Billionaire David Koch gave 4$m to TeaParty Americans for Prosperity 10yrs ago

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  1. Eastoff

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    seed monies..private funds, I dont see the point really not a big deal, most causes find those willing to support them. What I found interesting was how splintered the Tea Party is. With so many factions, it is amazing that thy have had any success.

    seems to me like the reporte is on a witch hunt, someone should clue the sluth to an actual abuse http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-...rtment-in-organizing-trayvon-martin-protests/
     
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    Either you can't read, or you think the reporter forged or faked tax returns, or you're just making shit up as usual. He's pretty much documented every penny.

    The Koch brothers CREATED the supposed Tea Party to represent and further the personal/political goals of the 1%, have funded/raised the bulk of it's expense since it's inception, and are basically the only thing keeping it "alive" financially at this point.
     
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    You can't read.

    AFP:

    See the bold part?

    Citizens for a Sound Economy:

    I highlighted in red the year, which was W's first year in office.
     
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    KOCH BROTHERS! TEA PARTY! BOOOOSHHHH!
     
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  7. TradeNurkicNow

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    Does anyone still believe the myth that the tea party is grass roots?
     
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    I don't think you understand what the tea party is.
     
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  9. Nate4Prez

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    I don't think you understand what the Tea Party is. I think you believe it to be something it was or something you thought it would become.
     
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    I think it's a lot of different organizations. Most of them not funded. Hundreds, even, denied 501(C)4 status by the IRS, which made a big stink.

    But believe what you want.
     
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    Likewise.
     
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    Says the person who is not a member of the tea party.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Denny has it right. The Left can't grasp a group of people self-leading; a loose confederation of organizations who have the same general goals. They just take their orders from Nancy Pelosi who called it "Astroturf".
     
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    err, yes I do, why don't you?
     
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    You confirmed my post and showed you were wrong. Having a bad day?
     
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    Barf.

    Like I listen to anything Nancy Pelosi has to say. Besides, she didn't make up "astroturfing," it's a pretty commonly used tactic all over the political world.

    Grassroots implies that the movement isn't being orchestrated by powerful players for their political gain. Rupert Murdoch and the Koch brothers are clearly those powerful players.
     
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    because they are funded by rich conservatives...?
     
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  18. MarAzul

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    So you have been told, but have you met with any?
     
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    sometimes in this life we have to rely on other people to tell us information
     
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    Well, I told you you can help your Dad and this is true. I hope you get to it soon.
    I also know that most of the tea party groups get damn little from anyone except themselves and a whole lot a shit from the IRS.
     
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