Did I hear correctly that Dick Armey's lobbying firm is linked to the shouters?

[Stinky The Clown]

We had company last night. MSNBC was on, but in the background. I thought I heard this, but never got the whole story.

Does anyone know for sure what was reported?

[drm604]

1. Yes.

Just search DU for freedomworks or freedom works. Here's one thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=8567108

[babylonsister]

2. Yes, he's promoting the disruption of these forums big time.

Freedomworks - Dick Armey's Corporate Astroturf Activist Group Rallies In Support Of Insurers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8567108

[corpseratemedia]

3. teabaggers and deathers connected to Dick

from: http://www.freedomworks.org/about/chairman-dick-armey

snip<For 18 years in the House of Representatives, Dick Armey fought tirelessly for lower taxes, less government, and more freedom. In 2003, he joined FreedomWorks to lead the same political revolution at the grassroots level.>

and from commoncause.org website

snip <FreedomWorks is the result of a 2004 merger between Citizens for a Sound Economy (a conservative think tank with strong ties to major corporations like General Electric and General Motors) and Empower America (an organization that lobbied for tax reform, Social Security reform, etc.).<11> FreedomWorks is headed by former House majority leader Dick Armey and claims to have 700,000 grassroots activists nationwide fighting for "less government, lower taxes and more freedom."<12>



Before the merger, Citizens for a Sound Economy boasted a long history of Astroturf lobbying. Slate Magazine reported in 2003 that the majority of the organization's funding came from corporations or corporate-backed conservative foundations, and that the group was mostly an "extension of Armey's lobbying work ."<13>>

from: http://bluecommonwealth.com/diary/1004/for-dick-armey-when-all-else-fails-hire-a-mob

snip <Town hall ambushes are rolling out all over America. The health care industry has hired Astro-turf staffs in in 30 different states to disrupt and shut down town halls and all public discussion about health care reform. Watch tonight's Rachel Maddow show when the video comes out. In scenes distinctly reminiscent of the GOP shutdown of the recount in 2000, congressman after congressman gets shouted down by dial-a-mob transported from state to state, bussed in to harass, intimidate and silence.


One congressman had to be escorted away by 5 police officers. This is the state of things. This is what the health industrial complex has wrought. Think Progress reports that the same organization, Freedom Works, headed by Dick Armey, that organized the faux tea parties, is involved. Read about it here. And behind the scenes are the infamous Dick Armey and his Freedom Works, which promotes the antithesis of freedom. Also part of the scene is the ironically named Peter Peterson's Americans for Prosperity. Yeh, we prosper when one million people a year file for bankruptcy, overwhelmingly due to medical bills. >

[RB TexLa]

4. This would be part of politics. Of course you want to disrupt your opponents events

We want to do that too.

[tularetom]

5. Yes Dick Armey hired that army of dicks to disrupt the events

[Birthmark]

6. Dick Armey. King of the Monster Shouters.

"MONSTERS! MONSTERS COMIN'!"

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Thank you all who replied. Obviously we have another Dick problem

I really hate these people.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. By the way, why did this get an unrec? Who is the asshole who did that?

Fucking cowards .......

[tekisui]

9. They won't own up. I don't take it personally.

Every OP I start gets an unrecc or two as soon as it goes up. I think some are from people who don't like me, some don't want to put the subject on the GP, and some are just disruptors. I figure though, that it is a wash. The freeper trolls will unrecc anything positive about the Dems, while there is a group that will unrecc any criticism of the Dems.

[blogslut]

10. I recced it to cancel that out

Yep. Freedomworks, which is incestuously tied to another group that is also organizing them, Americans for Prosperity, a site that is hosted on SMARTECH servers - home to the infamous gwb43.com emails

[bullwinkle428]

11. If you define "linked to" as "being completely behind them", then YES!!!