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Objective CNN Reporter to Chicago Tea Party Attendee: ‘Why Are You Complaining? Don’t You Know Obama Gave Your State Billions in the Stimulus!?”

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary) | April 15th, 2009 at 06:21 PM |

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From the department of pathetic ignorance or willfully not getting it (not sure which to file this one in yet) comes this clip of a CNN reporter shouting down a Chicago Tea Party attendee for not displaying the appropriate appreciation and gratitude to President Obama for his gift to the state of Illinois of billions in borrowed money and trillions in new debt.

These people simply don’t get the fact that these modern-day tea parties aren’t simply about taxes.

They’re about increased taxes and even more greatly increased debt, yes. But they’re also about the punishment of hard work and success through confiscatory government policy; about the replacement of age-old American equality of opportunity by government-mandated equality of outcome, and — perhaps most importantly — they are about current attempts by liberal politicians to interject government into the daily life decisions of ordinary American citizens.

CNN reporter Susan Roesgen can try to control the focus of these tea parties all she wants by shouting at participants to talk only about taxes, but that just shows she’s missing the boat as badly as folks like Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (Democrat), who posted to Twitter this afternoon that she was “confused” why people were fed up with trillions in government waste.

It’s okay; these people can not get it all they want. Those who participated (and are participating in) any of the thousand modern-day tea parties being held around the country today get it — and when this movement grows through 2009 and into 2010, and when its momentum is felt at the polls next year, they’ll start to get a clue just what magnitude a sleeping dragon they awoke with their profligate spending, their spreading of the wealth, and their encroachment into people’s personal lives and decisions.

Tags: Chicago, CNN, IL, Illinois, Media, porkulus, Susan Roesgen, Taxday Tea Parties, Tea Party, Twitter, Typical Liberal Media

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nyscene911

That may, very well be, the most partisan, most UNPROFESSIONAL piece of reporting I have ever seen. Was this woman serious?

I’m simply dumbfounded. I guess, though, they need to keep reporting like this if they want to keep their boy in office.

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen more bias, even on CNN or MSNBC.

robmikpet

Code Pink protester to CNN reporter – “We are here to protest the war against the Iraqi people, this war for oil………..”

CNN Reporter – “Hold on, Hold on, this is a war for democracy in the middle east, Chicago is safer because of the President. Ok you can see what going on here these people are obviously anti-American and financed by George Soros not even an American citizen, back to you in the studio”

No one can remember that back in 2003?

Praveen

but if it were true it was despicable then too. And it is despicable now. Everybody has a right to peaceful dissent.

Remember wrong cannot be justified irrespective of the administration in power.

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

It’s just telling when it happens.
Praveen

Still “freedom of speech” is precious.

I find it weird that people look to previous wrongs to justify current atrocities. Particularly the left is reactive instead of being proactive. I feel like calling them losers without offending genuine and reasonable folks (including liberals).
randy streu

nt

http://jeffemanuel.net Jeff Emanuel

Because it never happened

robmikpet

n/t
Bedell

to me.
mbecker908

The best sarcasm is when people get sucked in. Especially when people who are frequent contributors get sucked in.

Great job.

ladyofcarlisle

This kind of reporting used to be all we got. At least Fox News tries to be respectful and gives the other side a real hearing. Since the CNNs and MSNBCs are so partisan (Obama shills), it has had the effect of moving Fox to the right in order to be a home for people who are not actively rooting for the Obama/big government movement to succeed at all cost.
This reporter’s condescension and snarlery was on open display. We’ve all seen it and come up against it. She is clearly disrespectful, gets in her digs, then turns the table and says the crowd it not one for a family audience. Incredible! It wasn’t an act, this is how most of the MSM feel about those of us who would attend a “tea party” and dare be cynical about ObamaCo.
its_a_right_wing_thing

CNN is a joke. Thanks for posting this. I saw its clip yesterday on the O’Reilly Facotr and this morning on Fox and Friends. The lady should be immediately fired,

What, was Cambell “No Bias/No Bull” Brown not around?

redware

Blatantly biased non-reporting.Ms.Roesgen is not an analyst nor a political commentator.Rather than covering the event she chose to grandstand for her liberal TV audience in an attempt to defend Obama,and to limit the protest’s impact by defining it as more of a right wing extremist event than just your “average fed up Americans who have had enough” protest.The shrew is just another unprofessional pseudo-reporter who was clearly unhappy with the success of the event and determined to malign it.

bk

She was probably nervous about getting assigned to cover this group of violence-prone right-wing terrorists.

OccamsRazor

No watered down Clorox thrown at anybody was reported today?! /snark

WarEagle01

They actually think they can improve their ratings by becoming more like A Mess NBC. Poor delusional sods. And where did they dig up this talentless hack? Susan Who?
Dencal26

This woman is a disgrace to journalism. Instead of reporting the story she debated and acted like an Obama Press Secretary.
cannondale

The Anchor she went back to toed the party line like a real champ also. That should be a firing offense, but then CNN doesn’t even try to be objective anymore. Having worked around these airhead reporters for 15+ years it still surprises me every time I see it. Amazing.
bobojake

Edward R Murrow just rolled over in his grave with the actions of the on scene left wing radical reporter and the in studio left wing radical. Where was homeland Security to arrest them.
MacAoidh

…should declare economic war on left-wing media organizations like CNN and the New York Times.

There is no longer a pretense of objective or balanced reporting. There is their media, and there is ours. We need to destroy their media and build up ours.

Perhaps it’s sad that the world has come to this, but you deal with what you have. And if we don’t defeat them in the media and the other institutions which matter in the culture, we’re going to lose this war.

http://hillbillypolitics.com Steph C

It’s the moderates or RINOS who can’t seem to grasp the concept that the liberal media is not our friends.

MacAoidh

…these “moderates” are the ones who need to be put to a decision whether they want to cede control of the Republican Party to the folks who care about the Constitution and the American way of life, or whether they can walk.

Winning elections with Bushes and McCains constitute pyrrhic victories. You gain nothing and you destroy your identity in the process. You have to build a consensus around your ideas before you’re qualified to govern – and you can’t do that when you don’t have ideas.

http://hillbillypolitics.com Steph C

I don’t know if they will cede control but there are so many now talking of a third party in ways they’ve never done before. All we can say with certainty is that America is angry and the politicians aren’t really listening.

http://web.mac.com/mayo99/iWeb/Site/VladBlog/VladBlog.html Vladimir

Wing Zero

I got funny looks from my co-worker when I read your post…

Next we’ll see her with Protesters in 3-D!!

Count Floyd clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9iIf4tFoyE
Wing Zero

I got funny looks from my co-worker when I read your post…

Next we’ll see her with Protesters in 3-D!!

Count Floyd clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9iIf4tFoyE

izoneguy

CNN in third place in prime time for first time

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090327/ap_en_tv/tv_cnn_in_third;_ylt=AsagqDcfGjUKUg9WGRzzgEBpMhkF

Frankly I get my news here:

http://www.theonion.com/content/index

Achance

the quote from CNN about how they were disadvantaged by being the straight news channel. They have NEVER been anything but shills for the left. They’d die completely if every airport and hotel in the Country didn’t have them on.

mom2oneson

http://hillbillypolitics.com Steph C

assertion that it was ugly because of the right wingers when it was she who was the ugliest.

Michelle

She was ugly in her demeanor and in her “questioning.” She used a snide tone the entire time and instead of letting the gentlemen speak she continually interrupts? I’m glad he handled it with such grace and showed her to be the ugly one.

http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

I mean really!?!? These Lefty-tools/fools expect the ProBama crowd loons to be out celebrating Higher Taxes and Govt. Waste/handouts!?!?! They all know down deep it is NOT sustainable, the wrong direction, etc… but have to “support it.” They just aren’t willing to go out and celebrate it as the MSM does in their reporting on a daily basis.

I mean… C’mon you DailyKooks and HuffPooPoo folks… why no celebration of Taxing/Spending?!?!? if you are all so proud of the Blowbama

cannondale

yes, the man with his child handled it beautifully. I’m not sure I could have been so patient with the airhead. Kudos to him.
LoveThatConstitution

Did you catch at the end where she said she is signing off because this is ‘not family viewing? The Chicago Tea Party was fun, good natured and orderly, like most republican events. It is ironic that she is harassing the interviewee while he patiently lets her talk and the youtube title sounds like he started pushing her around.

Sad. But good for us. They sound scared. Republicans dont organize, they work for a living. what is this? how can this be?

If you saw the other interview she did, it was with someone i think was a plant. He had some signs that, well, would evoke a reaction and called Obama a fascist but couldnt explain why he thought so.

Amy Miller

I heard that, too. I mean, you’d think people were running around naked and wrestling in (red, of course) Jell-O!

And I agree that Fascist Sign Guy was a plant.

http://www.theotherworsham.blogspot.com toddworsham

of suggesting that this man should be greatful for the billions in stimulus funds that his state recieved is simply breath taking. These protests and this activism needs to continue.

There need to be some sort of tax protest that are legal, or semi illegal. If your state has high cigarette taxes organize among your friends to take trips to lower tax states to stock up on smokes. Things like that will add up and they happen unintentionally as a response to liberal policies but with a little organization we could start to hit them where it hurts.

you could start making money off the books selling things on craigslist

you could offer to pay every contractor or service person under the table

find every tax loophole possible to duck and dodge as much as possible

Also one could consider uping the number of dependents you claim on your w-2 to lower the amount of witholding. Even adding 1 or 2 dependents could greatly decrease the size of the interest free loan that you give the government every year.

just a thought however….

not a suggestion to any illegal activity.

DerKrieger

of the reporterette and the Lefty MSM is stunning. They must believe as Obama does that the government really does have its own money and that the government is doing us all some kind of favor by letting us keep some of our money and also grateful to get “services” back from the Fed in exchange for our tithes.

bobojake

for a bunch of left wing radicals.

wheres obama hiding???????
teleprompters broke?????
DerKrieger

What a stupid point to have made. I would have said that I didn’t give a damn and that the money should have never been borrowed from the Chinese to redistribute to irresponsible bureaucrats in IL.

These so-called journalists know nothing about economics.

Chieftain1776

Money, unlike bullshit opinion from “reporters”, can’t be pulled out of your ass. It needs to be earned and paid back. Stupid leftist reporters.

I’m actually glad a CNN reporter became unhinged. They were supposed to bear the appearance of the “middle ground” between Fox News and MSNBC to the mainstream.

Now that image is shattered forever and Good Riddance!

Return to Revolution

on one hand. On the other hand, they’re scared.

Suck it, CNN
singarainbow

… those people played right into her hands. If they weren’t HuffPo plants, they are a disgrace to the spirit of the event. And it is ranting extremists like them that are going to give the whole tea party movement a bad name.

Martin Knight

Explain.

Now.

Swamp_Yankee

It’s little singarainbow’s first post EVER!!!!

Congratutions, Bow I see the HuffPo/Kos Army is trying to squelch our enthusiasm. In other words, we won, or you are afraid. Thanks for visitin kid. I’m sure sure there’s a nice latte waiting for is sissyvile USA.

singarainbow

It’s raving maniacs like that that everyone here was so worried about yesterday.

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
Swamp_Yankee

Seriously, do get paid salary, or by the hour. Are you just angry gay guy who couldnt punch a whole through a plaster wall and exacts “vengeance” through blogs. I’ll go with the latter. You lost here . Ill suspect youll move on to destroying Palin now. Your phony crap was exposed here.

You need a life kid.

Raven

Let’s see how the papers do…

My money says they’re no better.
DefendUSA

I guess that is the sister or the wife ( or maybe no relation?)of the local Fox affiliate who interviewed me when I made the news at the first Chicago Tea Party. (I was the “Chicago Housewife”).

Swear to God, her comments were completely uncalled for and she had no clue about what that money in the state if IL means to those of us out there today. Typical idiot liberal sheeple. Like that money is supposed to make us agree with BHO?
CHICAGO MACHINE? I NEED A BUCKET.
Chieftain1776

She even gave the guy air time and used him to take a potshot at Bush. She actually compared him favorably to the sitting President!

HYPOCRISY WATCH
http://newsbusters.org/node/3586
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

these cannot be a 1 Time thing …. momentum must be gained and others will join up the cause if these events remain ongoing and visible…. The only way any amount of Respect (yeah, I know, how about semi-real “acknowledgement” then?) will be gained in the MSM is that they see We The People really mean it – it just wasn’t an excuse to go out one time!!!

Maggie_in_Indiana

The Tea Parties were turned into Ringwing Extremists Rallys. Shame,they were wotrking.

http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

though, I don’t agree with your point… it is that we cannot allow CNN/MSNBC to define these events.

Maggie_in_Indiana

The Tax Day Tea Parties were not about any one party,or Bashing Obama(by name anyway)but to tell Washington and those we elected to cut it out and faollow the Constituion.

Doc Holliday

were damaged by Fox network coverage? I am not understanding this.
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

seems a little silly, possibly Troll/Moby like, when any/every other MSM outlet is distorting them beyond any recognition what-so-ever… Makes me wonder what coverage you watched!?!?! I saw (in the early, Cavuto, Beck, etc) coverage that went out of its way to make the point that it wasn’t just about OBAMA! Wait until the morning paper distortions/dismissals and tell us you want to complain about Fox coverage again.
Maggie_in_Indiana

The coverage was from the right and the Tea Parties are not about party. They are about Mad Americans. And yes ..the coverage tomorrow by the liberal media will be crappy. You guys either don’t understand or want to argue. I’m done.
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

Why the HELL would any LEFTIST LOON be mad at this point!?!?!?! This is ALL about being on the RIGHT/CONSERVATIVE side and that those squishy moderate-middle folks better figure it out and join the RIGHT side or be squashed/trampled by the Socialist policies they are helping to continue to allow by letting Progressive-DEMOCRATS (and yes, far too many “Moderate” Republicans too) get elected.

How about Fighting the enemy… not fellow Conservatives!?!?!?

GOP Cannibalism
The Democrats seem to still be worried, hence the attacks/spin continues against Republicans and more-so Conservatives…

However, I often wonder if they really have much to Fear? As we SAVAGE ourselves!!!

Now, I myself have voiced great concerns and have not felt the least bit of remorse for speaking out against many… There are many RINO?s I want out, even if it means only putting another RINO in that same seat (gives us at least someone new/fresh that might be a tad more cooperative).

What I am referring to is the degree to which some savage more than others. The Fact remains, that we are indeed “fighting for the Soul” of the Republican Party and I want Conservative values/people to Win in that Fight!!!! Just sayin?… we gotta not DESTROY the entire Party/movement in order to save it, or there is nothing but the Conservative and/or Republican brand being in a Permanent Minority Rule position… While I do NOT want to give Obama a chance (to destroy the country), I do want (give a chance, short honeymoon though, to fellow Republicans and) to stay “cordial” (for many of you that will read: Michael Steele) with fellow Republicans in “REAL Hope” (TM) that I/we can influence their thoughts/behavior to be more Conservative!

As for Steele (whom I supported for Chair)… Not impressed so far! He?d better step up soon and remember he is supposed to be talking about alternatives to Democrats and the Socialist agenda – IGNORE THE DARN RUSH QUESTIONS and the like, already… He needs to remember he will NEVER be the MSM darling that John McCain is, so stop playing into their moronic narrative and start putting forth OUR (Republican PLATFORM) MESSAGE!

Our Leaders (including Mr. Steele) must start using the Media properly, as Democrats always do, by ignoring the Question and Answering what we want. Every answer to any Question we know to be diversionary/BS, should begin with: That is not important, and a non-issue, we are focusing on getting the country back on track. Returning to Fiscal discipline, etc….

I?ll still defend his “hip-hop” comment… Meijer, Kmart, Target, WalMart, etc, all sell the same Tide and/or many other of the same products – THEY MARKET THOSE SAME PRODUCTS TO DIFFERENT MARKETS IN A FASHION THAT REACHES THEM THOUGH – or to Market their Store (also true of the GOP) in general to announce that there is something inside for everyones tastes! That is the “hip-hop” message (the correct one, anyway)… NOT that we change the message or the Platform to open it up and Change it, but that we MARKET it more effectively! We do NOT Pander to Groups, but it is just plain dumb to not think you sometimes have to work on the delivery methods! You don?t blast Thrash-Metal out speakers at a Country-music audience OR VICA-VERSA!!!!!! Simple marketing, let?s remember the correct arguments to be having. Noting wrong with “targeted marketing” as long as it is indeed an honest representation of the same Product.

Again, I say, FIGHT THE ENEMY, not the Allies!

http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

Don’t mind Maggies negativity…. Time for a TEApeat…. TEA Party repeat…. you got it before me sayin’ it… didn’t you?

Anyway… lol…. contact resources below and keep this going… this cannot just be one time thing…. repeat on 4th of July, Thanksgiving, etc, to keep the message front and center (RIGHT-CENTER that is )….

RESOURCES:
Tax Day Tea Party site with Daily email update signup
Tea Party Revolution site
ReTeaParty (for 4th of July) site
FreedomWorks
Alliance Defense Fund

DONTREADONME

regardless of your assessment of Fox’s coverage and Hannity, Newt and Huckabee’s part in it. They bring attention, w/o them what coverage would there have been? Anyway, your statements of right-wing extremists is quite the assessment. If it ticked you off, share it someone else today, I know you have been around here a year, but I must say, knock it off tonight and bring your issues up tomorrow. Today was a moment to “herd the cats” and it worked, plus your comment on the reporter being right from CNN, leads me to wonder. Today’s events had multiple meanings not just one, Fair tax, flat tax, Government spending, Government accountability, Tax Cuts Not Increased Spending (since they are virtually equal), and the chance for every event to let the elected officials know we are out here and if it keeps up, this movement will grow stronger. Right wing extremists, keep talking like that and I will assume you are referring to people like myself and other around here. No mam, we are not right wing extremists we are patriots and we have more than one issue that we bring to the table. So again, take the advice of that Rolling Stones song and “get off of our cloud”.

Maggie_in_Indiana

If you think that these parties aren’t going to portrayed just as I said. I worked on 2 of them and let me just tell you that the agenda for all of them on every tea aprty site ewas not to bash Obam and liberals or to promote the right ,but for ALL Americans to unite on the issues that ticked them off. The whole nation. So before you go maming me ,know what you are talking about. Be happy for distorting the movenment and it will die,the negative press and the wrong issues ,make them just another protest. Not an American protest.

DONTREADONME

No mam, I do know what I am talking about, please do not use your holier than thou mumbo jumbo on me. Distorting the movement am I? I am the movement mam, why do you think I am here? I am the one that votes, I am the younger generation, like it or not here in VA, many people like myself are the movement, and we stand for most of the things you see going on before you today.

So before you go off high and mighty with your cowardly outlook, let me tell you, where the Heck have you been for the last two to five years, grandma, negative press? It will always be negative press, just turn on your TV in DC area and NOVA and tell me what the press coverage regardless of what you wanted, it is DNE? What the heck do think these things are about, huh? So, before you ruin my day with your mantra of Oh my Sean hannity messed this up or Glenn Beck is a right wing extremist, I bid you goodbye, before I light you up with a little more enlightment about your misconception of the world. See I can make statements like that too. Now grow up.
Maggie_in_Indiana

Youngun I have shoes older than you,and have been a Conservative all my life. I’ve served my community,have you? Go to some of the Tea Party web sites and look at their suggestions for signs and talking points for the press(if asked) and then shoot your mouth off. You know how to google ,right?

For the record never mentioned Beck

I made valid points from being involved in the planning of them and this is why there were guidelines for the protests in the first place. Geesh.
DONTREADONME

I just wrote one long response to you on another thread in response to you. I lost it, figures, it was actually much more cordial than the one I previously wrote. Have I served my community, I serve my country! I build the weapons that give you the right to sit here and argue with me. I think serving my country overseas in a capacity other than military. You as a grandma, been shot at lately, bomb go off near your? Yeah, did not think so. So serve my community, lady I serve this country and I work for you and the taxpayers. Why did I not run a tea party? because I thought that working on getting the military some new weapons for Force Protection was a little more important that taking off today since our guys are over in Iraq and Afghanistan still being shot at. Do not believe me? Let me know I will provide links for you, so forgive me if I am not retired yet and wanted some sort of kumba-ya “no bad press”. BTW, I do not need to be sixty plus to understand who Reagan was and what our founders wanted for this country. Experience counts for only so much, but if I can read and write, rest assured, I will know what I am talking about. I wonder if you would give Corporal Mongo serving in Iraq right now the same treatment when you said “have you done anything for your community”? There you go grannie, the young gun fired quick and fast. Sorry, you can call yourself Conservative all you want, it does not change my standing that I am no less a Conservative, well I guess if I am not like you I must be a RWExtreme Extremist.
Maggie_in_Indiana

if you ran a tea Party or if you understood Reagan,but it’s apparent you don’t have an inkling as to what the Tea parties were about and again it went over your head. And this granny can still kick it fella.
DONTREADONME

I was 4 when Reagan was inaugurated as President, so why yes, I do know a little something about Reagan, apparently, leadership is something you lack. Stand Down Maggie, your senility is setting in. Remember, I have a little more of an understanding of my generation than you, and for some reason, I doubt with the talk you have been doing, it appears you will fall off that cliff alone. New generation, time to lead or get out of the way woman. Plus Reagan would probably laugh at you right now, and I bet you cringed when Reagan said Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall, or you cringed when Reagan gave an address to the nation about the Challenger crew and talked about touching the heavans. Mam, do not discuss what you do not know, you have provided no substance of anything to follow other than “this was about democrats, independents and libertarians”. I do believe the libertarians are squarely behind this movement now, if there was any doubt, and the independents are moving, but without a message, other than we are disgusted with the Government you have nothing. Why are you disgusted with the Government? I gave you 4 reasons or more above. Anyway, I can see you are in a bad move because this did not go the way you wanted but for a woman of your age, you should expect it, that is why I told you to grow up.
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

Next time make sure you hire Security and hold your Rally in a CLOSED environment to ensure it is held “Right” to your mindset…. I know your heart/thoughts are in the “right” place (sort of)…. We think your “concern” is misplaced is all…. It sounds all McCain Bi-Partisan disease infested type rhetoric…. Bush didn’t do us any favors his last year in Office, but we will damn well protest ObamaBinBiden all we like… Thank you very much

WARNING: SLIGHT SARCASM lol

Maggie… I think you should spend more time watching CNN and/or MSNBC and get back in touch with what is going on in the real-world of how Liberals are “shaping” the debate and where the fight really lies.
Maggie_in_Indiana

on what liberals are doing ,and am fully in touch with the state of my government,but thanks. As for watching CNN or MSNBC other than clips ,no thanks ,I don’t have the stomach for it

Just hate it when another of your party disagrees with you ? Or does it make you feel superior to give advice or tell someone they’re not in tune as yourself? Sorry for bursting the bubble on the Conservative score. It wasn’t my intention,just to set the record straight for the beginnings of the Tea Parties,and the first protest. Because I believe they were having a positive effect on the nation as a whole to wake up and see what damage the Obama administration has caused in such a short time.

Don’t want to argue anymore,you have your view and nothing I say is going to change it. So reply back and slam me some more if it makes you feel better,it won’t change the out come of the morning shows coverage. Good night.
DONTREADONME

I am a little tired of your raining on the parade today. I think today was a great thing you thought it was commericalized or whatever your beef is. It would seem you just did not get your way and have decided to spit sour grapes at our face, here. Oh, I expected a position like the one you are taking on this matter.

Lead or follow, what is the message today if not, enough spending, because we know higher taxes follow, states rights, you will not take our guns, leave the private industry alone, stop lending our money to companies going bankrupt anyway, do not spend money on mortgages of people who made bad decisions, corruption Democrats, bills that are not read, Democrats and Republicans out of touch with American etc.

Yes we disagree with you, and no I am not a Libertarian or Republican, I am a Conservative and the message today was obviously right of center.

Deal with the Pirates, do not cut military spending in favor of increased domestic spending… On base today, this was the buzz and whether the T parties would address these issues. Oh, and Marines do not like people who go squishy with this whole talk of inclusion, Lead or Follow. Your message well I do not know what your message is, so I guess I did not get the meme on your established Tea Parties, maybe yours should have had saucers with some doiles.
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

she admitted to not seeing any other coverage and therefore no frame of reference for the Diary “CNN Coverage” discussion…. yet had to “School” us…. ::eyes-roll:: … and I’ve yet to see what GOP office (I have fought within the Party local and MI Party for Conservative values) she has held and/or what office she ran for (I have spent countless thousands I will never see again to help get out Conservative values messages by running for Office myself, not relying on others to do it) while challenging you. Well, Thanks Maggie for “helping” to put together a narrow-minded concept of what you wanted your Tea Party to be all about… but again… we Free-Thinkers don’t follow the Liberal-Union boiler-plate type thing! These rallies were about MANY THINGS, she wanted only a small focus, in line with (IMHO) her small/closed mind.

For her to have said it is NOT ABOUT RIGHT Politics is just DUMB/SILLY…. LEFTISTS and middle-squishes that go along with it, don’t mind the march to Socialism… This is all about RIGHT/CONSERVATIVE Politics and bringing people to that….. Doesn’t matter how she wants it portrayed, the MSM outlets will SPIN it to the Left agenda…. Any attempts to Moderate the tone, again IMO, is just dumb/silly…. Again, morons in the Obama Cult-of-personality mindset are NOT going to be convinced by any “BI-PARTISAN DISEASE” Slant!!!!!

The support of ANY DEMOCRAT – furthers the Socialist agenda as only Socialists get to the controlling positions within the Democrat Party…. YES, though, it is true, there are far too many Republicans that have gone along!!!! Which brings us back to that foolish BI-PARTISAN DISEASE BS that always has us compromising with Liberal/Progressive Democrats and giving us more Socialism!!!

I have ZERO interest in trying to bring people to Conservatism by trying to convince people it is Democrat-Light (which is what I contend is Maggie’s thinking, whether she admits/sees it or not) — it is NOT and cannot ever be allowed to be that way again as it has slipped into being in the recent past.
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

that you think you speak and understand what EVERY organizer of all the Tea Party events were/are about/for…. lol

You have made clear/plain what the narrow minded (fool-hearted in our opinion) scope of the event you helped to organize was about… Funny thing about when you open a door and invite people in – to be “out-raged” they didn’t all share your narrow-focus/view and/or would “follow only your lead” is amazingly silly. Again, if you expect a narrow-minded set of parameters be met/followed – hold a closed event with only those that will follow your instructions. lol

Again – only LIBERALS follow boiler-plate Protest rally scripts (like the AIG protesters bussed in by the Unions, Code-Pink Socialists, etc…) I guess you haven’t learned the McCain Bi-Partisan tone, middle-ground squish, BS lost the last Election and WILL NOT WORK to try and win the next one!

Sure, I thought there were some “loons” given some of the signs (too narrow in scope and over the general “intelligence” level of most voters to dwell on)… but, they have the Right to protest and give their “opinions” on their signs as they saw/see fit…. You seem to miss this!!!!!
DONTREADONME

dead horse beat in the rear end animations? Again, when i said tonight we have sucessfully shown that the “Big Cats can be herded” that does not mean they will function like a sheep. That is you can not necessarily take the individuality out of the Big Cat. The diverse messages on the signs last night is all that needs to be said.

JLenard, your comments are spot on.
Doc Holliday

we were not supposed to be right-wing? We were supposed to worry about how the drive-by media portrayed us? Hmm, I think a lot of us did it wrong and need to go back and try again.
IJB

Someone didn’t get (Martin’s?) message – trying to keep this “non-partisan” is exactly the way to guarantee that none of this agenda is ever instituted.

Want to let Obama & the Dems turn this into a Commie Police State?! – Keep up with the worrying about whether these protests are seen as “non-partisan”…
Maggie_in_Indiana

They are just as mad as we are or they wouldn’t be there. When you spin the whole thing to the right ,they will leave and then what? We’re just a bunch of mad loony right wingers? Stop piling on and think about it. Not from a right or left angle but from just mad as hell Americans who don’t like what’s happening to their country. That’s all I;m saying and that is what the Tea Parties were all about. *sigh*
Hooah_Mac

n/t
Maggie_in_Indiana

n/t
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

for them to have a clue who they are expected to join

She goes on and on complaining about the hole in the fence to the Right (the message Fox put forth wasn’t EXACTLY worded the way she wants/prefers it to be) while completely ignoring that there is NO FENCE what-so-ever on any other part of the Yard — but I’m sure that metaphor will go right past her.
Hooah_Mac

I don’t mean “join us” as in come sing kumbaya at our gathering before they go home and vote Democrat again.

I mean join us, become part of our movement, and vote for the same people we are voting for (which rationally cannot be a Democrat in any way, shape or form).

Sorry if you misunderstood. Very happy if you understood.
Doc Holliday

and so called independents? Of course we want them if they believe what we believe. Is this about religion and abortion? I am trying to figure out what has you so put off.

The tea parties were supposed to be about lower taxes and smaller government. They were supposed to be about stopping Obama, Pelosi, and Reid turning America into a socialist state. I think that WAS what they were about, so what is your problem? You started this complaining about Fox News covering the events. Maybe if you stopped beating around the bush and lay your cards down we would be better able to respond to your concerns.
IJB

If any Democrat seriously wants to lower taxes and cut spending, they absolutely won’t get it done as a Democrat! If they don’t get that by now, they’re not voters – they’re potted plants!

If Libertarians are going to keep off siphoning votes off allowing Dems to win close races, then I guess they’re not very serious about cutting spending and taxes either.

And if there are Republicans out there advocating supporting people like Specter and Snowe, then they aren’t serious either.

As for Independents:

There are *sides* here.

Don’t like it? Tough!

It’s time for choosing.

There are sides. *Choose* one.
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

Any Democrat, no matter how CONSERVATIVE (they claim to be), only puts/keeps the most Progressive/Socialist of the Democrat Party elite in charge at the House Speaker, Senate Majority Leader, Presidential nominees, etc… levels….. They need to be made aware and awakened to that FACT! is the point we are trying to make…. McCainism is no longer WELCOME in regard to many of your fellow Conservatives (US)…. Stop fighting your supposed friends/allies and fight the enemy.

Achance

would be a good start. Anymore, its just a day off or at most the fireworks day.
Wing Zero

By the way… We are so much better at signs than the left. I’ve seen some good ones. The Directors should make a Sign post and post pictures of the home made sings from the Tea Parties.
Wing Zero

By the way… We are so much better at signs than the left. I’ve seen some good ones. The Directors should make a Sign post and post pictures of the home made sings from the Tea Parties.

Achance

we can have a little creativity, sometimes too much “creativity.” The Left has unions, ACORN, and other “non-profits” spending state and federal grant money to mass print theirs. When you’re making thousands of them, they get kinda standardized and boring.

whatifidontwanna

Plus I think we’re also more educated, and functionally literate (with the occasional typo).

All of my liberal friends seem to think there is an “A” in tomorrow, I actually know there isn’t because I tend to have to tell my boss what I’m going to be doing tomorrow. They just think of what “homework” they are going to do as part of their permanent student status.

http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

imagine what 3 months of preparation might be able to do!?!?!

Then, as I said, next up would be Thanksgiving… to remind everyone why we are THANKFUL for this CAPITALIST REPUBLIC and why it must be maintained…

A Republic… if you can keep it!

http://lightduty.wordpress.com lightduty

We do need to keep the ball rolling. But it’s about more than rallies. We need to tell politicians of BOTH parties that change is coming. NOW is the time for them to see the light, or we’ll be finding replacements for them in the primaries.

Call, write, email your representatives. Read the bills, and record their votes. LET THEM KNOW you’re watching them now. At worst, our watchful eye might keep their greedy hands out of the cookie jar. At best, we’ll know who to replace next year.

http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

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http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

with apologies lightduty, I didn’t mean to make it seem like I was trying to single you out….

You are, of course, correct… but we cannot wait 1.5+ years for Nov 2010 …. the point must continue to be driven home…. The points must be repeated loudly and often in order to keep drawing attention and bringing some of those on the fence to the Conservative cause/movement as the MSM will continue to keep peeps asleep and/or bamboozled….

http://fairfaxgardener.blogspot.com ddstrain

I won’t even accidentally tune in to that garbage.

http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

is important during war-time… you should tune in over there on occasion to remind yourself how pissed-off you should be!!!

http://fairfaxgardener.blogspot.com ddstrain

I have a permanent pissed -off-edness with respect to CNN. The recollection of their past idiocy is permanently imprinted in my mind.

davo119

Nuf said.

Achance

There is a huge percentage of the res publica that forms ALL of their political perceptions from what the see and hear on mainstream network television; not just the news, but the talk shows, the late night, and the propaganda posing as entertainment.

davo119

The propagandistic nature of the information is becoming more obvious every day. This CNN clip betrays the absolute desperation and fear the ruling elite and their fawning sycophants have of the truth. Olberman and Mathews are further examples. Witness the declining revenues of all the goose stepping liberal media while Rush, Sean, GB et.al. are raking it in. There will be a reversal at some point. I just hope it isn’t too late to stop this vacuous buffoon from destroying the country and with it the rest of the world.

dld1717

If any journalist on Fox news said what this woman said they were be tarred and feather by rest of journalists

CNN should fire this woman but I bet she is getting rimmed by Ted Turner

McKinley

She should be let go for her unprofessionalism more than any other reason.

http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

new one opening every 5 seconds around here…. just sayin’

OccamsRazor

Hopefully this is just the beginning of the ground swell. There’s alot to take on and the administration war room, as well as it’s media cohorts in crime are absolutely off balance and we should use this leverage point to move the Overton window as far right as possible and never let them gain their footing.

I like this side of Conservatism and this passion should never be quelled.

http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

just sayin’, cause we go through dealing with all the bad examples/habits that get out on a day like today….

Everyone deciding to create their very own (often Short, some are just one paragraph – Erick included in the bad examples) Diary for a subject-matter that is already covered by 50,000 other open Diaries…. I’ll include this, just in case, for any Newbies here today: (RS:Help)

This Diary has been going for some time and tons have been created since in addition, though this one is fairly specific “as to coverage” from/by MSM…. Plenty other “general” Tea Party discussion … but seems like we are going to get one for each and every city in America going soon….

again, just sayin’…. long term consequences of the bad habits/examples

carry on…

http://jeffemanuel.net Jeff Emanuel

But thanks for expressing your concern.

Mike gamecock DeVine

you guys given how busy I am these days with legal work and column deadlines.

Thanks bro
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

which is why I’d been taking part in its discussion (up-thread)….. Warner has a good one….. Raven is trying to Track/collect/total the Tea Party attendee numbers (hope she gets reports from as many as possible)… love to see the pictures from all over the country….
Mike gamecock DeVine

Rod_Patrick

Yes, 700+ parties would be a challenge. Every tea party has its own special story to tell. There’s no homogeneous characterization that we can really draw upon. It’s a grassroots movement after all.

Besides, how can you say no this handsome image of 3 potential conservative defenders in the future?

I call them as the Deadly, Extremist Cabs of the Tea Parties!

Rod_Patrick

to mention the source: taxdayteaparty.com.. I think it’s from Vidalia, Georgia TP.
http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

and good sign… I’ve not seen the acronym used that way yet…. that is part of my favorite is to see the sign/slogan creativity…. Many of these will get copied for the next one ReTeaParty (for 4th of July) site-link…The TEApeat…. hoping ALL locations will do it again on the 4th… and again on Thanksgiving (good lessons for that day to remember what we are Thankful for in this Republic and that we want to keep it the Capitalist Nation as Founded), etc….

Common_Cents

If the media was half way fair and balanced, Dems would be exposed for the idiots they are. Congress would have already been overhauled with term limits, we wouldn’t be in this economic Tsunami either.

We cannot continue to give the media a pass. We need a national meeting and coordinated effort to defeat the biased media.

If we don’t, we are ALWAYS coming from behind to win, swimming up stream.

David123

nt
OccamsRazor

We need a well defined strategy to remove this ultimate lieutenant of the wanted socialist state.

It’d be nice to have a tea party style protest against the media themselves. Perhaps on Gutenberg’s birthday or something.

OccamsRazor

When the vocal octaves go up; you know you struck a chord; you know you hit a button; you know they’re listening.

I’m GIDDY to see a CNN reporter react this way. It shows proof that what appears to be an impenetrable combination, suddenly becomes not so much so.

Their foundation was rattled today and in that I sit here and smile.

What’s important from here however, is to keep the pressure up. Keep writing, keep calling, keep fighting.

Great job everybody.

OccamsRazor

May no laurels be rested upon. There’s too much at stake.

McKinley

She deserves a demotion/let go for liberal editorializing on the fly, but the clip Jeff supplied doesn’t show the whole interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2baxw_YScxc

Our intrepid reporter not only leads her story by asserting that the Tea Parties were partisan Obama bashing organized ostensibly as patriotic protests, but then gives screen time to an inarticulate man who did not represent anything close to the majority sentiment of the crowd as her evidence.

The reporter chose the craziest guy she saw and made him the lynchpin for her piece that the rally was little more than fringe Obama bashing. Can we verify that he wasn’t a leftist plant? For someone who put so much effort into drawing attention to himself, he didn’t have much to say. I can forgive her for talking to the loon of the bunch as TV shows do that all the time for ratings, but to suggest he represents the majority sentiment of the crowd is sloppy reporting at best or deliberately misleading at worst.

Even worse, she also cut off a more articulate response with a nervous string of nosequitors/ talking points designed to disorient the thought process of the listener and make him sound incoherent.

This is BS journalism. Awful. It literally made my stomach turn.
Common_Cents

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