'CONSERVATIVE WOODSTOCK': Tea Partiers Head For Reid's Hometown

Sen. Reid mocks Tea Party 'Woodstock'

As protesters flock to his tiny home town, Reid says, 'say hello to Verlie.'

TPM:

Tea Party activists are kicking off a grand national tour this weekend with an event targeting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in his small home town of Searchlight, Nevada -- an event that Tea Party Express describes as a "conservative Woodstock."

Tomorrow's "Showdown In Searchlight" event will feature none other than Sarah Palin, campaigning against the Senate Dem leader. A press release from Tea Party Express boasts of supporters arriving to camp out: "It doesn't get closer to a 'Conservative Woodstock' than this."

So what do they mean by a "conservative Woodstock?" "I guess the uniqueness of having a huge number of people descend on a place where they otherwise wouldn't be going," Tea Party Express spokesman Levi Russell told TPMDC. "Searchlight is not a destination by any means. It's a tiny town. And the locals have told us this is already by far the biggest thing that's happened in their town's history. That's how we see it, a huge number of people coming to a unique place where the draw is, we are going to put on this show and this rally."

There will also be musical entertainment, from acts that have toured the Tea Party circuit, such as Lloyd Marcus. In addition to Palin, other speakers include Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher, former Saturday Night Live actress Victoria Jackson, Andrew Breitbart and others.