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A ThinkProgress investigation, however, shows a far different picture. Indeed, empirical evidence points to one conclusion: Tea Party activity has declined sharply thus far in 2011.
For this report, ThinkProgress examined the total number of events across the country listed on the Tea Party Patriots (TPP) and Americans for Prosperity (AFP) websites each month. We then compared the number of Tea Parties that occurred in 2010 with the number that took place in the first seven months of 2011.
The results were startling. For TPP, fewer than half the number of Tea Party events took place in the first seven months of 2011 compared to the same time period in 2010. Furthermore, while an average of 337 Tea Parties were held across the country each month of 2010, this year that number has dropped to just 166 events per month and continues to decline.
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by Misoir
Very simple.
2010 was an election year.
2011 isn't.
Most Tea Party people have JOBS. We have to work. Just wait until next year. We'll be saving our vacation time.
Originally posted by ripcontrol
reply to post by Count Chocula
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Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by Misoir
Very simple.
2010 was an election year.
2011 isn't.
Most Tea Party people have JOBS. We have to work. Just wait until next year. We'll be saving our vacation time.
reply to post by Misoir
Very simple.
2010 was an election year.
2011 isn't.
Most Tea Party people have JOBS. We have to work. Just wait until next year. We'll be saving our vacation time.
How are you able, with a straight face, STILL pretend the 'tea party' is anything other than a rebranding of the same old NeoCon GOP?
Also, if all those Tea Partiers are working, as you claim, then the economy must have improved under Obama, because there were thousands of them unemployed(apparently, since they had time to drive to Washington and take part in a FOX news/DickArmey/FreedomWorks political rally) immediately after Bush' administration.