Don't tell that the Teabagger movement ISN'T AstroTurf

[MrScorpio]

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=1827

Teabagger's refuse to attend their own covention.

Posted from my iPod. Sorry, no exerpt.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Here's a little piece of it...

The much ballyhooed Tea Party Unity Convention has announced that they will be postponing plans for their summer gathering. Originally scheduled for mid-July, organizers are now looking at an unspecified date in October. Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips attempted to characterize the rescheduling as strategic asserting that…

“…it would more advantageous to hold the convention in the middle of October just prior to the November elections.”

I’m not sure why delaying a conference of activists until a couple of weeks before an election is advantageous. It seems to me that it wastes the efforts of their most motivated allies. They could have been working all summer to achieve their electoral goals instead of waiting until the last minute when it is too late to have much of an impact.

Moreover, additional comments by Phillips suggest that the convention was actually suffering from a dearth of interest. He cited the summertime heat in Las Vegas as a deterrent to attendance. He also revealed that many potential guests complained that they would have to decide between family vacations and attending the convention. And finally, he claimed that the delay would allow other Tea Party groups more time to participate.

All of these explanations point to a more plausible reason for the postponement: Not enough people were registering.

[MrScorpio]

2. Thanks, J.R. n/t