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Posted: May 24, 2011

Founder of Tea Party Express admits there would be no tea party without Fox news (you report, we decide).  Roger Ailes (head honcho Fox) thinks Palin is an idiot but is enamored of Chris Christie (aka Bobby Balaco, the Sopranos)

 

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More fun facts.... - and so it goes

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President of the United States appoints Treasury Secretary (Timothy Geithner) who cheated on his taxes...and then awards stimulus money to companies and organizations who owe millions in back taxes.

I take that back...those facts are NOT so fun.

It is my understanding that Fox underwrote the Tea Party originally---as in paid for it - but I am not sure what is happening now

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Even though that's apparently what got the t-party off to a good start, all that money from Fox/Roger Ailes, but I'm not really sure what's happening now.

The big problem that I'm reading about is that the T-party isn't doing that well itself, but it is taking away from the Republican Party, without replacing them with anything that could beat the Democrats, which was the main reason Republicans were supporting it. It was supposed to help them, not bring them down. That's not working. The Republican Party is in trouble and the T-party is falling apart, a huge number of them going to the Democrats because of the Paul Ryan plan to dismantle Medicare.

Funny....I am hearing the exact opposite. - Conservative Dems left

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the fold to help with the midterm victories and the reason for them doing that is no different. The T party was never an organized party so there is nothing to "fall apart." As to a "huge" number of them going to Democrats because of Paul Ryan and Medicare...not happening either that I can support anywhere. Where are you getting information about "huge" numbers going to the Democrats?

Also, where did you find any confirmation about Roger Ailes "funding" the tea party?

Links, please. I am interested. Thanks!

Apparently the Fox guy, Roger Ailes paid a lot of money into it - Wonder if he got his moneys worth

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He has all of these Republicans who were going to run for office or might be going to run for office. He gave them all of the time they needed for name recognition and to put forth their platforms. I don't think he's getting his money's worth for that. I also don't think he got his money's worth from the tea-party people. That movement is beginning to go directions he never intended them to go. They accomplished that last election, but then they have been balking at a few of the Republican ideas, mainly the dismantling of Medicare. I think he's got a problem.

The first Tea Party rally was an event held by Ron Paul's grassroots. sm - LVMT

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It was on December 16, 2007 on the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. It was the day we raised $6 million for him. It was something the RNC and neocons quickly coapted. Fox news is connected with the establishment approved and funded version of the Tea Party (Freedom Works and Tea Party Express).

Link below about first Tea Party rally.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7421.html

quickly became an astroturf movement - 2cents

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repubs quickly took over honest grassroots movement and turned it into a vehicle to subvert government's ability to prevent corporate abuse. Sad.

Well at least it isn't a bull* turf like Pelosi's party - sm

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I see people have picked up on the rudeness of her insulting comments. Pee-lousy is the one who came up with the "astroturf" comment. I guess she thought it was cute. It was not. She of all people have no right to talk about anyone. She's the worse abuser of them all. Funny how everyone ignores that corporate abuse and greed is happening under the democrats watch.
micromastia - 2cent
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only conclusion I can draw for the constant tit-for-tat posts.
Huh? - sm
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Abnormal enlargement of the breasts???

Tit for tat posts are on both sides.
U R a tran? - tam
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Do you claim to be a transcriptionist? you need to look the word up. Attention to details is what makes or breaks MTs A-N-D voters.

Named so by let's-pass-it-so-we-can - read-it-Pelosi. And SHE

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is actually SERVING and is a main spokesperson for the Democratic party.

Now, my friend, THAT is sad!!!

The Tea Partiers have embarrassed the memory of the real Boston Tea Party - History Lover

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I can't tell you how disgusted I am that weird people in bird costumes on power trips are claiming any kind of connection with the brave heroes in Boston. There is no similarity.

If you judge an entire group of people by one - guy in a bird suit, then it

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must be safe to assume that all liberal Democrats are morally bankrupt scuzzballs who cheat on their sick wives and pay for the coverup out of campaign funds. K?
lets not forget - elephante
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the ones with the bags hanging from their hats and holding the signs with our president's image altered to Hitler and witch doctor. don't put it all on big bird.
Okay....want to talk about the SEIU purple - shirts attacking people
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or the liberal guy who bit the other guy's finger off? Between them and John Edwards we can reasonably deduce that liberals are either violent thugs or morally bankrupt...or a combination of both. Both much more odious than a tea bag on a hat or a guy in a bird suit. I saw many a liberal carrying signs likening Bush to Hitler, so the tea party stole that idea I guess.

Oh, and let us not forget the blank panthers with billy clubs outside the polls in Chicago....the face of your party is getting nastier by the minute.

Oh and let's pass it so we can read it Pelosi....there is a winner.

LOL.
purple shirts are from yesterday. - no more hash!
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give me some meat, baby.
You're right! - LOL
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They are worth a chuckle anyway.

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