We arrived in a stretch limousine, complete with red carpet. It was hard to stay together, although a group of us did make it up to the stage.

Lloyd Marcus performed the "Tea Party Anthem" and we were whooping it up on the dance floor. Then, when Marcus invited some ladies up to the stage - believe it or not - an uninformed organizer invited me up. As I was making my way up the steps their "leader" Harry Kaloogian grabbed my arm and said that I couldn't go. I said "Yes I can, I was invited!" and so up I went.

Marcus sang a song about taking back our country by 2010, to the tune of "New York, New York" and we girls did a kickline. Many cameras, including one recognizable from Channel 8 news, were filming the whole performance.

Promptly after the song, we Billionaires were craftily lured away from the stage by the same organizer who invited me up to the stage; she was trying to bribe us with water. HA HA - we saw right through her ploy, but left anyways.

We mingled; there were surprisingly many nice folks, who enjoyed our performance and were laughing along with us and taking pictures. However, there were MANY more vitriolic tea baggers, some of whom were violent and, of course, racist. We were interviewed by the SD Union Tribune, and Channel 8. Three of our Billionaires, including The Commodore, sang a song that the Commodore wrote. Channel 8 filmed the whole song! I'm telling you, we got great exposure! We also had three videographers, and I will be posting pics, footage and the lyrics to the Commodore's song as soon as it's available.

A pattern I'm seeing is that in the beginning, the repubs don't really understand and don't know what to think. But, as they catch on, they become more violent, and really in your face. By the time our limo came to pick us up and Todd, our faithful driver, laid out the red carpet once again, things were getting pretty bad. Many people wanted to know who is behind all of this??? Who's paying us?? One very "bright" woman was angry because the Tea Baggers "barely had the money to put this together"

while we are funded by someone (Soros?) and she DEMANDED to know who!!

She screamed that we were "fucking hypocrites". And I mean SCREAMED.

Their grassroots effort is pretty impressive - although they "barely had the money to put this together", they managed to have two buses fully wrapped in Tea Party regalia and plenty of vehicles, all marked with Tea Party Express signage.

Cops were pretty thin, surprisingly, since any lefty rally I've ever been to seems to bring them all out in full riot gear. I guess the tea baggers aren't a threat to public safety...?

Anyhoo, much thanks to all the San Diego Billionaires for making such a beautiful performance. It really is a fun bunch!

Channel 8 News coverage - Billionaires at 1:28

(Sorry - if someone can help me embed the vid I'd appreciate it...)

San Diego Union Tribune

Here are the lyrics to a song written by The Commodore:

Sung to: Hey Look Me Over

Hey, we’re the wealthy

We run your HMO

We love when you are healthy

Let’s keep the status quo.

We don’t like Public Options

Single payer is a curse

And anti-trusting, monopoly busting

We don’t know which is worse.

God help us. . .

Thank you Senator Baucus

Our lobby pays you well

And as for that liberal caucus

They can go to hell.

Keep the government out of health care

Our profits do just fine

It’s not we who do curing, but under-insuring

And let those socialists whine.

Thanks Tea Baggers. . .

Hey, we have billions

And yachts, trust funds, and more

Not our fault that there are millions

Who are ill, uninsured and poor.

So listen to Hannity, Limbaugh, and Beck

They know of what they speak

Sarah Palin, what . .the. . heck!