politics.theatlantic.com - 4/13/2009
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Here is the organizational landscape of the April 15 tea party movement, in a nutshell: three national-level conservative groups, all with slightly different agendas, are guiding it. All are quick to tell you that the movement is a bottom-up affair and that its grassroots cred is real. They are: ...
thinkprogress.org - 4/10/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Organizers of the radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests
have been trying to claim that the events are...
rising up spontaneously. Many of these organizers, such as Eric Odom, are claiming that the tea parties are being held by “ regular American[s] in ...
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VIDEO: Fox News Signs On To Tea Party Agenda, ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 4/10/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
I spent the better part of an hour
earlier today scanning the various sites and blogs to...
try and understand what specifically the Fox-Pajamas tea parties are about. Having absorbed about as much of the literature as I can, I have to say I'm still ...
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The Tea Tantrum Movement
thinkprogress.org - 4/10/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
This morning, GOP chairman Micheal Steele guest-hosted Bill
Bennett’s talk radio show. During the program, one caller...
said he could “debate” whether or not the U.S. is currently in the midst of an economic crisis. Steele laughed in ...
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Steele Laughs Off The Recession: ‘The Malls Are Just As ...
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Predictable: Liberals Heaping Scorn, Derision On Tax Day Tea Parties
Say Anything —
... The Atlantic’s Chris Good is shocked to learn that there are some conservative activists helping to organize the events. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews ...
Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... Lil' Kim is up to no good again.
Bye, Norm.
How about this for change?
Or this?
Amazing numbers.
No one knows what exactly they're protesting.
Heh.
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The Search for the "Tea Party" Puppetmaster
techPresident —
... , manufactured by the usual suspects." Who's that, exactly? In a post titled "Who's in Charge?," The Atlantic's Chris Good has it as three groups in particular: Dick Armey's Freedom Works, the advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, and Don't Go. The last is particularly interesting here, as it was a grassroots effort, largely fueled by Twitter, that grew out of this summer's Republican House floor sit-in over energy legislation. ...
Around The Sphere
The Moderate Voice —
... So Who’s Really Behind The Tea Party Movement? (You’d think it would be Lipton, since they’re getting a lot of verbal product placement time.) Marc Ambinder cuts away all of the rhetoric on both sides and offers these answers. ...
FreedomWorks Orchestrates ‘Grassroots’ Movements To Serve Dick Armey’s Corporate Clients
Think Progress —
... Today, FreedomWork’s Adam Brandon responded to the criticism that their efforts to organize these anti-Obama protests are ‘astroturf,’ saying that his organization’s work in coordinating and planning the events would be akin to “MoveOn’s model.” However, MoveOn is not run by corporate lobbyists and is funded by actual grassroots activists. On the other hand, the leader of FreedomWorks, Dick Armey, who is ranked as one of DC’s top “ ...
Dick Armey And Sean Hannity Perpetuate The “Grass Roots” Myth About Tax Day Tea Parties
News Hounds —
... Alright, so maybe Armey didn't know the actual person who invited him to the protest but as the head of FreedomWorks, he was hardly some unconnected outsider. As The Atlantic reports, ...
The rich buy the stupid and manufacture a movement...
At-Largely —
... : Today, FreedomWork’s Adam Brandon responded to the criticism that its efforts to organize these anti-Obama protests are ‘astroturf,’ saying that the organization’s work in coordinating and planning the events would be akin to “ MoveOn’s model .” However, MoveOn is not run by corporate lobbyists and is funded by actual grassroots activists. On the other hand, the leader of FreedomWorks, Dick Armey, who is ranked as one of DC’s top “ ...
A TEA PARTY WALKBACK — OF SORTS
Right Wing Nut House —
... planned for today, the overwhelming majority of organizers are asking, “So where’s the dough?” And all those conservative “plants” who have been hired as cut outs will no doubt ask the same question. A little reality from Marc Ambinder: Here is the organizational landscape of the April 15 tea party movement, in a nutshell: three national-level conservative groups, all with slightly different agendas, are guiding it. All are quick to tell you that the movement is a bottom-up affair and that its grassroots cred is real. They are: FreedomWorks, the conservative action group led ...
Mitchell Bard: The "Teabag" Protests Smack of Neo-McCarthyism
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... What's worse, the protests are being portrayed as "grassroots" affairs by the right, even though they are being launched by three conservative groups (funded by wealthy Republican donors): Former Rep. Dick Armey's FreedomWorks, dontGO and Americans for Prosperity. ...
What’s All This “Re-” About, Politico?
The Sundries Shack —
... last few weeks of November. That’s very nice and all that, but you can’t recapture something you never had. What Ranu Maju has missed, probably because he wasn’t paying much attention, is that the town hall protests were not GOP constructs at all. Yes, they tended to target Democrats more than Republicans, but that’s only becasue more Democrats than Republicans were likely to favor Obamacare in its various Congressional incarnations. Indeed, the town hall protesters have taken great pains to point out to all and sundry that they are speaking as ordinary ...
Related: who's behind the tea party movement?
Tea Party Movement: Phenomenon Based on an Idea
gaypatriot.net 4/10/2009 — This morning, when I read that “ the growth of the Tea Party movement as a grassroots outside-the-establishment phenomenon that has become so big that establishment figures are trying to jump onboard ,” it struck me how in, many ways, ...
The Exploding Deficit
riehlworldview.com 4/12/2009 — If you want to know why there is a Tea Party movement trying to get beyond partisanship to focus on results , just read this . The numbers are staggering. If Washington makes the mistake of believing the Tea Party movement is a bunch of rubes who ...
Party Like It's 1773
powerlineblog.com 4/13/2009 — Wednesday is April 15, Tax Day, and it will be greeted with tea parties all across the country. The "tea party" movement is authentic and spontaneous, the opposite of "astroturf" efforts like "A New Way Forward" , which has lots of money but no ...
Further Attempts to Discredit Tea Party Protests
gaypatriot.net 4/13/2009 — As the tea party movement gains momentum , many supports of the President (and opponents of free markets) are becoming increasingly agitated, eager to smear, slander and otherwise discredit the movement.
Through e-mail (and in the comments ), ...
The Tea Party Movement: Drawing Lines In The Sand
riehlworldview.com 4/15/2009 — As Michelle Malkin issues a warning to so-called "fair weather Republicans" and Glenn Reynolds fills in the real back story of the Tea Party movement in the Wall Street Journal, politicians, activists and on lookers of every stripe might be well ...
Tea Party Movement Plans Next Wave Of Protests For July 4 (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com 4/15/2009 — Tax day will come and go, but it looks like the tea party movement is going to stick around for a while.
Rebecca Wales, lead organizer of the tax day protests in Washington, D.C., tells the Huffington Post that the tea party movement has only just ...
The Tea Party Movement: Talk Radio Made Manifest?
poliblogger.com 4/16/2009 — I have mostly not commented on the Tea Party movement, because in all honesty, I am not sure what the overall point is. Don’t get me wrong, I think political expression is a healthy thing, and if people want to get together and state their ...
Tea Party Organizer: Mission Accomplished —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
The attention being given the national tea party movement is nothing short of remarkable. Organized by a few people using new social media tools like Twitter and Facebook, it has blossomed into a genuine social movement composed of Republicans, Libertarians, Independents and even a few ...
NY Times: The LGBT Tea Party —
Riehl World View
Actually, they do report on the Tea Party movement today, though their coverage is damp, at best. But I guess they just couldn't resist reporting on this demonstration below as part of the expected liberal narrative. Funny how they ignore the quote from a key organizer in their own report and ...
Roger Puts the Tea Party Phenomenon into a Nutshell —
GayPatriot
Roger sums up the tea party movement and addresses its adversaries :
Of course, what’s interesting about the Tea Party movement, whatever its success, is that it is pretty much about what it says it is - lower taxes and less government spending. A lot of people, Republican and Democrat, are ...
ABC On Tea Parties —
Riehl World View
An ABC Tea Party item based upon poling makes the case that taxes aren't a major issue right now. Perhaps, but they are also smart enough to put the Tea Party movement in context. By and large, we may still be talking about many center-Right individuals who follow politics a bit more closely ...
There Is Reason To Fear The Tea Party Movement —
Riehl World View
Unfortunately, Michelle Malkin has confirmed the validity of a DHS document on so-called Right Wing Extremism . I saw it earlier and have been hoping that it was trumped up. I don't fear, or believe the government should fear the current Tea Party movement . And hopefully any genuine conerns ...
Time to Party Tomorrow —
Wizbang
In my column at Townhall I list a few reasons to attend a Tax Day Tea Party in your area this week. Here is Doug Powers' reason for attending:For me,...
Prisoners And The Tea Party Movement —
Riehl World View
The the US Navy took no prisoners in resolving the Somali hostage situation is a wonderful bit of Easter news . Credit Obama for the right ROE, however that came to pass.
As for the Tea Party movement and the larger struggle between Left and Right in America, we shouldn't be taking any ...
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