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The Water Cooler Title: Founder Says Tea Party Caucus To Be 'Receptacle' For Grass-Roots Movement WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the brand new Tea Party Caucus in Congress said Wednesday the organization won't be a mouthpiece for the movement but will serve as a listening board for average Americans. The just-formed caucus had a coming out party of sorts as its chairwoman, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., some six lawmakers and a handful of self-professed Tea Party members answered reporters' question after the group's first meeting. "We are not going to be the mouthpiece of the tea party," Bachmann said. "The people are the head of the Tea Party. We are here to listen, to be a receptacle."
Bachmann said the caucus now has 24 members, including the third-ranking GOP member of the House, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana. She said she also hopes Democrats will join the caucus, although none has. House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio also has declined to become a member. Behind the formation of the caucus, Bachmann said, was a belief that Congress was not doing a good job listening to the tea party movement. She wants the caucus to make it easier to hear the voices of "real people with real lives." The tea party members in attendance were a diverse group that sought to put to rest the allegations of racism within the movement. Danielle Hollars, a black mother of five from Woodbridge, Va., said she was drawn to the tea party because she "wanted her government back." She said people needed to understand that the movement was not racist. "I am not white and I am not rich, so this is not about that," she said, while bouncing Damian, her nine-month-old baby in her arms. Despite Bachmann's hope that Democrats would join, a number of speakers criticized Democrats and President Barack Obama. Ana Puig compared Obama to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying the United States is creeping toward dictatorship. "It's no longer a bloody war it's an ideological war," she said. Republican lawmakers in attendance had nothing but praise for the caucus and the movement. The caucus expressed "the most powerful political force in America," said Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga. Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, said he'd "never seen a greater gathering of patriots than he saw this morning" when the caucus met with tea party members. Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., said the day's speakers should "dispel once for all a lot of the rumors," Burton said. "The Tea Party movement is all across this country, across all ethnic groups, it's everywhere." Bachmann said the caucus may meet again next week, before Congress heads into the August recess. She said she was unsure what it would do after that. Subscribe to *Tea Party On Parade* Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest She said she also hopes Democrats will join the caucus Why? They're the enemy of liberty and pretty much everything the Tea Party ostensibly stands for. It's reminiscent of the scene in "Blazing Saddles" where Cleavon Little (the caucus) tries to join the Klan (dems). ----------------------------------------------------------- Meet the new boss (Lindsey Graham) - same as the old boss (Zerobama) #2. To: Ignore Amos (#1) (dems) they're the enemy of liberty and pretty much everything the Tea Party ostensibly stands for Yeah, them and the Republicans. Reject both, vote pro-American only! America First, F' the rest!
#3. To: hondo68 (#2) By all rights, Zero's election (the trouncing of McClown) SHOULD have spelled the end of the GOP. I held out hope - however slim - that a truly Constitutional, conservative, America first party might rise out of the ashes. But - with McClown's apparent victory in AZ, and Graham, Snowe, Brown and Collins in the Senate - my hopes have been short lived. Okay - so the republicans are poised to do very well in November. (Poised I say because one NEVER underestimates the ability of the stupid party to implode.) If they do - then what? They'll just do what they always do - go along to get along. ----------------------------------------------------------- Meet the new boss (Lindsey Graham) - same as the old boss (Zerobama) #4. To: Brian S (#0) Founder Says Tea Party Caucus To Be 'Receptacle' For Grass-Roots Movement She can be the mouthpiece receptacle for my grass root movement caucus. Badeye has a gay crush on ABBA Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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