Posted on 05/17/2010 3:29:16 PM PDT by Nachum
This isn't even AstroTurf. It is outright political fraud. Fearful of the tea party movement in Michigan (which Democrats and Republicans alike should be), the Democrats and/or their special interest groups have begun the process of officially hijacking the movement. Like in Nevada, they will likely launch their own 'tea party' candidate that is anything but. Unfortunately for the Democrats, 1) the tea party is more informed than they give us credit for; and 2) this news is breaking at the very conception of this slimy political move. The news was broken last night by Chetley Zarko on his website Outside Lansing: Zarko Research Exclusive: Dem Dirty Trick on Fake Tea Party Petition Revealed
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Guess that “Coffee Party” astroturfing didn’t work, huh?
This is almost comical. You gotta admit, the dims have cajones the size of New Jersey.
Michigan ping!
This guy is a one percenter running in the 7th district. I don’t know what his game is. He calls himself a Ron Paul republican.
http://www.gregmerleforcongress.com/
This has to be an elections committee violation.
Florida, too. This is the obvious move by the Social Democrats.They don’t think they can win any elections for their Ersatz Party candidates but they think maybe they can split the conservative vote.
Speaking of the Coffee Party, has anyone heard anymore about them after the big sendoff by the MSM?
Greg has been a friend of mine on Facebook since 2008, I have talked with him at a few Tea Parties. He ran as a Libertarian for congress against Upton and Rogers in 2008, and ran this year in the GOP primary for the 7th district. As far as I know he is the real deal. Talked politics with him many times on Facebook, Ron Paul Republican is a good label for him.
eh, not Rogers, Upton and Cooney.
If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.
Honestly Merle is looking better than Rooney at this point. Rooney has some conservative cred as a vet and a defender of the Haditha Marines but has brushed off right to life, choosing to run with the liberal Main Street Republicans instead.
His brother Tom Rooney is a Florida congressman who looks like he’s never seen an EPA ruling he didn’t like. His uncle and cousin are Obamabots. His uncle Dan (Rooney Rule) Rooney was appointed ambassador to Ireland by Obama. The cousin was recently named to some committe by Obama but I can’t remember what it was.
Me, I’m sticking with Walberg because I trust him. The fact that he’s ahead of the entire pack helps.
Fine, but the REAL Tea Party folks will just need to get the word out about the fake one.
I thought that is what we were doing....:)
Sounds like grounds for a grande suit; they need to be (figuratively) tagged and bagged.
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