Comments on: Tea Party Implosion?

By: ICONIC FREEDOM

ICONIC FREEDOM — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:07:56 +0000

I have to say, I’m relieved to hear such rational thoughts and ideas about this, I was starting to wonder, especially locally here, if there were rational people out there that really get: limited gov’t, personal responsibility and safety of the nation.

Cheers!

By: daltonsbriefs

daltonsbriefs — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:33:10 +0000

I wish you were right, I really do. But alas the tea partiers, just like the Ron Paulers last year, got infiltrated by unprofessional loonies who don’t have America’s best interests at heart.

In Indiana we have tea party leaders espousing violence if the government doesn’t listen. That’s too much, and shows the lack of organizational structure that would normally eliminate such a person from an active role in any legitimate group.

I’m all for grass roots efforts, but I think the tea party groups need to refocus on local issues and work more closely with Republicans to do so. If the GOP in your area is recalcitrant, then by all means get a new leader for your GOP. If they are open and willing to engage, work and collaborate instead of attacking and hurting our own.

By: Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Dr. Melissa Clouthier — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:05:38 +0000

Ooops! Yes, thanks for the typo heads up. I’ll fix it.

Well, Iconic, that’s why some other groups are breaking off. The Tea Party and protesting is one thing, getting something done is another. And professionalism and polish is needed. So, some groups are restructuring and some people are creating new groups to address real needs.

And there is no question that some in the movement have bought their own press and become mini-celebrities in their own right. They will have their 15 minutes and then diminish.

By: OBloodyhell

OBloodyhell — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:41:59 +0000

> American’s For Prosperity Director of Membership

Doc, one hopes that’s your typo, and that it’s actually “Americans For…”

By: ICONIC FREEDOM

ICONIC FREEDOM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:02:27 +0000

I agree with Politico to an extent. I am a meeting/event planner. My colleagues and I have attended over 15 meetings from April – November, town halls and rallies where organization, professionalism and polish is lacking in spades!

We can dismiss the need for professionalism & polish but with a strong message of limited gov’t, personal responsibility and safety of the nation along with professionalism & polish, there would be no stopping the movement.

If people think professionalism & polish are not worth addressing, try going to find a job and convincing the employer to hire you without them.

We’ve ALL offered our services, FOR FREE, to help support the movement.

However, there are many who just want to engage in political celebrity, who want to control, who want to push a personal agenda.

Liberals have backgrounds that give rise to knowing how to put these things on.

Conservatives could use the support, but too many want the spotlight – everybody wants to be up front.

And we all thought this was about freedom, we had no idea the people we would deal with were like the clients & celebrities we’ve dealt with for some 20+ years in the event/meeting planning arena.

By: brewers_rule

brewers_rule — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:21 +0000

I completely agree. Organizing is only going to fuel the already-huge Media Matters, Daily Kos, etc. maniacal claims it’s astroturf. Plus, identifying groups w/one leader implies the tea parties are tied to a specific party or person when the idea has ZERO to do w/that. It’s idea-based and the Republican Party still hasn’t gotten the point to return to those values so unless they want to align w/Libertarians, which I suppose is always possible, it makes no sense and would hurt the organizing more than helping it.