Tea Party Rebellion Growing After Vote

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Tea Party Rebellion Growing After Vote

Monday, 22 Mar 2010 06:50 PM

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By: David A. Patten

The backlash against healthcare-reform has just begun, but already it's clear that tea party leaders plan to keep fighting.

Some tea party activists are leaving posts on conservative grass-roots Web sites implying that they will resort to civil disobedience, presumably by refusing to obey the individual mandate and purchase healthcare insurance.

"Well, they got their 216 votes," stated a participant on the Resistnet.com social networking site for conservatives. "How many of us are going to go along with this? I don't know about you all, but I will not."

One nihilistic post on SmartGirlPolitics.com, the up-and-coming networking site for conservative women, even remarked: "Close all of your accounts, stop paying taxes, stop producing, shut America completely down."

SmartGirlPolitics co-founder Teri Christoph informed Newsmax via e-mail on Monday afternoon: "Our group and the groups we work with don't advocate this kind of tactic. Our position is that we don't give up the fight, we work hard to become better activists, and we set our sights on the midterm elections."

GOP leaders, meanwhile, have called on grass-roots leaders to tone down or channel activists' anger in the aftermath of the vote.

Speaking on a weekly conference call to conservative grass-roots leaders Monday afternoon, Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price cautioned: "Many across this land are incredibly angry about this. And I think it's important as leaders in the coalition that all of you work as diligently as you can to focus that anger and that passion into a positive avenue of being irritated with the folks that put this in place at the federal level, as opposed to anywhere else, and that the opportunities for correcting this are in November. And if we concentrate on that and work positively for that, we'll be just fine."

How enduring the anger, and how it will impact the midterm elections, remains to be seen. But there are indications that an energized conservative base is already reacting to Sunday's vote, which saw a last-minute deal by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., give Democrats they needed to pass the measures that grassroots activists see as a blatant federal takeover of healthcare.

Less than 24 hours after the vote, for example, the FireThe219 Web site went live. A blog created by The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition, the site targets the 219 House members who voted for healthcare reform.

"Fire the 219 is dedicated to removing from power all 219 members of Congress who voted to destroy the finest health care system in the world on March 21, 2010, through any and all legal means possible," the Web site declares.

Its No. 1 target not surprisingly: Stupak.

Other Democratic congressmen listed among the site's top 10 targets: Rep. John Boccieri of Ohio, Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, Rep. Allen Boyd of Florida, Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, Rep. Solomon Ortiz of Texas, Rep. Bill Owens of New York, Rep. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota, and Scott Murphy of New York.

The Tea Party Patriots organization responded to the defeat as well. It posted a petition to "Repeal the Bill."

The group's objective is to gather 1 million signatures.

Several other tea party organizations are holding conference calls to plan their next moves. They include the Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party and the American Liberty Alliance.

[Guest jackdm3]

Speaking only for myself, this is the most invigorating article you've found!

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I will resist it. I will live and die on my own terms. I agree and support the Tea Party movement. Laugh all you wish and posture all you wish about what's right and wrong

with the 'historic' health care bill. All of it is wrong. The Tea Party movement is what happens when government 'transforms' into your house and mine. It is time to take back this country and shove nonbelievers(in the Constitution) out. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Push a little harder and see what comes creeping out. You might not like it, Barry and friends.

[Oh Shoot]

I will resist it. I will live and die on my own terms. ..

I thought you had health insurance.

What are you resisting?

- OS

[Guest SUNTZU]

I can believe that the Republicans want it channeled into more positive aspects and changing things in November...then it will be there turn...again...in the driver's seat.

[Garufa]

It's amazing what can be accomplished after the fact.

How do we get a grassroots movement started up without the Republicans taking it over or otherwise tainting it? I would be all for that.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I thought you had health insurance.

What are you resisting?

- OS

Really?

[Oh Shoot]

Really?

Yes, really.

I can't think of but 2 things an individual can actually do to "resist" this law.

1. don't pay federal or state income tax

2. give up health insurance and refuse to buy any and refuse to pay fine in 2014.

- OS

[Guest FroggyOne2]

It's amazing what can be accomplished after the fact.

How do we get a grassroots movement started up without the Republicans taking it over or otherwise tainting it? I would be all for that.

It is really some of those "Repubicans" that are trying to align themselves with the Movement!

[Guest SUNTZU]

Yes, really.

I can't think of but 2 things an individual can actually do to "resist" this law.

1. don't pay federal or state income tax

2. give up health insurance and refuse to buy any and refuse to pay fine in 2014.

- OS

I'm buying the IRS flowers and pony rides. I eagerly await my overlords commands.

[Garufa]

Yes, really.

I can't think of but 2 things an individual can actually do to "resist" this law.

1. don't pay federal or state income tax

2. give up health insurance and refuse to buy any and refuse to pay fine in 2014.

- OS

3. Go on hunger-strike in prison.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

3. Go on hunger-strike in prison.

That is easy to do.. they don't feed you that much in there anyway!

[Oh Shoot]

That is easy to do.. they don't feed you that much in there anyway!

Sure they do, lots of fat people in prison.

It's carb heaven.

- OS

[Guest GunTroll]

That is easy to do.. they don't feed you that much in there anyway!

Thats what I hear from my county jail anyways.

Resist I will!

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Yes, really.

I can't think of but 2 things an individual can actually do to "resist" this law.

1. don't pay federal or state income tax

2. give up health insurance and refuse to buy any and refuse to pay fine in 2014.

- OS

You must have already given up. I was thinking of 'fundamentally transforming' this nation back to where it was. But those other two

might enter into the mix. If thousands of government employees don't pay their taxes, they might be on to something.

[Garufa]

If thousands of government employees don't pay their taxes, they might be on to something.

Welfare.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

If thousands of government employees don't pay their taxes, they might be on to something.

It has already been stated that Federal workers owe more back taxes than anyone in the working force!

[Guest GunTroll]

It has already been stated that Federal workers owe more back taxes than anyone in the working force!

Some even get high ranking positions!

[Oh Shoot]

...I was thinking of 'fundamentally transforming' this nation back to where it was. ..

Oh, I think there's a decent chance this nation could resemble about 1890 ere long, without much of that era's graces -- but whether ObamaCare will have a significant influence on the speed of the decline is uncertain.

- OS

[Steelharp]

If a "revenoor" shows up at my door...

[Hgunner]

I'm buying the IRS flowers and pony rides. I eagerly await my overlords commands.

Yeah, I'm having my shackels fitted before the rush...

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Welfare.

The trouble is they still have their jobs. Their welfare

was deemed passed.

[Wingshooter]

I heard a caller on a talk radio show today that had a good point. Stop calling DC, and call your broker. Time to divest ourselves of government stocks (i.e., GM) and bonds and invest in private, capitalistic entities (i.e., FedEX).

[Guest FroggyOne2]

That sounds good to me.. but I think that one should call DC first and let them know your intentions!

[seez52]

I say we plan a strike day. Sometime a couple of months now, time to get the word out. No one goes to work, no one buys anything, just quit for a day. Sort of along the Atlas Shrugged theme, cept. we do if for just one day. They got the morons planning to turn their lights off for an hour next saturday we can just eliminate productivity and commerce for one day.

BTW, I'm planning on turning every damn light in the house on next saturday during their stupid deal.