Patriots' Conspiracy Theory Leads To Mass Calling Of Reps' Personal Cell Phones

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Tea Party Fail: Patriots' Conspiracy Theory Leads To Mass Calling Of Reps' Personal Cell Phones | TPMDC

On Friday, the Tea Party Patriots lived up to just about every stereotype about the movement that its critics have about the tea party insurgency. In a single email, the Patriots acted paranoid, attacked fellow conservatives, alienated Republicans, sounded unhinged, got their facts wrong and had to sheepishly apologize to all involved. They also dished out the personal cell phone numbers of many incoming freshmen -- leading to a bombardment of calls from angry tea partiers.

And, essentially, that's what happened Friday.

With great fanfare following the Republican takeover of the House in the Nov. 2 elections, the Patriots announced their plans to hold a freshman orientation for incoming tea party Republican members. The goal, essentially, was to let the new Republicans know they didn't have to be scared of the lobbyists and establishment hacks that might come to tempt them once they got to DC.

But to the Tea Party Patriots, the Claremont event was nothing short of sabotage. "DC insiders, the RNC, and lobbyists are already trying to push the Tea Party aside and co-opt the incoming Congressmen," the group wrote in an email to supporters.

The Patriots then laid out their conspiracy theory in the email, following the money at the Claremont all the way up to former Mike Huckabee campaign manager and failed RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman. Huckabee, of course is one of the potential 2012 presidential candidates tea partiers tend to like, but hey -- Claremont was stealing the Patriots' mojo and there had to be a reason for it.

So the Patriots provided their membership with a list of contact information for Republican freshman and told them to start calling Reps-elect to keep them from going to Claremont. Trouble is, in many cases the contact info they shipped out included the personal cell phone numbers of the very incoming members they were trying to keep close.

"I guess I'm going to have to get used to this," Rep.-elect David McKinley (R-WV) told Roll Call.

What's more: some of the cell phone numbers the tea partiers shipped out went to candidates who weren't actually elected.

:lol:

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These freshly minted politicians might want to consider hiring body guards...their supporters seem nuts and apt to violence.
 
So naw we lnow one of the most important bills the right will want passed.

Cell phone listing privacy laws.

just wait for it.
 

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