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Why is the GOP so scared of gay people?
Whooter:
lol, I think you made my point. Always trying to knock down the little group trying to fight city hall. Why is everyone so threatened by grass roots movement? This is what our country was built on.
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none-ya:
Timothy McVie, belonged to a grass roots movement. What to worry?
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---lol, I think you made my point. Always trying to knock down the little group trying to fight city hall. Why is everyone so threatened by grass roots movement? This is what our country was built on.
--- End quote ---
"The little group?" :roflmao:
"Grass roots movement?" :roflmao: :roflmao:
How can it be a "grassroots movement" when it's underwritten by billionaires, and who flagrantly use it to push their own agendas?
From the August 30, 2010, New Yorker article by Jane Mayer, "Covert Operations":
...Five hundred people attended the summit, which served, in part, as a training session for Tea Party activists in Texas. An advertisement cast the event as a populist uprising against vested corporate power. "Today, the voices of average Americans are being drowned out by lobbyists and special interests," it said. "But you can do something about it." The pitch made no mention of its corporate funders. The White House has expressed frustration that such sponsors have largely eluded public notice. David Axelrod, Obama's senior adviser, said, "What they don't say is that, in part, this is a grassroots citizens' movement brought to you by a bunch of oil billionaires."[/list]
More from the same article:
A Republican campaign consultant who has done research on behalf of Charles and David Koch said of the Tea Party, "The Koch brothers gave the money that founded it. It's like they put the seeds in the ground. Then the rainstorm comes, and the frogs come out of the mud—and they're our candidates!"
...Another former Koch adviser said, "They're smart. This right-wing, redneck stuff works for them. They see this as a way to get things done without getting dirty themselves."[/list]
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "none-ya" ---Timothy McVie, belonged to a grass roots movement. What to worry?
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What does that mean? All people in grass roots movements will blow up buildings? Our country was built on grass roots movements. we should be happy that we are getting new people involved in the political process and getting them to vote. We need to motivate the young people to get interested. This is the way to do it.
Why would anyone be against this? What is so threatening to you?
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Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---lol, I think you made my point. Always trying to knock down the little group trying to fight city hall. Why is everyone so threatened by grass roots movement? This is what our country was built on.
--- End quote ---
"The little group?" :roflmao:
"Grass roots movement?" :roflmao: :roflmao:
From the August 30, 2010, New Yorker article by Jane Mayer, "Covert Operations":
Five hundred people attended the summit, which served, in part, as a training session for Tea Party activists in Texas. An advertisement cast the event as a populist uprising against vested corporate power. "Today, the voices of average Americans are being drowned out by lobbyists and special interests," it said. "But you can do something about it." The pitch made no mention of its corporate funders. The White House has expressed frustration that such sponsors have largely eluded public notice. David Axelrod, Obama's senior adviser, said, "What they don't say is that, in part, this is a grassroots citizens' movement brought to you by a bunch of oil billionaires."[/list]
More from the same article:
A Republican campaign consultant who has done research on behalf of Charles and David Koch said of the Tea Party, "The Koch brothers gave the money that founded it. It's like they put the seeds in the ground. Then the rainstorm comes, and the frogs come out of the mud—and they're our candidates!"
...Another former Koch adviser said, "They're smart. This right-wing, redneck stuff works for them. They see this as a way to get things done without getting dirty themselves."[/list]
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Thats an old argument Ursus. You obviously have never been active politically. Grass roots doesnt mean everyone is on public assistance. The supporters need money to make signs and organize. They approach the richest people in town to help contribute and support them. If they find sponsors then they can grow their movement and get even more people involved.
Then there are people like Ursus that points to the rich man in the back and say "Ah ha!!" There is the owner of the "Mercantile store" who contributed $18 to pay for all the signs and feed the people for 2 days. This isnt a grass roots movement at all"... lol, lets discredit them all!! Close our ears and not listen to them!!
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