Tea for one

I got an invite to our local TEA Party here in Texarkana, and after seeing this on the Internet and getting a follow-up phone call, I decided to do the neighborly thing and I walked right up in the middle of it. Got a few backslaps and handshakes for going, and only one pointed question about a vote I recently made: on the animal cruelty legislation that passed. Congressman Ralph Hall (R-Texas) was the main speaker, and the Gazette put the crowd at 500. Here's a pic of the Texarkana event, taken from my office window:



And one from the mailbag from the event at the Capitol: