There’s been lots of talk lately of a Tea Bagger revival in August:
A conservative coalition has planned a national day of health-care-specific tea parties on August 22–organizers hope for a tea party in each of the nation’s 435 congressional districts, according to one official–and another coalition has planned one in DC September 12, when Congress comes back.
If the most recent attempt at a little tea party revival is any indication of the kind of organizing they’ve been doing, August will be fun! Southern Beale has the details of the "Tea Party That Wasn’t.":
With less than 24 hours’ notice, Change That Works Tennessee and its coalition partners staged a massive counter-demonstration at a Tea Party in front of Rep. Bart Gordon’s office in Rutherford County. Our action turned the ‘Tea Party’ into a health care reform party.
A mere seven anti-reform "Teabaggers" were overwhelmed as over 60 health care reform supporters converged on the square in downtown Murfreesboro to urge Bart Gordon to support H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act.
"They didn’t know what hit them," said Tony Cani, the state director of Change That Works. "Rutherford County is ground zero for conservative politics in Tennessee and we went right into their house and took over their event. I think a couple messages were sent today at this rally. First, the Teabaggers and the other enemies of change are not going to keep going unchallenged in Tennessee. Second, Bart Gordon needs to do the right thing and vote for health care reform because it isn’t only conservatives who are watching his vote on H.R. 3200."
SEIU has the video:



2 Comments








Support this site!
Subscribe to the newsletter
Advertise on Firedoglake
Send
us your tips
Make us your homepage
About FDL Action
Here’s the model, folks. Just follow it. 435 times.
Love it!