Tales From the Driver's Side, Day Four

A Quiet Day (as told to Carol)
Not much happening on the volunteer front. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when I've been told to be on deck at 7am.

This is Carol: I decided to join members of the Tri County Tea Party on a bus trip to the Faith and Freedom Coalition Rally this afternoon at the Tampa Theatre. We boarded the buses (there were three) around 11 this morning and took an uneventful ride to Tampa.  (Uneventful rides are the best!) We got there early, and the doors were not yet open so we were in a line that stretched around the block.

The doors opened pretty quickly, and the line moved right along! When we turned the corner, we saw the protesters. First rule of protesting: make it very clear what it is you're protesting against. It took a few moments for us to figure out that these were anti-Romney protesters. That was just fine with us. They have every right to exercise their first amendment rights.
Then along came the Code Pink women. These women are pretty radical and carry signs with some pretty raw language. All of a sudden, three or four of them decided to lay down on the sidewalk. Don't know why as they were not blocking our way. Here's their website: http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?list=type&type=3
I must say what we saw today doesn't come close to resembling what is shown on their website.

We heard some great speakers today: Gov. Scott Walker (who was the target of more protests inside), Gov. Mike Huckabee, Gov. Bob McConnell, Newt Gingrich, Atty Gen. Pam Bondi, Phyllis Schafly and Dr. Ralph Reed. I'm glad I went. It's vitally important that fiscal conservatives (like me) find common ground with social conservatives (like the lady sitting next to me). Today we did exactly that!