Tea Party Goes Corporate

Posted by Garrett Quinn, Less is More April 14, 2010 01:50 PM

... Attendees had their choice of Tea Party Express trinkets to choose from, including $20 programs ...

The musical numbers of the event were as lame as the anti-drug songs we had to listen to in high school. At one point one of the speakers, who I couldn't identify because my view was terrible and the sound system was awful, started singing something to the tune of New York, New York. An impromptu "Yankees Suck" chant broke out near where I was standing in the crowd. What Boston event would be complete without some yahoos chanting that? ...

With the Tea Party Express becoming the dominant Tea Party "brand" in America it may hurt local tea party groups by sucking up money and resources. Sal Russo, the man behind the Tea Party Express, heads up a Republican consulting firm in California and he is reported to have said that he started the Express to raise the profile of his consulting firm and raise PAC money ...

http://boston.com/community/blogs/less_is_more/2010/04/get_ya_tea_party_programs_heaa.html