I love hearing what people say about the tea party and the oath keepers. Makes me laugh.
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:47 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Surprise, Surprise. Tea Party leaders prove to be dangerous AND stupid That sounds like a Olbermann or Maddox description of the movement. All the racism charges from last weekend didn't pan out. The are just regular people that are afraid of where the country is headed. No need to smear the group due to the actions of one or two. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Quite the contrary. > > It _isn't_ all Tea Party leaders. > > The origins of the Tea Party movement, a diverse group of people coming > together to denounce _big government_, and advocate for no or low taxes, was > a brilliant idea. > > Unfortunately, the movement has been co-opted by Fox News, main stream > Republicans, right wing crazies of all sorts, anti-government nuts, militia > movements, racist groups, Evangelical Christian groups, anti-communists, > anti-corporate folk, deregulators, global warming deniers, black helicopter > trackers and gun manufacturers. > > What started as a lean racehorse with one rider has become a circus act with > 6 riders, pulling a clown car chained to a humvee changed to an old pickup > truck with one donut tire. > > Since these incidents (and there were more than one, across the country, by > Tea Party leaders), the _main_ Tea Party organizers have done a great job > denouncing the fringe. > > Due to the nature of what should remain their single goal, they need a large > tent, but the leaders need to stay on top of their rabble, to make sure > their message does not get drowned out by the shouting from the crowd. > > Hopefully this refocuses the efforts. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314242 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
