'Coffee party' debuts in West Palm Beach as 'anti-tea party'

The Palm Beach Post ^ | March 13, 2010 | George Bennett

[Brandonmark]

WEST PALM BEACH — Venting about the conservative tea party movement and talking — at times heatedly — about the need for civility in public discourse marked the debut meeting of a local "coffee party" group today.

About 40 people showed up for the meeting at a Panera Bread restaurant, where organizer George Papison had booked a small room in expectation of a dozen or fewer.

The meeting was one of hundreds planned for today across the nation by Coffee Party U.S.A., a group that sprang from Facebook rantings against the tea party movement by filmmaker and Obama supporter Annabel Park.

"Frankly, we are petrified by the tea party and what they stand for and what they're talking about," said Monte Carmel, a retired business executive from West Palm Beach.

"I'm tired of all the misinformation, the cute little labels the fright-wing has thrown on everything," said a man named Russ.

"To me, government is the answer. I'm really sort of perplexed," said a man named Joe who said he had been a teacher for 44 years.

[oneamericanvoice]

These fools think we’re stupid. That we don’t or won’t get it. Well its pretty simple. DIA gets Soros money, the Coffee Party “uses” DIA, ergo they get Soros money. It’s like a terrorist saying “I didn’t bomb anyone. I just made the bomb.” Morons.

[Brandonmark]

The new and much-publicized Coffee Party movement sports a fairy tale narrative about being a spontaneous uprising of concerned Americans appalled at the Tea Parties, and determined to restore civility. The truth, easily researchable on the internet, is that plenty of left wing establishment fingerprints are all over the birth of this supposedly spur-of-the-moment operation.

Link to American Thinker: The Coffee Party Con

[Kozak]

"Another vote for Gore!"

[oneamericanvoice]

Thanks for the link. I’ll get to when I can.