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At the convention, it was announced that a [[501(c)(4)]] corporation and [[political action committee]] (PAC) called "Ensuring Liberty" would be formed to support candidates for office in the 2010 elections.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/02/05/the-tea-party-goes-mainstream/ | work=Time | date=February 5, 2010 | accessdate=May 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0205/New-Tea-Party-PAC-Can-it-raise-10-million-for-midterm-revolt New Tea Party PAC: Can it raise $10 million for midterm revolt? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
At the convention, it was announced that a [[501(c)(4)]] corporation and [[political action committee]] (PAC) called "Ensuring Liberty" would be formed to support candidates for office in the 2010 elections.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/02/05/the-tea-party-goes-mainstream/ | work=Time | date=February 5, 2010 | accessdate=May 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0205/New-Tea-Party-PAC-Can-it-raise-10-million-for-midterm-revolt New Tea Party PAC: Can it raise $10 million for midterm revolt? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==Criticism== |
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Tea Party Nation, and specifically its founder, have generated criticism and controversy. For example, Phillips' stance that voting rights should be restricted to property owners has been criticized as discriminatory and outdated: |
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Phillips is advocating a policy of voter disenfranchisement that has its roots in the 18th century. When the United States was first founded, ownership of property was one of the requirements to vote in most elections. Many of these restrictions were phased out by the 1820s and replaced with requirements that the voter pays taxes. By 1850, these requirements, too, were phased out. Nashville Scene blogger Betsy Phillips calls the Tea Party Nation president’s idea a "frivolous proposal designed to stoke intergenerational antagonism — as if the people who are older and can afford a home are somehow better citizens than the 18-year-olds who are going off to war to die for our country."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/30/tea-party-voting-property/ | work=ThinkProgess.org | title=Tea Party Nation President Says It 'Makes A Lot Of Sense' To Restrict Voting Only To Property Owners | first=Zaid | last=Jilani | date=Nov. 30, 2010 | accessdate=Dec. 2010}}</ref> |
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Phillips is also known for the controversial comments he made after the attempted assassination of Representative [[Gabrielle Giffords]] (D-Ariz.), and the murders of a federal district judge and others, during a shooting spree on January 8, 2011.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://homebrewedtheology.com/judson-phillips-dont-blame-us-blame-the-leftist-lunatics.php | work=HomebrewedTheology.com | title=Judson Phillips – Don’t Blame Us, Blame The Leftist Lunatics | date=Jan. 9, 2011 | accessdate=Jan. 9, 2011}}</ref> He described the shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, as "a leftist lunatic,"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://homebrewedtheology.com/judson-phillips-dont-blame-us-blame-the-leftist-lunatics.php | work=HomebrewedTheology.com | title=Judson Phillips – Don’t Blame Us, Blame The Leftist Lunatics}}</ref> apparently because one person who knew Loughner in high school said he was a liberal several years ago.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.businessinsider.com/woman-who-says-she-went-to-school-with-alleged-shooter-says-he-met-giffords-in-2007-2011-1 | work=BusinessInsider.com | title=Alleged Shooter Jared Loughner May Have Met Rep. Giffords Previously | first=Glynnis | last=MacNicol | date=Jan. 8, 2011 | accessdate=Jan. 9, 2011}}</ref> Phillips instructed members of Tea Party Nation to blame liberals for the attempted assassination to defend the tea party movement's recent electoral gains: "The hard left is going to try and silence the Tea Party movement by blaming us for this," likening the expected blowback to the criticism heaped on "conservative talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh" for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://homebrewedtheology.com/judson-phillips-dont-blame-us-blame-the-leftist-lunatics.php | work=HomebrewedTheology.com | title=Judson Phillips – Don’t Blame Us, Blame The Leftist Lunatics}}</ref> He further wrote, "The left is coming and will hit us hard on this. We need to push back harder with the simple truth. The shooter was a liberal lunatic. Emphasis on both words."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://homebrewedtheology.com/judson-phillips-dont-blame-us-blame-the-leftist-lunatics.php | work=HomebrewedTheology.com | title=Judson Phillips – Don’t Blame Us, Blame The Leftist Lunatics}}</ref> After a Tea Party Nation member criticized Phillips' post, Phillips responded: |
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Did you bother to read what the left said yesterday? The wounded were not even to the hospital when the started the attacks. What would you prefer we do? Stick our heads in the sand? Perhaps we should just let the libs shut us up? Maybe you would prefer that. The left is going to use this to blame the Tea Party for the murder. I am not going to let them get away with it and I suggest you wake up and help with the fight. |
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FYI, it is a war. the left wants to take over our country and destroy the freedoms that we have.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://homebrewedtheology.com/judson-phillips-dont-blame-us-blame-the-leftist-lunatics.php | work=HomebrewedTheology.com | title=Judson Phillips – Don’t Blame Us, Blame The Leftist Lunatics | date=Jan. 9, 2011 | accessdate=Jan. 9, 2011}}</ref> |
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One commentator, Garance Franke-Ruta, wrote that Phillips in the e-mail, "[s]how[ed] no sign of tamping down on divisive political rhetoric in the wake of the shooting."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/01/tea-party-group-blames-leftist-for-giffords-shooting/69153/ | work=TheAtlantic.com | title=Tea Party Group Blames 'Leftist' for Giffords Shooting | first=Garance | last=Franke-Ruta | date=Jan. 9, 2011 | accessdate=Jan. 9, 2011}}</ref> Writing on Forbes.com, Rick Ungar called the e-mail a "deeply disturbing memo."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/01/09/tea-party-shamed-by-founder-judson-phillips/?boxes=financechannelforbes | work=Forbes.com | title=Tea Party Shamed By Founder Judson Phillips | first=Rick | last=Ungar | date=Jan. 9, 2011 | accessdate=Jan. 9, 2011}}</ref> "It was immediately clear," Ungar continued, "that Mr. Phillips is far more concerned about his own political interests and power than he is with the health of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords or in experiencing even the tiniest measure of compassion for the families who lost loved ones in this awful attack."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/01/09/tea-party-shamed-by-founder-judson-phillips/?boxes=financechannelforbes | title=Tea Party Shamed By Founder Judson Phillips | last=Ungar}}</ref> Karen Harper opined that "Phillips offensive-defensive actions have had the unfortunate consequence of making the tea party appear to feel a connection of some sort to Jared Loughner's actions in Arizona Saturday. [I]t would seem tea party leaders are worried the public will connect the Arizona shooting to the tea party movement. Instead of averting that connection, they have highlighted its possibility."<ref>{{cite news| work=Examiner.com | title=Tea Party Nation on the defensive after Arizona shooting | first=Karen | last=Harper | date=Jan. 10, 2011 | accessdate=Jan. 10, 2011}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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Revision as of 16:33, 1 April 2011
Tea Party Nation Corporation is a Conservative American political organization considered part of the tea party movement.[1] Their official website describes them as "group of like-minded people who desire our God given Individual Freedoms which were written out by the Founding Fathers. We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country!"[2]
The group was created by former Shelby County, Tennessee assistant district attorney Judson Phillips in 2009.[3] It runs a social networking site for conservative activists[4] and is best known for organizing the 2010 National Tea Party Convention.
Phillips has advocated rolling back the voting rights of Americans so that only property owners would be allowed to vote.[5]
National Tea Party Convention
Tea Party Nation organized the National Tea Party Convention held February 4–6, 2010.[6] Around 600 activists attended the event,[7] and Sarah Palin was featured as the keynote speaker. The event was criticized for its $549 ticket price,[8][9][10][11] as well as the fact that Palin was apparently paid $100,000 USD for her appearance.[12] Palin has said she will donate the fee to unspecified conservative causes.[13]
Several prominent conservative organizations refused to participate in the event due to its for-profit nature. The Tea Party Patriots advised members not to participate in December 2009.[14] Erick Erickson of the conservative blog RedState.com described the convention as "scammy" on January 11.[15] The American Liberty Alliance (ALA), initially a co-sponsor, withdrew its support on January 13.[16] Later in January, Michele Bachmann and Marsha Blackburn cancelled their plans to speak.[17]
At the convention, it was announced that a 501(c)(4) corporation and political action committee (PAC) called "Ensuring Liberty" would be formed to support candidates for office in the 2010 elections.[14][18][19]
See also
References
- ^ Entity Detail
- ^ Tea Party Nation
- ^ Judson Phillips Threw a Tea Party, and Trouble Showed Up - AOL News
- ^ Tea parties emerge as revenue stream - Yahoo! News
- ^ Jilani, Zaid. "Tea Party Nation President Says It ‘Makes A Lot Of Sense’ To Restrict Voting Only To Property Owners ." Think progress, 30 Nov 2010
- ^ "Tea Party Nation to Host National Tea Party Convention".
- ^ http://washingtonindependent.com/75905/media-at-the-tea-party-convention
- ^ Why the Tea Party Convention is tea-tering on the edge / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
- ^ Palin, Bachmann Tea Party sessions closed to press | StarTribune.com
- ^ Zernike, Kate (January 26, 2010). "Tea Party Disputes Take Toll on Convention". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ Tea Partying for profit? - First Read - msnbc.com
- ^ Palin prête pour une révolution
- ^ Zernike, Kate (February 6, 2010). "Palin Assails Obama at Tea Party Meeting". New York Times.
- ^ a b Zernike, Kate (February 6, 2010). "Convention Is Trying to Harness Tea Party Spirit". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ Zernike, Kate (January 26, 2010). "Tea Party Disputes Take Toll on Convention". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ Our decision to sit out of the Tea Party Convention « American Liberty Alliance
- ^ "Tea Party convention loses two Republican lawmakers over ethics concerns". The Washington Post. January 29, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ Time. February 5, 2010 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/02/05/the-tea-party-goes-mainstream/. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
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