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Marvel Comics Apologizes for Offending Tea Partiers in 'Captain America' Story
By David Sessions - Politics DailyMarvel Comics' "Captain America" -- about a superpatriot who fought Nazis in World War II and chased flag burners during the Vietnam War -- is one of the longest-running, best-loved comics in American history. But, Marvel recently apologized for having a story align too closely to the politics of the moment, Yahoo News reports. While infiltrating a right-wing, anti-government militia group known as the "Watchdogs," Captain America encounters mobs of what appear to be Tea Party protesters. In one scene, Captain America and his African-American sidekick, The Falcon, observe an anti-tax protest ...
Should Sarah Palin Lead the Tea Party?
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 8) -- Whether Sarah Palin -- or anyone else, for that matter -- becomes the de facto leader of the Tea Party remains to be seen. But there's no doubt that she was the face of the movement this past weekend. Palin was the star attraction at the first National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. Her portrait was on the cover of the program for the event, and she was paid a reported $100,000 to give the keynote address at Saturday night's closing dinner. The ex-governor of Alaska touched on the leadership question in her speech. "I caution against allowing this movement to be defined ...
Palin Serves Up Red Meat at Tea Party Convention
By not in system - AOL NewsNASHVILLE, Tenn. – She had them even before she said hello. And she had them before she prefaced her much-awaited speech by paying homage to conservative hero Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 99th birthday. By the time Sarah Palin took the stage on Saturday, the last night of the first National Tea Party Convention, the room was already with her, anticipating each dig at the "liberal left" and shout-out to "everyday people" -- and rewarding her with repeated ovations. ...
Scenes from the Tea Party: A Reporter's Notebook
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 6) -- Joseph Farah, editor of the conservative Website WorldNetDaily, opened his speech at the Tea Party convention in Nashville with jokes and questions about President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship. To loud approval from the crowd, Farah said his dream is that if Obama seeks re-election in 2012, he won't be able to go to any city in America without seeing signs that ask, "Where's the birth certificate?" The fact that the rest of the media has declared the issue settled is proof, he said, that it's not. ...
From a Grass Roots Tea Party, a PAC Blooms
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The first press conference at the first National Tea Party Convention broke news about something that is not affiliated with the Tea Party movement -- much. Confused? So were reporters and some activists on Friday afternoon. Mark Skoda, media director of the convention, announced the formation of Ensuring Liberty Corporation (ELCORP), a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, and its soon-to-be-established political action committee, the Ensuring Liberty PAC. The PAC would allow people in the Tea Party movement and anyone else to contribute money that would be used to fund key races across ...
Most Americans See Tea Party as Serious Group
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 5) -- The Tea Party movement, which right now is holding its first national convention in Nashville, is regarded as a serious and not a fringe group by a majority of Americans, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted Feb. 2-3. It is seen favorably by 35 percent of voters and unfavorably by 22 percent, But a plurality were unable to offer a positive or negative opinion because they didn't know enough or never heard of it. ...
Sarah Palin Defends Her Participation in Tea Party Convention
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn an op-ed piece in Wednesday's USA Today, Sarah Palin responds to the controversy about organizers of the Tea Party Convention, a gathering of conservatives in Nashville later this week -- and at which Palin will speak. Several high-profile lawmakers, including Reps. Michele Bachmann and Marsha Blackburn, have withdrawn from the event over questions about where its proceeds will go. Other Tea Party supporters were suspicious of the $550 price of tickets. But the former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate, who will deliver the gathering's keynote address Saturday, said she ...
Parts of Tea Party Convention to be Televised
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyWhen conservative grassroots organizations gather this week in Nashville under the banner of the National Tea Party Convention, parts of the proceedings, including the keynote by Sarah Palin, will be televised and streamed on the Internet. Organizers said Tuesday that Fox News, CNN, Reuters TV and the Internet company PJTV would broadcast debate sessions and speeches of the three-day convention, as well as provide "special interviews of delegates and speakers," The New York Times reported. The broadcast schedule is to be posted on the event Web site. Planners suggested the broadcasts would ...
Controversy Brews Ahead of Tea Party Convention
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 1) -- One of the organizers of the first National Tea Party Convention is steamed about criticism of this week's event. Judson and Sherry Phillips, creators of Tea Party Nation, have been under fire for weeks over their convention, which opens Thursday at the Opryland hotel and features Sarah Palin as the keynote speaker at its closing banquet Saturday night. Some former supporters have objected to Palin's speaking fee -- reported to be around $100,000 -- and the $549 price of a convention ticket, saying they run counter to the grassroots nature of the Tea Party movement. Sherry ...
Michele Bachmann, Marsha Blackburn Back Out of Tea Party Convention
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAmid a growing row over the planning and financial arrangements of the upcoming Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) have backed out of the conservative event, Politico reports. The two representatives cited uncertainty about where the money from the event would be going as their reason for declining to participate. They were scheduled to join Sarah Palin as speakers. Controversy over the convention began earlier this week, when several Tea Party groups accused the event's organizer, a little-known Tennessee lawyer, of ...
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