Massachusetts Republicans "looking for any excuse to avoid Palin's Tea Party"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Massachusetts Republicans Wary of Sarah Palin Spectacle

http://gawker.com/5515878/massachusetts-republicans-wary-of-sarah-palin-spectacle



Prominent state GOP figures are looking for any excuse to avoid Sarah Palin's Boston Tea Party tomorrow, and those who do attend will be keeping a low profile. Tea Party crashers will be there too. Why the concern?

Besides Senator Scott Brown, conservative candidates for governor and Congress have snubbed invitations from Palin's handlers to attend the rally on the Boston Common tomorrow. Local Republicans are unsure if separate factions within the Tea Party will even vote for them, and many would rather focus on state gambling legislation than mingle with the crazies. According to The Boston Globe:

Republican Party officials said they believed that many of the attendees would gravitate toward the party's message of lower taxes, less spending, and smaller government, but some were not sure those enthusiasts would vote for GOP candidates.

"It depends a lot on the individuals there,'' said Jody Dow, a Republican National Committee member from Massachusetts. "Hopefully, they break the Republican way, but I don't know. You have different extremes in that group.''

That's an understatement. It seems that Massachusetts conservatives are afraid of what might transpire when the Palin faithful arrive on the Boston Common:

Jennifer Nassour, chairwoman of the state Republican Party, made clear that the GOP has no formal role in the rally. "I'm seriously just going as an observer,'' she said. "I'm not sure what they have planned.''

If past rallies are any indication, there's a good chance they'll have things like this planned. Jason Levin, founder of crashtheparty.org is going. He went out on a limb, telling The Associated Press:

Do I think every member of the Tea Party is a homophobe, racist or a moron? No, absolutely not. Do I think most of them are homophobes, racists or morons? Absolutely."

Scott Brown's spokesman says the senator "hopes they have a successful event.''

[lpbk2713]

1. Faux supporters will be bussed in from out of town.

As usual.

And of course Faux Snooze will multiply the head count by ten or so.




And naturally, the Faux cheerleader squad will be there as well.

[HughMoran]

2. Funny, we could crush these people if we wanted to.

Imagine 100,000 angry east-coast liberals literally pushing them off the common due to sheer numbers of a slowly approaching mass of people. It would probably backfire and perhaps serve their cause, but it would be satisfying to watch.

[NotThisTime]

8. Nah, it's easier to let them make fools of themselves all on their own

[Ikonoklast]

9. The liberals are busy working their jobs.

The Teabagggers seem to be mostly elderly white people on the government dole in some form or another, and can show up anytime.

[Walk away]

3. The bloom is off the Teabaggy rose.

I think the teabaggy thing is starting to show it's fraying edges. It started with the Palin/McCain rally. I don't know if he'll win or lose but even that old coot must realize that he just gave away what little self respect he had left kissing the Teabagger's ass.

These people may be able to get someone elected but as soon as they do, the winner HAS to dump them. There is no political future attached to these idiots. They may even succeed in screwing up the 2010 elections but I predict they will be nothing but an embarrassing joke afterwards.

[woodsprite]

4. I sooo hope you are right.

If they are the future of our nation, we are soooo screwed. I can't imagine so many people can be so dumb.

[pipi_k]

5. The title of your post made me laugh n/t

:7

[ejpoeta]

7. well you have people that want to get elected or reelected and they see that hitching their star to

this anvil aint going to get them anywhere. the sad thing is that i think there are people with legitimate concerns that somehow ended up in this freak show and their voices got lost. how can anyone take you seriously when you are sporting racist signs and acting like neanderthals. if you have a real reason to object to something, then friggin argue your point with REAL facts and not made up stuff and talking points.

[and-justice-for-all]

6. The Hordes of ignorance has a right to protest...

even though they have no idea what they are protesting against.

[tblue37]

10. Look at that little girl's face. She is a Teabagger in training.

She is soooo angry. She doesn't know what she is supposed to be angry about, but she knows she is supposed to be angry, and the pople she looks up to are proud of her when she shows how angry she is. So she furrows her angry little brow and twists her mouth into an angry expression. Soooo angry!

[snooper2]

11. Somebody needs to get that little girl some lettuce

before it's too late...