It was probably inevitable, but even so one would think the progressives could have come up with a better theme for countering the grass-roots tea-party movement, especially when there is evidence “moneybags” George Soros is behind it.
Now comes something called the “coffee party.” I mean, come on.
Why not call it the “gold party”? After all, Soros is currently trying to drive up the price of gold by hedging his bet against sure-to-come massive inflation in the United States due to the reckless economic policies his puppet, President Barack Obama, has put into place.
In attempting to portray the coffee party as a grass-roots project, one has to chuckle, picturing latte-sipping liberals sitting around at a Starbucks discussing the “illegal” wiretaps against terrorists that former President George W. Bush put into place.
Of course they don’t realize it, but Obama has probably doubled the exertion in snooping on people.
They will make an effort to project this as the voice of a new “grass-roots” and “bipartisan” political coalition. The coffee party is about as grass-roots as a flock of ibis poking their bills into the ground looking for rich nuggets of nutrition — things like grubs, worms, roaches, leeches and other assorted morsels that progressives are attracted to in picking their leaders in Washington.
Does one really think the coffee party will receive a grass-roots/bipartisan mantel that has forever eluded the left? It will be hard to shake the power and influence of those “limousine liberals” running the Democratic Party, as noted by Charles Martel in his comments in RedState: “The problem with this, and any other wannabe leftist tea party equivalent, is this: The tea party began and has flourished because those involved felt — rightly — that they had no voice in our country today, that they were being ignored or outright mocked by government and the media. The tea party has given us back power and a voice.
“Any such group on the left is going to run into the very real problem that they already have a voice. The media, Hollywood, academia, basically the entire government — they’re all saying the same thing this coffee party will be saying. And the movement loses any motivation and drive right from the get-go.”
More insight came from a Newsbuster reader commenting on the Washington Post’s Coffee Party USA coverage:
“I guess the WaPo agrees that to them and this liberal Facebooker, it’s all about style over substance and looks over content. They don’t even attempt to point out why the term ‘tea party’ was chosen and what historical significance it has.
“I guess that it’s appropriate that this was in the Style section of the newspaper. I wonder if the Democrats are capable of a grass-roots organization. Every liberal cause in my lifetime has been driven by the George Soroses and MoveOn shakers that control and direct the Democrats.”
Then, there is the added problem of perception for the coffee party. Many, if not most, are registered Democrats because of abortion, but they’re totally freaking out about the dysfunctional government now in place in Washington. They, too, are voicing their concerns regarding uncontrollable spending, the road to bankruptcy through debt that can never be paid off and continual infringements upon the U.S. Constitution.
Suddenly, abortion rights don’t seem as palatable while sipping a hazelnut blend. And that is why many Democrats are content raising their voices with the “we, the people” tea-party movement. A cross-section of tea partiers shows many Democrats, independents and Republicans united in taking back our country and holding those who represent us in government accountable.
For the elitist progressive crowd that will make up the coffee party, it will be business as usual — high-brow intellectual snobs discussing how to keep their subjects under control. No wonder the truly grass-roots, and yes, bipartisan, tea partiers terrify these deeply disingenuous Nancy Pelosi astro-turfers who will make up the coffee party.
It is also important to note that partisan attacks on tea-party groups are now being centrally organized, and this complaint is likely following the spirit — or even the direction — of this national effort to kill the tea-party movement.
But, the tea-party movement will not be distracted and we will press on. I might even drink a cup of coffee now and then, without the added flavor of elitism.
Willoughby, a veteran of the U.S. Army and business, leads the Naples tea party and its self-named blog at naplesnews.com/blogs
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Comments » 5
billward writes:
Mr. Willoughby shows a complete misunderstanding of the Coffee Party. I urge him to please look into the movement,even attend a local meeting. The Coffee Party is not intended to counter the Tea Party. The serious members of each group realize that our government representatives are no longer serving the needs of the people they were elected to serve. A major difference is that instead of noisy protests, the Coffee Party intends to seek solutions to our problems and engage in civil, democratic action to remedy them. There is no financial support or influence from any large donor. If you believe the disinformation from Fox "News" I urge you to investigate for yourself. As for the charge of elitism, our local meetings have been made up largely of working class people, including many unemployed auto workers and people forced into early retirement.
ronanski writes:
Yeah, coffee party...parody of the tea party...maybe it should be called the pot party. Still, sorry Barry, can't support you either. I was briefly but significantly involved with the Tea Party movement, and sadly it, like the radio commentators that frame the arguments and make up the slogans, is a mirror of the whiny, blame-others, chicken-littles on the far fair-trade free-range coffee left.
I had hoped for a movement that really did believe in conservatism and the aura of Ronald Reagan--a serious conservative movement--but what I found was a movement that fails to acknowledge its real mentor: George Wallace.
The conservative movement needs to absorb the Tea Parties and root out its sillier ideas. Sorry, Barry, I know you are having lots of fun and getting to feel very important--which is fine-- but there are bigger issues than any individual.
SocialistBookLearninMericaHatinPinkoMooslum writes:
God, it's so funny when you call others "elitist", while you're so blinkered by your own ignorant pomposity. I attended my second Coffee Party meeting yesterday and it was NOTHING like what you describe. The majority of those present were primarily ordinary, working-class people. Guys in their work clothes. Women who had their babies with them. I was not the sole military veteran there. There was ZERO talk about "controlling subjects". The primary topics of discussion were how to bring the political discourse back to rational, informed, CALM engagement, a departure from the unhinged rantings and epithet hurlings of the Tea Partiers (and yes, we get the source of that name, really - jerk). There were even a lot of words of appreciation for those on the other side of the political debate who can at least disagree in a sane manner, unlike the Palins, Perrys, and Neugebauers. You have clearly demonstrated you know absolutely NOTHING about the Coffee Party, all you've demostrated if your fondness for the typical right-wing mindset of, "I don't really know why I don't like it, I just heard it's 'bad', so I don't like it". What an arrogant, small-minded person you are. And you dare to call others "elitist". You're a joke.
TeaBagMe writes:
No one will take the coffee party seriously, unless they up the racism like the Tea Party members. Also, if they want to appear grass-roots they should shout in a thick unintelligible redneck accent.
ajm3s writes:
Tea Party Movement: Small Government, fiscal responsibility. All the other stuff is just background noise.
LOL
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