have been to other tea parties and this was unique.

Plus, on the counts, I do a fair bit of public speaking and have learned to estimate audience. 1100 is not a stretch. Some came and went, but there were 1100 there. Seems prophetic doesn’t it. 1100 for 1100. And people came from distance.

I wonder what the largest Anti War Demonstration or Anti Bush or anything has been assembled in Bismarck in the last 20 years. I’m not talking concert. I’m talking free will show up and participate.

I wager, this was the largest. EVER at least since Vietnam.

I smell 1994 – Let’s get em!

http://Array Hannitized

Rob, do you support your friend questioning how a person is able to afford a house????

Do you support some sort of investigation when an American citizen buys a home???

That is what your friend suggested.

That is crazy talk.

robert108

The crazy talk is trying to use the home loan market as some kind of affirmative action program. That's what got us into trouble in the first place.

http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

The crazy talk is trying to use the home loan market as some kind of affirmative action program. That's what got us into trouble in the first place.

I blame the left for that mess.

http://www.moszer.net/ Moszer

"Obama's Waterloo." was my favorite as well.

Glad he posted these so I can point folks who couldn't attend to what it was all about.

Mike Stevens

Good stuff……I was just wondering if Hennen, Port, and Cremer were the only ones who spoke at the tea party or if there were other speakers. If there were others, why aren't those being showed as well if this is truly supposed to be a grass-roots movement? Or is this only a Hennen, Port, and other elected officials movement?

http://www.psdlovers.com/ psdlover

thanks for videos.

http://www.moszer.net/ Moszer

Good stuff……I was just wondering if Hennen, Port, and Cremer were the only ones who spoke at the tea party or if there were other speakers. If there were others, why aren't those being showed as well if this is truly supposed to be a grass-roots movement? Or is this only a Hennen, Port, and other elected officials movement?

A guy from the ND Policy Council spoke (not a politician), another guy who was a legal council to our last Governor.

About a dozen people from the crowd grabbed the Mic and spoke their peace. Some spoke for 3 minutes, one for 10 seconds. None of them were politicians or had anything to do with Hennen or SAB.

What is it with peoples obsession on trying to call these "astro turf" movements and denying that "real" people have anything to do with them. I just don't get it.

Mike Stevens

Well besides the three speakers shown in the videos there were five other ordinary citizens that spoke. And that's not counting the citizens that spoke from the crowd. It's the average citizens that take their time and volunteer and speak up (both from the crowd and those that get on stage) that truly make this a grass roots movement of the people. It's a shame though that it doesn't come across that way when you look at this blog or Hennen's website. I'm more interested in hearing what the others had to say because they are one of us and they speak what we feel and they are the ones who will truly make this a movement of the people.

http://www.moszer.net/ Moszer

Mike Stevens

I know they are on his webpage and his video but ya, Hennen's head with Sam Adams logo is distastful if you ask me. He kinda blabbed on about his radio show at the Tea Party too. Sometimes it's time to turn off advertising mode.

http://www.mymassagetips.com/ Kim

I enojoyed the video. Thanks for the post.

http://sayanythingblog.com robport

It's a shame though that it doesn't come across that way when you look at this blog or Hennen's website. I'm more interested in hearing what the others had to say because they are one of us and they speak what we feel and they are the ones who will truly make this a movement of the people.

So…you missed the two videos that were nothing but crowd testimonials?

The event was all about the people in the crowd, and my blog posts have reflected that.

And what's with this:

Or is this only a Hennen, Port, and other elected officials movement?

Neither Scott nor I are elected officials. We are political commentators. And hell, outside of the ads on this site that barely cover the hosting expenses, I don't even get paid for what I do.

Scott was nice enough to promo this event for us. He gave us a lot of free publicity, and it wouldn't have been near the success it was without him.

So if he advertised his station and show a bit, well he deserved that opportunity. Though the his head on the Sam Adams thing kind turned me off a little too, but whatever.

People are too touchy about this stuff. What are we, liberals? We're going to start back-biting because someone *gasp* might have promoted a for-profit venture a bit at the event?

Mike Stevens

Does anyone have a video of the entire event for those that weren't able to attend? It would be nice to see the whole thing (it was 2.5 hours long) and not just those 20 minutes that Hennen deemed relevant (10 minutes of which were himself). Surely there was other relevant, interesting things said for the other 2 hours and 10 minutes. I know I thought there were.

http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Yes, Mike, we're working on getting the raw video up.

This was pretty much an all-volunteer event. I'm sorry that we're not able to work up to your standards.

http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Too much self-promotion and not enought promoting for the common good…..

The common good, eh? That sounds…socialist. What happened to a nation of individuals? Seems to me that individual achievement serves the common good. The tea party movement is not some faceless mass. That's how the liberals operate. We are a movement of colorful, diverse individuals.

Scott isn't a politician. He's a private businessman, and he promoted his business a little bit.

He was also kind enough to pay for the editing and hosting of the videos above, so if they're slanted kind of toward him…well so be it. We'll have the raw video up soon enough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus Last Best Hope

The Dems are nuthin' but a collection of special interest groups. To hear Dems say the words "common good" is both hilarious and the utmost hypocrisy. The only good they offer is to their tribe of anti-American misfits (see STIMULUS)

Being for abortion, sodomy, atheism and surrender are not policies that promote the common good, nor are they core American values.

Hannitized

That's how the liberals operate. We are a movement of colorful, diverse individuals.

Huh???? Did you see that crowd? What planet are you living on?

http://sayanythingblog.com robport

I meant what I said, Hannitized. It was a diverse crowd.

But go ahead with your nonsense about it being a white power movement or something.

djer

1100 people attended? Really? You must be joking. There was no was there even 700 there. Nice job at exaggerating the numbers. I've been to events there and that crowd was not what you say it was.

Ryan Schumacher

djer……to your comment about the number of people there.

I'll give you this as an example. If there were just shy of 350 people at the Tax Day Tea Party at the Federal Building in Bismarck on April 15, then there were definitely over 1,000 people at the Capitol Grounds. And before you ask how I came up with the 350 people at the Federal Building, that number was confirmed by the security guards at the Federal Building who mid-way through the event went up to one of the top floors and took a picture of the crowd and did a head count. So if 350 people were at the Federal Building crammed into the small area in front there, then there were definitely over 1,000 dispersed across the front grounds around the steps of the Capitol.

Mike Stevens

Rob,
See, I think you and Hennen have it all wrong. It isn't you two who should be promoted out of this event. We already can hear you two on the radio and we already know who you are so one can say that speaks for itself. No, the ones who should be promoted and talked about are the six other great speakers who spoke that day…..the newcomers to the scene. I liked all of them and liked what they had to say. I can listen to you or Hennen on the radio and hear the same things there that you two said at the event. That wasn't anything new what you two said. But the other speakers were a new face and perhaps with some promotion of them, maybe one of them can emerge as a new face in North Dakota politics. I especially enjoyed the last speaker that as soon as he was done speaking I walked up to the steps of the stage and shook his hand and thanked him for saying what many of us in the crowd felt and for being a new voice, a new face and one that I and many of us would hopefully see more of in the future. I even asked him if I would be able to find his speech somewhere online I enjoyed it so much. I would even venture to say that the people in the crowd enjoyed what he had to say as much, if not more, than what Hennen said. He surely got more crowd cheers and support than Hennen.

So yes, Rob, him and the other five speakers are the ones who should be promoted. Until you and Hennen, the men with the voices that can be heard the most, start promoting some of these newcomers, things won't change in our political system. It's these new voices that we need to get into office.

Let's just hope we can see some of those speakers again at future events.

http://www.moszer.net/ Moszer

People are too touchy about this stuff. What are we, liberals? We're going to start back-biting because someone *gasp* might have promoted a for-profit venture a bit at the event?

Sorry Rob, gotta disagree with you on this one. We have to be very careful about how these events are portrayed to the public. We shouldn't make it easier to portray these as sponsored events that aren't grass-roots.

I'm happy for Hennen if he makes a profit in his business. In this instance he should of just walked up there and said "I'm Scott Hennen and I have a talk radio show out in Fargo" and that was it for an introduction.

Just my opinion.

wlegend14

to answer all your questions…. there was a picture taken from the front steps of the capitol up on top of the big railing like structure. in that picture, 1090 people were counted. the gentleman that took the picture got everyone out front, but at the time figured 50 or so around the corner by the vending area. So Djer you can go back and attend your liberal protest like at the federal building on April 15th when 8 Obama supporters showed up before the 350 Tea Party attendees showed up. It was eight people Djer. I didn't need a camera. I counted them on my fingers and didn't touch a single finger twice. Secondly, to Mike Stevens. I was one of the speakers at the event. There IS video being copied to DVD as we speak. It should be up in the next week or so. Rob will post it, and it will be on several websites to see. One point I would like to make is that the grassroots people who spoke are truly grassroots. They don't want notoriety. They don't want recognition. They just share a common goal to get people active. We didn't have paid people video taping us. I believe Hennen and Port have every right to make a buck off of this. After all, they did do thousands upon thousands of dollars in free advertising for the event. Free Market Capitalism baby!!!!!

djer

So this isn't a grassroots movement, it's about a couple of people making money. Ah, I get it know.

so what I want to know is if Rob and Hennen are such good buddies, why didn't Hennen hire Rob to do the big show instead of Shultz? Not that close after all, huh?

Mike Stevens

wlegend14 said,

Secondly, to Mike Stevens. I was one of the speakers at the event. There IS video being copied to DVD as we speak. It should be up in the next week or so. Rob will post it, and it will be on several websites to see. One point I would like to make is that the grassroots people who spoke are truly grassroots. They don't want notoriety. They don't want recognition. They just share a common goal to get people active. We didn't have paid people video taping us. I believe Hennen and Port have every right to make a buck off of this. After all, they did do thousands upon thousands of dollars in free advertising for the event. Free Market Capitalism baby!!!!!

That is EXACTLY the point that made the speakers so terrific. They spoke from their hearts without looking for recognition. Those of us in the crowd felt there were no different than us. It is for this reason many of us hope to hear more from them or others like them. It will be great to see the entire video so those who did not attend can see these other five gentlemen who spoke and the great job they did. They may not seek recognition but that is different than those in the crowd wanting to hear more from them (as I do and many others at the event I spoke with want to). They were truly grassroots and they are the reason combined with the opinions from us in the crowd that made this rally so genuine and worthwhile.

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