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Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:38:30 am PST
Man. This is just classic. The Washington Times reports that “tea party leader” Dale Robertson is warning the GOP that the teabaggers are “turning their guns” on Republicans who aren’t far enough to the right.
A founder of the Tea Party movement said Wednesday he had a warning for Republican leaders: Back conservative candidates or else other states will suffer the same backlash that toppled Florida’s Republican Party chairman this week.
“We are turning our guns on anyone who doesn’t support constitutional conservative candidates,” said Dale Robertson, who operates TeaParty.org out of Houston and helped start the movement nearly two years ago.
He declined to say which states are next on the Tea Party’s hit list. He said party leaders in those states would be warned privately, but the movement’s wrath “will be very clear publicly” if they don’t listen.
“If they continue to do things like they did in Florida, it’s not going to be good for them,” Mr. Robertson said. “If they don’t get that and their party chairmen don’t get that, they are going to be ostracized.”
If the name “Dale Robertson” sounds familiar, it’s because we featured him just last Monday, for showing up at the February 2009 tea party in Houston with this sign:
The Washington Times doesn’t mention this little embarrassing incident, of course.
These are the people who think they have the GOP by the short and curlies. And the sad, pathetic fact is that … they do.
(Hat tip: KT.)
UPDATE at 1/6/10 4:36:09 pm:
I’ve received several emails full of insults from people saying that Dale Robertson is not a leader of a tea party organization, but in fact was kicked out of the rally at which this picture was taken. Apparently I was supposed to know this, somehow.
I suggest these people save their insults for the Washington Times — because I quoted their article citing Robertson as a founder of TeaParty.org.
Why am I so sure that Koch Industries, the 2nd largest private corporation in America and major donor to the right-wing libertarian movement, has absolutely nothing to do with Tea Party Tax Day?
Because they told me so.Melissa Cohlmia, Director Communication, Koch Companies Public Sector, sent an email to me (and I am assuming many others yesterday) stating that:
Because you have covered tea parties in the past and we imagine you will cover tomorrow's Tax Day Tea Party in DC, we want to reiterate some important facts.Koch companies value free speech and believe it is good to have more Americans engaged in key policy issues. That said, Koch companies, the Koch foundations, Charles Koch and David Koch have no ties to and have never given money to FreedomWorks. In addition, no funding has been provided by Koch companies, the Koch foundations, Charles Koch or David Koch specifically to support the tea parties.
Thanks for your consideration.
Given the fact that Koch and their foundations have dumped millions into some of the most vocal groups behind the Tea Party movement, like Americans for Prosperity, how can you not believe them?
Not to mention the fact that Americans for Prosperity was founded by David Koch himself or that the former president of AFP, Nancy Pfotenhauer, was the chief Koch lobbyist on Capitol Hill for five years.
I'm just wondering why they sent this message out in the first place. After all, I normally don't send emails to bloggers telling them about things I'm not involved in:
"Dear Huffington Post, I just wanted to send you a quick note that I, nor anyone I know, had anything to do with that major hurricane off the Florida coast today."
It's obviously a proactive communications strategy by Koch to distance themselves from something they do not want to be seen to be part of, while at the same time continuing to pump millions into the very organization stoking the activities they are trying to distance themselves from.
The other thing I never understood about this communications tactic (maybe it's simple because I am terrible when it comes to accounting) is that when a company provides a whole bunch of money to an advocacy organization, like Koch provides to Americans for Prosperity, and the money goes into general revenues, how can that company unequivocally claim that they had nothing to do specific activities that the organization undertakes?
Do they have separate computers and phones in the office with sticky notes that say something like: "This equipment was paid for by the Koch Foundation, please refrain from using it for anything related to the Tea Party or Tea Party Tax Day."
If you've ever wondered what it means when people say you "can't have your cake and eat it too," this email from Koch explains it well.
Tea Party Patriots (dot) Org has a page for the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia which trained in the past year with the Hutaree Cop-Bomber Terrorist Cell of the Tea Party Philosophy.
This Image LOGO above is copyrighted by Freedomworks, Inc., sponsor of the 9-12 Project advertised, supported by Koch Industries, run by REPUBLICAN DICK ARMEY (paid $400,000 of Koch money through Freedomworks two organizations).
