The truth about the Fox News Tea Parties
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Audio From Gilbert, AZ Tea Party
Submitted by tsdivadani on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 01:05Went to the rally being held at the Gilbert Town Hall and grabbed audio of a few of the speeches. About 25 minutes long. (Link is to an mp3)
http://media.libsyn.com/media/audioaddict/tsSpecialEditionTeaParty.mp3
Scary Implication
Submitted by tsdivadani on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 00:57
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How about that awesome apostrophe placement?
White Nationalists Tied to Tea Parties
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It’s no secret that conservatives have a hard time keeping racism out of their ranks (airwaves), and now it seems it has surfaced in even their grassroots (astro turf) movements. The whole tea party thing (except with representation and a high income bracket this time) is being organized by conservative corporate lobbyists, Freedom Works and Americans for Prosperity, who are no doubt milking this all the way to their billion dollar bank accounts.
Clever signs, plywood ships and Joe the Plumber's ghost writer: must be a Jeff City tea party
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JEFFERSON CITY | A couple hundred taxpayers turned out this morning for a "tea party" on the Capitol steps to protest the federal bailouts and private-sector incursions since the financial collapse last year. They heard comments from several Republican lawmakers, chanted, cheered, waived signs and dangled the Lipton teabags handed out by Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group sponsoring the event. A few came bearing their own signs, although many more picked up ready-mades available on site.
Joe The Plumber Ghost Writer, Thomas Tabback, Speaks at Missouri Tea Party
Submitted by Marisa on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 22:04From the Kansas City Star:
Among the speakers was Thomas Tabback, a novelist and the co-writer of Joe the Plumber's book, "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream."
Tabback implored the crowd to fight against a rising "socialist evil" and return the country to its historical greatness. He won the biggest reponse, though, on a double entendre.
"Kings destroy societies, and we got a whole slew of kings up there right now," Tabback said, pausing for effect. "And some queens."
The crowd roared, and at least one gave voice to the statement's implication, yelling out "Barney Frank!"
Tea Party Robocall Audio
Submitted by Marisa on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 21:36Over at the National Political Do Not Contact Registry, Shaun Dakin has managed to get his hands on audio from the millions of robocalls being sent out in advance of tomorrow's tea parties.
You can listen to it here: http://thinkdodone.typepad.com/ccd/2009/04/tea-party-robocall-audio-foun...
Don't let them fool you folks, this is a full on political operation with robocalls and all.
Tea Party Organizers Offer Cash in Exchange for Participation
Submitted by Marisa on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 21:31As reported by Fired Up! Missouri and Think Progress, Americans for Prosperity has teamed up with Heritage Foundation and is offering cash in exchange for participation in the events:
In a Facebook message today, Erik Telford of Americans For Prosperity told supporters, “I wanted to make you aware of an opportunity. Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Heritage Foundation have teamed up to launch the Stop Spending Our Future project, which offers four contests and $5,000 in prizes“:
Ken Mandile: MA Tea Party Organizer took $1.1 million Dollar Loan from Federal Government
Submitted by Marisa on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 18:02This morning I came across an op-ed in the Worcester Business Journal Online by Worcester Tea Party Organizer Ken Mandile:
As a small business owner, perhaps I’m expected to gripe about the government. Taxes. Regulations. Taxes. Fees. Taxes. More regulations. And even more taxes. The government has always given small business plenty to complain about, but there comes a time when responsible citizens have a duty to stand up and defend their freedoms...
Frank Strategies and the Astroturf Tea Parties
Submitted by Marisa on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 17:41Yet more evidence is trickingling out that Wednesday's Tea Party's are nothing more than Astroturfed events organized by high profile DC lobbying groups, their consutlants and Fox News.
A couple of days ago I noticed a video popping up on all the conservative blogs that was made by Frank Strategies. So I decided to do a little bit of checking on what Frank Strategies was all about, and this is what I found: