It is reported by CNN that the Coffee Party kickoff was a “huge success.”
Dozens of talks held at coast-to-coast coffee shops as members came together to discuss issues most important to them.
The Coffee Party’s birth occurred on Facebook six weeks ago. It has more than 141,000 Facebook fans.
A statement released by the party said “today’s coffee houses have been a huge success – both for Coffee Party USA and for democracy. All across the U.S., Americans from all political sides sat down for civil conversation and, of course, coffee.”
Have to say, the Coffee Party sounds more like a rational, mature outfit than what I’ve seen from the Tea Party. Besides, I like coffee, tea is OK.
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I read this blurb but it doesn’t say who started this “party”. Also the idea that this guy running for senate is an actual “tea party” person is lunacy. He is not and maybe we will find out who put him up to it. Any chance it was Dirty Harry?
WE had a town hall on health care here in pahrump and there was no shouting and name calling. It went pretty well I thought thanks to the ground rules and it being co-hosted so no party could talk control of it.
Thanks Jack for being the man on the left.
And no I am not a mouth piece for the Republicans as I know they screwed the pooch and want to keep the puppies.
WE need to have citizen legislators and no more carrer politicians.
According to CNN the “Coffee Party” got its start by a woman on Facebook who set up a Group page and it took off from there. I haven’t looked at her page. Also I read, I think on the CNN website that the “Coffee Party” doesn’t plan on trying to become a political party–just people getting together in small groups to talk about issues of the day.
I would really doubt Harry Reid had anything to do with it.
You’re right about the town hall on healthcare here in Pahrump. There was no shouting or name calling. I didn’t understand it was a “Tea Party” though. I thought it was well handled and controlled.
I can agree with you that we need better politicians. I’m not so sure about “citizen legislators” unless they know how to legislate and are honest and keep their representation confined to representing people, not corporations or other special interest groups. The only way I know of that that can be accomplished is educating voters on how to evaluate politicians.
The Coffe party got it start when Annabel Park, a documentary filmmaker and former political analyst ranted about the media coverage of the TEA party with it’s antigovernment views. The media often implies that the TEA party represents the majority.
The rant struchk a chord with many American who realise that many of the economic problems we face today are the result of corporatism in the name of the free market, and realize that corporatism leads to fascism, something we do not want.
Rather thean weaken the government and promote the corporate agenda, the Coffee party seek to avoid blind anger that can be manipulated by the hate speech of the media punditry and to work together to take the government back for the people, all people, not just the few who favor maximum short term profits at any cost.
The past 30 years has seen a gradual rot in our society and government. President Jimmy Carter spoke of this in a special address to the nation during his Presidency.
Politically, I am a centrist, but I attended a meeting on the 13th, and on the 27th. Both meetings included people who had been TEA party members bu had given up on the TEA party for what it has become.
Rather than try to coerce change, the Coffee party is interested in getting the majority of people who feel they have no voice involved, who feel disenfranchise to take an active but civil part in our government, which is supposed to be for all of us, not just the corporations and the ultra wealthy who run them.
At the first meeting I attended, I was one of 6 attendees. One person was a former TEA party member, ant at the other extreme was a former (and very enthusiastic) Obama campaign volunteere. The other 4, myself included were pretty much centrists.
The second meeting, on the 27, had 17 attendees, the majority were slightly left leaning, three slightly to the right, a couple of centrists.
Thank you much Nick for your comment on the Tea and Coffee organizations. There is considerable political unrest throughout the country. But anytime ordinary people civilly convene together it is generally a good sign. I wish the Coffee organization well.