Obama Is Just Not Their Cup of Tea

The Washington Post ^ | 4/16/09 | Dana Milbank

[steve-b]

As a tea party, what happened in Lafayette Square across from the White House yesterday was a washout.

There were no buttered scones, none of those dainty cucumber sandwiches and, as it happens, not a spot of tea. Organizers of the conservative protest were told at the last minute that they didn't have a permit to dump a million tea bags in the square, as they had planned.

Instead, they served up a rather noxious brew.

"Hey Big Brother: Show us Your Real Birth Certificate," said one sign in the rain-soaked crowd.

"Blackbeard Obama, King of the Tax Pirates," said another....

Those messages might explain why Fox News, though actively promoting the "tea party" protests for tax day, tried to argue that it was not behind yesterday's coast-to-coast events. But Fox News analyst Tobin Smith, who took the stage in Lafayette Square yesterday, evidently didn't get the memo. "On behalf of Fox News Channel," he told more than 500 mud-spattered demonstrators, "I want to say: Welcome to the Comedy Channel of America, Washington, D.C."...

[dawn53]

They denigrate Fox, but Fox is in touch with the average Joe. Anybody that needs proof, just look at their ratings compared to other cable news. Beck made a point of that yesterday, saying the MSM was out of touch, and that’s the reason the NYTimes is going out of business and the other media ratings are failing.

[central_va]

Definitly over the target.

[Rummyfan]

Instead, they served up a rather noxious brew. "Hey Big Brother: Show us Your Real Birth Certificate," said one sign in the rain-soaked crowd.

That's noxious to Milbank? Compared to what was said about President Bush during a typical ANSWER rally, or even at a rock concert, it's nothing. The problem is, is that the MSM is so in bed with the Democratic Party that it is impossible to distinguish between the two. Milbank being a good example....

[jazzlite]

The MSM thinks they can just lie and have dumbed-down Americans believe them. Fox News promoted the fact that they would be covering these tea parties yesterday but even they do not have the resources or expertise to put together 750 different events in all 50 states on the same day. Think of the millions and millions of dollars that would take even if it were possible. No, this was a “bubbling up,” protest from the grass roots and many of us could sense it was coming. People out here are getting more and more upset at the daily barrage of insults to our liberty coming out of Washington D.C. Americans are not yet to the point where they are going to accept socialism or fascism without a fight. The Progressives have worked on the “collective” society since Teddy Roosevelt but America loves freedom too much to passively accept a life which leaves them shuffling around in the darkness of dictatorship.

[genetic drift]

“the only whorehouse in the world that fails to make a profit.”

Thats because all the money goes to the whores.