Tea Parties Kaput?

The poor, poor GOP.  Seems to be going the way of Mrs. Nezbitt.  And since we've found out that Neo-Nazis may be attending (you know, to talk about taxes) perhaps it's appropriate to see it in German.





Yes, even though Stormfront will be kicking out the jams at the 4th of July Tea Parties..........GOP bigwigs?  Not so much.

In the run-up to the first round of Tea Parties, conservative activists were aided enormously by coverage from Fox News and the endorsements of many Republican stars. Fox News ran dozens of segments about the events, dispatching five of its stars — Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren, John Gibson, Glenn Beck, and Neil Cavuto — across the country to cover them live. Newt Gingrich endorsed the events, speaking at a Tea Party in Times Square and dispatching talking points to protesters through his American Solutions organization. Dozens of Republican members of Congress spoke at the events. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele passed up an opportunity to attend a Chicago Tea Party after being denied a speaking slot, but in May he told RNC members that the tide was turning against the Obama administration because "change is being delivered in a tea bag."

And even though they got some nifty merchandise,






And the crowd was sprinkled with such erudite tee-shirts

they were then greeted with........dun, dun, dunnnnnnnnnnn..........

reality.   WAP!!!!

And someone was paying attention to the first round of partays

That's right, Stormfront knows an opportunity when they see one.  Much like the GOP Congress-critters did way back in April.  

White supremacists and neo-Nazi hate groups plan to take advantage of the anti-tax "Tea Parties" set to occur in more than 1,000 cities and localities over the July 4 holiday weekend to disseminate racist fliers and other materials and attempt to recruit others to their cause, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Oh, well, the more the merrier, right Newt??

But the collaboration between the official Republican establishment and the Tea Parties has not lasted into June. The RNC has no plans to get involved with any Tea Parties. A spokesman for Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), who jaunted around northern California to attend several Tea Parties, said that his holiday plans were private but would probably not include Tea Parties. Gingrich will not attend any of the Tea Parties, although he recorded video messages for events in Birmingham and Nashville "at the request of the respective organizers," according to spokesman Dan Kotman.

What's that?!?!?!  The fresh new leaders (cough, cough) of the GOP have BETTER things to do than stop Obama's wild fiscal spending?  Not even three months later, and all the hot-air is out of their sails?  The saviors of the working man?

Not so much.

But.........surely, Fox is on the job?  Wall-to-wall coverage was what we got the first time around.  

They must be stepping it up a notch or two, no?

Media coverage has also gotten a little bit more scarce. Coverage on Fox News has largely been limited to interviews with Tea Party organizers on the network’s morning shows. While sources at Fox would not discuss their plans for covering the weekend events, they confirmed that no anchors would be attending and that the attendance and news value of the events looked to be lower than that of the April rallies.

Say it ain't so!!??  The GOP-24-hour-"news"-channel isn't on board either?  I wonder if word came down from above?  How could it, when there IS NO  "above" at the moment.  

So, what IS the official explanation for the plummet in coverage?

"There are legitimate journalistic reasons for why there’s less coverage this time around," said Seton Motley, a spokesman for the conservative Media Research Center — a group that blasted CNN and MSNBC personalities for joking about the April 15 Tea Parties. "There aren’t as many rallies this time, and there was a novelty last time that isn’t there now. Also, if you’re talking about the networks that made light of the Tea Parties back in April, they might have realized that opposite of love isn’t hate. It’s indifference."

"We're getting less coverage because there are fewer rallies."

Or.  There are fewer rallies because there was less coverage?  Chicken?  Egg?

Are you hiring out your PR team to these people, Sarah Palin???

Bwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!