Tea Party hires plane w/100-ft. banner reading ‘OBAMA STOP DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY’ to fly over DC

[babylonsister]

It only took her two months to raise $1,350. Who's patriotic now?

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/17/tea-party-plane/

Tea Party hires a plane with 100-foot banner reading ‘OBAMA STOP DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY’ to fly over DC.


This morning, Washington, DC residents have may seen a plane with a giant banner bashing President Obama flying overhead, courtesy of the Danville, VA Tea Party Patriots:

The group’s project coordinator, Susan Lee, raised funds during the last two months to fly a plane over Washington, D.C. morning traffic today with a nearly 100-foot-long banner reading “OBAMA STOP DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY” in five-foot-tall letters. <...>

“It was just something that I had this inspiration for and I started looking into it,” Lee said. “It was a lot cheaper than (other options) and it’s much more exciting and novel. We’re excited.”

The message cost the group $1,350 from New York-based Arnold Area Advertising, according to TEA Party leader Nigel Coleman. He said they solicited donations from other TEA parties across Virginia and other states.

The Danville Tea Party Patriots have faced intense criticism in the past for their plans to burn House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Tom Periello (D-VA) in effigy. The plane was scheduled to fly “over interstates 66 and 95 and the circumference of Washington” between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. today. If you happened to snap a picture of it, let us know.

[me b zola]

1. Maybe they'll violate the no-fly zone and get shot down

:popcorn:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Surrender Dorothy

[dhill926]

4. ha ha....my thoughts exactly......n/t

[arcadian]

7. They should fly over the MormonTemple if that's the case

The famous graffito in the D.C. metropolitan area first appeared on the outer loop of the I-495, the "Capital Beltway", on a railroad bridge near the Washington, D.C temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kensington, Maryland, beginning in late 1973. The graffito was put up by an anonymous artist and was removed by the Maryland State Police after pressure from the Church; however, it has been periodically repainted in various forms by equally unknown persons since the initial police removal<3>. The imposing architectural design of the Temple apparently reminded the artists of the Emerald City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_Dorothy

[GrantDem]

3. Idiots!!

A low flying plane over D.C.??? It is just a matter of time before one of these teabaggers crosses a very serious line.

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. If they asked nicely here....

..a lot of people would have gone in halvsies with them.

Two minds with but a single thought and all that...

[Cha]

11. I hope you know that's right on.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Wonder how many of "our guys" are on that plane

[Cha]

10. Who knows?

[WeDidIt]

8. This reminds me of the summer of '98

when the rightwing used to pay for planes pulling "Impeach Clinton" banners.

[Cha]

9. Fucking idiots and someone on DU

said they "were going to march with the teabaggers"..Yeah, go for it. Get out there with the fucking litter bugs.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. The plane is also scheduled to fly over the Big Brother house

:rofl: