Effective Immediately, Tea Party Express Is No Longer a Member

[Top Cat]

Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 at 3:43pm


Last night, the members of the National Tea Party Federation participating in an "All Hands" conference call unanimously decided the following:



The membership of the National Tea Party Federation has this evening suspended and will immediately expel Tea Party Express from any further association with the Federation should they fail to publicly rebuke Mark Williams and remove him from their ranks by 3 pm eastern time Saturday July 17.



The rebuke must take the following form:



1. Mark Williams must be officially removed from the ranks of the Tea Party Express.

2. Notice of Mark Williams' removal must be placed prominently on the official Tea Party Express website.

3. Tea Party Express must issue a press release articulating points 1 and 2 above.





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Last night, a member of the National Tea Party Federation communicated our decision directly to a member of the leadership team of Tea Party Express. That leader's response was clear: they have no intention of taking the action we required for their group to continue as a member of the National Tea Party Federation.



Therefore, effective immediately the National Tea Party Federation is expelling Tea Party Express from the ranks of our membership.



http://www.thenationalteapartyfederation.com/press_room.html

[wcast]

1. Looks like they are doing what the NAACP asked them to do

Wait, I thought there weren't racist in the tea party? (that's sarcasm)

[Top Cat]

2. exactly...

[BlueIdaho]

3. Eating their own, how delicious!

[boppers]

4. Just 3 days before....

"National Tea Party Federation Rejects NAACP Accusations of Racism

July 14, 2010 – The National Tea Party Federation (NTPF) today flatly rejected the NAACP’s unfounded accusations that condemn “racist elements” in the tea party movement"....

Oops.

[Brother Buzz]

5. The Tea Party Express was an astroturf operation from the get-go

And from what I see, it has mostly outlived its purpose. The rest of the teabaggers should be happy to cut these yahoos loose, especially Palin, who has associated directly with them.

[Top Cat]

8. Yeah... She has been crowned the Tea Party Queen

[pnorman]

6. Mark Williams? I had to Google for him!

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/mark-williams-removes-racist-blog-post-calls-for-racial-harmonykind-of.php

[Snarkoleptic]

7. They remain two peas in a pod or nuts in a sack...