Comments on: Tea Party wraps up road show with Washington stop

By: woody188

woody188 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:02:13 +0000

Tea Party split between Ron Paul and Sarah Palin

By: woody188

woody188 — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:24:38 +0000

I am aware of concerns and confusion about an apparent alignment of Grassroots in Nebraska with the Republican Party and AFP (Americans for Prosperity) to organize a Tea Party event on April 15. Please be assured that Grassroots in Nebraska will stay committed to being a truly grassroots group of Nebraska citizens committed to a return to a Constitutional, limited government. When we organize a Tea Party, we will abide by the no political party, no politician policy we’ve had since the beginning.

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One might wonder why this effort is being undertaken – why advertise our event for us if we have a rightful permit to use the location and they do not? Because, according to the Capitol Commission and direct report from one of the planners, the GOP and AFP will be holding their event across the street from the Capitol on the Centennial Mall. They seem convinced they can capture the crowd prior to or on top of our event and then lure them away from the area completely by offering free food, free drinks, and a movie. I hope they have a lower opinion of the average Tea Party goer than is reality. In addition to the blatantly false advertising, blatant ignoring of admonishments and instructions by a a state agency, and blatantly offering freebies and lures, a number of tactics – besides the ones that are already obvious – have been attempted to get Grassroots in Nebraska to give up or share the steps with the GOP and AFP.

By: woody188

woody188 — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:58:23 +0000

Just means your first Tea Party was after the take over.

Where should conspiracies be shoved Andy? Do tell…

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:57:19 +0000

Oh Bullshit, woody. I just attended a tea party here and the same things that were expressed at my first one were expressed today: smaller govt, lower taxes, represent the interests of the people.

Take your conspiracy theories and shove them you know where.

By: woody188

woody188 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:26:03 +0000

Tea Parties were started by real grassroots, mostly Campaign for Liberty members and Ron Paul supporters. They were co-opted by a desperate Republican Party in an attempt to gain some ground back from Democrats. The Republicans threw money around and changed the message causing the nascent movement to flounder. Then chowder heads like Palin latched on and marginalized the movement to the fringe where it is now ridiculed and scorned. The conspiracy theory here is it was done on purpose because the Tea Parties (protest rallies) represented a real threat to the 2-party system and had to be shutdown by the powers that be. Why else would Palin still be around?

The original Tea Party goals were smaller government, fewer taxes, and ending the wars. The Campaign for Liberty still reaches for these goals.

By: Almandine

Almandine — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:19:33 +0000

Talkin’ about the Fair Tax, for sure.