This is call avoidance, answer the question, who financed the Tea Parties? Three Main Stream Conservative Organizations that Backed the Bush Presidency.
On Apr 16, 3:56 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Very good questions Dick....Who is financing the likes of Cindy, and half a > dozen other Moonbats running around the Nation? > > One word, two syllables, "Soros", a true, Anti-American. > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:52 PM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > What stench from Fox News. Fox News has more liberals, real liberals, > > broadcasting than the other channels have real conservatives. They call > > Andrew Sullivan and David Brookes conservatives. Who is Koch? Is that > > like Soros who totally funds ANSWER and MoveOn? > > > Speaking of that, would a leftist tell us just how Medea Benjamin and > > Cindy Sheehan and their whole entourage were able to travel all over the > > world first class for months and pay for food and hotels in some of the > > most expensive cities of the world while not working at all? How did > > they do that? They were protesting outside Walter Reed Hospital and > > calling the wounded filthy names while the wounded were taken out to > > dinner every Friday in DC paid for by volunteers and DC is super > > expensive. The conservatives save up and spend their own money to > > protest while the leftist are paid to do it. I know which I would > > prefer and it surely would not be the leftists. > > > studio wrote: > > > I hate taxes, which I consider plain robbery, but not all tax protests > > > are equal. The stench of Fox News and other rightists should give > > > these > > > "tea parties" a taint that no one would want to be associated with. > > > > It's interesting to note the mention of money from Koch, a billionaire > > > who gives so much to conservative and right-libertarian groups that > > > left-libertarians have labeled them the "Kochtopus". > > > >http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/04/14-4 > > > Tuesday, April 14, 2009 by FireDogLake > > > The Corporate Lobbyists Behind the Tea Parties > > > by Jane Hamsher > > > > Anyone who has watched Fox News of late has seen them talking about > > > the > > > April 15 "tea party" demonstrations, which they take pains to > > > characterize as a spontaneous grassroots uprising against government > > > spending that they are simply "covering." > > > > Neil Cavuto said: > > > > "We are are going to be in the middle of these protests because at > > > Fox, > > > we do not pick and choose these rallies and protests. We were there > > > for > > > the Million Man March, even though, as I pointed out, it turned out to > > > be well shy of a million men." > > > > The Million Man March happened in 1995. Fox News didn't go on the > > > air until 1996. > > > > Why all the effort to distance themselves from the teabaggers? It's > > > obvious they are integrally involved -- Fox has given them millions in > > > free publicity, despite the fact that there's no evidence of "ratings > > > gold" here. Four of their biggest stars will be appearing at the > > > rallies, Fox Nation will be hosting a "virtual tea party," Glenn Beck > > > is > > > holding a $500 a plate fundraiser for them and Fox has been > > > officially promoting the entire affair as the FNC Tax Day Tea Parties. > > > > Maybe they're afraid that if people knew that those behind the > > > demonstrations were the very same lobbyists and influence peddlers the > > > teabaggers claim to decry, the whole thing would be revealed to be > > > what > > > it is -- a hollow excercise in extremist right-wing hypocrisy. > > > > A report by Lee Fang at Think Progress documents the involvement of > > > corporate lobbyists FreedomWorks in organizing the teabaggers. > > > FreedomWorks is run by ladies' man (and registered lobbyist) > > > Dick Armey, and if they're not "organizing" the Tea parties, it's news > > > to him. From a letter he wrote on March 10: > > > > "FreedomWorks has been organizing many of these 'tea parties' and we > > > are > > > listing the details on our website IamWithRick.com > > > > "If you visit the website, you can rsvp for an event near you, and you > > > can download guidelines to organizing a tea party in your home town if > > > there isn't one being planned already." > > > > On the Freedomworks website, it says: "If you are not able to organize > > > or attend a Taxpayer Tea Party, you can still help the cause by > > > donating > > > or buying a t-shirt. > > > > The "donation" for the Tea Parties page goes to -- you guessed it -- > > > the > > > FreedomWorks Foundation. The "thank you" letter is signed by Matt > > > Kibbe, President & CEO, who cut his teeth working for Lee Atwater. He > > > was behind the attempt to get Ralph Nader put on the ballot in Oregon > > > in 2004, prompting a complaint to the FEC of illegal collusion with > > > the GOP. > > > > FreedomWorks was launched as a GOP version of MoveOn. "We believe that > > > hard work beats daddy's money," said Dick Armey at the time. Armey > > > seems > > > to be a bit irony challenged -- Steve Forbes is on the FreedomWorks > > > board. As Krugman notes, their money comes from the Koch, Scaife, > > > Bradley, Olin and other reliable funders of right wing infrastructure > > > including Exxon Mobil. > > > > This fact that none of this would be possible without the open > > > checkbooks of right wing billionaires and the lobbyists who love them > > > is > > > beyond the grasp of Glenn Reynolds: > > > > "These aren't the usual semiprofessional protesters who attend antiwar > > > and pro-union marches. These are people with real jobs; most have > > > never > > > attended a protest march before. They represent a kind of energy that > > > our politics hasn't seen lately, and an influx of new activists." > > > > In 2004, a woman who identified herself as a "single mother" in Iowa, > > > Sandra Jacques, appeared at a George Bush town hall and gushed about > > > his > > > plan to privatize Social Security. She left out the part about being > > > an > > > employee of Freedomworks, who were lobbying on the issue at the time. > > > > Before any media covering these events accept the idea that this is > > > just > > > a grass roots outpouring of populist sentiment, they ought to take a > > > look behind the curtain -- where Dick Armey is laughing and counting > > > his > > > cash. > > > > Jane Hamsher is the founder of firedoglake.com. Her work has also > > > appeared on The Daily Beat, AlterNet, The Nation and The American > > > Prospect. > > > > -- > > > Dan Clore --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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