Tea Party Future as Predictable as the Weather
On the eve of Tea Party madness, hundreds of rallies are planned across the nation -nine in greater St. Louis, MO alone. In preparation for the big rally tea party goers are carpooling to Washington D.C. to participate in the second national tea party protest.
The festivities officially begin this Thursday, April 15, and will continue throughout the weekend. Currently, there are two major events planned for the day around the nation’s Capitol. Tea Party Express, Tea Party Nation, Resistnet.com, Michigan Sovereignty, along with eight other groups are hosting a “People’s Tax Revolt” at the Freedom Plaza. Tea Party Express is also starting the day off with a press conference at the National Press Club at 9:00am. Read more
Disunity in the Tea Party Movement
When we see the pictures of tea parties on the news or in newspapers across the country, all of the attendees at the events seem to be arguing the same thing. Most of them are middle-aged white Americans who are against Obama and all he stands for. However, when we take a close look at the individuals or certain groups within the tea parties we see that there is actually many differing viewpoints within the movement and it is beginning to lose stability.
On October 31, a branch of the white nationalist organization, Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC), joined a tea party protest in Ripley, Mississippi. The CoCC stressed that “We as conservatives must come together for the good of the America Republic and our Sovereign States. We are fighting to unite the right wing. Stand With The Conservative Movement!” A day later at a tea party in Roanoke County, Virginia, home to notorious white supremacist Bill White, the Council of Conservative Citizens put fliers on cars promoting its organization. This prompted the Roanoke Tea Party to publicly disavow the Council of Conservative Citizens on its website. Read more
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