On February 27th, the Buffalo branch of the Great Nationwide Tea Party met at noon at Lafayette Square in downtown Buffalo. The event was co-sponsored by Jill Malzer-Sinclair, President, JEM Insurance Agency Inc. and Free New York. Urging local sympathizers to “be there and bring a nasty sign and some war paint,” the event coincided with several nationwide rallies in over 40 cities, some seen here on The Huffington Post.
Some, like Huffington, consider this to be a conservative, right wing movement. Other than deciding that this would be a good idea one month into Barack Obama’s presidency, those involved may have taken another wrong turn, when somehow, someone seems to have combined the act of sandbagging with the concept of a tea party, thus adopting the verb “tea bagging”.
While we can see the hybrid word for what it might convey on the surface, it also brands the conservatives as being somewhat out of touch with the “people”. That’s all we’re saying. Rachel Maddow takes the gaff to task in her MSNBC broadcast:
The Western New York Tea Party will hold another event on April 18th (1-5pm Club W, 199 Delaware Ave. Buffalo), with, according to them, “…plans to take the national tea party movement to a different level.” Wuh-oh.
The four-hour tea party will include a march, music videos and short educational programs on issues such as how the Federal Reserve inflates the money supply and causes business cycles.
Speakers will include Leonard Roberto, Rus Thompson and Jim Ostrowski.
Commenters: If you’re going to “go there,” please keep it subtle.