Playboy: Confessions of a Tea Party Consultant
by PubliusThe July issue of Playboy (available on news stands Friday) has an awesome feature story, “Rogues of K Street: Confessions of a Tea Party Consultant.” The piece is by Anonymous. We bring you our first installment below. The whole article can be found here.
Everything I know about being a good consultant comes from Fight Club. Discretion is everything. Rule number one is you don’t talk about consulting for the Tea Party. Rule number two is you don’t talk about consulting for the Tea Party. The story about the wild characters who are shaping this campaign cycle is worth telling, but please excuse my anonymity.
I hold as many meetings as possible over Tanqueray and tonics at the St. Regis hotel on K Street in Washington, D.C. The bar is dark and private, with comfortable couches. Even the gin tastes better there. On weekday afternoons the only people in the bar are foreigners and political consultants long past caring about who actually wins.
“You’re going to see something spectacular,” an old friend who has a knack for black-bag operations said as he proudly downed his vodka. “About a month from now you’ll see ACORN explode from within.” Right on schedule a video was released that showed undercover conservative activists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles getting advice from employees at the Baltimore office of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now on how to smuggle underage El Salvadoran girls into a fictitious brothel.
That’s when I realized this isn’t an average fringe movement. This one is credible, legit and-for the first time in a decade-scaring the crap out of the left. In my years as a campaign hack and then as a consultant, I’ve created more than my share of fake grassroots organizations. Some were downright evil but effective beyond expectations. Did you get an automated call from the sister of a 9/11 victim asking you to reelect President Bush in 2004? That was me. Did you get a piece of mail with the phrase ’supports abortion on demand as a means of birth control’? That may have been me too.
Conservatives had been trying to take down ACORN for three decades. Where they failed, BigGovernment.com and my friends succeeded. In one magnificent explosion, a loose group of troublemakers, libertarians and Republicans took its first scalp. Sonja Merchant-Jones, former co-chair of ACORNís Maryland chapter, told The New York Times in March, “That 20-minute video ruined 40 years of good work.”
The ACORN blood tasted good. Shortly after, a core group of about 30 of us convened for the first time. It was the kind of conference call during which no one, except the handful with nothing to lose, offered last names. But it didn’t matter. I’d been around long enough to know many of the people by voice. Most of our talk was devoted to rants about the K Street lobbyists who are ruining the GOP. There I sat, in the quiet corner of a coffee shop on K Street, listening to a conference call beating the shit out of the people who keep me in business.
The cynical among us think it’s a group of peasants with pitchforks controlled by an underground cabal of Glenn Beck, wealthy donors and the guys who killed JFK. But the worst thing I can say about the Tea Party I work for is that it can make lots of noise but can’t win without professional help. I love the irony of helping run this organization from the St. Regis Bar.
This cause is worthier and more real than anything I’ve done in the past. I’m all in. When I met the colorful characters behind the organization, I was really all in. None of them were prom king, none went to college east of the Appalachians (even the Jews), and a lot of them smoke a pack a day just because they’re not supposed to. Unlike most of the tired, airbrushed conservatives living in D.C., the homegrown activists I work with are the real deal. They may not read much, but they all know their Ayn Rand.
Read more tomorrow. The whole article can be found here.
Email this to a friend | Print |
Share on Facebook
| Tweet this
| 
Follow Us on Twitter
Subscribe via RSS
Got a Tip?
200 Comments
I buy Playboy to read the articles.
While consultants mull over "fake" grass roots on K Street, Breitbart and it's REAL grassroots keep right on growing.
TEA Party activist-? I'm in, who's with me?
I love it! I’ve attended three Tea Party’s and every time I’ve been impressed with the attendees. Thanks Barry, you’ve awakened the sleeping giant. If you’re in the political business don’t make long term plans! Viva-La-Revolution!
LOL LOL LOL
…………….
Yup,
I knew my supply of tin foil hats would come in handy.
As of right now I am being fitted for a full body tin foil suit.
The credibility of ANON has just risen in my book /sarc
I've been to DC marches, and all I can say is…..never in my life have I been around that many people by the millions, and felt so safe. It was like I knew everyone, people were so friendly and nice, and these were people I never met before that would come up to me and start a conversation. True Grass Roots for sure.
So the guy is ALL IN! Seems a little strange that he would put together a hit piece (which it has to be in Playboy) and put it out there for what – a few pieces of silver?
No matter who I ask, no one can seem to tell me where to apply for reimbursement for the hundreds of miles I've driven to attend tea parties… Yet the libs seem to find the "organization" without trouble. WTF?
"The People" will win over the Politicians! This "OBAMANATION" does NOT represent U.S! WE HAVE THE NUMBERS and THE WILL! and WE WILL VOTE YOU OUT!
We will keep Reynolds Comp. in business. : )
They wish to dismiss us and not take us seriously? That's fine, but they should be aware that they do so at their own peril… Game on, lefties!!
Conservatives had been trying to take down ACORN for three decades. Where they failed, BigGovernment.com and my friends succeeded. In one magnificent explosion, a loose group of troublemakers, libertarians and Republicans took its first scalp. Sonja Merchant-Jones, former co-chair of ACORNís Maryland chapter, told The New York Times in March, “That 20-minute video ruined 40 years of good work.”
sounds like someone is a little upset
As a Tea Partier, I would much rather cast my lot with the REAL Americans who surround me at events and where I live than the faux ones claiming to represent me in Washington, D.C.. I am positive that in ANY situation, I can count on my teabagging, gun-toting, Bible clinging, America loving neighbors. Politicians? Not so much.
Oh indeed! An aroused electorate, and not the parasitic class, a Washington politicians worst nightmare!
You do actually have to love it. They have no clue how to fight us.
Some guy living in his mother's basement thought, "I'm in need of some cash and I can write. What should I do? I know. I'll write a story for Playboy about how I'm a tea party operative. Even if they wanted to–they couldn't fact check it. And it's PLAYBOY! They print all sorts of macho, made up lies as truth."
Yeah, that's what I think happened.
I love it….after hearing how dismissive the RNC and the K Street GOPers have been about the new crop of activists, it is great to see someone who has been inside the hearts and heads of both camps and declares "This cause is worthier and more real than anything I’ve done in the past"
That is NOT selling out for a piece of silver nor is it in any way a hit piece….it is the opposite, incredibly supportive of the character of the people involved. So it has a hint of being a bit racy and edgy, big deal…indeed it is a BIG DEAL…it is a big deal to NOT have the left define the entire right by their twisted lense. the TP movement and GOP is far more diverse and has an edgy hip element as well and I think it is bloody fabulous that someone is showing that side…
Unlike the traditional GOP, who fights the war at an appointed time in an old-fashioned way while the opposition has been unloading guerilla warfare on us for DECADES, I say bring in some new ideas and methods…
To the Rogues of K Street….go shake things up!
Since when did Playboy put articles in their mag?
last time i checked, the tea party is not on k street. the tea party is on any, and every street usa. there may be republican strategists trying to put the tea party on thier resume, but that does not actually make them a tea party activist. the whole idea of the tea party is to end the k street plundering of our tax dollars. the main focus on k street is to lobby away every dime they can fleece out of the real tea party. why would the tea party want any washington entrenched help, we seem to be doing fine with ourself now. i can see november from my house!!
Publius,
You want to wake up the left, tell them you have a solution for global warming, world hunger, equal distribution of all things, world government, ultimate power to the chosen people. The interests of all left leaning people combined will be resolved, not the ones they voted in of course, they have a different agenda (personal power), but the populace. They have been striving for this since the beginning of there struggle, long ago. Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word Of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.
He/she broad-brushes Tea-Party people incorrectly. Their education is across the board, from Masters Degree to Grammar School only. Also he misses the mark on "reading." Tea Party people read a lot! more than only the wonderful Ayn Rand. We read everything! We're from Main St., not k street.
I'd rather have a cup of tea with a Tea Party person, talking about NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION," than a Filet Mignon with Foie Gras & truffles, with anyone who favors this "Obamanation!" Long live the Tea Parties! They are "The People" and last night's Obama-speak…. closed the deal on just how Incompetent this Clown is!
I see a new t-shirt…" I wanna be a K St. Rogue"…heh.
FYI… link to full article didn't work for me.
Great read so far! The beauty of the Tea Party is that it includes regular people, all conservative people… It's not the Republican Party, which can be sold out.
DITTO. Went to the HC deform rally with my girlfriend. Driving fm Delaware, saw lots of folks headed there. Metro from New Carrolton was a joyous occasion for all aboard. During the singing of The National Anthem, all were singing, saluting the flag properly ( http://www.legion.org/flag/code, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM) and then cheering at its conclusion. I haven't see that many American flags on display since my post-9/11 homecoming on U.S.S. Bataan (LHD-5).
Right on! Love that!
Good one. This line below is the best part:
Sonja Merchant-Jones, former co-chair of ACORNís Maryland chapter, told The New York Times in March, “That 20-minute video ruined 40 years of good work.”
Forty years of good work my butt. ACORN is more like 40-years of government embezzlement and corruption. BigGov rocks!
Will there be any Dims in the House after Nov 2…?
I'm getting a sense, that Obama is the "most tin-eared tin horn" ever to steer the ship of state …..into the rocks.
I so agree. I was at the 9/12 march and will be at the 8/28 rally. It was like we all knew each other for years. I remember someone needing a doctor at 9/12 and a nurse left all her belongings behind to go help. Not one person took her things and not one person knew her. Others gave up their chairs to strangers. We helped each other.
I work on K Street right by the St. Regis… I think I might stop by the bar now from time to time. That's where all the cool kids are meeting.
Try to understand the logic here. Here, I'll give you a quick lesson:
"Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer."
It's not a hit piece.
Yes, that someone who is upset is Sonja Merchant-Jones, former co-chair of ACORN's Maryland chapter.
It is NOT the author of the piece who is upset. The author of the piece salutes the fact that ACORN was taken down.
Keep those Tea Party cameras recording, especially at Playboy.
You could easily be right. This person could be phony as a three-dollar bill.
However, the story is written from the perspective of someone who wishes the Tea Party all the success it can get, and also claims that the author is capable of service to the cause.
You're exactly right!
That's great ss794, just think, we may have already met. I was there on the 9/12 march as well, and I too plan on going to the 8/28 rally. I remember looking behind me and seeing millions of people behind me, it was the greatest experience ever. One thing is for certain, if anything happens to me it's better to be at a Tea Party crowd than the seiu marches.
You might be right. On the other hand, the author makes some good points.
The author isn't claiming some noble perfection for himself/herself, just a conviction that, without professional help, the Tea Party movement won't get as far as it deserves.
Well, THAT makes a lot of sense.
The link to read the whole article is broken, but here's a direct link: http://www.playboy.com/articles/rogues-of-k-stree...
Definitely not a hit piece, and it's actually a very good, pro tea party article.
So, you agree with the author, it seems.
The author isn't putting down any Tea Partiers. I truly don't see where your argument lies.
BTW I just love your avatar. : )
Very good point, kasteer. We can't afford to be a wing of the Republican Party.
After the past two years, I may be a little jaded. But something in this article does not pass the sniff test.
The link to read the whole article is broken, but here's a direct link: http://www.playboy.com/articles/rogues-of-k-stree...
It's a very pro tea party article, and seems pretty legitimate. It's much longer than what's posted here.
The actual link to the actual article:
http://www.playboy.com/articles/rogues-of-k-stree...
Thanks. I improved her picture with photoshop. The one good thing about the government is that it has bonded the American people. We are restoring our history and our faith.
forgive me if I seem a little skeptical of an anon being quoted in Playboy.
One making statements such as,
I’ve created more than my share of fake grassroots organizations. Some were downright evil but effective beyond expectations. Did you get an automated call from the sister of a 9/11 victim asking you to reelect President Bush in 2004? That was me. Did you get a piece of mail with the phrase ’supports abortion on demand as a means of birth control’? That may have been me too.
OR,
Conservatives had been trying to take down ACORN for three decades. Where they failed, BigGovernment.com and my friends succeeded. In one magnificent explosion, a loose group of troublemakers, libertarians and Republicans took its first scalp.
OR,
None of them were prom king, none went to college east of the Appalachians (even the Jews), and a lot of them smoke a pack a day just because they’re not supposed to. Unlike most of the tired, airbrushed conservatives living in D.C., the homegrown activists I work with are the real deal. They may not read much, but they all know their Ayn
I didn't do it, but just looking at the link you may want to be careful clicking on a link like that at work.
I share your skepticism as to what it all means.
However, the thrust of your remark, "sounds like someone is a little upset" seemed, to me, to say, "It appears that the author of this piece is expressing personal upset that ACORN was taken down." In fact, the author was quoting someone who expressed upset.
Again, I'm not sure what it all means. Still, I'm quite sure of what the author SAYS, and how the author portrays his/her feelings about the Tea Party and the collapse of ACORN.
what light is the author painting the TPM in?
a bunch of uneducated (even the Jews),smoking,non reading, troublemakers,libertarians and Republicans creating grassroots organizations.
Yes, of course you do.
Most of the country.
The page I linked to is safe for work, but you probably won't get away with going to other pages on the site at work
Any one who has been to a local tea party event of any kind knows this is not an organized movement which can be manipulated. Every one that participates has only their own personal ,individual concerns which they wish to express with other folk who have similar views. They have totally free and open discussions in an atmosphere of patriotic zeal and individualism. The peaceful but spirited climate of small town hall meeting is definitely G rated with children participating in rally type events.
Playboy type articles are believable to those who are afraid of the American citizen that isn't an' inside the beltway box thinker.'
Read the whole article if you haven't. It's a lot longer than what's posted here, and he makes a lot of really good points, and I don't think he's claiming anything more than being a part of one particular, very active tea party group, mostly based well outside D.C.
Same here. I don't see anything here that couldn't be written by anyone who's been reading the news lately.
http://www.playboy.com/articles/rogues-of-k-stree... is the direct link. Very good read. That page is safe for work.
That, and the jokes and comics. Ok, the interviews and the Playmate summaries too. Actually, since silicone became popular, the girls look so similar it's become boring. The same with Penthouse, perhaps even more so.
Whoa there….you are doubting the veracity and thoroughness of such a vaunted source of pornography….I mean journalism as Playboy?
What she meant was 40 years of astroturfing and helping to steal elections for the Democrats.
hippieconservativ — You make me wonder if we're reading the same article. I'll quote from the article, and see if I can help.
When the author says "none went to college east of the Appalachians," the author is not saying they are "uneducated." The author makes a geographical reference to the LOCATION where these people, including the Tea Party Jews, RECEIVED their educations, NOT making some blanket statement that they never GOT an education.
"The author writes, "They may not read much, but they all know their Ayn Rand." To me, that's a big "So what?" I don't know how much the average Tea Partier reads, do you? I hardly read at all, but in my reading heyday, I read everything I could get my hands on. I have a decent education and have read widely. I'm not sure what you find offensive in these statements.
There is an area where I can agree with you. I'm skeptical of this author because, while he/she criticizes airbrushed Washington conservatives, he or she might just be one.
I read the whole article, and it has a slight (not a pronounced) feel of the counterfeit to me.
Did you read the rest of the article? There's a lot more to it than this post, and it will probably answer most of your questions. It's a very pro tea party article, and he's not making any grand claims other than being part of a particular very active tea party group that Breitbart and Flynn are also part of.
I doubt they would be posting his article if he was lying.
Here's the direct link since their link is broken. It's safe for work: http://www.playboy.com/articles/rogues-of-k-stree...
As to what light the author paints the TPM in, I would say a positive one.
Did you read the rest of the article? There's a lot more to it than this post, and it will probably answer most of your questions. It's a very pro tea party article, and he's not making any grand claims other than being part of a particular very active tea party group that Breitbart and Flynn are also part of.
I doubt they would be posting his article if he was lying.
Here's the direct link since their link is broken. It's safe for work: http://www.playboy.com/articles/rogues-of-k-stree...
caddy,
They have NO CLUE they don't NEED to fight us. They just need to REPRESENT us!
Course that's a graduate course compared to fight club…..one they'll never qualify for. So long as they see "US" as separate from "THEM" this battle is just beginning. When we're done, they won't even know who "THEY" are anymore…assuming my "scorched earth" motion fails.
Should it pass "THEY" won't trouble anyone ever again, lol
Maybe when the election is over we can take off our Zorro mask and reveal our true identity?
AMERICANS?
I share your concern. However, I am pretty sure that Breitbart and company know who this person is, or they wouldn't have re-published the article. Further, he or she would've had to pass some sort of legitimacy test to get the article published in Playboy.
There are a lot of comments here by people who don't seem to think the article is legitimate. The links to the entire article are not working, but you should read it. It really is a good, pro tea party piece, and the author isn't making any grand claims other than being a part of a particular, very active, tea party group that Breitbart and Flynn are also part of.
They wouldn't be posting his article if he were lying, and if you read the rest of the article, you would see that. I'm sure they know exactly who he is.
The link is posted by someone a couple posts above, and it is safe for work.
I'm sure people are wondering: Yes, that link is safe for work
it's not that i don't want to read the whole article, it is just that i am moving past this article, and what it will start. the rest of the msm will point out this article, then draw the conclusion that the tea party is astroturf, and not grassroots, as evidenced by this k street lobbiest taking credit for tea party strategy. remember, it is not what the tea party does, it is how it can be spun negatively, this story will fit nicely into the msm narrative. so i am looking at it from my slant, lets us see which way this is portrayed?
If you read the article like I suggested, you would understand that it has very little to do with what you think by reading the first page. If you still think the same thing afterwords, fine, but don't take a position without reading it. That's just being ignorant.
Check SEIU'S expense records…..I think you'll find whereever there are aggitators, there is an equal sum of wages and transportation costs charged to the union books.
hitler's brown shirts weren't funded through citizen donations. Audit the unions…or maybe check on that missin TARP MONEY. Seems protesters of Tea Party events never lack for anything, including eggs.
And as someone who has been to TP events in 7 different states over the last year (speaking at many of them) you also know that the crowd is far more diverse than the MSM would suggest and the Playboy article addresses an additional element of the movement…
And it is NOT about manipulation, it is about the ability to get information out there, fast, and out of the reach of the MSM and DNC and SEUIs of the world trying to stop it..
Most gateway software will block that site from work computers.
Sorry, "Playboy" is not safe for work.
Fanx a bunch! You're right. Given the nature of the publication, a person at work might be reluctant to click.
nothing offensive but to have an anon claiming that from the confines of a bar, even a high class one on K street, there are those directing or manipulating the TPM and the message appears
to be a chess game where the master wizard is sitting sipping drinks and discussing strategies
on how to be the professional help.
You have a very idealistic view of the Tea Party's chances if they go it alone, without organization.
This is exactly how Obama got the votes he needed to become Dear Leader: ORGANIZATION.
Absolutely. It's about using the massive resources between new media and millions of active and fired up people to actually affect elections instead of just gathering every once in a while. The guy is right on the money.
K_D_J
Yes, I read the whole article. That is the reason for the radar to beep. I see no good that can come from this. All it can do is give the left ammo to attack the Tea party. To have the group portrayed as puppets of a K Street hand does no good for the image of the brand.
Did you see the words "directing or manipulating" within this article? NO? Wow, neither did I. What I saw was (very possibly) a realist who knows that organization is the key.
You seem to be in some sort of sophomoric daze, perhaps promoted by Hollywood movies, that the good guys always win.
THEY DON'T!! The organized and focused guys win. That's how Obama got to be Dear Leader: ORGANIZATION.
I give up. Have it your way.
If your work gateway software wont' let you, then obviously it doesn't matter. Everyone's work is different. Use your own judgment. But that particular page where the article posted is safe.
Thanks, HPJ. It's actually an excellent article that might put a tic in the eye of the statist lefties. However,I did miss the terms bible thumping, gun toting, beer guzzling, back-wood, flag waving, racist, redneck pecker-wood though. Kinda felt left out.
I guess we just don't see it the same way. He makes it quite clear that there are many tea party groups, and he is just a part of one, and not even the "leader" of that. Your characterization of him portraying the tea party as puppets of a K street hand makes me think we read two completely different articles.
I think this article will help the Tea Party brand, as he speaks very positively about it and it's many different types of individuals involved, and he addresses many of the left medias slants on tea party. The best thing is that he does all this in a magazine that will reach many people who don't know much about the tea party or already think negatively of them, and this may make them look at it differently.
I think it's an extremely positive piece for the tea party movement.
Ditto peteee ditto
The left can and will use this as "proof" the TPM is nothing more than SOSDD
Socialism has for "its philosophical basis, pure materialism; its religious basis is pure negation; its ethical basis the theory that society makes the individuals of which it is composed, not the individuals society, and that therefore the structure of society determines individual conduct, which involves moral irresponsibility; its economic basis is the theory that labour is the sole producer, and that capital is the surplus value over bare subsistence produced by labour and stolen by capitalists; its juristic basis is the right of labour to the whole product; its historical basis is the industrial revolution, that is the change from small and handicraft methods of production to large and mechanical ones, and the warfare of classes; its political basis is democracy. . . . It may be noted that some of these [bases] have already been abandoned and are in ruins, others are beginning to shake; and as this process advances the defenders are compelled to retreat and take up fresh positions. Thus the form of the doctrine changes and undergoes modification, though all cling still to the central principle, which is the substitution of public for private ownership".
Yeh, Caddy,
What an arrogant perspective. The anonymous KING MAKER CROWS.
Who EXACTLY claims to represent ME in DC…the LAST PLACE ON EARTH I WANT ANYONE TO CHART ANY COURSE FOR ME! TRUST K STREET? LOLOLOLOL!
The true strength and beauty of the Tea Party is that it isn't an "organization." I hope to God it stays an untamed, un-managed, leaderless, heartfelt MOVEMENT instead of turning into an organization or, God forbid, a political PARTY!
Keep it like it is…..a "loose affiliation of kindred spirits" whose only unifying belief is in this great country and all it once was before hacks in congress, the white house, the board rooms, AND K Street got hold of it.
I don't NEED anyone to lead me. I know what to do.
No more United States, Inc.
No more United Socialist States.
AMERICA!
Get on board…. or get outta the way. November is one day closer, every day!
Playboy has articles?
Last time I read a Playboy article was when Jimmy Carter admitted to lusting in his heart after women.
again, it is not me. did the media ever read the arizona law? did the media ever report on obama before the election? did the media ever report on the healthcare bill before it was passed? this is why this story fits the narrative. they will take quotes out of context to prove thier slant, and they nor thier readers will ever go to playboy and read the aticle. this is why i say what i said, the truth does not stop the media from telling total fabrications, with out a care for the true story. the title of the story is all they need for proof that the tea party does not resonate with america. this is a goldmine for a name of a story, even if it say's they were talking about a coffee party activist. this is why i come here, and not time, newsweek, abc, nbc, cbs, npr, did i leave any out other than the times?
I guess we have to agree to disagree. I see too many "politics as usual" stunts hinted at in the article: wearing of SEIU shirts at Tea parties, fake letters to congress, etc… I guess I was hoping for a more real dialogue from real America. Maybe sinking to the level of the left and their manipulation is the way it has to progress. I thought we were better than that and relied on truth and what is right to keep the momentum. Maybe I am wrong.
Do not get me wrong
the article is very
ahh what word do i want……. i guess inspiring
but the way it seems to astroturf the TPM will give the left a lot of fodder
You are correct, I think many of the "Websense" style filters get tripped on the "Playboy" in the URL even though the page with the article may be safe.
I love this quote:
"We are tremendously plugged in to BigGovernment.com and its stable of writers. Our news cycle is measured in minutes, not days. Combine the DNA of a flash mob, a news addict and a conservative who feels betrayed by the spending excesses of George W. Bush, sprinkle in some anxiety and you’ve got my people."
I'm not getting in on the debate about whether the article is "legit," but I can say that this paragraph certainly describes "my people" as well.
Not sure what fake letters to congress you're talking about. He's talking about a political mailer to homes that is obviously satirical, and meant to make taxpayers think about which candidate really did bail out wall street. That's how political campaigns work. You have to change peoples minds about a candidate in a few lines of reading or a few seconds of TV, and he knows what he's talking about. That mailer could easily change the mind of a fence sitting voter that doesn't follow the issues.
I'll give you the t-shirts might be a little much, but that's pretty harmless, and I'm sure some will find it funny. He didn't say they were going there to be fake anti-protestors, he said they were attending the tea party event in SEIU shirts, which would certainly irk SEIU leadership. I don't see what would be so "sinking to their level" about that.
If tea party folk don't realize that affecting votes actually takes real campaigning, like the mailer he gave a description of, they will not be nearly as successful as they could.
I'm not sure where you found him advocating lying or doing something wrong.
I believe that another author using different words might've made this a much more comfortable fit for most of us "true" conservatives. By that, I mean people who are truly sick, tired and scared of the way government has been going for a long time. I don't mean Republicans, since I don't think we really are Republicans, although we're much more likely to vote Republican than Democrat.
This author seems to be more than a little smarmy (I hope I'm using that word correctly). I don't know, there's just something I don't like about the overall attitude of the article.
The main point I take away from it, though, is that we'll need SOME organization to get as far as we deserve to go. We truly deserve the ability to kick these rotten, lying bastards out of their cushy, comfortable offices.
Sorry, I smell a rat. This "Anonymous" seems about as legit as a three-dollar bill. The Left (which includes Playboy) would love to believe, and especially to spread the meme, that the Tea Party is actually being run by shadowy, mercenary "consultants." It's the way liberals operate, after all.
Can the lefty media actually do any worse than they already have? Everyone they can convince that the tea party movement is full of crazy racist astroturfers, they already have.
This is an article in a traditionally left leaning magazine that will reach millions of people who will get to see the tea party actually written about positively, and probably for the first time. That is pretty valuable since those people never go to right leaning places to read like this one.
Who cares if the media pulls out their few lines to attack? It will just be attack number 19 of that particular week.
I guess like you said before, we'll just have to wait and see. I think this will do a lot more good than harm, and he makes points that the average tea party member should listen to. Money and campaigning smartly will do much more than just gathering in large groups.
Next great quote:
"Remember, guys, the enemy is to the left."
It is infuriating that so many old-style Republicans are eager, as Ann Coulter puts it, to "leave men in the field." This is why I prefer to call Ronald Reagan and others of his ilk — and myself — conservatives. It is also something that we must change about Republicans. In order to fight an enemy, we have to stick together. In order to stick together, we have to set ourselves apart from the enemy, which means we have to identify the enemy. So, remember guys, your friends are to the right, and your enemy is to the left.
AND, of course, support Big Gov and its sister sites, and the people who take a lot of time out of their lives to do the research and work necessary to write the articles that this site depends upon.
You must be logged in to post a comment.