romacox
02-14-2010, 12:54 PM
Leaders of the Patriots group said they had been upset by Sarah Palin’s comment, in questions following her keynote speech to the convention, that the Republican Party should “absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.”
That, they said, is antithetical to the movement — tea partiers tend to be as irritated with Republicans as with Democrats for the expansion of what they call Big Government, and argue their movement should not show fealty to any one leader or party.
Ms. Palin and Tea Party Nation were already under fire after bloggers noted from pictures of the event that she had scribbled what appeared to be answers to questions on the palm of her hand, strongly suggesting that convention organizers had given her the questions in advance. In sessions at the convention, Tea Party activists frequently complained that they want “real” answers, not scripted ones, from politicians, so “the Palm affair” threatened Ms. Palin’s authentic image.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/tea-partys-internal-skirmishing-follows-gathering/
That, they said, is antithetical to the movement — tea partiers tend to be as irritated with Republicans as with Democrats for the expansion of what they call Big Government, and argue their movement should not show fealty to any one leader or party.
Ms. Palin and Tea Party Nation were already under fire after bloggers noted from pictures of the event that she had scribbled what appeared to be answers to questions on the palm of her hand, strongly suggesting that convention organizers had given her the questions in advance. In sessions at the convention, Tea Party activists frequently complained that they want “real” answers, not scripted ones, from politicians, so “the Palm affair” threatened Ms. Palin’s authentic image.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/tea-partys-internal-skirmishing-follows-gathering/