CNN Misses the Point About Tea Parties

CNN (TWX) and other left wing media organizations tried to write-off the “tea party” protests as some sort of manufactured right-wing conspiracy. They totally missed the point. Sure, lots of right-wing organizations promoted the tea parties, but listen to the message. The people who attended are sick of big government period. They blame Republicans and Democrats equally.

The lefties and the righties are still so blinded by their hatred of each other, they don’t see the emerging super-majority in the middle. They don’t see (yet) that they are actually in violent agreement, incensed as they are with nonstop government spending, in particular the bank bailouts.

Anger over the bank bailouts unites virtually the entire country. And how very ironic that this inchoate union of right and left is forming in opposition to Mr. Post Partisan himself, Barack Obama.

Anyway, this is a great video. It captures very clearly CNN’s editorial viewpoint of the affair. The reporter actually argues with the protester in the segment that was aired. I’m fairly certain I’ve never seen that before. It then features (at the 2:15 mark) a highly revealing confrontation with the CNN reporter and an articulate protester who shows why CNN’s viewpoint is totally misguided.

No doubt the wacky, fringe racist element was part of the crowd, but again, that’s not the point. The point is that Americans across the political spectrum are tired of runaway government spending on entitlements, wars and bailouts.

Comments

[Old Trader:]

I note that CNN has pulled the video....

Apr 18 10:56 AM

[Chabsentia:]

You all missed the point. There were people carrying signs against Gun Control in Sacramento. The Biggest Senator for Gun Control is Finestein and California sends her back every election. Then you had a couple of people with "Its time for Term Limits".This is another Joke. One or two States can't impose Term Limits. Been tried before. You can let some serve as long as they want and restrict some. Congress would have to pass a Constutional Admendment restricting their own terms and then all the States would have to vote on it just like hte E.R.A. and a certain percentage would have to approve it. If you had Reporters bringing these points up at these so called Tea Parites then the people at them would look Stupid. The Reporters are all Fools and a good part of the people there are Fools and it all then comes down to Ideological differences and the people continue to return 90% of the Incumbents to office just like they have for the last twenty years and the beat goes on. Wake up.

Apr 18 11:22 AM

[Poor Jim:]

Mr.Winkler, you lost all your credibility in the first seven words of your comments, "i.e., "CNN and other left wing media organizations" -- a phrase which tends to indicate that you worry that there may be be a Commiie hiding under your bed, and that maybe Hitler wasn't such a bad guy after all.

Winkling out the truth from today's overwhelming daily supply of information is difficult at best. Being absolutely sure that you know all the answers even before you know what the question is makes finding the truth damn near impossible.

poor jim

Apr 18 11:51 AM

[JK Corcoran:]

Poor Jim,

Inaccuracy seems to be your forte this day. Hitler was a National Socialist, about as left wing as you ca get without actually reverting to communism. Pithy comment, though!


On Apr 18 11:51 AM Poor Jim wrote:

> Mr.Winkler, you lost all your credibility in the first seven words
> of your comments, "i.e., "CNN and other left wing media organizations"
> -- a phrase which tends to indicate that you worry that there may
> be be a Commiie hiding under your bed, and that maybe Hitler wasn't
> such a bad guy after all.
>
> Winkling out the truth from today's overwhelming daily supply of
> information is difficult at best. Being absolutely sure that you
> know all the answers even before you know what the question is makes
> finding the truth damn near impossible.
>
> poor jim

Apr 18 12:35 PM

[Jimbo:]

I have voted in every presidential election since 1952. In `1972 I sent Richard Nixon a long telegram , telling him why I was not voting for him. I could not vote for his opponent either so I passed. I have always felt that in most elections, you have to choose the lesser of evils. Defenders of CNN, et al, misjudge this tea party movement at their peril. Look at the sweetheart mortgages given to Obama, Dodd and others. AIG people gave large campaign sums to Dodd and Obama, even though Dodd was not running this cycle. Many of us now realize how much Nancy Pelosi's "Culture of Corruption" permeates BOTH political parties. I sense a profound voter revolt in the next election.

Apr 18 12:39 PM

[Allan Frain:]

If you follow CNN financial coverage you know they do not "miss the point" but rather deliberately misrepresent.

These Tea Parties were not in response to a gun law, abortion issue, immigration, or any other traditional hot button topic.

They were in response to the diversion of an amount roughly equal to annual GDP being injected into a criminal banking cabal.

The public was not supposed to notice that they are unemployed and living in tents while Congress and the last two Presidents handed their future over to the very Bankers that caused their malaise.

Apr 18 12:42 PM

[henarl:]

Ideologies don't rule, either right or left - money does. That is why an independent will never win the the Presidency and damned few will get into Congress. The two parties have all of the money and organization and the "emerging super-majority in the middle" only has the vote, which is mostly meaningless when the only real choice is reduced to one corrupt party or the other.

Apr 18 01:13 PM

[chinooking:]

wtf its not available?

Apr 18 01:57 PM

[realold:]

Absolutely fantastic! I pump my blood pressure sky high every time I read one of those super biased CNN pieces. Thank you for helping to expose the level of intelligence and education apparently required for employment at that organization. Why Google has this as default news page is another quandry.

Apr 18 06:36 PM

[realold:]

How do you see the "revolt" taking place? Voting and not voting have the same result.


On Apr 18 12:39 PM Jimbo wrote:

> I have voted in every presidential election since 1952. In `1972
> I sent Richard Nixon a long telegram , telling him why I was not
> voting for him. I could not vote for his opponent either so I passed.
> I have always felt that in most elections, you have to choose the
> lesser of evils. Defenders of CNN, et al, misjudge this tea party
> movement at their peril. Look at the sweetheart mortgages given to
> Obama, Dodd and others. AIG people gave large campaign sums to Dodd
> and Obama, even though Dodd was not running this cycle. Many of us
> now realize how much Nancy Pelosi's "Culture of Corruption" permeates
> BOTH political parties. I sense a profound voter revolt in the next
> election.

Apr 18 06:39 PM

[realold:]

How does the biggest welfare spending plan in history point to a greater return in the future? You actually believe that there is a significant stimulus here. HA. It is all about the government having more control over your life and you begging them to keep it up. Looks like they are being very successful here - your attitude is the "greater return" they are looking for.


On Apr 18 08:28 AM dok tari wrote:

> It is absolutely astounding to hear all these critics come out of
> the woodwork now. Where were you when Bush created the largest deficits
> in history and that is besides wartime spending. The bank bail out
> is actually working unless you cannot read. On Monday Bank of America
> should have more good news. There is an old adage you have spend
> money to make money. GWB just spent money for no gain, the whold
> point of what the Obama administration is doing is to spend money
> and get a greater return in the future. If you don't understand this
> and flunked econ 101 go move to Cuba.

Apr 18 06:46 PM

[Marianthi:]

This is the one bet AIG actually hedged very well, they contributed to Obama AND McCain...they ALWAYS play both sides...


On Apr 18 12:39 PM Jimbo wrote:

> I have voted in every presidential election since 1952. In `1972
> I sent Richard Nixon a long telegram , telling him why I was not
> voting for him. I could not vote for his opponent either so I passed.
> I have always felt that in most elections, you have to choose the
> lesser of evils. Defenders of CNN, et al, misjudge this tea party
> movement at their peril. Look at the sweetheart mortgages given to
> Obama, Dodd and others. AIG people gave large campaign sums to Dodd
> and Obama, even though Dodd was not running this cycle. Many of us
> now realize how much Nancy Pelosi's "Culture of Corruption" permeates
> BOTH political parties. I sense a profound voter revolt in the next
> election.

Apr 18 07:07 PM

[Niner:]

My sentiments exactly. If these people were so opposed to budget deficits where were they for the last 8 years when GW & the Republican Congress took us from a budget surplus to a 10 trillion $ deficit. No protest either when George and Company started the bailouts. And , lastly, the evening news I watch said the rallies had ties to right wing organizations. I think it was both CBS and PBS.

The Right Wing is up to their dirty tricks again!


On Apr 17 04:39 PM humandenatured wrote:

> In all fairness, I think the CNN lady simply judged the book by the
> cover that she saw. I don't think it was until after talking with
> those other people that it was actually apparent that it was a true
> group of differing parties supporting the same outrage on the same
> subject matter (who thought that possible?).
>
> The other point being that we saw no gathering protests when Bush
> began the giveaway to banks nor when he slyly performed a reverse
> bailout of the rich by giving them the lions share of tax cuts while
> running up the public deficit. As a result, you can easily see why
> someone would assume that this new interest in protesting is a political
> maneuver of the Republicans but in actuality it is more likely due
> to anger finally boiling over from the gaping holes in equity, responsibility
> and lack of transparency that plague this country that really began
> to fester with the Bush administration and is showing little signs
> of improvement in the Obama one.

Apr 18 09:19 PM

[Niner:]

You didn't vote for Tricky Dicky but you voted both time for georgous George..... If you don't vote, don't bitch. I'm assumimg you voted this time, if you didn't turn your keyboard off.

There will be just as much political revolt as the right wing can whip up. The greatest danger to the right Wing and the Republican party is if the economy does begin to recover. That is why they are pulling out every stop to scuttle any attempt by the curent administration to help the recovery.

It becomes more difficult everyday for me to justify my Republican tendencies.


On Apr 18 12:39 PM Jimbo wrote:

> I have voted in every presidential election since 1952. In `1972
> I sent Richard Nixon a long telegram , telling him why I was not
> voting for him. I could not vote for his opponent either so I passed.
> I have always felt that in most elections, you have to choose the
> lesser of evils. Defenders of CNN, et al, misjudge this tea party
> movement at their peril. Look at the sweetheart mortgages given to
> Obama, Dodd and others. AIG people gave large campaign sums to Dodd
> and Obama, even though Dodd was not running this cycle. Many of us
> now realize how much Nancy Pelosi's "Culture of Corruption" permeates
> BOTH political parties. I sense a profound voter revolt in the next
> election.

Apr 18 09:29 PM

[schnickelfritz:]

You are unfairly taking advantage of an opportunity to disparage and mock anyone who challenges your self annointed intellectual acumen suggesting they are of lesser intellectual ability. This is evident in your suggestion of the "librul media" meme. I, for one, will not be fooled into submitting to your indignation. I know that you intentionally misspelled "librul," trying to imply many tea party participants are inferior intellectually and that they don't know there is an 'e' at the end of "librul."
Would another example of a meme, this time of a socialist/Marxist Presidential candidate be, "Yes, we can?"
As for the Obama opposition the numbers at one time did say otherwise, but today those numbers are changing.



On Apr 17 04:39 PM heed wrote:

> Right. The "librul media" meme has always been a tactic that the
> right has used to get more favorable coverage. I've always thought
> the idea that these massive corporations like Ge and TWX would push
> a "leftist" agenda, even when that would lead to more taxation and
> regulation for them, is rather silly. As for Obama opposition, the
> numbers say otherwise.
>
> On Apr 17 04:17 PM lbsterling wrote:

Apr 18 10:56 PM

[Jimmy James:]

I hope people realize the Obama IS RAISING TAXES in places most people don't see and won't realize. One of them is a new tax authorized the the "Buy American" provision of the "Stimulus Bill". If you purchase something from outside of the country, then you get a 3 percent backdoor tariff called a "Foreign Transaction Fee". These type of isolationist taxes are what helped prolong the first great depression. It amazes me how we are following almost everything they tried in the early 1930's and it didn't work then, what makes everyone think that Keynesian Economics will work THIS TIME? Keynesian was actually proven wrong in our country in the 1970's when we had stagflation. It was again proven wrong in Japan in the 1990's. All of this money creation, part by the Bush and now by Obama, is going to come back to haunt us. Plus all of the money that China has accumulated will start coming back to the US in the form of purchases of Real Estate and cars. All of the stuff they lent us money on, will be returned to them plus interest.

Apr 18 11:02 PM

[goldensunrise:]

CNN pulled the video, but look at this video that shows the reporter talking to the crowd after her report was finished:
www.youtube.com/watch?...

Much, much more revealing of bias.

Apr 19 02:31 AM

[friar tuck:]

i just watched a fair and intelligent reporter getting bashed by a bunch of idiotic, racist,greedy hypocrites. the woman with no sign wants ALL the elected officials out of office even though the PEOPLE, who the guy with the kid(tax deduction) states should run the country, have the right to vote these people out. this woman sounds like she would like a tyranny type of government where she controls the leadership. like i said....idiots.

Apr 19 07:04 AM

[Obamitall:]

Thank you for staying on topic and seeing the rally for what it was. Spending by the government was a "double down" on an already bad situation.


On Apr 18 05:48 AM ArkansasAngie wrote:

> Speaking as a fiscal conservative, social liberal attendee of my
> local tea party, this was not a right wing extremists thing.
>
> The primary topic at the rally I attended was that politicians are
> not doing what their constituents need and want them to do. While
> taxes were discussed, it was the bailout that was the main uniter.
>
>
> No more wedgies.
>
> Tell you Congressional Representatives to put America first -- not
> the Democratic or Republican Parties.
>
> Obama Didn't create the situation in Washington. He has a opportunity
> to truly bring change.
>
> However ... if he's just another lying politician then he is fair
> game.
>

Apr 19 02:22 PM

[Obamitall:]

Your defense of a biased reporter is without logic.


On Apr 19 07:04 AM friar tuck wrote:

> i just watched a fair and intelligent reporter getting bashed by
> a bunch of idiotic, racist,greedy hypocrites. the woman with no sign
> wants ALL the elected officials out of office even though the PEOPLE,
> who the guy with the kid(tax deduction) states should run the country,
> have the right to vote these people out. this woman sounds like she
> would like a tyranny type of government where she controls the leadership.
> like i said....idiots.

Apr 19 02:24 PM