Coffee Potters.
But seriously.... Im sure there are many Tea Party activists with republican party ties. I wouldn’t say that makes the movement less authentic.
Lets not give this idea more press than it deserves. Which is not much.
The State Run Media outfits already have and will continue to give the Coffee Party plenty of positive press.
But I seriously doubt that they will conduct serious inquiry into it - that is why others end up having to do this - and certainly not any that inquiry that makes it look like it is less than “grassroots.”
But the points that you raise are deviations from what really matters.
Here is what matters: I have seen no proof that the Tea Party movement was started or founded by a person who was pro-McCain and was associated with a group that worked to get him elected.
Now, apply that to the Coffee Party. Did the founder work with or associate with a group that worked to get Obama elected?
If so, then that would make the Tea Party truly authentic.
And how then could the other be truly authentic?
Coffee Pot Fiends?
Coffee Pot Heads?