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New Media Unite, Ignite Anti-Obama Message

Beltway insiders work together with tea party populists

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2010 5:16 AM CST

(Newser) – The bloggers, radio hosts, tea-partiers and Beltway veterans of the new conservative movement are not only getting their message out through Twitter and Facebook—they're also getting their act together. Thanks to new media, conservatives are increasingly energized and coordinated, with Washington "insiders" and populist "outsiders" working together. The planning of events like recent demonstrations against health care reform shows Beltway conservatives playing a major role in the tea-party movement, the Washington Post reports.

Conservatives coordinate their messages and strategies at a series of weekly meetings such as a Wednesday breakfast at a conservative think tank and a "Weyrich lunch." "It really is a vast right-wing conspiracy," conservative blogger Erick Erickson said. What remains unclear is whether the energy on the right will benefit the GOP: The emerging movement "could care less if there's an R in front of your name," one conservative activist said.


In this April 15, 2009, file photo, about 4,000 people gathered on the south steps of the Oklahoma state Capitol as part of a National Tax Day Tea Party to protest excessive government spending.
In this April 15, 2009, file photo, about 4,000 people gathered on the south steps of the Oklahoma state Capitol as part of a National Tax Day Tea Party to protest excessive government spending.   (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Tea Party Group member Sharon Bergstein of Allentown Pa., and others, gather outside Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pa., Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
Tea Party Group member Sharon Bergstein of Allentown Pa., and others, gather outside Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pa., Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Members of the Tea Party Group gather outside the Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pa., Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, where President Barack Obama is scheduled to make remarks.
Members of the Tea Party Group gather outside the Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pa., Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, where President Barack Obama is scheduled to make remarks.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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ptolemny
Feb 1, 2010 9:29 AM CST
I appreciate the stark honesty of the headline. These people are anti-Obama; this is why they are so ill-informed regarding his policy proposals. They stand against the man, not his policies. The tea party schtick did not emerge until after Obama took office. These people claimed that they were against deficit spending and the expansion of gov't, yet they had no problem with Bush creating a new Federal department and his bank bailouts. So, obviously these claims are just a pretense. They say they are against taxation, but Obama has explicitly said he does not intend to raise taxes on anyone except the very wealthy, and the teabaggers are decidedly middle and lower class. Obviously, then, there is something else about Obama that inspires the fear and paranoia of the teabaggers and compels them to show up at rallies with rifles and effigies. There is something about Obama, in fact, that is different from every other person who has held the office of POTUS, and it is this particular characteristic that is the root cause of anti-Obama sentiment.
TheOtherDarkMeat
Feb 1, 2010 7:48 AM CST
Psst…White (Conservative) America… Okay let’s see here, Canada borders you to the North – filled with French Canadians, Arab Canadians, and Indian Canadians The Northwest of the U S of A is filled with Asians The Southwest of the U S of A is full of Latinos The Southeast of the U S of A is full of the Blacks The Northeast of the U S of A is full of “Liberals” Mexico is filled with, well Mexicans. Seems like you’re surrounded. But wait a minute there’s Hawaii, damn filled with Asians. Okay the U S of A has the lead in… Technology – Nope the Indians and Asians have overtaken you. Economics – Nope China has positioned themselves to seize that. Sports – Nope the Blacks took those away years ago. Entertainment – Nope the Jews control that Manufacturing – None of that exists here anymore, see Asia and South America Well then there’s Europe, but let me guess. You’re an American damnit; you don’t travel and don’t have a clue of what’s going on in the world. England – Arabs, Indians, Jews, North Africans have dibs Germany – Notice how Brown that’s gotten in the last 50 years? Russia – Gimme a break, they could give a rats ass about you Northern Europe – See England Middle East – oh yeah Israel, go ahead and tie that anchor around your collective waist Oh yeah, American political leadership has sold you out to the highest bidder. Guess what, they were not from American either. South America – do I really need to make you more depressed? You will always have Kansas – as long as you beLIEve in Jesus H Christ and don’t believe in evolution. So what’s left? Come on now think real hard on this one. Anarchy? Nope, everybody else already wants to kill you, so you’re already out numbered. Politics out of Chaos – Nope, remember your drive to get the Latino / Black vote. That fucking backfired. Realize that your days are numbered, and learn to accept reality or the good ‘ole U S of A will cease to exist in about 20 years. Have a nice 21st century. You had your chance in the 20th.
Shannonals
Feb 1, 2010 6:23 AM CST
No, actually you meant what you posted the first time DLY. You have no interest at all in what happens to our country.
 

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