Comments on: Are Tea Party Leaders Replacing Grass With Astroturf?

By: Todd Williams

Todd Williams — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:14:56 +0000

Michael, I totally agree with your insights in this post. I believe the bottom line is this….being a politician has become big business, instead of being representatives of the people. I think so many folks are out of touch with what it really cost for this country’s freedom. All they think about is control. Control, so that they may do as they see fit, instead doing what the people need and want. I hope the people, the citizens who make this great country, will not stand for anything less than what is needed. We need people in office who represent those who put them there. We need folks with honesty, integrity and a dose of good old fashioned common sense! Where has common sense gone?

By: Dialla Ingalis

Dialla Ingalis — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:34:02 +0000

They better knock this off. They should have had this over the Internet on a video conference. This flesh pressing at this price is disgusting.

Are they trying to turn this into a political weapon? Are they trying to make this into a Lobby / Political Organization / Party?

I hope the “Tea Party Leaders” are wise enough not to get sucked in.

By: Nico Maco

Nico Maco — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:19:04 +0000

I attended a recent Tea Party meeting. About 200 in attendance. The meeting was to present a new candidate to run against our long-time Democratic Party Congressman in our highly gerrymandered district and to start organizing house meetings.The person running the meeting was a former Shaklee and Amway guy who wanted to set up multi-level marketing for a new Tea Party candidate. The person running the meeting tried almost too hard to distance the Tea Party from the Republican Party. But he made no attempt to reach Independents or even Conservative Democrats. My impression was that this meeting was like what missionaries do. Missionaries do not convert many people, but they do solidify the believers at home. This Tea Party was solidifying the conservative political base that would vote conservative or Republican anyway. But it would not convert any independents or Conservative Democrats. That is a sure fire way to lose an election because in a highly gerrymandered district you need the Independent and disgruntled Democratic Party vote. I was disappointed but still cheer for the Tea Party’ers.