Posted on 08/11/2009 12:20:05 PM PDT by libstripper
''Tea party" protesters are rallying their troops once again this summer and zeroing in on the Democrats' health care legislation after launching a grass-roots rebellion nationwide against big government and taxes earlier this year.
Protest leaders say health care has risen to the top of their battle plans not only because of the massive costs of such overhauls but because the "government-run" legislation working its way through Congress encroaches on the freedoms of all Americans, as the political debate on the issue intensified last week, fueled by angry crowds at ongoing town-hall meetings hosted by members of Congress across the country.
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This is good. Those who weren't involved before will be involved now, because the health care bill affects them personally.
A lot of people don't pay taxes, but they don't want the Stalinist deciding when they live and when they die. Now, the lefts move toward totalitarianism is hitting their home, too.
I think maybe we need to do local/statewide teaparties for those that aren’t able to attend the party in DC?
A real concern for the dems is that alot of these pissed off conservatives are going to start becoming more active now that they have broken their “maidens” at these townhalls!
Obama trying to jam this garbage down our throats may have been a grave mistake for the left-wing in the longrun!
Poor strategic planning.
Can we please not call them “tea parties”?
Dump “Tea Party”
This needs a better name, please.
The left and the media would love for us to call it just another “Tea Party”.
Instant marginalization.
The left and the media would love for us to call it just another “Tea Party”.
Instant marginalization.
I ABSOLUTELY agree. While I now admit that the 4/15/09 "tea parties" were a start (although with little to no recognition), now that it has grown into full-fledged rebellion against the Marxists, it needs another name.
Constitutional Public Assemblys;
Constitutional Parties/Protests;
The Constitutional Movement;
Our Constitutional Restoration;
American Heritage Restoration;
Rights Restored;
The Live Free Movement;
Socialism Fails;
Stop The Stealing Parties;
Just to give some ideas. I'm sure you get the gist. "Tea parties" sound lame (credit due to all those involved).
However, anything with the word Constitution can't be ignored. That word and all it implies opens much more discussion than people waving signs on street corners, as we've see of late at various townhall meetings with the impassioned Americans giving sh**t to their Reps.
Contrary to the MSM take, it is not ALL about Obamacare. It is growing because the silent majority is simply fed up with the ever-increasing control over their lives. It's now and has been for some time a Constitutional/liberty issue.
It's time to rename this movement. Think Public Relations...
People are waking up to the fact that these “listening tours” by Congressmen and Senators are not to sell them on the Healthcare Bill or the Insurance Reform Bill, but to sell them a bill of goods.
I agree with you. See my post above and please add any other ideas/names/slogans you think can work. They need to be short and succinct. I truly believe that any phrase that replaces "tea parties" should have the word Constitution in it. It opens up a bigger dialog - a dialog that can't be ignored.
If these town hall and other protests were called something like the "ConMove" (Constitutional Movement), it would probably get media attention. Think how the MSM would try to spin that acronym and the PR we could get. There would be liberal talking heads discussing that every day and others would have to remind them of what the full name is and why it's important to the survival of our Nation.
Other ideas:
Concord Accords (that would make people wonder!);
DOI Parties (with quotes from the FF;s on the signs and other PR.)
The Revere Raiders.
We need a name that will make people wonder and have to look into the meaning and the history of our great Nation. So many need to be educated. So many don't even know what the Boston "tea party" was even about. They actually think that started the Revolutionary War. So few nowadays understand the repercussions of Concord and Lexington.
I still say any new term should have the word Constitution or a part of it in the slogan.
I agree with you. See my post above and please add any other ideas/names/slogans you think can work. They need to be short and succinct. I truly believe that any phrase that replaces "tea parties" should have the word Constitution in it. It opens up a bigger dialog - a dialog that can't be ignored.
If these town hall and other protests were called something like the "ConMove" (Constitutional Movement), it would probably get media attention. Think how the MSM would try to spin that acronym and the PR we could get. There would be liberal talking heads discussing that every day and others would have to remind them of what the full name is and why it's important to the survival of our Nation.
Other ideas:
Concord Accords (that would make people wonder!);
DOI Parties (with quotes from the FF;s on the signs and other PR.)
The Revere Raiders.
We need a name that will make people wonder and have to look into the meaning and the history of our great Nation. So many need to be educated. So many don't even know what the Boston "tea party" was even about. They actually think that started the Revolutionary War. So few nowadays understand the repercussions of Concord and Lexington.
I still say any new term should have the word Constitution or a part of it in the slogan.
Regardless of whether or not people like it, it is working and readily identifiable.
If we change the name now people will not know what they are, what they're about, and all the political capital and goodwill that's being built up in the name "tea party" every time it's mentioned on TV and radio, etc. will be wasted.
We shouldn't waste this identification and advertising. It's like changing horses in midstream.
“I still say any new term should have the word Constitution or a part of it in the slogan. “
I agree.
What about a spin off of the “Constitutional Convention?”
Constitution Defenders Convention
“Con”stitution Guard Convention
I like the use of the term “Con” - Con Guard Convention
In addition with the SSocialist totalitarian Health Care,those who didn’t pay taxes WILL certainly pay taxes which will go skyrocketting year after year
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