Even more proof the Tea Party people are being conned by the corporatists...

[Syrinx]

Did anyone see Kevin Jackson, the African-American "tea party" guy on the O'Reilly Factor last night? I just watched part of the show, fleeing an onslaught of get-rich infomercials and ads for various sexual products.

The purpose of Mr. Jackson's appearance was to make it crystal-clear to Mr. O'Reilly's viewers that Democratic critics are the real racists, and that the tea party gatherings are multi-cultural shindigs of the utmost propriety... just regular folks, blind to skin color, that are concerned for the future of our great nation.

I smelled a rat.

"Kevin Jackson" has got to be a really common name. But O'Reilly had said that Mr. Jackson was from St. Louis, so that gave me a starting point.

I searched Google, and was helpfully directed to linkedin.com. The third person listed on the resulting page was listed as being from St. Louis.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Kevin/Jackson/

It said that he's a senior sales director at Hackett Technology Services Group.

Then I found a yahoo profile that seems to confirm that we're talking about the same guy.

http://profiles.yahoo.com/jaxonstl007

That profile contains the quote:

Unapologetic Conservative Republican. If you're not, then don't befriend me. I find Libs "wits of the nit kind".

So I went looking for his employer's website.

http://www.thehackettgroup.com

Their "about" page describes their corporate mission as the following:

The Hackett Group, a global strategic advisory firm, is a leader in best practice advisory, benchmarking, and transformation consulting services, including shared services, offshoring and outsourcing advice.

And they have right there on their "about" page an image of the logos of some of their clients. I've copied it to photobucket, in case it gets deleted.



Also, Kevin Jackson has a book out called "The Big Black Lie." The product description on Amazon calls him the "black Glenn Beck." I hope his mother is proud.

http://www.amazon.com/BIG-Black-Lie-Learned-Democrat/dp/061530222X

So it couldn't be any more clear. The whole Tea Party thing was created, or at least has been co-opted by, the very corporate entities that are doing all they can to enslave Main Street America.

We simply must get this information out to the mom and pop Tea Party people that have no idea how they're being taken in, and how they are being made fools of.

[PearliePoo2]

1. nice sleuthing

yeah...he's just a regular old Teabagger guy.
Oh wait...maybe not! A black Glenn Beck? :puke:
fuck fox and the Teahadists they rode in on.

[Mojeoux]

7. Delusional Tea Bag Bizarro-World

I almost feel sorry for them.

[Syrinx]

2. I forgot a link to his blog

Comment if you want to. :)

http://theblacksphere.net/

[lostnfound]

3. Just because he's selling to those companies doesn't mean he isn't truly right wing

He may be doing it to further his career without explicit orders to do so, just of his own accord. Sadly most high-level potential corporate clients are more likely to hire or be comfortable with fellow Republicans.

[Syrinx]

4. I have no doubt that he's truly right-wing.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. K&R! Excellent job of investigating!

KO or Rachel could use you! Not surprising, considering the source, but we already know that the tea baggers will swallow each and every lie that they're told... x(

[Syrinx]

10. hey Rhiannon!

(L)

I would love to work for Rachel, so if you have any inside juice... :)

Nice to cross paths with you again. :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Nice to see you, too, my friend!

Terrific thread! And I'm always around, just waiting for the snow to melt here in NY... :hi:

And I don't have any contacts with Rachel, wish I did... L ;)

[uponit7771]

6. Anyone know Keith Olbermans email address?

[annabanana]

8. Keith: [e-mail] . . n/t

[Minnesota_Lib]

13. Rachel loves to expose these kinds of corporate connections to phoney "grassroots" groups.

[B Calm]

9. K&R

[Capitalocracy]

12. K&(won'tletmerec,damn) BIG message for the MSM here

And that message is, if you refuse to do even the most basic investigative journalism, YOU CAN AND WILL BE REPLACED.

Excellent work, my friend.

[old mark]

14. Baggers are tools of the RW media and corporations against Democratic

reforms and any sort of control of corporations. They think they are some "grass roots movement", but have not the brains to think for themselves. I believe some of them may actually be well intentioned, but many are simply bigots and manipulators leading the others on for profit and power.

Great post, thanks for the work.
mark