FrankRep
01-21-2010, 05:45 PM
Latest tea party target: Its own convention (http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100121/pl_politico/31816)
Politico
Jan 21, 2010
The convention is being held at a fancy resort, features $550 ticket prices, a steak and lobster dinner and a guest speaker with a $100,000 speaking fee. It’s sponsored by a for-profit company with a mysterious wealthy benefactor, and its organizers, who have been accused of secrecy and corruption, have threatened lawsuits against dissenters and clamped down on news coverage.
Sounds like just the kind of thing that tea party activists, whose populist outrage is directed at the Washington and Wall Street establishments, would be up in arms over.
Except it’s a tea party convention.
Billed as a pivot point to transition the tea party movement from a chaotic uprising to an organized and sustainable political force and featuring Sarah Palin as its star attraction, the first-ever convention in Nashville from Feb. 6 to Feb. 8 is insead shaping up as a reminder of the problems inherent in holding together a fractious coalition of local groups resistant to authority and pursuing often-conflicting agendas.
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SOURCE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100121/pl_politico/31816
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Tea Party Nation excludes CFL, Birchers from National Tea Party?
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Article/064033-2010-01-19-tea-party-nation-excludes-cfl-birchers-from-national-tea-party.htm
Tea Party Nation’s Judson Phillips: “I Want To Make A Million From This Movement”
http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2010/01/15/tea-party-nations-judson-phillips-i-want-to-make-a-million-from-this-movement/
Tea Party turmoil erupts as volunteers quit.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100117/NEWS02/1170376/Tea+Party+turmoil+erupts+as+volunteers+quit
More former Tea Party Nation members come out against founder Judson Phillips.
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2010/01/16/more-former-tea-party-nation-member-come-out-against-founder-judson-phillips/
Key sponsor drops out of Tea Party convention after accusations against founder.
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2010/01/13/key-sponsor-drops-out-of-tea-party-convention-after-accusation-against-organizer-surface/
Politico
Jan 21, 2010
The convention is being held at a fancy resort, features $550 ticket prices, a steak and lobster dinner and a guest speaker with a $100,000 speaking fee. It’s sponsored by a for-profit company with a mysterious wealthy benefactor, and its organizers, who have been accused of secrecy and corruption, have threatened lawsuits against dissenters and clamped down on news coverage.
Sounds like just the kind of thing that tea party activists, whose populist outrage is directed at the Washington and Wall Street establishments, would be up in arms over.
Except it’s a tea party convention.
Billed as a pivot point to transition the tea party movement from a chaotic uprising to an organized and sustainable political force and featuring Sarah Palin as its star attraction, the first-ever convention in Nashville from Feb. 6 to Feb. 8 is insead shaping up as a reminder of the problems inherent in holding together a fractious coalition of local groups resistant to authority and pursuing often-conflicting agendas.
...
SOURCE:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20100121/pl_politico/31816
Other stories:
Tea Party Nation excludes CFL, Birchers from National Tea Party?
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Article/064033-2010-01-19-tea-party-nation-excludes-cfl-birchers-from-national-tea-party.htm
Tea Party Nation’s Judson Phillips: “I Want To Make A Million From This Movement”
http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2010/01/15/tea-party-nations-judson-phillips-i-want-to-make-a-million-from-this-movement/
Tea Party turmoil erupts as volunteers quit.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100117/NEWS02/1170376/Tea+Party+turmoil+erupts+as+volunteers+quit
More former Tea Party Nation members come out against founder Judson Phillips.
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2010/01/16/more-former-tea-party-nation-member-come-out-against-founder-judson-phillips/
Key sponsor drops out of Tea Party convention after accusations against founder.
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2010/01/13/key-sponsor-drops-out-of-tea-party-convention-after-accusation-against-organizer-surface/