Ex-Hill Staffers Put A Spin On The Tea Party Playbook In Anti-Trump Guide

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Talking Points Memo ‏@TPM 11m11 minutes ago
Ex-Hill staffers put a spin on the Tea Party playbook in anti-Trump guide http://bit.ly/2gNr8DI

In an online guide made public Wednesday night, a number of (those) onetime Hill staffers say that the best way for individuals to derail the policy agenda of Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is to organize locally and badger their own congressional representatives to vote against individual pieces of legislation.

The guide argues that, like the “Tea Party patriots” who found common cause in their unified loathing of President Barack Obama, progressives who oppose Trump should stand against him before all else rather than try to articulate a policy agenda that has no hope of advancing while the GOP controls all three branches of government.

“We believe that the next four years depend on citizens across the country standing indivisible against the Trump agenda,” the authors write in the guide, which is formatted as a live Google document. “We believe that buying into false promises or accepting partial concessions will only further empower Trump to victimize our fellow citizens. We hope that this guide will provide those who share that belief useful tools to make Congress listen.”

The guide contains tips on getting members of Congress to listen to their constituents’ voices, such as showing up in groups to town hall meetings and looking “friendly or neutral” to ensure staffers will call on them and allow them to ask pointed questions. The authors also recommend flooding lawmakers’ offices with calls on specific issues and targeting weak Republican candidates ahead of local elections.

The emphasis is on consistent, coordinated, grassroots action that focuses on nitty-gritty policy specifics and individual elected officials...

read: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/former-hill-staffers-guide-resisting-trump-administration-indivisible?utm_content=bufferc9689&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

read online guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzOz3Y6D8g_MNXHNMJYAz1b41_cn535aU5UsN7Lj8X8/preview#


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[Achilleaze]

1. Stand like a Rock for America

...against the Ruskie-Republican propaganda-putsch against honesty, decency, integrity and THE AMERICAN WAY.

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2. Sorry, but that's a fake Jefferson quote.

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In matters of style, swim with the current...(Quotation)

Quotation: “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

Variations:
1.“In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.”
2.“If you would have a happy family life, remember two things – in matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.”

Sources consulted (searching “stand like a rock” and “swim with the current”):
1.Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition
2.Hathi Trust Digital Library
3.Google Books
4.JSTOR
5.America’s Historical Newspapers
6.19th Century United States Newspapers
7.America Periodicals Series Online

Earliest known appearance in print: 1891 (as the second variation) 1

Earliest known appearance in print, attributed to Jefferson: 1973 (as the first variation) 2

Comments: It is clear that the quotation came into use at least as early as the 19th century, although when it was used, it was not attributed to a particular author and was often referred to as an “old adage.” It is not clear where the phrase originated from, but there is no proof that Jefferson ever uttered these words. It appears that the phrase became connected to Jefferson around 1973, and from then on, it is almost always attributed to him when quoted - usually in the context of homemaking or education.

- Elizabeth Huff, June 8, 2011

1. More Borrowings (San Francisco: C.A. Murdock and Co., 1891), 39
2. California Accountant Volumes 28-30 (Society of California Accountants, 1973), l: 70

[Achilleaze]

3. Oh no. I've been suckered. But,

here's a real standing rock, steady as Gibraltar.

[bigtree]

4. »

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5. Kick&Recommend!

[mascarax]

6. Thanks for posting

Good info!

[mcar]

7. K&R