Tea Parties gain stamp of legitimacy

[FluffyMcDeath]

When the tea parties started I was not a fan, because they were obviously promoted by Fox (like the Clear Channel pro-war protests), but then I realized that it was a wonderful opportunity for real protest since they'd have the cameras there for their own protest.

To a certain extent it seems that the instigators lost control a little bit and now I am convinced that the protests are starting to reflect real peoples' concerns because the powers that be are trying to shut them down. People like the ADL.

 

[Fade]

Well the Democrats might be of some use after all. Since they made up a good percentage of the folks attending the local tea parties in my area, they will get a chance to play the victims once again, like they always do. :wink:

 

[redrumloa]

When the tea parties started I was not a fan, because they were obviously promoted by Fox

You've been had by the liberal media. The Tea Parties are not a product of the right, but a product of people pissed off at supporting corporate greed and laziness. People of all stripes go to them.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

When the tea parties started I was not a fan, because they were obviously promoted by Fox

You've been had by the liberal media. The Tea Parties are not a product of the right, but a product of people pissed off at supporting corporate greed and laziness. People of all stripes go to them.

The tea party campaign was spawned on Fox. That's where it traces its genesis to. It was repeatedly "promoted" on Fox too. Fox could have chosen to ignore it because that's how the media usually kills a story but they didn't, they kept pushing the "story". That is a matter of historical record.

So how's that for "liberal media"? Fox is liberal media. Sure.

And, if you had read what I said, you would find that I already covered the point of what kind of people went to the tea parties.

So you were wrong and then redundant.

Fade, on the other hand, was just Fade, strangely crediting Democrats with protesting high taxes and then by implication calling them whiners for doing so. One has to wonder whether any self consistent thought ever goes on in the Fade mind.

So, are there any grown ups in the playground who might like to comment on what the ADL said about the tea parties? Which was pretty much the entire point of my post - sorry for being sooooooooooooooo subtle but is it really a big part of the game for you guys to deliberately and completely miss the point and throw your own excrement around your cage?

 

[Fade]

That one sure didn't go the way you thought did it?

But that's what happens when you think that you can push a turd off on someone by the clean end!

 

[faethor]

You've been had by the liberal media. The Tea Parties are not a product of the right, but a product of people pissed off at supporting corporate greed and laziness. People of all stripes go to them.

Umm no... What do the Tea Bagggers say?

"On April 15th, hundreds of thousands of citizens gathered in more than 800 cities to voice their opposition to out of control spending at all levels of government"..http://taxdayteaparty.com

If they are against corporate greed protesting high taxes is a stupid way of accomplishing that goal. Protesting for the implementation of corporate profit caps. Or protesting to guarantee no one can make more than 25x more then the lowest paid employee. -- These would make more sense.

...http://taxdayteaparty.com/ were a true grassroots protest of irresponsible fiscal policies and intrusive government

There is no corporate protest there.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

That one sure didn't go the way you thought did it?

But that's what happens when you think that you can push a turd off on someone by the clean end!

Har har, Mr. Nonsequisaurus. How about I just ask the question straight out then since that seems to be the better than letting folks try to "get it" on their own.

What do you think of the ADL's suggestion that the Tea Party crowd are a hotbed of extremist and anti-semite recruiting (and by implication should be watched by the security services and preferably closed down)? How do you feel about that?

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

When the tea parties started I was not a fan, because they were obviously promoted by Fox

You've been had by the liberal media. The Tea Parties are not a product of the right, but a product of people pissed off at supporting corporate greed and laziness. People of all stripes go to them.

Just following up on what faethor was saying about the Tea Partiers. Perhaps this little video from Reason.tv might clear things up. You'd probably like Reason.tv. It claims to be libertarian but the Levys are major patrons of this "Drew Carey" project and they seem to have only backed Republicans with political contributions. Chiefly, Scott Garret, Rep. New Jersey, who has received perfect 100 ratings from the American Conservative Union throughout his career. Mind you, Scott is a very libertarian minded Republican. On the other hand, Frayda Levy gave $2,300 to Giuliani for his presidential bid... ? Rudy??? He's not a libertarian, he's just a ghoul!

Anyway, the video opens (unselfconsciously) with the very moment the campaign was launched by Rick Santelli on Feb 19th, 2009. Now, look at some of the folks that showed up and hear what they have to say about how mad they are at the banks and cheating corporations.

Reason.tv at a tea party.