How the TP got as corrupt as the beltway it loathes

[Luddly Neddite]

How the Tea Party became as corrupt as the Beltway it loathes - The Week

This week, ProPublica released a report on the financial (and moral) corruption of a Tea Party group operating under the name Move America Forward, which was founded by one Sal Russo. Russo also helped start the Our Country Deserves Better PAC, aka the Tea Party Express. Move America Forward has run fake drives to give care packages to troops, stolen images of other charitable campaigns and passed them off as its own, and trumpeted a nonexistent partnership with Walter Reed Hospital — all while funneling very real millions to itself. The group is an industry leader at taking your Tea Party sentiments (if you have them) and turning them into profits.

Unfortunately, the continuing success of Sal Russo and the Tea Party Express is emblematic of a larger failure of the American right — and perhaps the larger project of American self-governance.

Earlier this year, The Daily Caller's Alexis Levinson reported that other Tea Party groups that had raised millions spent up to 80 percent of their money on operating expenditures, salaries, consultants, and mailing list companies, which were often owned by the people who ran the groups themselves. The Tea Party is essentially a landlord class; its fiefdom is the truly felt convictions of others.

There is nothing new about this. The Tea Party gained traction in an environment defined by massive resentment and fear directed at the Obama presidency, disgust at the bailouts of the Bush and Obama eras, and the wreckage of a Republican electoral defeat, all of which was especially conducive to the growth of parasite groups like the Tea Party Express.

 

[Agit8r]

How does one corrupt astroturf?

 

[jwoodie]

How the Tea Party became as corrupt as the Beltway it loathes - The Week

This week, ProPublica released a report on the financial (and moral) corruption of a Tea Party group operating under the name Move America Forward, which was founded by one Sal Russo. Russo also helped start the Our Country Deserves Better PAC, aka the Tea Party Express. Move America Forward has run fake drives to give care packages to troops, stolen images of other charitable campaigns and passed them off as its own, and trumpeted a nonexistent partnership with Walter Reed Hospital — all while funneling very real millions to itself. The group is an industry leader at taking your Tea Party sentiments (if you have them) and turning them into profits.

Unfortunately, the continuing success of Sal Russo and the Tea Party Express is emblematic of a larger failure of the American right — and perhaps the larger project of American self-governance.

Earlier this year, The Daily Caller's Alexis Levinson reported that other Tea Party groups that had raised millions spent up to 80 percent of their money on operating expenditures, salaries, consultants, and mailing list companies, which were often owned by the people who ran the groups themselves. The Tea Party is essentially a landlord class; its fiefdom is the truly felt convictions of others.

There is nothing new about this. The Tea Party gained traction in an environment defined by massive resentment and fear directed at the Obama presidency, disgust at the bailouts of the Bush and Obama eras, and the wreckage of a Republican electoral defeat, all of which was especially conducive to the growth of parasite groups like the Tea Party Express.

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Do you have any idea that this "quote" is utterly devoid of hard facts and logical analysis?

 

[chikenwing]

How the Tea Party became as corrupt as the Beltway it loathes - The Week

This week, ProPublica released a report on the financial (and moral) corruption of a Tea Party group operating under the name Move America Forward, which was founded by one Sal Russo. Russo also helped start the Our Country Deserves Better PAC, aka the Tea Party Express. Move America Forward has run fake drives to give care packages to troops, stolen images of other charitable campaigns and passed them off as its own, and trumpeted a nonexistent partnership with Walter Reed Hospital — all while funneling very real millions to itself. The group is an industry leader at taking your Tea Party sentiments (if you have them) and turning them into profits.

Unfortunately, the continuing success of Sal Russo and the Tea Party Express is emblematic of a larger failure of the American right — and perhaps the larger project of American self-governance.

Earlier this year, The Daily Caller's Alexis Levinson reported that other Tea Party groups that had raised millions spent up to 80 percent of their money on operating expenditures, salaries, consultants, and mailing list companies, which were often owned by the people who ran the groups themselves. The Tea Party is essentially a landlord class; its fiefdom is the truly felt convictions of others.

There is nothing new about this. The Tea Party gained traction in an environment defined by massive resentment and fear directed at the Obama presidency, disgust at the bailouts of the Bush and Obama eras, and the wreckage of a Republican electoral defeat, all of which was especially conducive to the growth of parasite groups like the Tea Party Express.

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Do you have any idea that this "quote" is utterly devoid of hard facts and logical analysis?

There is no TEA PARTY its an ideal. And the term parasite is well wrong and a typical tool used by ones that have really nothing of substance.

The hate that spews forth from the left for their fellow Americans is despicable.

 

[Stephanie]

already been posted. and if I want to know about the tea party I sure won't ask the weak, I mean week

 

[Stephanie]

what they really meant was how the OWS was NEVER a grassroots operation and was started with funding from the Democrat party and Georgie boy Soros..

 

[XPostFacto]

How the Tea Party became as corrupt as the Beltway it loathes - The Week

This week, ProPublica released a report on the financial (and moral) corruption of a Tea Party group operating under the name Move America Forward, which was founded by one Sal Russo. Russo also helped start the Our Country Deserves Better PAC, aka the Tea Party Express. Move America Forward has run fake drives to give care packages to troops, stolen images of other charitable campaigns and passed them off as its own, and trumpeted a nonexistent partnership with Walter Reed Hospital — all while funneling very real millions to itself. The group is an industry leader at taking your Tea Party sentiments (if you have them) and turning them into profits.

Unfortunately, the continuing success of Sal Russo and the Tea Party Express is emblematic of a larger failure of the American right — and perhaps the larger project of American self-governance.

Earlier this year, The Daily Caller's Alexis Levinson reported that other Tea Party groups that had raised millions spent up to 80 percent of their money on operating expenditures, salaries, consultants, and mailing list companies, which were often owned by the people who ran the groups themselves. The Tea Party is essentially a landlord class; its fiefdom is the truly felt convictions of others.

There is nothing new about this. The Tea Party gained traction in an environment defined by massive resentment and fear directed at the Obama presidency, disgust at the bailouts of the Bush and Obama eras, and the wreckage of a Republican electoral defeat, all of which was especially conducive to the growth of parasite groups like the Tea Party Express.

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Do you have any idea that this "quote" is utterly devoid of hard facts and logical analysis?

This was the only quote he could find debasing the Tea Party, and it looks to be mere exaggeration at best.

 

[oldunclemark]

The Tea Party was BORN corrupt..
They were established as a right wing opposition group...to change

They do NOT complain about bailed out banks, voter ID laws (designed to stop Democratic votes), the lack of a raise in the minimum wage for almost a decade or the shooting of unarmed black people.

The Tea Party was established as a way to stop the overarching swing of the nation towards being more multi ethnic and multi cultural.

 

[Stephanie]

The Tea Party was BORN corrupt..
They were established as a right wing opposition group...to change

They do NOT complain about bailed out banks, voter ID laws (designed to stop Democratic votes), the lack of a raise in the minimum wage for almost a decade or the shooting of unarmed black people.

The Tea Party was established as a way to stop the overarching swing of the nation towards being more multi ethnic and multi cultural.

go have another drink for crying out loud

you have the talking points down

 

[martybegan]

How the Tea Party became as corrupt as the Beltway it loathes - The Week

This week, ProPublica released a report on the financial (and moral) corruption of a Tea Party group operating under the name Move America Forward, which was founded by one Sal Russo. Russo also helped start the Our Country Deserves Better PAC, aka the Tea Party Express. Move America Forward has run fake drives to give care packages to troops, stolen images of other charitable campaigns and passed them off as its own, and trumpeted a nonexistent partnership with Walter Reed Hospital — all while funneling very real millions to itself. The group is an industry leader at taking your Tea Party sentiments (if you have them) and turning them into profits.

Unfortunately, the continuing success of Sal Russo and the Tea Party Express is emblematic of a larger failure of the American right — and perhaps the larger project of American self-governance.

Earlier this year, The Daily Caller's Alexis Levinson reported that other Tea Party groups that had raised millions spent up to 80 percent of their money on operating expenditures, salaries, consultants, and mailing list companies, which were often owned by the people who ran the groups themselves. The Tea Party is essentially a landlord class; its fiefdom is the truly felt convictions of others.

There is nothing new about this. The Tea Party gained traction in an environment defined by massive resentment and fear directed at the Obama presidency, disgust at the bailouts of the Bush and Obama eras, and the wreckage of a Republican electoral defeat, all of which was especially conducive to the growth of parasite groups like the Tea Party Express.

MAF retorts:

Move America Forward Responds to ProPublica Allegations | RedState

Excerpts:

“Pro Publica distorts the relationship between organizations and their consultants,” – Scott Raab

They claimed that MAF funnels ‘millions’ to the tea party, but they never make that case in the article. They erroneously say that Sal Russo, our consultant, was paid millions through his private firm, while not pointing out that it was reimbursement for expenses. Nonetheless, his private firm is not the tea party.

“The report creates a horrible accusation that our consultant earned $2.3 million over the last five years. That’s ridiculous. They made a baseless accusation that consultant fees might be for TV advertisement, then lambast us for not having run any TV ads since 2012. We never claimed that payments to our consultants were fees or costs for placing ads in the first place, so this attack makes no sense,” said Scott Raab, Director of Outreach for Move America Forward.

“In truth, payments to our consultants are simply reimbursements for purchases of products for the care packages.” says Raab. “In the past, we could not get sufficient financial credit so for the last 10 years we used our consultants’ credit card to pay for items in the care packages and we had to reimburse them. We eventually obtained our own American Express card, however, we still are required to rely on the creditworthiness of our consultant.

The highest salary at Move America Forward is $60,000 a year – far less than other organizations. For example the non-profit Pro Publica paid its own head Editor a salary of $570,000 in 2008.”

 

[Stephanie]

Of course the move America Forward was all made up and embellish, that's how the left/progressives/Democrats fly
they put something out and then if they need they come back and say, oh darn, it wasn't quite like we said it was


They also don't represent the Tea Party, they were well established I believe before the tea party formed..but I had some Christian on the board tell me, I was fxxking stupid...because, they were the one's who posted it and was spreading around



none of them any honor

 

[martybegan]

Of course the move America Forward was all made up and embellish, that's how the left/progressives/Democrats fly
they put something out and then if they need they come back and say, oh darn, it wasn't quite like we said it was


They also don't represent the Tea Party, they were well established I believe before the tea party formed..but I had some Christian on the board tell me, I was fxxking stupid...because, they were the one's who posted it and was spreading around



none of them any honor

They don't care if anything they post is factual, because once the accusations have been made, there are no repercussions except having to post a far less advertised "correction" or "clarification." At that point the damage has been done, the progressives get what they want, and they happily move on to the next victim.

 

[Ibentoken]

I'm going to enjoy watching these nasty vile lying cockroaches get their asses kicked this November.

 

[martybegan]

and luddy duddy scurries away from another bullshit post.

I've seen slinkys with firmer spines.