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Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) Tea Parties Despicable and Shameful

by politisite | April 20, 2009 at 02:52 pm

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By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com, Iron Mill Interactive Media, inc.

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 benefit by big business legislation. In addition some congressman are saying that these tax day parties are a direct attack on the Obama administration. Most of the tea party footage that is available shows that the participants are upset with congress as a whole and how government is involved in the free market system.

While Protesters in left wing groups get dismissed for violent acts because they’re ideology is in agreement with the left leaning Main Stream Media, The Tea parties are being called, “despicable and Shameful”. Interestingly enough out of the 304 tea parties that data is available for there was one arrest. Despicable and Shameful indeed.

For Immediate Release:
April 15, 2009
Contact: Trevor Kincaid
(202) 226-6898

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, are an effort to mislead the public about the Obama economic plan that cuts taxes for 95 percent of Americans and creates 3.5 million jobs. It’s despicable that right-wing Republicans would attempt to cheapen a significant, honorable moment of American history with a shameful political stunt. Not a single American household or business will be taxed at a higher rate this year. Made to look like a grassroots uprising, this is an Obama bashing party promoted by corporate interests, as well as Republican lobbyists and politicians.”

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albertacowpoke

at 15:37 on April 20th, 2009

What was shameful was the reporter from CNN that was following someone's agenda. Last I heard peaceful demonstrations are legal. From what I saw on Tax Day, the protestors were respectful for the most part and did indeed state over and over again that they were fed up with government spending. They made sure to emphasize that they were also disgusted with the Bush Administration spending.

To call an opinion that is not in keeping with yours shameful, is in itself shameful.

albertacowpoke

at 16:10 on April 20th, 2009

Thank you for your comment politisite. I agree with your assessment of Candy Crowley. She gave factual reports even during the election campaign. As far as FOX is concerned, the journalists that worked the crowd did indeed do well. Commentators such as Beck, Hannity and O'Reilly target a specific audience and do it well, thus the high ratings.

As for the congresswoman, I suspect she had her head in the sand during other demonstrations.

Roy C

at 20:32 on April 20th, 2009

The left and the right have something very much in common here: both have lost touch with the working man and woman.

The republicans tried to get some leverage out of this, but the tea-party phenomenon is as much about Bush's spending as it is about Obama's increase in spending.

The republican party is dead meat, right now. Life support at best. We need economic nationalism, the policy that backs making the widgets here to have the jobs to pay the taxes.

The democrats thought that Bush had done the republicans in and they were right, but they can never be the solution to a real populist movement. Their elites love Wall Street and "one-world" for commerce and immigration, too.

National identity and sovereignty mean something. That is what both parties are about to discover.

politisite

at 01:07 on April 21st, 2009

Roy,

I agree that The Tea Parties are about Bush/Obama Spending. The GOP could not embrace the Tea Party movement as they have a big hand in the problem as well. When the Speakers at Columbia were GOP they took reponcibility for their part in the problem. Senator DeMint said he was not there as a Republican or even a member of congress but as a concerned citizen. The Republican Party has a way to go to win over folks especially when they had out of control spending which is directly opposed to their own platform. Trust is a big issue.