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Tea Party Movement: Astro-Turf, Sexually Perverted, UnHealthy, Mentally Ill, Right-Wing Extremists
Speaker Pelosi calls Tea Party Movement "Astro-Turf" meaning fake grassroots as it is financed by Big Business and Public Relations Firms. CNN Reporter injects self into the Story. A Journalism No No. Calls Tea parties Anti-Government and CNN Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) Calls Tea Parties “Despicable’ and “Shameful” For Immediate Release: April 15, 2009 Contact: Trevor Kincaid (202) 226-6898 Schakowsky Statement on ‘Tax Day Tea Parties’ Schakowsky Calls Parties “Despicable’ and “Shameful” CHICAGO, IL (April 15, 2009) – Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement in response to “tea parties” being held on Tax Day. “The ‘tea parties’ being held today by groups of right-wing activists, and fueled by FOX News Channel, [...]
Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) Calls Tea Parties "Despicable' and "Shameful"
By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com Seems like the working Talking point to diminish the impact of the nearly 500,000 who participated in the Tax Day Tea Parties is to call the movement an Astro-Turf (Fake Grassroots) event. Nancy Pelosi related this to reporters. She stated the tea party events are being funded by BIG Business and New Corp. Anyone who has been close to the city Planners is well aware that there was no funding form outside sources and gathering permits, obtaining insurance, and providing equipment were left up to the volunteers at the local level. There has been no evidence presented that large corporations have funded any of the Tea Party Events. The other talking point appears to be to call the participants uneducated and misinformed by those who would [...]