Tea Party, GOP and Leftist Propaganda

John R. Houk
© April 15, 2010

I knew there was a bit of jealousy between Tea Party organizations within that movement. Personally I chalked it up to strife over trivial matters relating to perception and agenda. It turns out the trivial is becoming a wedge between Tea Partiers that wish to be aloof from the Republican Party and those that wish to be supportive. AND it turns out the inter-Tea Party strife is being fueled by Leftists who wish to discredit the growing popularity among voters on a grassroots scale.

The Leftist monkey wrench concerning political party affinity seems to be centered on funding and contributions to GOP causes. If you wish some specifics on the Leftist agenda to discredit and confuse the public over the Tea Party agenda then view a Google “Ken Vogel and Tea Party Express Memo” (which I did on 4/15/10). The Liberal, Leftist blogs and pundits go out of their way to criticize the Tea Party Express affinity to the GOP.

I executed the Google because I received this email from the Tea Party Express:

MUST READ: Secret Tea Party Memo is Public

I've got some very big news to share with you that up until now has been a secret.

Today, Ken Vogel, a reporter for Politico.com broke a fairly big scoop. He managed to obtain a copy of what had been a very secret strategic planning memo I had written in my capacity as Coordinator of the Tea Party Express exactly one year ago.

And so now since the word is out, we wanted to share this strategy memo with you, our supporters. We are very excited to finally be able to share with you the behind-the-scenes strategic thinking that was behind the incredible success of the Tea Party Express.

You see the Tea Party Express wasn't an accident. It was a carefully considered and well-planned project that was designed to en[g]age local tea party groups all across the country to join together to make a difference and help take our country back - while still allowing those local groups to retain their independence and autonomy. And it's been a phenomenal success that has infuriated the Left and many within the media as well.

Keep reading for more details below, but if you simply can't wait, you can read what had been the secret memo for yourself - HERE.

As you'll note when you read the memo, the plan was to find a way to engage in political action to defeat the worst of the tax-spend-bailout Democrats and RINO Republicans in Congress.

And for the past year, YOU - our supporters, have helped us to implement this plan. We have achieved a success far beyond our wildest dreams, and I know from reading your emails and talking to you at the 100+ tea party rallies we've held across this nation how excited you are about all that we have achieved.

We spent over $350,000 to help elect Scott Brown - and employed a national TV advertising campaign when the local advertising inventory sold out, so we could reach voters in the state via a medium that the Democrats had failed to think of using.

We helped to force the retirement of sellout Congressman Bart Stupak, after launching a $250,000 "Defeat Bart Stupak" TV and radio advertising blitz and series of 5 Tea Party Express rallies throughout his rural Michigan district.

We stood up for Doug Hoffman (the Conservative Party candidate) over the RINO Republican, Dede Scozzafava in Upstate New York. We almost beat the establishment of BOTH the Democrat and Republican parties. You see, we here at the Tea Party Express stand for conservatism, and sadly the Republican Party at times needs to be reminded to adhere to its conservative principles.

And, perhaps most notably, we've spent over $500,000 to "Defeat Harry Reid" - more than any other group - and watched as Reid's poll numbers have plunged along the way. You saw the impact we had at the start of this tour when we brought out 20,000 people to the middle of the desert for the "Showdown in Searchlight."

We don't just TALK about doing things, with your help we've taken real ACTION. And we did so without being a part of the political establishment.

So, please, take a few moments and read this memo, now that it's out in the public domain. We've already been putting together new strategies reflective of the current political environment we face, and you are going to be very excited about what we have in store from this point until November 2010 congressional elections!

FIRST: Read the once-secret memo - HERE.

SECOND: After you've done so, please support our efforts to achieve even greater success. Please make a contribution to the Tea Party Express - HERE (SlantRight.com: I include the donation link for I enjoy the Tea Party Express and still believe the GOP is better than a 3rd Party).

After reading this memo is when I did the Google search. My first thought was surprise at the bit of criticism of some of the GOP which I believe have good leadership qualities and not so surprised about criticism of some GOP who are actually RINOS. I thought, “Big deal” concerning GOP criticism. There are some GOP that I like and dislike as well as Conservatives I like and dislike. That is merely about politics. The critical agenda for disagreeing Conservatives is to find a consensus of ideas to be a monolith against the Left. Not all Conservatives are going to agree with each other; however there are core concepts and values all Conservatives agree on. Inter-movement jealousy is the monkey wrench American Leftists and Democrats are praying fomenting will keep them in Office in 2010 and 2012.

I read Ken Vogel’s article at Politico. I actually did not think it was an article with an agenda to discredit the Tea Party Movement. It was an article that provided information on Our Country Deserves Better PAC which formed the Tea Party Express. It pointed out the suspicions of other Tea Partiers toward the GOP establishment. And Vogel reported the reality of campaign contributions or funding for candidates and causes. The article was a like a FOX News moment: “We report, you decide.”

The problem for the Tea Party Express is that other Tea Party organizations utilized the Memo to express anger at a political party affinity (in this case – the GOP). AND Lefties used the information to propagandize an image of political corruption upon the Tea Party Express and therefore the entire Tea Party Movement.

Tea Partiers need to get over that which divides and discover the unity of consensus. The Left must be exposed for twisting facts when for the most part it is the various forms of Leftist thought that sets out to deceive the American public.

There is one other comment about Tea Party inter-dissent.

The Tea Party Movement is actually becoming strong enough to ultimately form a third political party of Conservatives. In my political transformation from an unwitting Leftist to a purposeful Conservative I supported at least two other political parties other than the GOP.

Coming from a low income working class family I was taught to be always loyal to the Democratic Party primarily because the Party of Roosevelt saved America from the Great Depression (There are some who would say Roosevelt actually prolonged the Great Depression). In my first eligible Presidential election I voted for Carter because of the deception employed by President Richard Millhouse Nixon via Watergate. In my young book the Republican Party was the party of the rich establishment bent on keeping the less fortunate from rocking the establishment. Yeah I know it was kind of a youthful rebellious thing inherent in most baby boomers at the time.

The year 1976 was the 200th anniversary the existence of the United States of America. I think it was the last time when the American political spectrum was not so divisive. Regardless of core beliefs there was a huge sense of American Patriotism that year particularly as Independence Day arrived. It was in this climate that a political outsider from the State of Georgia captured the hopeful minds of American voters. GAG! I voted for Jimmy Carter.

By the time 1980 began to arrive I acquired a belief that Carter was a wishy-washy screw-up. There was no other way I was going to vote for anything belonging to the Democratic Party accept the few Dems that were actually center-right hawks standing up against Communism and for a strong military (in my home State of the time that was Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson). The year prior to 1980 I became a “Born Again” Christian of the Charismatic path. Thus the roots of Christian Right politics began to emerge.

On the other hand I was still not far off from the anti-establishment rebelliousness of the teen years. I mention this because in America’s dominant Two-Party system, the Republican opponent to Carter was Ronald Reagan. In my mind Reagan’s anti-Communist rhetoric led me to believe he would be a nuke button pushing maniac that would bring the world to the brink of the end of civilization. I could not bring myself to vote for Ronald Reagan. So I went the third party route.

Thus began my brief flirtation with the Libertarian Party. I became dedicated Laissez Faire economics (even though economics is not my strong suit) and a fan of the Objectivist Ayn Rand. It became apparent that those aspects I liked about the LP and Rand was to be dwarfed with any ideology that had no harmony with Christianity. So before Reagan’s second term even began I became enamored with Reagan Conservatism.

Then after Reagan came the Bush, Sr. – Dukakis election of 1988. In my mind Bush Sr. was connected to the Watergate Cover-up of Nixon. Bush Sr. was a CIA man during the Nixon years. Nonetheless I voted for Bush Sr. because of Ronald Reagan. Still remembering Watergate in 1992 my choices were Bush Sr., Clinton and Perot. I chose the Independent Ross Perot. So did many other Conservatives. It cost Bush Sr. his second term as President and the beginning of Clinton’s Center-Left Administration.

What is the point of my little jot down political memory lane?

The Tea Party Movement’s potential to be a third party rather than an influence on the Republican Party will result in the re-election Barack Hussein Obama.

JRH 4/15/10