1||September 12, 2010: Thousands of tea partiers gather in Washington D.C. for the FreedomWorks-backed 9/12 rally. The crowd is much smaller than it was in 2009 — which some tea partiers blamed on the lousy weather and Glenn Beck’s show-stealing August 28 rally in DC. ||Newscom/Zuma Press&&

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14||FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey ||Jeff Malet/maletphoto.com&&

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