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" Welcome back everybody AI you have heard -- that no doubt that grassroots movement being stoked by popular conservative commentators like -- Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. Sweeping the country be tea party. Anti tax movement it's promising to protest -- more than 300 cities across our nation on tax day April 15. Craig got an inside look at one of the --"

" Although the tea party movement is part of a nationwide initiative to protest government spending. Frank San TARP is part of things that -- branch of the tea party and he is going to be holding a protest on April 15 tax day frank tell me about your protest. Well at noon on April 15 will be gathering in front of a congressman's office. To let -- hear the voices of his constituents. The tea party protest we'll take place and hundreds of cities nationwide. The grassroots effort to spread mostly by conservative twitters and bloggers critical of the federal stimulus plan. -- went to hit the streets what are you protest and exactly. What."

" Protesting trillion dollar budgets -- processing ten trillion dollar deficits that are going to be. Handed to our children and grandchildren. We're protesting the direction this government is taking. How the federal government that is insinuating itself into lives and our economy in a way that was never. Division by the founding fathers."

" king Obama. Tea party supporters -- the president spending plans are pushing the country to the brink of socialism. -- comparing president Obama's plan to the founding fathers of socialism."

" and solemn. Would love this stuff."

" Obama came in and it got worse. 800 billion dollar Democrat spending spree Nicholas stimulus. When I saw that the country that I grew up -- with with a free market capitalist framework that made this. The greatest country in the history of the world when I saw that framework. Being torn down within the first sixty days of the new administration. I had to stand up I could never look my children or grandchildren in the face if my turn to step up to the plate came. And I just dropped about walked back bench I had to do something."

" Like many others frank decided to organize after watching business editor Rick Santelli and self described -- rant on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade against president -- Football has -- bail out. If your neighbor's mortgage that as an extra bathroom and can't pay their bills -- third AM. -- are you listening."

" I was very energized by that so I went online to see if I could find it whether or not there was an event in my area. When I saw that there was not I just decided to come way out of my comfort zone. And begin one myself. Now a lot of people see this as a partisan group getting together to protest the fact that we have democratic leadership. Trying to come up with some solutions for -- bipartisan you mean people that love America and -- way of life. Then yes it's partisan but it's not Republican a Democrat is anybody who loves this country and what made this country great. Yeah I -- said that."

" Republican a Democrat but -- Republicans everybody and that does that -- the only Republican borrow. You know county in the Five Boroughs of New York City you know as it's just another way they can vent their."

" Partisan beliefs while -- very tiny red -- in the sea of blue here in New York City. But you know they east that this is their opportunity to go out and express their views they're gonna have they they're gonna have there -- tea party. And they expect four to 500 people but this three. Hundred cities that are having these things and expect the ten to 15000 people show that some of these other locations I I think it'd Barry it's very impressive to turn --"