Posted on 03/15/2010 5:22:17 AM PDT by ConservativeHideout
Yesterday, the “coffee parties” kicked off, or did they just kick over? The coffee party website claims great success for their efforts, but reports are trickling in that indicate that their events were very poorly attended.
Today, local liberals held their second Coffee Party to push for more socialism. 30 people turned out… Including the people who were already at the restaurant and the tea party infiltrators.
And the results were extremely poor in other locations as well.
So, the Tea Parties had some quickly arranged “Kill the Bill” protests. What of their attendance?
"The Minneapolis Star Tribune headlines tonight: Thousands rally at State Capitol to kill health care bill. The crowd, gathered on short notice on a cold March day, was impressive:
Rally organizers said 4,000 people attended, but Capitol police estimated the crowd at 2,000 or fewer."
And here is a report from St Louis.
"On Wednesday morning, 2,225 patriots turned out at the “Kill the Bill” rally in St. Charles, Missouri. They were expecting 600…… But, 2,225 turned out."
Alrighty then, I have some questions…
Will the MSM ignore the Tea Parties?
Will they continue to give friendly coverage to the coffee parties in spite of their easily verifiable failure?
Why in the hell didn’t the coffee parties use some of Soros’s money to purchase some rent-a-mob? That’s been the operating model for the left for years now.
Speaking of rent-a-mob, P/Oed Patriot is reporting that some paid folks did show up at a Tea Party event.
Note the rent-a-mob in their SEIU shirts and professionally printed signs…will they ever learn?
Some might ask, “Why pay attention to the Astroturf?” I would answer that they do intend on deceiving people into giving their freedoms away to the nanny state, so showing the truth always helps. I would add that it’s always advisable to pay attention to the other side. After all, we can’t expect the MSM to do their job, so someone has to expose fraud and failure when it creeps into the public scene. So expose it we will.
More as this develops.
Update: I forgot to mention that this new “movement” also illustrates the differences between right a left rather nicely. The right believes in the primacy of the individual, and the social contract between the individual and state. Therefore, the Tea Parties are local phenomena, and they are not centrally controlled. They are free thinking individuals that have joined in common cause-to demand that the government honor it’s side of the contract.
The left, on the other hand, stresses the role and well being of the group over the individual. For them, individualism is a dirty work, akin to “selfishness.” They may speak of individualism as part of “diversity,” but that is really code for agreeing with them. (Don’t believe me? Then actually be diverse and disagree with the left, you racist! ) They see the state as the central planner, from which all rights, goods, and privileges descend. Hence, their movements are top-down controlled.
This is a blessing and a curse. Tea Party organizers can’t count on anything but the word of their members. That works, most of the time, but it also means that there is much debate and dissent. Remember when one group proposed a national strike? There was a great deal of contentious debate, and the strike never happened. It didn’t “fizzle,” per se, but the individuals in the movement, including myself, did not see any benefit to it, so we spoke our minds, and did not participate.
Leftists groups have a power structure. Since they advocate for central control, they emulated that here. The coffee parties are centrally controlled, so what ever flaws are are inherent in the main leadership will translate right down to the local level. Apparently here, their message didn’t resonate, so folks didn’t show up.
We’ll see if this movement continues. Maybe next time they’ll pay some rent-a-mob to show up.
The difference? One is grass roots.
The other is a George Soros manufactured group.
It’s hard to believe that 30 coffee beaners are getting so much ink in the state run “media”. Must be a communist thing.
You nailed it!
‘local liberals held their second Coffee Party to push for more socialism’
Coffee Party members want MORE Socialism(government incursion,control) into your(not theirs,of course) lives as long as the federal government stays away from interfering with reproductive rights and the gay public behaviors.
They have a rather twisted idea of freedom, don’t they?
Constitutional Offenders Fighting Freedom Everywhere Everytime
Chairman Obama Followers For Economic Enslavement
Crazed Obama Flunkies Failing Endlessly Everyday
Communist Organization For Fixing Elections Everywhere
No worries, the LSM will report it as 30,000....
The Coffee Party members are most likely the personal friends of the MSM. (Notice how many there are?)lol
the Coffee Parties are to the Tea Parties
as Air America is to the FOX News and the Internet.
I find the coffee party thing to be laughable.
The TEA party has a simple message that is easy to understand for anyone.... Taxed Enough Already! It’s a simple platform that allows a variety of people to share thier concerns with something in common.
What does the Coffee Party stand for? “We Hate The Tea Party”?
Good grief. Laughable.
The Coffee group has had advertising support and stories in newspapers trying to make it sound substantial. It just seems to be copy cat stuff with shallow support. They are just trying to detract from Tea Party but they can’t because Tea Parties are genuine and the coffee group in manufactured.
When you read “Coffee” party, just substitute “Commie” party, and you will have it right.
I heard the supposed founder in an interview. She’s an Obama supporter - that should tell you why they are getting media coverage.
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