In case you forgot (or blinked and missed their brief existence ) the Coffee Party was basically the left's grassroots response to the increasingly successful Tea Party. The movement billed itself as non-partisan and civil, using the cliched stance of being tired of partisanship in Washington and wanting thoughtful discourse. Unsurprisingly the leftist organization received a glowing reception from the media, but despite the promotion they didn't manage to accomplish anything other than directly confronting the Tea Party (Kinda). To give you an example of how badly the Coffee Party failed, look at their "breakout" protest, which attracted a grand total of...30 people.
The failure of the Coffee Party has to be rather disappointing and mildly embarrassing for a Democratic party so desperately in need of some sort of momentum from Progressives, especially while the Tea Party continues to enjoy some level of success. So what's the left to do when a grassroots movement won't shoot up on its own? Create one:
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, the "tea party" movement must be honored.
In an effort to replicate the tea party's success, 170 liberal and civil rights groups are forming a coalition that they hope will match the movement's political energy and influence. They promise to "counter the tea party narrative" and help the progressive movement find its voice again after 18 months of foundering.
The large-scale attempt at liberal unity, dubbed "One Nation," will try to revive themes that energized the progressive grass roots two years ago.
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The groups involved represent the core of the first-time voters who backed Obama, including the National Council of La Raza, the Service Employees International Union, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, and the United States Student Association. (The effort is separate from the Democratic Party's plan to spend $50 million trying to reach those same voters.)
WaPo does a pretty poor job of covering their bias, but what else is new? Ed from HotAir hits nail on the head over that last paragraph:
Separate? Uh, sure it is. The SEIU and the AFL-CIO never coordinate with Democrats, and neither do La Raza or the NAACP … right? This overly credulous statement should embarrass the WaPo editorial staff. If the Tea Party had been formed on the basis of massive funding from the NRA, the Chamber of Commerce, and Focus on the Family, would anyone in the media have written that the effort would have been “separate” from the GOP?
Say, didn't Nancy Pelosi have something to say about groups like this?
Throughout this blog I've repeatedly pointed out cases of liberal hypocrisy, and this is certainly a big one. When the Tea Party was gaining ground the left was comically schizophrenic in their lies, either claiming that the Tea Party was a group of fringe extremists, or fake grassroots controlled by special interest groups loyal to the GOP. The Democrats and Progressives spewed the demagogue and the media eagerly proliferated it. But when their own grassroots organization failed miserably, they wasted no time in dabbling in a bit of astroturf. In other words: Demagogue the opposition and then engage in the very same thing you accused them of.
The hypocrisy falls not just on the heads of the Democrats, but also on the media, who is undoubtedly going to ignore the obvious while at the same time proclaiming "One Nation" as a great example of civic involvement. I'd include the groups involved in this, but being hypocritical is the last thing anyone should be concerned about when it comes to a group of thugs (SEIU), racial supremacists (La Raza), and charlatans (NAACP).
Exit question: Wouldn't silence on this be in violation Pelosi's much vaunted ethics? More hypocrisy? There's a shocker.
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