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**Civilrecordzz** · 11-15-2010, 12:27 AM

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On Friday, the Tea Party Patriots lived up to just about every stereotype about the movement that its critics have about the tea party insurgency. In a single email, the Patriots acted paranoid, attacked fellow conservatives, alienated Republicans, sounded unhinged, got their facts wrong and had to sheepishly apologize to all involved. They also dished out the personal cell phone numbers of many incoming freshmen -- leading to a bombardment of calls from angry tea partiers.

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Here's what went down: just days before the Patriots' orientation was set to kick off here in DC -- to the tune of $100,000 in spending on speakers, space and other costs, according to the Wall Street Journal -- the Patriots got wind of another conservative freshman orientation scheduled for the same days.

But to the Tea Party Patriots, the Claremont event was nothing short of sabotage. "DC insiders, the RNC, and lobbyists are already trying to push the Tea Party aside and co-opt the incoming Congressmen," the group wrote in an email to supporters.

The Patriots then laid out their conspiracy theory in the email, following the money at the Claremont all the way up to former Mike Huckabee campaign manager and failed RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman. Huckabee, of course is one of the potential 2012 presidential candidates tea partiers tend to like, but hey -- Claremont was stealing the Patriots' mojo and there had to be a reason for it.

"[I]t's a lobbyist / political consultant event for the Freshmen," the Patriot email reads, disdainfully.

So the Patriots provided their membership with a list of contact information for Republican freshman and told them to start calling Reps-elect to keep them from going to Claremont. Trouble is, in many cases the contact info they shipped out included the personal cell phone numbers of the very incoming members they were trying to keep close.

The members seemed miffed as their cellphones blew up with calls from angry Tea Party Patriots.

11-15-2010, 12:27 AM	#1
Civilrecordzz Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 556 Senior Member	Tea Party Conspiracy Theory Leads To Mass Calling Of Reps' Personal Cell Phones TPM: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...ng.php?ref=fpa On Friday, the Tea Party Patriots lived up to just about every stereotype about the movement that its critics have about the tea party insurgency. In a single email, the Patriots acted paranoid, attacked fellow conservatives, alienated Republicans, sounded unhinged, got their facts wrong and had to sheepishly apologize to all involved. They also dished out the personal cell phone numbers of many incoming freshmen -- leading to a bombardment of calls from angry tea partiers. ... Here's what went down: just days before the Patriots' orientation was set to kick off here in DC -- to the tune of $100,000 in spending on speakers, space and other costs, according to the Wall Street Journal -- the Patriots got wind of another conservative freshman orientation scheduled for the same days. But to the Tea Party Patriots, the Claremont event was nothing short of sabotage. "DC insiders, the RNC, and lobbyists are already trying to push the Tea Party aside and co-opt the incoming Congressmen," the group wrote in an email to supporters. The Patriots then laid out their conspiracy theory in the email, following the money at the Claremont all the way up to former Mike Huckabee campaign manager and failed RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman. Huckabee, of course is one of the potential 2012 presidential candidates tea partiers tend to like, but hey -- Claremont was stealing the Patriots' mojo and there had to be a reason for it. "[I]t's a lobbyist / political consultant event for the Freshmen," the Patriot email reads, disdainfully. So the Patriots provided their membership with a list of contact information for Republican freshman and told them to start calling Reps-elect to keep them from going to Claremont. Trouble is, in many cases the contact info they shipped out included the personal cell phone numbers of the very incoming members they were trying to keep close. The members seemed miffed as their cellphones blew up with calls from angry Tea Party Patriots.
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