Dropping Pretext Of A ‘Grassroots Movement,’ GOP Governors Launch ‘Tea Party 2.0’

[Joanne98]

Today, Politico reports that Republican Govs. Rick Perry of Texas and Mark Sanford of South Carolina are leading the latest development of the anti-tax, anti-Obama tea party protest movement. Dubbed the “Tea Party 2.0,” the Republican Governors Association will host a telephone conference call on Thursday with thousands of right-wing activists to discuss how “our states’ rights are being trampled upon.”

Official Republican Party involvement is nothing new in the tea party movement. The tea party efforts were initially organized by corporate lobbyists and GOP consultants, and later advertised for by Fox News. But by the time of the April 15 protests, hundreds of state and federal Republican office holders headlined events across the country. Eventually, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and RNC Chairman Michael Steele all but declared ownership of the protests.

Ironically, the governors who are now using an official apparatus of the Republican Party to coordinate the tea party conference call were the same governors perpetuating the lie that the movement was entirely spontaneous, without any grass-tops involvement:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/13/gop-governors-teaparty/

I think we should start a PACK YOUR BAGS AND GET OUT movement.

[YOY]

1. "Tea Party 2.0"

I'm sure that since most of the people attending still use AOL the clever name will be lost on them.

[ima_sinnic]

2. I seem to remember that "states rights" was a big issue around the time

Lester Maddox was handing out axe handles in 1964, vowing to resist segregation.
we all know how well that worked out ...

[Libertyfirst]

3. Even the guys in Boston only did it once. Maybe they should

have mass CPR demonstrations and breathe life back into each other.