`Tea Parties' or McCain-Palin Militia Reunions?

`Tea Parties' or McCain-Palin/militia movement reunions?

More than you, or Rachel Maddow (who I adore), might ever want to know about the upcoming 'Tea Parties'

By Bill Berkowitz, Talk2Action, April 11, 2009

In December of 1773, colonists in Boston - then a town in the British colony of Massachusetts - protested against the British government after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain.

The protesters boarded the ships and tossed the tea into Boston Harbor. The action became a signature event of the nascent American Revolution.

Now, more than 235 years later, a number of conservative organizations are resuscitating the "tea-party" concept. On Apr. 15, Tax Day in the U.S., organizers are hoping that thousands of people will turn out in cities across the country to protest the Obama administration's "wasteful spending".

Now, more than 235 years later, a number of conservative organizations are resuscitating the "tea-party" concept. On Apr. 15, Tax Day in the U.S., organizers are hoping that thousands of people will turn out in hundreds of cities across the country to protest the Obama administration's "wasteful spending".

Desperate to turn their flagging political fortunes around and aiming to take advantage of the public's anger over government bailouts, the bonuses handed out to executives at American International Group (AIG), etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, a number of longtime Republican Party operatives, religious right groups, a 25-year-old free market advocacy group, and a newly formed coalition of previously unknown groups have been organizing "Tea Parties."

Will these 'Tea Parties' draw crowds? You betcha! Has the always-opportunist Newt Gingrich and the ever-alert Fox News Channel jumped on board? For sure! Is it worthy of Rachel's ridicule? Why not!

Is it worth paying attention to? Stay tuned!

Here's a few things you should know about the whole 'Tea Party' thing.

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