{"id":258612,"date":"2010-02-01T08:13:20","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T13:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/?p=75314"},"modified":"2010-02-01T08:13:20","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T13:13:20","slug":"%e2%80%98these-attacks-against-the-tea-party-express-have-made-me-smile%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/258612","title":{"rendered":"\u2018These Attacks Against the Tea Party Express Have Made Me Smile\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a big weekend for pushback from Tea Party groups that have been accused of exploiting their fellow activists. Not long after Tea Party Nation blasted its critics<\/a>, singer Lloyd Marcus sent out this email under the Tea Party Express banner. The bulk of the email is after the jump; a long series of videos from Tea Parties have been cut out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The other day I received an email from a friend who had heard some false and malicious attacks\u00a0against the Tea Party Express<\/a>.\u00a0 He was concerned and wrote me to ask about it because I’ve been\u00a0a part of the\u00a0Tea Party Express since its inception\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n

When I was talking to the rest of\u00a0our team about this email I found out\u00a0that most everyone else had been approached by someone\u00a0asking them similar questions about a whole range of rumors, accusations, allegations, smears and mischaracterizations of\u00a0what we at the Tea Party Express are supposedly about.<\/p>\n

Seems our friends in the liberal blogs and media outlets (including MSNBC, Media Matters, Huffington Post, TPM Muckracker, Mother Jones, and others) have been doing all sorts of attack hit pieces criticizing the tea party movement as a whole and the Tea Party Express in particular.<\/p>\n

And the odd part is, these attacks against the Tea Party Express have made me smile<\/strong>.\u00a0 You see, I realized that\u00a0if the\u00a0left wing bloggers and activists who like what Obama, Pelosi & Reid are doing weren’t worried about us\u00a0in the tea party movement, they’d just ignore us.\u00a0 The fact that the attacks have been stepped up against this movement as\u00a0a whole the past several weeks\u00a0shows me the impact we are making<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I wrote to\u00a0my team members at Tea Party Express<\/a> in response to the attacks:<\/p>\n

“You know TPX has become a powerful force when people take shots at you. GREAT WORK! (smile) All the best, Lloyd”<\/p>\n

So I tell you what I’m going to do.\u00a0 I’m going to send you an email in the next few days that will debunk all of the crazy attacks and smears being launched against us.<\/p>\n

But first, instead of allowing our critics to define us,\u00a0I thought I should start by showing you what we at the Tea Party Express are really all about<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 We have a record upon which our promises and pledges to you, our supporters, can be evaluated.<\/p>\n

I hope you will also please – FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I believe actions our speak louder than words of our critics.\u00a0\u00a0Here are just a few of the actions that we at the Tea Party Express<\/a> have undertaken thanks to your help and support.\u00a0 This is our record of who we are, and we’re proud of it, and I can tell you that I won’t let anyone even try to rewrite this history!\u00a0 Please share these videos \u00a0with your friends, so they too can learn what the Tea Party Express is all about.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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