Looking for advice: ferreting out the sponsors of a 'teabag' event

[Cirque du So-What]

A local wingnut is the organizer of a 'teabag' event in my town, but she's claiming that 'this is not a Republican or Democrat event. It is not a black or white event. It is not a rich or poor event. It is an event for those who love our Republic.'

I'm not skilled in ferreting out the corporate/wingnut sponsors who are providing the real 'muscle,' but I'd appreciate any advice in how to uncover this information so that I may rub her nose in it - publicly!

[rucky]

1. You can look up their polticial donations at OpenSecrets

or Huff Post.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I've tried that

but I the only name I know is the organizer of the event. She donated to Fuckabee last year, but switched her allegiance to McAnus like a good little brownshirt once he got the nom. When he chose Caribou Barbie, she went absolutely ga-ga.

On edit: I found out her political donations at NewsMeat.

[robinlynne]

5. There is an article on huffington post today about the sponsors.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Thanks. I'll check it out

I shouldn't worry that the local event doesn't have the same sponsors, since RWers typically follow a top-down model.

[CC]

2. Where are you, in Carol Co.

MD? Pretty much what the repuke leader from Carol Co was saying about their teabag event on the local news.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. No

Zanesville, OH.

I'm not surprised that the local organizers are repeating something from a script; the RW is not noted for individual creativity.

[walldude]

6. Check out this DU'er on Fox News

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8339936

He mentions the website where this teabag crap all started back in October

[Luminous Animal]

8. Check out this post

at Think Progress.

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

It reveals some of the deep pocket conservatives that are funding and promoting these "protests".

[doc03]

9. That was the same talking point today in

Wheeling WV. Looks like they have all their ducks in a row. It's amazing I would bet there will not be one single person show up in Wheeling WV with an income over $250,000. Fox has them brainwashed they don't have clue.

[IrishBuckeye]

10. Wonder if Clear Channel funds part of it? They sponsored pro-war rallys in the past. /nm

nm

[MagickMuffin]

11. From ThinkProgress

– Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) will be speaking at the Salt Lake City protest.

– Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) and a representative from Rep. Sam Graves’ (R-MO) office will be speaking at the Overland Park protest.

– Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) will be speaking at the Shreveport protest.

– Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) will be speaking at the Jacksonville protest.

– Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) will be speaking at the Wauseon protest.

– Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) will be speaking at the Phoenix protest.

– Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) will be speaking at the Charlotte protest.

– Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) will be speaking at the Brevard protest.

– Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) will be speaking at the Longview protest.

– Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) will be speaking at the protest in Columbia.

Additionally, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported yesterday that Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will be appearing at tea party protests as well. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), and Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) have also been urging their constituents to attend tea party protests while Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is sponsoring a bill in Congress to honor the protests.

In his New York Times column today, Paul Krugman writes that “it turns out that the tea parties don’t represent a spontaneous outpouring of public sentiment.” Instead, Krugman notes that a key role in organizing the “AstroTurf (fake grass roots) events” is being played “by FreedomWorks, an organization run by Richard Armey, the former House majority leader, and supported by the usual group of right-wing billionaires.”

[BuyingThyme]

12. You'd think they're describing Fox News.

Doh!

[L. Coyote]

13. Arkansas Project Redux

American Spectator and a long list of amigos