TagsTagsI know a lot of people want to deny it, but statistics posted and analyzed at FiveThirtyEight.com show a strong correlation between attendance at tea parties and support for crazy uncle Ron Paul: Were the Tea Parties Really a Libertarian Thing? What we seem to have is an audience that ...
The FBI has arrested an Oklahoma City man who used Twitter to post threats that he would turn the April 15th “tea party” into a “blood bath.” An Oklahoma City man who announced on Twitter that he would turn an April 15 tax protest into a bloodbath was hit with ...
Tea Party, Protest, Demonstration, extremists, Oklahoma City, Crime
Ron Paul steps up and takes credit for the Tax Day Tea Parties: Statement on Ron Paul and ‘Tax Day Tea Parties’. ARLINGTON, Va.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—As activists across the country hold national tea parties, Campaign for Liberty president John Tate issued the following statement: “The concept of the modern day Tea Party ...
Here’s a thread for LGF readers to file reports from the tax day tea party protests. It’s probably pretty obvious that I’m ambivalent about these protests, because I think they’ve been coopted to a large extent by Ron Paul nuts and other fringe groups. I know there are also a lot ...
Here’s an AFP report on “tea party” demonstrations: Anti-Obama ‘tea party’ protests mark US tax day. NEW YORK (AFP) – Critics of President Barack Obama marked national tax day Wednesday with “tea party” protests that Republicans are calling the birth of a grassroots opposition, but Democrats dismiss as a fraud. Initially ...
Tea Party, Protest, Demonstration, Ron Paul, extremists, Eric Odom
It’s the wrap-around effect, as Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin gloms onto the tea party demonstration in Washington DC. Left, right, who cares? Not Medea, that’s obvious. She’s simply drawn to the extremism. (Hat tip: Age of Hooper.)
Tea Party, Protest, Demonstration, Code Pink, medea benjamin
Here’s a charming little thread posted tonight at the Ron Paul Forums, but quickly deleted when they realized I would trace the referrals back to them, titled: LGF: Tea Party Coopted by Paulians. Prompted by this LGF post, pointing out the Ron Paulians have infiltrated the Pensacola Tea Party. ...... Dripping Rain ...
Tea Party, Protest, Demonstration, Ron Paul, Truthers, Troofers, extremists
Truthers and Ron Paul “activists” have apparently hijacked the management of the Tea Party in Pensacola, Florida. I apologize for sending this to list addressees individually. However, I was so shocked by Mr. A*’s words and the “activist” website where he has his email address (www.meetthetruth.com) that I felt it ...
Tea Party, Protest, Demonstration, Ron Paul, Truthers, Troofers, extremists
I’m getting email from people outraged that the city of Cape Coral, Florida, has canceled a “tea party” protest, because (they say) the government fears too many attendees. CAPE CORAL, Fla. - A tea party to protest government spending and taxing is canceled. Canceled by the government. Why? They feel too ...
Instapundit has photos from the Tea Party protest in Cincinnati, with quite a large turnout: THE CINCINNATI TEA PARTY IS UNDERWAY, and a reader sends this photo via Blackberry ...
The great right-wing Rick Santelli conspiracy that wasn’t: Anatomy of a Left-Wing Smear: The Great Tea Party Conspiracy Busted.
Tea Party, Rick Santelli, Right Wing, Left Wing, Smear, Media Bias
Photos from the Chicago Tea Party at Founding Bloggers. UPDATE at 2/27/09 11:52:49 am: Age of Hooper has a photo from the DC Tea Party. Apparently wasn’t the most exciting political rally ever. I think they really need some giant papier mache puppets to get the crowds pumped up. UPDATE at 2/27/09 1:32:48 ...
Economy, Finance, Business, Financial Crisis, Barack Obama, Tea Party