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ANOTHER TEA PARTY PROTEST, in Winston-Salem. Several hundred people turned out Saturday for a Te?

By Glenn Reynolds

ANOTHER TEA PARTY PROTEST, in Winston-Salem.

Several hundred people turned out Saturday for a Tea Party at Winston-Square Park. It was a follow-up to an April 15 gathering that was part of a nationwide protest against taxes. According to media reports, more than 1,000 people turned out for that rally, but organizers said the turnout was more than 2,000. . . . Some protestors stood on Marshall Street holding up signs with slogans such as “Free Markets Not Free Loaders” and “Revolution is Brewing” while waving at passing motorists. . . . “Conservatives typically don’t do protests, but we’re learning,” said Fred Benson, an electrical contractor from Clemmons who was one of the organizers of the rally. He said that members of the North Carolina Tea Party group at ncteaparty.com wanted to have another rally and decided to focus on the health care debate this time. Benson said that more tea parties are planned, with the next one possibly on July 4.

These keep popping up, below the national-media radar. Plus, grassroots protests vs. interest-group press conferences.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on June 07, 2009 (boomark / email).