Axlerod: TEA Parties Are "Unhealthy", Carville: Parties Are "Damaging" To GOP

Senior White House adviser David Axelrod on Sunday suggested the “Tea Party” movement is an “unhealthy” reaction to the tough economic climate facing the country.

Why are conservative movements "unhealthy", but liberal protests "healthy"? Everytime there is a liberal protest for whatever Democrats celebrate that it is an healthy expression of the rights of speech and petition. However, when conservatives come together it's all of a sudden not so healthy.

He went on to be "bewildered" as to why those who received a "tax cut" would be unhappy with Obama. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the "tax cut" was minimal at best. It wasn't significant enough to make a real difference in anyone's life. If I'm wrong tweet me. I'd like to hear from you. However, the added taxes to nicotine, and the proposed new tax on internet sales and energy will more than counter any tax cut received by Obama.

Axlerod, also, suggested that the tea bags need to be directed elsewhere. I agree with him on that. It needs to be directed at all of those that voted for the bailouts, porkulus, and the out-of-control spending bills.

In response to Axlerod, Democratic strategist James Carville called the TEA parties “harmless and damaging to Republicans.”

No, what is damaging to Republicans is spending money they don't have and driving up the national debt. That is one of the big reasons that the Democrats even were able to regain power.

ABC: White House "Unaware" of Tea Parties Attended By Thousands Nationwide?; Is Obama Out-of-Touch With About Half of US

“The White House says the president is unaware of the tea parties and will hold his own event today,” ABC’s Dan Harris said on “Good Morning America” on April 15.

Huh! How can Obama not know?

We have realized with all the gaffes in his foreign policy and diplomacy that he really doesn't know much about other countries. He doesn't know what right way to approach royalty, what DVD's the British use, the meaning of "reset" in Russian, Lula's name, etc.

Now, it appears he doesn't know about how half of the country thinks and feels. If it's true, he doesn't seem to care about what they are doing or how they feel about what he is doing as their president.

It, also, reeks of Obama's arrogance and elitism to know that he cares so little about those that my not agree with him which is a significant portion of the population.

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Orlando: Tea Party Draws Over 4,000, MSM & AP Ignores

Orlando 'Tea Party' rally draws more than 4,000

Sun 22 Mar 2009 04:45
By Helen Eckinger
Sentinel Staff Writer

Valerie Rike, 52, (left) with sister Christy Bishop, 59, attend the 'Orlando Tea Party,' a conservative rally Saturday at Lake Eola, downtown Orlando.

Singer Lloyd Marcus told the crowd assembled in Lake Eola Park on Saturday that he was going to give them his take on the first days of the Obama administration.

Then he shrieked.

That pretty much summed up the mood in the park Saturday afternoon, when more than 4,000 people attended the Orlando Tea Party, a conservative rally aimed at expressing discontent with Washington.

"This is maybe the greatest single gathering of God-fearing patriots in the history of Orlando, Florida," local conservative radio host Bud Hedinger, who emceed the event, told the crowd.

The attendees, many of whom said they'd heard about the rally on Hedinger's radio show, brandished flags and homemade signs bearing slogans such as "Repeal the pork or our bacon is cooked" and "Obama lied, liberty died."

"We're really scared about what's happening in our country," said Debby Whisenand, 71, of Largo in Pinellas County. She waved a sign that read "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" on one side, and "You can't blame Bush anymore" on the other.

Her feelings were shared by Lisa Feroli, one of the event's organizers, who said that a similar fear motivated her to e-mail Hedinger with the idea for the Orlando Tea Party.

"The goal was to get people united, to let people know that they aren't alone in their feelings on despair," Feroli said. "We want to speak out against the push toward socialization that we feel is taking place in our country."

Several speakers addressed the crowd, estimated by Orlando police and event organizers at 4,200, on a variety of topics, including gun rights, freedom of speech, the dangers of communism and, most prevalently, the economy, especially the Obama administration's bailout plan.

"We have had enough of massive government-driven bailout using our money," Hedinger said, prompting the crowd to start chanting "U.S.A." over and over.

The country's economic woes weighed heavily on attendees, such as Ed Squire, 52, of Winter Springs. Holding a sign that read "Obama — he's robbin U.S. not Robin Hood," he said that he was worried about the current rate of government spending.

"There's absolutely no way as a nation that we can sustain that kind of spending," Squire said.

Several members of the crowd said they'd recently been laid off, including Ross Iannarelli, 66, of Port Orange, who said he'd just lost his job at an electrical-equipment company.

"They need to shove that bum out," he said, referring to President Obama. "I hate seeing them spend my grandchildren's money."

Glenn Austin, 52, and his wife, Frankie, 43, of Oviedo, also said they were anxious about the economy. They chose to express their worries, however, in a rather novel way: They wrapped banners calling for the end of the Federal Reserve around the tiny waists of their Chihuahua, Pepper, and miniature pinscher-Chihuahua mix, Peanut.

"Everything's gone to the dogs," Frankie Austin said.

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My Thoughts

The MSM covered anti-war protests on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and the anti-AIG protest in front of the homes of AIG employees that had more reporters in attendance than actual protesters, but there hasn't been one peep out of the AP and very little out of any one else in the MSM about the anti-porkulus "tea parties" that have drawn thousands of protesters. With all of this bias by the press being obvious to everyone, why are they so clueless as to why papers are going out of business at an increasingly rapid pace.

Obama Threatened By "Tea Parties" Counters With Rallies, LA Times Shows Why Old Media Is Dying

L.A. Times refused to report 15k Fullterton anti-tax protest, but features A.N.S.W.E.R.’s anti-AIG/anti-war events before they happen

By Michelle Malkin  •  
March 16, 2009 02:07 PM

This is why Old Media is dying. The Los Angeles Times today recycles press releases from left-wing A.N.S.W.E.R. announcing a protest of AIG this afternoon and an anti-war rally next weekend. The paper has no problem serving as advance publicity team for radical Left groups.

Not a single body has shown up for these events yet. But it’s newsworthy to the LA Times.

On the other hand, if 15,000 people turn out to lambaste tax-and-spend politicians in both parties in Fullerton, CA, it’s not news.

It’s a “stunt.”

What media bias? Yeah, that media bias.

Ready for pushback? Eric Odom is organizing. You can also leave comments at the L.A.Times/A.N.S.W.E.R. publicity headquarters here.

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Protesters to rally outside AIG in downtown L.A.
10:29 AM | March 16, 2009

Demonstrators plan to rally outside the AIG building today in downtown Los Angeles to protest the giant insurer's decision to pay $165 million in bonuses to key employees. American International Group Inc. recently received the first part of $180 billion in federal bailout funds.

"We're going to be down there with whoever we can get," said Ian Thompson of the Los Angeles chapter of the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.) coalition. "We're going to be expressing anger and outrage about the new bonuses that were announced, that will be given to the very same folks who helped cause the financial meltdown."

The protest is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. near the intersection of 8th and Figueroa streets. The group also  will help lead an anti-war protest Saturday at noon to mark the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq. A march is set to start near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street and continue to Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.

-- Ari B. Bloomekatz

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My Thoughts

Obama and his cohorts must be scared of these "tea parties" that just won't go away and keep on growing larger. He is trying to counter the massive displays of dissension of Obama's economic policies. He is going to have the advantage of the MSM reporting his every move and rally while ignoring the opposition's protests. The opposition must remain vigilant and make the MSM acknowledge our existence.

"Tea Parties" Growing Bigger, More Frequent

Thousands gather for 'Tea Party' By Amber Ellis
March 15, 2009

DOWNTOWN - Dawna Frost had a simple message for anyone who glanced her way: “I live off what I make. Government needs to live on what they already take.”

The Mason resident was one of thousands who showed up Sunday at Fountain Square for the Cincinnati Tea Party, a grass-roots effort designed to show disapproval for “wasteful government spending.”

The group wants Congress to repeal the $787 billion stimulus package that President Barack Obama has championed as a way to create jobs and give the economy a boost.

“The thought of all this spending makes me angry,” Frost said. “I’m tired of being angry.”

Other protesters wore Revolutionary-era costumes, sported “Got Tea?” shirts and raised signs with messages like, “Give us Liberty, not debt” and “No more bailouts.”

“There is a movement going on in this country,” said former U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot. “You can see it here today.”

Sean Lynch of Colerain Township brought his children . His 8-year-old, Isabel, held a “Stop spending my allowance” sign, and 5-year-old Kate raised one that read “Stay out of my piggy bank.”

“I’m frustrated with the way things are going in Congress. They need to remember that they work for us, and right now, we don’t approve,” Lynch said as he propped up a sign for his son Charlie, 2.

“This is not a Democrat thing or a Republican thing,” he said. “It’s a government thing.”

The Sunday rally was one of dozens that have taken place across the country in recent weeks. The anti-bailout protests started last month when Rick Santelli of CNBC complained about Obama’s $75 billion mortgage-relief plan. Santelli accused the government of promoting bad behavior and sarcastically asked people at the Chicago Board of Trade whether they’d like to pay for their neighbor’s mortgage. His rant was picked up on the Drudge Report and posted on YouTube.

His call for a Chicago Tea Party along Lake Michigan spread rapidly via the Web, and people started planning mini-versions of the Boston Tea Party, a 1773 revolt where colonists dumped tea into the harbor in protest of what they considered unfair taxation from England.

Cincinnati police said unofficially that about 4,000 protesters showed up Sunday, less than the 6,000-plus people lead organizer Mike Wilson had projected.

“The American people are outraged. All you have to do is look around,” said Dave Kern, a Liberty Township trustee . Kern was one of two trustees who made a political statement last month by voting against asking for stimulus money to build a new firehouse and township hall.

A lone Obama supporter made her way through the edge of the gated area, shouting “O-bam-a” to jeers from the crowd.

Other, less-vocal proponents of the spending plan blended in. Some passersby people voiced their disagreement, too.

“I’m alone. I’m very alone right now,” said Cathy Moss of Price Hill.

Hoisting a “Spend, baby, spend” sign in the air, she said she agreed with the stimulus plan, although she knew Sunday she was far outnumbered.

“This is the worst economic crisis of our lives. We’ve got to do something,” Moss said.

Before the two-hour rally ended, dozens of people had lined up to buy an “Obamacard,” a novelty credit card that belongs to “Neda Bailout” and is designed to “spread the wealth.”

“I figured what better place to be than here,” said Ken Raber of Beavercreek, Ohio, as he gave a customer change for the $1 card.

Sporting straw hats with tea bags around the brims, Jena Russo, 19, and her dad, Dave, said they drove from their Bridgetown home to make a statement.

“I just think government is getting too big, too out of control. There is no more ‘We the people,’.” Dave Russo said.

Five-year-old Kaylee McChesney posed for pictures. Her tongue-in-cheek “Where’s my free pony?” sign attracted lots of attention.

Her mom, Lisa, said she’s concerned that Kaylee’s generation will be left on the hook for “today’s excessive government spending.”

“It’s going to overshadow her entire life. As a parent, I think this is unconscionable. Now is the time to do something,” said McChesney, of Mason.

Lynch, a father of three, said he didn’t think he would wake up today and find that “we changed the world.”

“I don’t think anything is going to change overnight,” he said. “But this is a start.”

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My thoughts

These "tea parties" that have been getting bigger. There was also the one in Fullerton, California that drew an estimated 15,000. The old media is completely ignoring them. This is the reason why so many are dying.