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Numbers don't lie: Wisconsin protests, NOT the Tea Party, had bigger turnout

But who got the bigger mainstream news coverage?

Oh yeah. If ONLY those simple, All-American middle-class cheese-state protestors had used racist and misspelled signs and banners... and had goofy hats. Yep, it's they're own fault they outlasted their 15 minutes of fame...

Madison Rally Bigger Than Biggest Tea Party Rally

from Think Progress via AlterNet

... But yesterday’s rally in Madison is noteworthy because at 85,000-100,000, it was bigger than the biggest tea party protest, the September 12, 2009 rally in Washington, D.C., which turned out only an estimated 60,000-70,000.