Low Registration Sinks Tea Party Convention

[Ian David]

Low Registration Sinks Tea Party Convention

Organizers of the Freedom Jamboree announced Wednesday that they have canceled the tea party convention planned for this fall, citing low registration.

They had hoped the event would serve as a stage for Republican presidential candidates to court the conservative movement, and two — Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) — had already confirmed they would attend.

The weekend of reflection and strategizing was scheduled for Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 in Kansas City, Kan., and included a straw poll. Twenty-one local tea party groups started it with the intent to reclaim the movement from national umbrella groups and offer an alternative to the annual fall tea party rally on the National Mall.

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He cited low registration in an email Wednesday informing activists about the cancellation. He said that finances weren’t an issue, but a June financial report posted on the organization’s website showed that only about $10,000 had been raised for an event that was supposed to attract hundreds of tea party groups from across the nation.



More:
http://www.rollcall.com/news/low_registration_sinks_tea_party_convention-207282-1.html

[barbtries]

1. good.

nt

[socialshockwave]

2. Also...

Why are they wearing such preposterous outfits?

You're a political group, not a bloody Colonial militia.

[Ikonoklast]

13. Cosplay fetishistas.

[Seedersandleechers]

3. Was glad to hear it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4918406

[FreakinDJ]

4. Boo Fucking Hoo

cry me a river Bitches

[Urban Prairie]

5. Did that wild-eyed Yankee Doodle Dandy in the image name that feather in his hat, "macaroni"? n/t

[Dawson Leery]

6. The Teaklan was never that large.

Fox "news" and the pundit class made them out to be much larger than they really are.

[Dept of Beer]

7. The included photo reminds me about the movie "A Boy and His Dog."

Short story.

Nuclear holocaust. Some people living underground.

Jason Robards plays an "Our Town" looking character, but besides that he and his mini civilization are sinister and F'ed up.



That's what Tea Party Ted in the photo above reminds me of: sinister and f'ed up.



Also, how dare these crazies steal revolutionary dress and shtick when they don't even understand the irony.

[struggle4progress]

8. There must be limited interest in dressing up in tricorns and pretending to be a revolutionary

:shrug:

[cui bono]

9. That guy in the picture makes me think they would have fared better if they had waited

for Sept. 19. Talk Like a Pirate Day.

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

[madinmaryland]

10. Teabaggers are not getting Koch money anymore. nt

[hifiguy]

11. What are they gonna do with the Porta Potties?

Can they get a refund? :shrug:

[tanyev]

12. Local costume shop owners are frantically trying to cancel their orders for additional inventory.