National Tea Party: Media Calls for a Showdown But Only 4 People Show
by Jim HoftIt was almost a dream come true.
The media reported that a group of a National Tea Party Convention counter-protesters were going to flock to the Opryland Hotel for a showdown.
But only 4 people showed up.
The mainstream media, of course, swarmed them.
The protesters belonged to the Tennessee Tea Party Coalition. They told the media they represent 35 of 44 tea party groups in Tennessee and they were upset with the event this weekend.
Right Wing News posted the group’s press release.
They stayed for a while and spoke with the media. They said they didn’t hold a grudge against those who attended this weekend’s event but they were upset that the convention cost so much. They wanted to hold the rally in a larger venue so more people could come.
It wasn’t much of a counter protest. It will be interesting to read how the media spins this.
Founding Bloggers has more photos from the convention.
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Typical witless media monkeys, flocking to the non story.
I'm sure that by tomorrow morning, the spin on "Meet the Distressed" will be that several thousands protested the Tea Party Movement. The media will be in "O'Keefe Frenzy Mode".
Maybe they should have held their press conference in a phone booth.
The Media has more people show up than the Progressive Protestors that called this protest. Thtas a good one! I bet they gave them all sit down interviews and got every aspect of their view on how they despise the Tea Party goers and then the Lame Stream Media probably reported there was thousands of Protestors there by showing clips of actual Tea Party goers mixed on with close-ups of the protestors. Douchenozzle media!
I really have no idea what you are talking about.
Was it one teabag group trying to out teabag the teabaggers convention? Or something like that?
I guess I'm not surprised only 4 showed up. Seems like a monumental waste of time.
I hope those four people feel special now. The strength of this first convention is that not everybody can come. Imagine the circus if some of the radical fringe that pretend to be Tea Party people could show up. Then the press would really have something to dig their teeth into and ti would not be good for the convention. These four people and those like them have the opportunity to understand that the Tea Party does not have a boss. It the Tea Party did have a boss, they would want to be it.
I'd say you're wrong about that boss thing. It's pretty clear that those who shelled out the cash to attend, the organizers of the event, and the water-carrying bloggers there are the boss. Someone set the agenda, did they not? There's your boss. And allow me to the first to say that making Sarah Palin the face of the "movement" would be a huge mistake.
My God! What a disgraceful display. No wonder ACORN is still in business.
This entire media is oblivious to their own circus. I was telling a friend about this. Hanna and James; a couple kids for God's sake. Blew up a corrupt den of publicly funded political front syndicates. On a shoelace. And triggered an act of Congress for Pete's sake. Think about that for a minute.
Think about that and tell me everything that's wrong with our country again. Please. Any one' speaking for the Progreliberal experts on the flaws of our Republic.
Listening to Andrew call them out to their faces was heartwarming. I had a chill (not thrill) right down my back. What a Patriot!! That's high praise from me. His websites are so outstanding and his work is the stuff of legend in his field. We owe him and all other truth seekers and speakers alot. Maybe even our very liberty itself.
I just pray we have enough time and power left to turn it right side up again.
No idiot; not back to slaves and white this and oppressed that. Back to a sane fiscal state. Without that in place we can be defeated very easily and there is no shortage of powers capable; and speak openly about doing just that; in private and public if you look hard enough to find it. Socially we're fine; way better and improving every day. It's called evolution of man. Give it time; time will eliminate bigotry. Look at the progress we've made. Any chance of that reversing? Only one. The agitators constantly pitting us against one another. On both sides.
Media: The the whole purpose of a Fed level in the first place; to protect the nation period. A media that ignores growing weekness by the gov't failing on it's primary job is complicate in that failure. By First amendment responsibility as well as right. In that order.
Stay active people; you are slaying Goliath. It's a big job so get your rest.
BRgds
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We're doing great, even the unhappy ones. We need everybody. We are not fighting apathy here folks, so it's all good!
God Bless you all for wanting to go and partake. If you'd have asked me this time last year– that a convention would be happening I would have thought you were crazy — NO WAY! That people would be fighting over the ability to get in — NO WAY!
Congrats to us… Look at us.. we're now fighting to be part of something serious that we all feel strongly about.
But, please get over the ticket prices folks, it's a four day event for that price. Obama just spoke for one dinner at $30,400. per plate for a for profit fundraiser for the DNC. The cost to partake for a hotel convention room(s) and seminar space you're getting — that price is pretty cheap.
There will be many more and bigger to come. Palin will be telecast, the seminar are webcast!
God Bless you al. Let's hang together on this. Looks like enough interest to have regional conventions and a big national one. We're ready to grow already.
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"I guess I'm not surprised only 4 showed up. Seems like a monumental waste of time. "
I'm sure you can only be speaking from experience here right…?
In November every seat that comes up for election will be filled. Some of the races will come down to a clear cut choice between small government, constitutional candidates, and big government socialists. Some will not. I am a huge supporter of the Tea Party and of the concept of “We the people…” I believe that this is greatest country on Earth, and I believe in the vision of the Founding Fathers. However, I am also a pragmatist. While I believe that we should always support those candidates that represent these principles, I also know that in many races we will be faced with “a lesser of two evils” situation. I hope that as the Tea Party movement goes forward, and we look to change the course of our bloated, corrupt Federal Government, that we do not forget that November is only the BEGINNING. I'd much rather have a Lindsey Graham in office than a Nancy Pelosi. If we can get a Jim DeMint, Michelle Bauchman or Mike Pence, or a Marco Rubio then even better. continued…..
I really have no idea what you are talking about.
Are you just one troll trying to out troll the trollers convention? Or something like that?
I guess I'm not surprised only 4 (of your 7 brain cells) showed up. Seems like a monumental waste of time.
But one thing we can do starting in 2010, and going forward, is make it politically PAINFUL for those that refuse to listen to “We the people.” This in reality is where our greatest strength lies, and if you look at the defeat of Obamacare and the subsequent victory in Massachusetts we have already been heard!
Is there an actual news worthy story here??? Just wondering…?
Ok, not everyone is in sync. with everyone else! Jeez, are we going down with the ship or is this simply normal for a citizen group?
LOL!
“ I’m David Gregory reporting from raucous counter protest here at the Tea Party convention in Nashville…now this is impressive….”
"Citizen group". I'm glad you made that reference. Because that's what's been bothering me about this convention. Aren't too many "citizens" there. But there are a whole lot of people who, despite what they would admit, are there for their own self-interests.
that is funny! rofl
I hear what you are saying. As soon as I posted that I mused to myself that the people who paid for this convention are running this convention. That does not necessarily translate to the national level. Do you really think Sarah Palin is being made the face of the Tea Party? Thank you for your comment.
Four people? Tell them to come back when they got 4,000.
Uh Nope ther ain't. But that doesn't usually stop them from making crap up.
I think every time she's trotted out to a tea party event is a mistake. The face of the tea party movement is the millions of Americans who have shown up to protest. That needs to remain the face. And conventions where, like it or not, only a select few attend and a select few determine the agenda, changes that face. Once this movement gets a singular face, that's it. It's over. It's best the movement remains with the people. Because every time the mainstream media is going to have a real hard time villanizing the people. But an individual, no problem.
That's my beef with this convention. I see a whole lot of power grabbers out there.
I wonder if the fact that the reporters outnumbered the protestors will be mentioned in the stories they write. Anyone have a guess?
Whoa, there Pilgrim! Please define how you would declare someone to be a citizen and someone else to be "merely" a self-interested scumbag? Somehow I doubt if you could do so without disqualifying yourself as a citizen in another person's view! So, go easy there Pilgrim!
Cheers!
Let me get this straight. They are going to get all wee wee'd up over a few not completely agreeing with this one event. Are they going to show ANY of the splits/fissures in the Democratically controlled House/Senate/Whitehouse? Yeah, that's what I thought.
Bah let them make their point, do not exclude or deride them. They didn't think charging for the event was okay and one could easily take a look at the situation from that perspective. The story here is the spastic media and their reaction/reporting in relation to the significance of their alleged 'counter-protest'.
People keep sweating the notion of the movement being hijacked by self interested partisans, but I think the fundamental nature of the Tea Party movement is to writhe and buck, and BE fragmented and suspicious of the entire arrangement. We should ALL be suspicious of government and the motives of people, it's healthy. Just don't take it to a ridiculous level. The founders regarded each other and peoples motives with suspicion and they disagreed on a great many things, we'd do well to stick to that spirit.
Oooh…I like how you did that. Worked in some John Wayneisms, attributed insults to me that I did not make, and then signed off with a classy English salutation. As if to say, "I gotcha".
Add rude to old and grouchy and then address me with some civility.
The Democrats could have run Sponge Bob against the Republicans candidate in the last Presidential election & won. Come 2012 Sarah Palin will be able to run as a Repub, or a Conservative, or an Independent, or A Tea Party candidate, and win with 60+ % of the vote. The only things she ( or anyone else ) can't run as & win is a Democrat ( especially a Progressive Democrat) or a form of Communist ( Marxist/Socialist ). Oh yah, or as a Muslim.
We currently have a Progressive Democrat who fancies himself as the Next Marxist or Communist Dictator in the White House. Did I mention that the POTUS is pro murder ( of the unborn) pro Muslim, and a Narcissist who is a Pathological Liar? Oh, I just did. That won't be hard to beat at all.
The only story is media spaz-fits.
Good points. And I'll add, and man, I hope don't nobody go John Wayne on me again just for stating my opinion, that, in my very humble opinion, (metaphorically speaking so you know, don't blow another gasket "Old and Grouchy") wearing a suit and tie to a tea party is not the best idea. Once again, the "movement" is the people. It would have been nice if they were there.
You can only move legislation with the consent of the governed. Consent denied! It’s vitally important for this complete movement to stay involved, through several election cycles to reverse the progressive cancer, that’s in politics, the press, and academia.
Cameron I agree with you…There are some areas of the
country that we'll have to take baby steps…As much as we
would love a true conservative, there will be places that
we will have to be realistic about whether or not a true
conservative can get elected….
Quite frankly, there are only two parties in our two party system. WE, the People, and anyone who opposes US.
I hear what you are saying. I am watching the live stream right now and I have a sense of singularity. Appreciate your feedback.
“Someone that agrees with you 80% of the time is an ally” …the great Ronald Reagan!
We should could use him and his unaffraid honesty today.
Look at Scott Brown, he's not perfect, but he comes across as an honest broker, and is a damn site better than the despicable socialist weakling Coakley.
And three of them thought there would be free food and beverages!
Sarah Palin is ripping Obama and Biden new rectums right now on TV!
Cameron,
That was lovely! Thanks!
MSM "journalists". Knees. Fresh-brewed. Hot. Black tea. Cream on chin. Mmm. mmm, mmm!
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I agree. If they do make Palin the face of the movement, I'm through. If people can't see this is the same old thing, different day, it's all over anyway.
"When rich people (those who can afford $549) take over a movement is when the rest of us walk away. Some of us can take time off of work, but this … If we want elitists, we’ll just vote for incumbents.
You can throw money in the air and run to the front of the crowd, but we don’t have to follow."
Nesho – 2010
The election of the messiah O'Bummer came about, I believe, because many people
interjected their own idea of what hope and change was. In talking to many people I personally
know or have met, it seems the number of thoughts on this matter is quite large. Weather it was
anti Bush, transcending race, looking for a handout, anti Gitmo or a multitude of other "hopes",
weather they were logical, fantasy or ignorance. B.O. had a following.
Coming back to my main thought here. We, and I include ALL THOSE claiming to be a part of or
a supporter of T.E.A. party have our own ideas of what is most important. At first I was a little upset
at the thought of someone trying to make bucks off the convention. It still goes against my grain a
little but that should not be our focus i believe. We need some form of leadership in order to get past the
GRASS ROOTS stage and move on to become the viable party changer which we can be.
There has to be some juggling and rearrangement in this process but the one thing we all must realize,
WE ARE ALL WORKING FOR ONE GOAL, THE CONTINUATION OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
We The People,
Not we the factions
why is the media here anyway – io mean were nobody, just a bunch of redneck racisits !!!
why waste their time???
come on media what is it, you freaking losers!!!
If we invoke a purity test, we’ll get Peroted!
Real Tea partiers, aka Americans, don't need to talk to the press, we live out our lives quietly and and truly change this country for the better every day.
The libtards on MSNBC are going crazy right now. Ed Schultzs head is going to explode.
Stan – Because it is in Nashville, local papers have played the convention up, so I'll be interested to see what, if any, mention will be made. Of course, national media would like nothing more than to discredit anything that works against the Obama agenda. Still, how much can they do with 4 protestors who were simply unhappy with the cost of the convention. Hardly a conter groundswell.
Oh…if anyone Jed, can make a mountain out of a mole hill it would be our press.
I agree. I love Palin, but she's just too easy to parody, and her brand has been successfully damaged by liberals. Her appeal is huge but limited to core conservatives. If she becomes the face of the movement we'll lose all traction with independents–many of the people who put Scott Brown over the top. We're actually very well served by not having a clear leader at this point–just passionate grass roots. Our eventual leader should be an unknown and rise up from the crowd.
My God Cowboy, be careful man, you might get some on you…I recommend safety glasses!
You've got that right! N ow, maybe "Big Feed" will be more forgiving of all of us?
Thank you! I believe that there is no more powerful concept, nothing more repesentative of the Tea party movement than "We the people." Going forward any politician that does embrace this will not be long for this world. It is great to see so many people getting involved. The government is truely affraid, as the should be!
Ooh, so which are you now, a grieving "citizen" or an interested "citizen." Somehow, they both seem to be the same, so lighten up and grant that your views and mine need not equate yet both can be acceptable to others. BTW: addressing you with civility is possible once you address others with that self same civil attitude, or perhaps in spite of that!
Cheers!
"…maybe "Big Feed" will be more forgiving of all of us?"
With a handle like "OldGrouchy", who knew you had a sense of humor? Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!
Did you see Palin give here speech? What did you think?
Now that you have listened to Sarah Palin's speech at the 'convention', you now realize what she is all about.
Hopefully, your misgivings have been put to rest, because if not……
Just what is your agenda.
Kinda makes me think that this how some folks were feeling back just before 1776.
It was good! She inserted “Alaska” once when she should of said “America,” that’ll be on continual loop in the press. I liked her sit down afterwards more than her speech. When she talks extemporaneously her instincts take over, and what you have is a strong American woman, who you know is genuine. Her love of country is without question, and she speaks from experience, not something she read in a book (Barry). I’m a fan, and she will be one to watch as we approach 2012.
Oh yes. I had never heard her before. Now I know why so many are drawn to her. My agenda? Did you really ask that?
I have no problem with Palin. I'm a fan. My point is that she cannot be made the face of the tea party movement. There can be no single face of the movement. If there becomes a single face, the movement is done. As much as I like Palin and what she stands for, she's a political failure. If she becomes the face of the movement it's done. That's not a guess, it's a fact.
She said tonight she doesn't want to be the face of the Tea Party movement, and that there shouldn't be one face. "We The People" should be the faces of the movement, as she also stated tonight.
Look folks it is called National Media/Exposure and we took advantage of it tonight.
I heard her speak tonight and I did not come away sensing anything remotely what you guys are fearing.
Somebody had to be the KEYNOTE speaker.
Would you have been less uncomfortable if it would have been Joe The Plumber.
What happened in Nashville Tenn.was merely ONE Tea party event that was very strategically labeled a "Convention"
As a Tea Party member (New Lenox IL.) I was extremely pleased with today's proceedings.
Totally agree there Grouchy
You do not abandon ship because the ice maker in the ship's galley has sprung a leak.
That's the right thing to say. And probably how she feels, but it may not matter. I respect Palin. But I really don't want to give liberals a person to harpoon and along with it, the movement.
The four fellow members of our Tea Party movement that came in from Memphis felt thy had an honest beef.
That's OK.
The four hundred MSM reporters that came out to cover their grievance…..
NOW THAT'S THE STORY.
I will say I was more at ease after she spoke, however, the general tenor of that convention has bothered me. There is an art to all this. And nothing I saw made me feel as welcome and involved as any of tea parties I went to. I state my opinion because I can't be the only one who is thinking that way.
Personally, I believe she speaks from the heart. She is genuine. That is the same quality that Ronald Reagan had; that was part of his disarming charm. That quality, that both she and Reagan share, is what drives the left rabidly insane. In the modern world of polished politicians and teleprompter triatheletes, genuine comes across. So does the phony insincerity of the scripted professionals.
While not a total fan, she did a bit more tonight in closing the deal as far as I'm concerned. She could be the next Reagan or Margaret Thatcher. I know this, I would trust her further than I would trust the current clown in the White House.
Switched to Ed Shwartz on MSNBC to get his take on Palin's keynote speech.
We got nothing to worry about, these folks are still in denial.
Stay clueless Liberals/Democrats, we are almost there.
Wrong, she did not punch them in the MOUTH.
4-people is all the friends that Rahmbo could find on the planet!
Any movement without leadership emerging at some point is doomed to flail about and die. Some leadership may be bad, some good. The beauty of the Tea Party movement is that it is organic. Some people, leaders, decided to organize a protest based on the Tea Party in colonial Boston. This idea went viral through the internet and talk radio. People in other cities came together to protest the excesses of the Imperial Federal Government. It grew. It gained influence.
I lived through another great social movement, the counter-culture of the 60's. "Leaders" emerged there. They took the movement in a very bad direction (co-opted by drug dealers and commies). The anti-establishment movement of the 60's has become the establishment. We are participating in the new counter-culture, a new anti-establishment. We need to support leaders who share the American dream. That believe the Constitution is the guiding light of our country. Who speak plainly, practice what they preach, and have integrity. Whether Sarah Palin becomes a prominent figure in the Tea Party movement doesn't matter to me. I agree with most of what she says. I think she speaks pretty plainly. She was one of the first ones out of the gate to publicly support the conservative in NY23. Oh, and she's not a "law-yer". Wish there were some prominent Democrats that would emerge, but they have been in lock-step for so long I don't know if that is possible.
I think we need to co-opt a party much as the commies did the Democrats in the 60's and 70's.
So why don't you run for office? Can you live up to your own lofty expectations?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
If only a Ronald Reagan would emerge! Or someone
close to his principles and ideals…..
Funny!
WTF? Are you even remotely serious? Earth to BF, Earth to BF. Come on, it dosen't matter who is speaking on behalf of or even akin to the Tea Party Movement, the msm WILL "harpoon" them. If the msm isn't frothing at the mouth over ALL of the candidates advanced through the TPM, something is wrong with the picture, capisce(Thanks Mago)? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
"If you stopped and …". Please, don't be condescending to us. Who do you think you're talking to? Your child? The average poster here will leave you in the dust intellectually. Oh yeah, I really believe that you're a fan of SP, regular fanboy, are ya'?I wonder. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
HOFT, as a so called "conservative" you should be supporting these protestors, not vilifying that they're being covered! The convention does cost too much. The tea party is about we the people. not about fat cats who want to profit off of it.
And yes, you can be a conservative and realize that corporatism is not necessarily capitalism. Wake up and see the FASCISM.
[...] Big Government: The media reported that a group of a National Tea Party Convention counter-protesters were going to flock to the Opryland Hotel for a showdown. [...]
Who gives a damn what the freakin' msm thinks about anything? Everyone of you sound like a vacillating lump of moderate crap! If you don't like it, go progressive! You all sound like a herd of RINO's! Blah friggin' blah. Makes me want to spit. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
Well then let me put it another way. How about conservatives not hold her up as the face of the party. There are many better choices than her. We'd be better served finding them.
I never once saw Palin standing out in the elements at the tea parties I was at. You see her?
And you only make my point. The MSM WILL harpoon any "individual" associated with the movement. And that would be an effective tact for the MSM and their agenda. Harpooning the people, however, has not and will not be an effective tact for the MSM. So why give them an individual?
You understand. Don't you?
You said something very important:
"I lived through another great social movement, the counter-culture of the 60's. "Leaders" emerged there. They took the movement in a very bad direction (co-opted by drug dealers and commies)."
You make a very valid point that few people recognize "co-opted by drug dealers and commies."
Yet how did that occur? That also was an organic movement (pardon the pun). What few people realize, or do not even know, was that the US Government infiltrated the 60's counter culture movement. The US Government had their "people" inside provide ample drugs: grassm hash, LSD, heroin, pills. You name it, the Government supplied it. it was the Government that brought down the counter culture because it was a threat. They made drugs available to all and the movement imploded, from the inside out.
contd.
The Tea Party needs be ever vigilant, and guard against Government intrusion. The Tea Party is a threat to the status quo, and the Government will be out to destroy it. How will the Tea Party know if, and when the Government has infiltrated it? They won't. Thats because it is Government. Don't fool yourself. The Government has people there now, as we speak, taking notes, and names……..
Oh I guess you travelled into the future in your magical machine, eh Pig Feet?You really sound like a backbiting troll to me. Presumption of fact dosen't mean you know anything, dearie. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
Sure. But I'll first need $549 from each of you. Oh yeah, just $549. That's the going rate for a grassroots movement.
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The troll card. That's what you came up with? Dolts like you give conservatives a bad name. Not because you want to, but because your knee-jerks so fast you can't help it.
"The enemy". Two-step thinking is a task for you isn't it. Stick with checkers fool. And leave the grown ups to their chess.
Whoa, two intellectual giants among us, right here.So penny, if SP plays a major role, you're through(finished)? Golly, we're gonna' miss you.You too, Pig Feet? Even though you state religiously, as a qualifier, that you're a fan? Golly, we're gonna' miss you too. Somehow I think we'll survive without you two weasels. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
No Hanzo, I've seen the past. Political failure. Twice over. Now, I have a back you can bite. But again. It's gonna cost you $549.
[ Eli's Hammer] Oh reverse Mugwump, I say !!! There is nothing scarier than the possibility of a middle-class uprising. All those damn lawn tractors— fitted with taupe gun turrents (that's turret for the educated)— massing at the Starbucks for the assault. Conscripts frantically turning outdoor BBQ's into catapults. Women sewing day and night the symbols of the rebellion…IZOD, NIKE, Karan. They are "Fed Up" and not gonna take IT any more! (so quit eating so much and just say no to your uncle's improper advances)
They will "Take the country back." Ok…I'm listening. About here the troops look to their leader." What are we going to take back leader?" Taxes! "We will shrink government and cut taxes a lot."
Hmmm…OK?
"And if anyone dare cross us we will get on our cell phones, computers and pads and call the police to arrest them…(min. $75K per year/per cop..take them to court…(big bucks)…and put them in prison. (…25-35K / year per person, not counting all the side hires.) 70% of local budget is fire and police…they are UNION, you understand?
Then we will spend the tax money we saved to stop terrorism by getting the bad guys to cheaply surrender…or we can spend 200 Billion a year–not counting hidden costs. We can stop Socialism-Security and have "private accounts"…you know, keep our own money. Save it up for a rainy day. Like we do with our credit cards right now. Schools can be privatized, and we can build our own bridges and roads. Parks and campgrounds we can do without, as people can camp anywhere in their country. Of course we will harvest uranium and build reactors–and store it in Harry Reid's state…No, wait: We will store the waste where we live–all things being local now. Keep the government out of banking and insurance as well..We all know we are covered for flood and abnormal situations–because no one is ever left homeless by the insurance business. Bankers will look out for us as well…When conservatives have been in power there is never a depression…recession…recession…big-big recession. Why if we wern't so buisy doing what government does for us we would be wealthy beyond our dreams…except we'd be working for free to do what we pay others to do…so we can make the money that the government wants to do what we don't want to do. But NOW we do want to work for free.
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"
[ Eli's Hammer ]
Get over yourself. All you've done was rail against SP. Have an agenda, do we? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
Actually, you won't survive. You'll be carried across the river by the other, more sturdy ones. And even though they'll say you were an integral part of the team, and they "couldn't have done it without you", they'll still never let you do anything other than plan signs in yards. At least you'll have a legitimate excuse to explain the blisters on your palms.
You haven't taken the time to read my point. And it's been stated several times over. Come on, you can address this issue. No one's threatening your stockpile of Plain whacking material. So relax.
"The face of the tea party movement is the millions of Americans who have shown up to protest. That needs to remain the face. And conventions where, like it or not, only a select few attend and a select few determine the agenda, changes that face. Once this movement gets a singular face, that's it. It's over. It's best the movement remains with the people. Because every time the mainstream media is going to have a real hard time villanizing the people. But an individual, no problem."
What I understand is that the very SECOND we give a damn about what the msm thinks about our candidates we better concede defeat.Furthermore, if the msm treats them favorably, we better regroup and present another candidate. Who the hell wants to curry the favor of the msm?Surely you understand, don't you?
off topic, but on the eve of the launch, am wondering why Andrew does not start drilling into the criminality gurgling over at NASA.
clashed with the head of NASA last week about how much the space agency can cut from its budget. According to an article in the Orlando Sentinel Obama's people want to cancel the Ares rocket and Orion capsule program, which would eventually return Americans to the moon and then, later, take our space travelers to Mars. NASA Administrator Mike Griffin wants nothing to do with axing the Ares/Orion work, and rumors are swirling that a meeting last week between Griffin and Obama's transition member for space-related matters, Lori Garver, got pretty ugly.
I wouldn't give you the proverbial sweat off….you get the picture.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
It is worth noting that Lori Garver used to be an Associate Administrator at NASA. Her stint at the space agency consisted for the most part of being nothing more than a "public affairs officer." She was not involved in engineering, planning, budgeting, or any other hands-on work there. Once she had done her time on Uncle Sam's tab, she started her own "consulting firm" called Capital Space LLC, which is rather hard to track down but seems to be involved in sucking up public funds for private entrepreneurial endeavors related to space transport. One of her consulting gigs involves DFI International, where her job is to "…assist DFI's senior management in strategic planning and business development activities related to the firm's corporate space practice."
Address the issue I raise numchuckles. I have a proveable track record of my respect for Sarah Palin. I have no agenda against her. It could be anyone. But Palin's the one they trotted out. Address the point I raised above. You can do this.
Yes, Obama's Lori Garver is a corporate shill of the worst kind: she's a "consultant."
Read that: "lobbyist." Just like countless others, she parlayed a stint in public service to start a "consulting" business so she could rent her little Blackberry of access to government insiders; and given that she now makes her dime with paychecks from the private sector, she has every incentive to interfere with NASA's public space programs because she's a point person for private companies that want to take over what is going to be a hugely lucrative business for the rest of the 21st Century.
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