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Teabagging with Chuck DeVore and Bill Hunt in Laguna Hills Today

February 13, 2010
By Dan Chmielewski
Teabagging with Chuck DeVore and Bill Hunt in Laguna Hills Today

On the heels of last week’s national Tea Party convention, two of OC’s leading teabaggers are geting together to headline a Laguna Niguel protest in which most of the attendees got a federal tax cut this year.  State Rep. Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) who is running for the US Senate seat now held by Senator...
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Rep. Bachman to Tea Partiers: “Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You”

January 28, 2010
By Dan Chmielewski
Rep. Bachman to Tea Partiers: “Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You”

With Rep. Michelle Bachman, who will be speaking to the Lincoln Club of Orange County tonight in Newport Beach, escaping the frigid temperatures of Minnesota (a high of 7 degrees in St. Paul today) for the sunshine of SoCal, perhaps our conservative friends can ask the Congresswoman why she decided to cancel her appearance...
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Are Republican Operatives Trying to Hijack a Healthcare Reform Town Hall in the 909?

August 12, 2009
By Dan Chmielewski
Are Republican Operatives Trying to Hijack a Healthcare Reform Town Hall in the 909?

Update: Some research revealed that the group that sent out this email without the Congressman’s knowledge is campaignsecrets.com. From their web site: “CampaignSecrets.com was founded in 2001 by a team of seasoned campaign professionals dedicated to providing professional campaign solutions to local Republican campaigns. By combining cutting-edge technology with proven campaign strategies, CampaignSecrets.com’s toolset...
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A Love Note from a TeaBagging Republican

April 15, 2009
By Dan Chmielewski

Marty Wisckoll from the Register was kind enough to quote me in his story about the Tax Party in Santa Ana; here’s a link to Marty’s story. My quote prompted one right wing teabagger to write me at my business email.  I’ve left his name out.  But I do love fan mail. “But the situation we’re...
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Tea Party History Lesson

April 15, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Tea Party History Lesson

Published on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by CommonDreams.org The Real Boston Tea Party was an Anti-Corporate Revolt by Thom Hartmann CNBC Correspondent Rick Santelli called for a “Chicago Tea Party” on Feb 19th in protesting President Obama’s plan to help homeowners in trouble. Santelli’s call was answered by the right-wing group FreedomWorks, which funds campaigns promoting big...
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Democrats Should Be Joining the Tea Parties

April 14, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
Democrats Should Be Joining the Tea Parties

Democrats are responding to the growing nationwide phenomena of anti-tax “tea parties” protests by mocking them and by pointing out that they are prompted and run by right-wing organizations. Neither response is a winning political strategy. It is pure political stupidity — and bad economic policy — for Democrats to treat the tax protests with derision or...
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