Friday, January 22, 2010
Politics / Woods Welcome to Bizarro World: Tea Partiers Threatening to Protest Tea Party
Posted by Jeff Woods on Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:59 AM
The convention is being held at a fancy resort, features $550 ticket prices, a steak and lobster dinner and a guest speaker with a $100,000 speaking fee. It's sponsored by a for-profit company with a mysterious wealthy benefactor, and its organizers, who have been accused of secrecy and corruption, have threatened lawsuits against dissenters and clamped down on news coverage.Franklin DUI lawyer Judson Phillips, a.k.a. the king of Tea Party Nation, denies in this article that he's actually a huckster out to profit from the huddled masses of bumpkin patriots in this movement. He originally claimed he intended to send any profits to conservative causes through 527 groups. Now, he says he's so cash-strapped he won't possibly ever be able to do that. What a shame.
"This is the first time we've done anything like this," Phillips told POLITICO. For now, he said, his plans for a 527 group are off the table. "We're not even done with the convention yet and there may not be any profits. We could still end up losing money on this convention."Tea party activists are thinking about protesting outside the convention. "It would really look bad for tea parties to be out there protesting the tea party," Tony Shreeve says in an understatement. All this comes as tea partiers celebrate the Senate victory of their hero Scott Brown in Massachusetts. Keli Carender, a Seattle activist who's speaking at the convention, says she's worried the confab could become a bit of a bummer. "If people become cynical about it, we won't be able to get the same enthusiasm," she says.
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What the Tea Partiers do not realize is that its founder, Dick Armey of Freedomworks, is one of the most powerful and well paid lobbyists in Washington. They called themselves patriots, cover themselves in flags, and tricked people into fighting against health reform. They are paid by Medicines, Inc, one of the most powerful, wealthiest lobbying firms in the world, employed by HC and big Pharma firms. source: factcheck.org
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