Will we get it by November? Will we finally see behind that heavy red, white, and blue curtain to the puppeteers pulling the strings of the Tea Party performance? The New Yorker recently ran an article by Jane Mayer, "The Billionaire Koch Brothers' War against Obama" which exposed the real creative force behind the anti-government movement...Koch Industries, the second largest corporation in the United States with $100 billion in revenue annually.
Tea Party sounds a lot better than Billionaire's Scheme to attack the Adminstration and put Conservatives in office ...those who are more likely to look the other way when a regulation here, a regulation there is needed. And the movement has served the billionaires well. Just look at the polls and see what billionaires can buy. It may have bought an Alaskan governor who was elected to a full term, but only served a partial term, then left suddenly to rally audiences at Tea party gatherings. But the strategy that has really paid off is taking advantage of challenging economic times to steal the patriotic hearts and Christian souls of vulnerable Americans who unknowingly do the devil's work under the guise of a "grassroots" movement, without even being on the payroll.
FreedomWorks announced the launching of the Tea Party movement on March 9, 2009, just weeks after President Obama took office. No one questioned the timing. No one questioned the training, funding and support for the movement. Where were our investigative reporters then?
So, it may be too late for the masses to digest just what has been spooned to them in their cups of tea by the Conservative Right over the past 18months. I dont know what the circulation of the New Yorker magazine might be, but it probably cant compare to the numbers who follow the twisted antics on what Murdoch passes for news on Fox.
The fact is that the Koch brothers and others LIED to the American public when they schemed and orchestrated and yes, funded, the Tea Party movement. It is not a grassroots third party, it is the very Conservative right arm of the Republican party. Just like the John Birchers. Ask David and Charles Koch. Their father, Fred Koch was one of the founders of the John Birch Society.
The Kochs may sit on boards for cancer research, but their Georgia Pacific plant leaks the carcinogin, formaldehyde,into the environment. Things always arent what they seem, and the Tea Party was not founded by a bunch of patriotic seniors in funny hats, but by billionaires who believe in brainwashing the little guys. And that money can buy them anything....even a nation.
Money buys everything! Well said, Cheryl.
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