Is it time for a progressive tea party?

[tabbycat31]

my latest take on teabaggers and how they relate to local issues..

http://www.bluejersey.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=14546

[WillyT]

1. Watch Out !!! - You'll Get Called Jane Hamsher, And Hear Tons Of Pouting !!!

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[tabbycat31]

2. this was completely in response to a local event

if you read further my first temptation there was to go to their protest and throw snowballs at them

[upi402]

3. Wait until the plane fire is out first

Even folks here think he's a Teabagger. That's an bad place to be pigeonholed for a minute.

[Renew Deal]

4. They can call themselves "Missionaries" or "Spooners"

:silly:

[metapunditedgy]

5. How about a mocha party? I don't really like tea. n/t

[GReedDiamond]

10. Green Tea Party - n/t

[RevCheesehead]

6. Hell, no!

We'd never get beyond the herbal/caffeinated, green or black debate.

[On the Road]

7. There Have Been Progressive Tea Parties for Decades

but they have never had an echo chamber on TV to magnify them out of proportion.

There have been protests against the Vietnam and Iraq war stretching halfway down the mall, and complete silence on the news networks. Or maybe a few seconds about kids slashing tires.

These pathetic little tea parties are not a mass movement and do not even come close to justifying the hype surrounding them.

[EFerrari]

8. It's a great illustration of how thoroughly owned the press corpse is.

If it weren't for Skinner, Beach Impeach 3 might not have even happened. We had 1k the first time and decent press as an oddity, a coupla hundred more the second time and the press started pulling back, and as soon as that started to grow, the press shut down, whoosh. Blackout. It was unreal.

As it was, word of mouth and a few generous people kept us going -- even though the event was so popular, that we had people interrupting their picnics and jogs and sightseeing and joining us right there as the event was ongoing.

[On the Road]

9. At the First Bush Inauguration,

I swear there were as many protesters as supporters. Never would have known it from the TV news. Things like that make a huge difference in public perception over time.

[EFerrari]

11. Yep. Our demonstration in Los Angeles was huge and was barely covered.

[obamaisbestone]

12. Yes and kieth Olbermann and Maddow would pluf the crap out of it.

I would not call it a Tea Party. I would call it a TRUTH PARTY.

We need to overun their events on APril 15th.