Majority Of Tea Party Group's Spending Went To GOP Firm That Created It

[kpete]

Source: Talking Points Memo

The political action committee behind the Tea Party Express (TPE) -- which already has been slammed as inauthentic and corporate-controlled by rival factions in the Tea Party movement -- directed around two thirds of its spending during a recent reporting period back to the Republican consulting firm that created the PAC in the first place.

Our Country Deserves Better (OCDB) spent around $1.33 million from July through November, according to FEC filings examined by TPMmuckraker. Of that sum, a total of $870,489 went to Sacramento-based GOP political consulting firm Russo, Marsh, and Associates, or people associated with it.

OCDB, which built the Tea Party Express, is essentially a Russo, Marsh creation, as we've detailed. The PAC's site was registered in July 2008 by Sal Russo, the firm's founder. That site also lists Russo as the PAC's "chief strategist." Tea Party Express fundraising emails, sent by OCDB and obtained by TPMmuckraker, come from another Russo, Marsh employee, Joe Wierzbicki.

Just for good measure, legendary GOP bamboozler Howard Kaloogian is also on OCDB's board, and has close ties to Russo, Marsh.

Read more: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/majority_of_tea_party_groups_spending_went_to_gop.php?ref=fpblg

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. What, do you have a problem with the working class?

:silly:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. no, just the lurking crass.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. Someone on DU posted that an issue with teabaggers was an issue with "working people"

Obviously, I disagree.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Yep they're working alright

Working at being selfish ignorant assholes.

[TheKentuckian]

4. Shocking I say...Shocking

:sarcasm:

[struggle4progress]

5. A foole and his money is soone parted

[Ikonoklast]

6. There's a sucker born every minute.

P. T. Barnum was a pessimist.

[starroute]

7. DU has known about Russo, Marsh for a long time

And none of it is good.

http://www.democraticunderground.org/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1787524

Jun-14-04

From ATRIOS:

Turnabout is fair play. Russo, Marsh, & Rogers is the PR firm to which this website, calling for people to prevent theaters from running Michael Moore's new movie, was registered until they modified the entry.


Russo Marsh + Rogers, Inc.
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Sal Russo: [e-mail]
Ron Rogers: [e-mail]
Teri Smith O'Rourke: [e-mail]
Joe Wierzbicki : [e-mail]
Kelley Afghari: [e-mail]
Douglas Lorenz : [e-mail]
Corey Sparks : [e-mail]
Contact these "Domestic Enemies" and tell them what you think.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4452856

Aug-25-05

"The Russo Marsh & Rogers Pro-War Caravan" Is on it's way to Camp Casey. It's proceeding with great fanfare and lots of suck-up media attention.
They will be reported as if they themselves are a "liberating army".. Triumphant and bright, bursting onto the scene all red white and blue carrying the banner of the bogus truth justice and the American way.. They may even hire some bands. And the corpomedia will cum all over itself shouting that their heroes have finally arrived!!

Hannity and Limpballs will shepard their advance team..
http://www.arribamexicangrill.com /

We know EXACTLY where they will be (http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/t... /) and we should bring BIG signs with the name of the Republican PR firm that's orchestrating this big load of crap.

Russo Marsh & Rogers
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814
US

[Quantess]

9. Interesting.

K & R