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The Tea Party was subverted long ago, when the events are staged and funded by Freedom Works and Americans For Prosperity, both well funded Republican lobbyist "think tanks", it ain't grass roots anymore.
Last year, the Wall Street Journal exposed Freedom Works for building “amateur-looking” websites to promote the lobbying interests of Dick Armey, the former Republican Majority Leader who now leads Freedom Works and is a lobbyist for the firm DLA Piper.
Americans for Prosperity is run by Tim Phillips, who was Ralph Reed’s former partner in the lobbying firm Century Strategies. The group is funded by Koch family foundations — a family whose wealth is derived from the oil industry. Americans for Prosperity has coordinated pro-drilling ‘grassroots‘ events around the country.
There's also Newt Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Futures(ASWF). ASWF has been an official "partner" in the Tea Party effort for more than a year and is funded by big polluters like Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company (they financed the "Drill Here, Drill Now" campaign).
And don't forget the millions of dollars worth of "free" publicity, provided by FOX news
02/09/10 9:23 PM
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