Just Rec'd A Call About The Tea Parties

[Me.]

"America are you aware of tea parties and what is happening in our country? Please take notice today"

Now I'm assuming that was a call un favor of them but a clear position wasn't stated. Frankly, this tea party business is getting out of hand. The only good thing is that they won't let members of Congress jump on the bandwagon but that could be a ploy. But with the likes of Hannity, Malkin and all the other inmates trying to 'swiftboat' Obama, I have to wonder who is really behind this. Caller ID has the number as D. Anderson 1-210-892-1132. I tried calling back but the line was busy.

[liberalmuse]

1. Sounds like they probably have an online database...

like we had with the Obama campaign. I had my Comcast LAN line shut off a few days ago, along with most of the cable, and it looks like none too soon.

[babylonsister]

2. Au contraire...

lots of politicians will be making appearances at these events on the 15th.

Edit to add link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5417222

[ColbertWatcher]

5. That will be hilarious. n/t

[Me.]

9. Thanks For The Clarification

[robinlynne]

3. got an identical call last week.

[GinaMaria]

4. Here's an old post that may help you discover who is behind this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5102005

Many other DUers uncovered more info and posted articles. A Playboy article on this was removed. I will search for some of the other threads. The one above is one I started and frankly there's more evidence out there on some of the other threads. bbl

[Me.]

6. Interesting

"Here’ the thing, this site was registered in August. How amazing that someone had the foresight in August 08 to register a website that Sentelli would need for an announcement in February 09".

So it looks like a well planned put up job.

[GinaMaria]

7. Here's more

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5426459 posted by Mari333
Playboy Mysteriously Pulls Rick Santelli/Koch Industries/Tea Party Astroturfing Article
http://broadcatching.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/playboy-mysteriously-pulls-rick-santelli-koch-industries-tea-party-astoturfing-article/ Mari333 also posted this in her thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5181795 More from AnnaBanana
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5157810 Great post from RedEarth
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/drm604/40 check out drm604’s journal. He traced this back to last March (a year ago)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5155235 post by Christa
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5164585 Babylonsister’s thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5158396 kpete’s contribution
There are many more. We need to find a way to loop all this information together. Do you mind PMing me, if you post again on this topic? I don’t want to miss it.

This actually goes back to last March (a year ago) read drm604's journal!

[Me.]

8. Wow

You are on this

[GinaMaria]

22. yes. this is a planned operation

This is not a grassroots "average" American protest. That is what they'd like the public to believe. This is a well financed organization, who had plans for this going back at least a year. This tells me, they knew they were going to lose the election all the way back a year ago. Santelli's rant was a staged stunt. There's more to uncover, way more. If we can expose this scheme from start to finish, we will have accomplished a lot. We will have a view into the marketing, opinion-manipulating mechanics of the other side.

Keep posting about this stuff. The more of us that are on this, the better.

[ima_sinnic]

10. that phone no. belongs to TexLink Communications, undoubtedly telemarketers

I typed the number in Google and found some commentary about it at 800notes.com:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-210-892-1132
nothing much useful there, as just about all posters said they didn't answer the call but noticed it on their caller ID. The ones who tried to call back also reported "busy."

Also in Google, though, BackgroundCheckUnlimited -- first comes up page not found, but Cached shows TexLink Communications:

http://www.texlinkcom.com/sitemap.asp
Somebody listed on Board of Directors might mean something to somebody.

[Me.]

13. Now That's An Idea

Didn't think of doing that

[Stephanie]

14. a robocall company, no doubt

Is there any obligation to report these expenditures? If it's a non-profit paying for this I think they'd be required to report.

[Stephanie]

16. Looks like a tel service provider, not a marketer

There is another company behind that one actually making the calls. And there is a client paying them.

[Hugin]

11. They'll have to pry my tea-bags from my dead cold hands!

Oh, wait... That didn't come out right. Did it? :blush:

[babylonsister]

12. P.S. Don't forget the lobbyists, too...

Spontaneous Uprising? Corporate Lobbyists Helping To Orchestrate Radical Anti-Obama Tea Party Protests

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/lobbyists-planning-teaparties/

[Me.]

15. There You Go

The scum from the bottom of the pond trying to rise up

[ima_sinnic]

19. so the :teabaggers" are too stupid to realize they're just being played by corporatists

-- corporatists who want unregulated, predatory capitalism with welfare for themselves and extortion and usury for We The People. As usual, the dumbass paleovoters are being played for suckers by the big con artists, who would easily convince them to sign over their entire livelihood and any pension and even social security they might have because it would "thwart" Obama and "reduce taxes" (er, for the ultra rich).

[Stephanie]

20. precisely

[annabanana]

17. astro-turf. . . .

bought & paid for...

[cherish44]

18. Yeah I got a robo call about teabagging too

Oh the fun I would have had if there had been a live person on the other end.:evilgrin:

[marybourg]

21. I just got one too. I put the phone down and let it play out

to take up their time as much as possible.