Even the political 'left' (including the Anti-Defamation League) offered anemic statements of regret rather than outrage. Very little was said about the possibility that this term was used as political code to various white supremacist, anti-semitic and neo-Nazi groups. Consequently, I decided to investigate the relationship between the Tea Party, the Tea Party consultants, the mainstream corporate led GOP and--of course--Sarah Palin.
The Media Implosion to Come--aka the Politically Incestuous Relationship Between Official GOP, Koch Family Foundation and the Tea Party...
Two of the major Tea Party 'gurus' are former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and former Senior Economist at the Republican National Committee Matt Kibbe. Both men have been the recipients of Koch family money in various incarnations. Koch Industries is the largest privately held corporation in the US, rivaling the likes of Microsoft. In short, Koch Industries IS the mainstream GOP.
Presently, Armey and Kibbe run the Tea Party consultant group Freedomworks. Recent reports in progressive media have linked Koch Industry and/or Koch Family Foundation monies to alleged tea party astroturf groups FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity. Officially, the Koch Industries Communications Director has stated that the Koch family does not fund FreedomWorks; a closer examination of that statement reveals some interesting double-talk. Here is the statement provided by that same communications director :
"...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 Freedom Works. In addition, no funding has been provided by Koch companies, the Koch foundations, Charles Koch or David Koch SPECIFICALLY to support the tea parties."
(Source : click here)
SPECIFICALLY is the key word which makes previous word parsing look so inconsequential that it is the semantic equivalent of being ...'a little bit pregnant;' ultimately, you know the end result.
Closer examination reveals some interesting public relations and legal wrangling with an entity little known outside the DC , K Street 'beltway,' by the name of Citizens for a Sound Economy or CSE.
CSE, vs. FreedomWorks...different name, same players, same funders...
Like far too many things in DC, the 'revolving door' rules supreme with Tea Party apparatchniks as well. CSE or Citizens for a Sound Economy was the predecessor to FreedomWorks. Spearheaded with money from the Koch brothers, the Coors Family, and the Olin and Scaife Foundations respectively, CSE morphed into FreedomWorks in 2004. Additionally, the CSE foundation was re-branded that year and became the second astroturf group, Americans For Prosperity. In fact, between 1985 and 2002 CSE received some 12 MILLION from the Kochs alone. Furthermore, David Koch is the co-founder of CSE. So much for alleged outsider status.
What is also interesting is the curious link between mainstream GOP leaders, the Tea Party extremists, and the hate speech that punctuates Tea Party rallies, featuring broadcast icons like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Andrew Breitbart. When examining Glenn Beck's 912 Project, which staged the first Tea Party march on DC, in September of 2009, we find FreedomWorks under Dick Armey responsible for the logistical planning of that event. Each pundit bristles at any suggestion of Tea Party sympathies and/or support for racist, anti-semitic or neo-Nazi groups; rather they collectively accuse the political 'left' of the very fascism routinely seen on parade at Tea Party rallies. The evidence, often found on Tea Party sites, proves the talking heads to be raving liars. Below is a small list of tea party leaders sporting white supremacist and/or neo-Nazi ties.
Tea Party Leaders with anti-democratic, Racist, Anti-Semitic or Neo-Nazi Sympathies...
Judson Phillips: Tea Party Nation President
Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips has a peculiar view of various constitutional rights, especially voting rights. On November 17, 2010 Judson advocated restricting voting rights solely to citizens WHO OWN PROPERTY. Judson has also gone on record pushing the repeal of the 14th amendment which grants citizenship to immigrant children born here and repeal of the 17th amendment which mandates the public election of US Senators. Before the 17th amendment, US Senators were appointed by each state legislature. Judson sounds more like a political royalist than a populist.
(Source : http://www.teapartynationalism.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=135:tea-)
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