Community Organizer questions Tea Party tactics, respects Tea Party activists

Chad Martin of Martinsville, Virginia worked as a Virginia Organizing Project intern with the Civic Engagement Project in the summer of 2009 and joined the VOP staff in September. He is a graduate student at Shaw Divinity School.

The Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. VOP especially encourages the participation of those who have traditionally had little or no voice in our society. The districts first Representative was James Madison.

http://www.virginia-organizing.org

Martin mentions Congressman Tom Perriello (D), who represents the 5th House Congressional District for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

http://perriello.house.gov/

The 5th district includes It includes the independent cities of Bedford, Charlottesville (main site of the University of Virginia), Danville, and Martinsville, and the following counties: Greene, Campbell, Bedford, Albermarle, Nelson, Fluvanna, Buckingham, Cumberland, Appomattox, Prince Edward, Charlotte, Lunenburg, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, Halifax, Mecklenberg, and Brunswick.

Chad quotes Voltaire in this video, "So long as the people fail to exercise their rights of freedom those who wish to tyrannize will do so, for tyrants are active and ardent and devote themselves in the name of many gods, religious or otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men."

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[man4godsheart]

Go to Huffingtonpost then do a search on:

bankroll tea party

Then scroll down to:

Frank Rich Takes On The Billionaire 'Sugar Daddies' Backing The Tea Party

And

Charles Koch & David Koch, Billionaire Brothers, Bankroll Tea Party

[man4godsheart]

The Billionaire KOCH Brothers, who's father founded the extreme right wing, "John Birch Society" Have founded the TEA PARTY and through many front organizations not fund it, and they are attack dogs for Koch. They are removing aby Republicans who show the slightest lean toward the middle. Out them so people know the rabid dogs they are. 

[TheShannon76]

Hey everyone! ISSUE #1 at our next meeting will be: Should Annabel Park be replaced as the Leader of our party. ISSUE #2: Henceforth, we'll be known as the COMMIE PARTY (Sponsored by Obama). And our only real platform issue is to support Obama. Thanks....

[Unklebillybob]

Absolute fact: over 70% want Health Care Reform. But, over 60% of those that want Health Care Reform, DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT RUN Health Care Reform. Also, 58% want the new Democrat HC LAW Repealed.

One reason the majority of American Citizens want the new law repealed, is because of the mandatory, government run, unconstitutional language in the law.

[TheShannon76]

@coffeepartyusa how is it inaccurate?? You chose them, therefore there is a partnership.

[barrefly]

Robert Townsend said "image controls everything"? I thought it was Pete Townsend.

[barrefly]

shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.

[CentrlFlagrl]

Yep, my Dad got the notice from his Cardiologist notifying him of the cuts to his care. Some how to me, the promise of HC for all, the seniors won't see cuts, doesn't ring true with the results. The ultimate determining factor.

One thing I think is shameful, is the way our older people have been treated, after months of making fun of old people, calling names, the President making remarks about getting all we we-ed up, race baiting, he doesn't want to hear no noise.

[wildpeachatl737]

It's not just the left who doesn't understand this, as the Coffee Party is attracting members from various political ideologies. The problem with the Tea Party's public perception is that they allowed those radical and divisive voices who don't share such beliefs as you've stated, to become the face of the Party and have distorted and misrepresented the original Tea Party's objectives.

The Coffee Party has no leader. It has a founder and all chapters are autonomous.

[MikeSarno]

@ smg1one "it would still be nice to know what other solutions to the problem others might support " My comments have been confined only to Chad's apparent presumption that the gentleman who was unemployed was working against his best interest by opposing a particular type of health care system. Chad seemed to be assuming that the man was ignorant, in the very same video where Chad was talking about having an open dialog. The others concerns you mention are valid, just not to *this* point.