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Needed: a new name or better acronym for Tea Parties?? (very brief Vanity)
5/11/09 | self

Posted on 05/11/2009 3:55:59 AM PDT by NECAWA

“TEA” in Tea Parties has been interpreted as standing for “Taxed Enough Already.” This is catchy and a clever linkage to the original Boston Tea Party. However it is such a narrow acronym that it seriously understates the scope of the current protest movement and lends credence to the left’s assertion that Tea Party protestors are just greedy rich people afraid they’ll have to pay a little more in taxes. The hundreds of thousands who are involved in today’s Tea Party movement are well informed Americans, deeply concerned about a host of issues beyond taxes: national security, socialization, corruption, voter fraud, illegal immigration, and abortion, to name just a few. It seems to me the movement would be better served a better served by a different definition of the acronym “TEA” or an entirely new name – something stronger than tea. Do you agree? If so, your thoughts and creative suggestions could be helpful to protest organizers and participants.


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1 posted on 05/11/2009 3:55:59 AM PDT by NECAWA
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To: NECAWA

R.E.V.O.L.T.


2 posted on 05/11/2009 3:57:28 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: NECAWA

Why do we need an acronym or a new name? The name refers back to a key and profound part of U.S. history. That fact alone should suffice for anyone in the movement.


3 posted on 05/11/2009 3:59:39 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: Man50D
Why do we need an acronym or a new name? The name refers back to a key and profound part of U.S. history. That fact alone should suffice for anyone in the movement.

Amen..works for me

4 posted on 05/11/2009 4:01:01 AM PDT by Gone_Postal ("Men who say it cannot be done, should not interupt those doing it.")
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To: Man50D
Why do we need an acronym or a new name? The name refers back to a key and profound part of U.S. history. That fact alone should suffice for anyone in the movement.

Amen..works for me

5 posted on 05/11/2009 4:01:17 AM PDT by Gone_Postal ("Men who say it cannot be done, should not interupt those doing it.")
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To: NECAWA

Stop the Communism!

Where’s the Birth Certificate?

Secession Now!

Stop the Baby-Killing!


6 posted on 05/11/2009 4:03:16 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: NECAWA
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Anti-Fascist Parties

....that would get the media's panties in a bind.

7 posted on 05/11/2009 4:03:29 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: NECAWA

Treat Everybody Alike


8 posted on 05/11/2009 4:03:29 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: NECAWA

IMHO “Tea Party” was just fine for the one time “insurrection” on April 15th.

For the future - - find something else entirely - but don’t waste time looking for a catchy phrase or slogan.


9 posted on 05/11/2009 4:04:56 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: NECAWA
a new name or better acronym for Tea Parties??

Bring beer and call it a "kegger" party......

10 posted on 05/11/2009 4:05:00 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
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To: Always Right
...that would get the media's panties in a bind.

The socialist media's panties are already in a bind over the tea parties.
11 posted on 05/11/2009 4:05:34 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: NECAWA

R.O.G.U.E.

Reduce Our Government Until Efficient


12 posted on 05/11/2009 4:06:02 AM PDT by spacejunkie01
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To: NECAWA
or an entirely new name – something stronger than tea.

How about Whiskey Rebellion?

13 posted on 05/11/2009 4:06:03 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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To: Always Right

maybe something else -

ANTIFA has already been coopted by the fascists ...


14 posted on 05/11/2009 4:07:21 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Man50D
TEA PARTY beats the HELL out of ACORN.....

Marketing wize...everyone in the United States knows about us Tea Party folks...and that it wants an end to wasteful spending.

Everyone now knows that ACORN is a wickedly criminal enterprize.

15 posted on 05/11/2009 4:07:24 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: NECAWA

How about “Take Extreme Action?”
Too scary?


16 posted on 05/11/2009 4:09:32 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (It's all resistance...and it's all good.)
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To: Man50D

My only suggestion is that people learn the full history of the original Boston Tea Party.


17 posted on 05/11/2009 4:11:34 AM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: Man50D

While the MSM is already bent on misunderstanding, the present moniker makes that flub on their part easier. First they thought it was about taxes. Only very recently have they begun to report that it is not just about taxes but about spending. But we also sound off about policy at Tea Parties, and that is the most important thing of all.

Granted, “representation” could be an issue here. The considerable few red states who are represented by Republicans are getting their wishes virtually ignored in Washington. But this almost has to be pointed up as part as a catchy sound bite to avoid getting misconscrewed.


18 posted on 05/11/2009 4:13:33 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: NECAWA
Don't change horses in mid stream. A change would be a indicate weakness and show that The Tea Party People can be influenced by the ratz.

prisoner6

19 posted on 05/11/2009 4:14:03 AM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the Left fall out.)
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To: Eddie01

R.A.F. would’ve been great. “Ready Aim Fire.”


20 posted on 05/11/2009 4:16:03 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (It's all resistance...and it's all good.)
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