Anyway, some Tea Party supporters enlisted a group of consultants to advise the Party as how to best get their message across.
Here are a few salient points by the study group:
1. Avoid any appearance of extremism. It's true: some people do get a tad worried when some redneck shows up carrying a placard reading, "We came unarmed this time." It causes them to wonder what they will bring next time. Spatulas? [One problem: getting the rank and file of the Tea Party to act uniformly mild would be like herding cats!]
2. While the name of the present-day Tea Party alludes to an episode in history in which the flavoring of Boston Harbor was temporarily improved, it little becomes members to show up to Tea Party events while wearing tricorned hats festooned with tea bags.
3. And, never, under any circumstances, serve English Breakfast tea, no matter how Anglophile you might be.
4. As a matter of discretion, members might re-think the use of the Gadsden flag, with the unfortunate rattlesnake symbolism. Accordingly, we suggest some more cuddly creature as a substitute, such as a hamster or ferret. Or, if the membership is attached to cold-blooded venomous creatures, at least try to mollify this image with a jokey, self-effacing, or amusing representation.
11 comments:
That flag is a real hoot!
The Tea Party managed to morph from a group of people possibly legitimately harassed with taxes into a group of cranks and people on locoweed. Too many idiots came along, and idiots make news. Like Fred Phelps, who would otherwise have been a boil on the public's behind.
Funny..
The funny thing about the Boston Tea Party was that it was about the British LOWERING taxes and undercutting the American tea smugglers.
That's a fascinating fact, Mike.
The Yea Party is always going to be controlled by the extremists. There is no pie in the sky.
Most Tea Party members are not extremists, any more than Republicans or Democrats are.
I never could figure out how the Gadsden flag became synonymous with the Tea Party.
There's a guy in my neighborhood who flies it routinely.
A hamster would be a cute, cuddly symbol.
If all it took to be smart enough to solve our problems was to wear tricorn hats, wave Gadsden flags, shout empty slogans, and always be pissed off about everything, we'd be in great shape by now thanks to the Tea Party.
*Clapping!*
[loudly]
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
=^..^= <3
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