A group calling itself the Coffee Party has begun to make waves in the political blogopshere following an article on the new organization published in the Washington Post yesterday. Independent progressive blogger Liberal Arts Dude looked into the group and has written up a post describing the organization and its aims, its relation to the tea party movement and its future potential. Some excerpts:
It all started with documentary filmmaker Annabel Park venting her frustrations on her Facebook page about media coverage that made it seem that the Tea Parties were representative of the “real America.” She vehemently disagreed and her comments on Facebook got a lot of feedback from people who similarly felt pent-up and frustrated.
Their name the “Coffee Party” directly references the Tea Party movement and presents itself as an alternative. Park argues elected officials who represent us should work towards positive solutions to the problems the country faces instead of adopting obstructionist political tactics that play on peoples’ fears and which are driven by deliberate misinformation.
The Coffee Party is currently organizing nationwide. It is stressing the message that its members are voters who intend to hold elected officials accountable to holding up progress. Its members will participate and be engaged in the political process. . . .
I was able to speak with an organizer of the Coffee Party. He argued that many Americans are tired of the Tea Partiers portrayal in the media as the representation of the “Real America.” Many Americans oppose the Tea Party and their tactics and rhetoric and need a vehicle to represent their side on the debates and issues of a country in crisis.
In addition, the Coffee Partiers want to give voice to real economic populism that is designed to address the concerns of middle and working class Americans. The Coffee Party organizers don’t want the Right to have a monopoly of the populist side of the debate on economics and economic issues.
Their main struggle at this point is to come to a consensus on core principles and areas of focus. . . .
The very fact that within a month of launching that they have established nearly 40 chapters nationwide and have passed the 20,000 member mark in the Facebook page bodes well for their future.
The real test for the Coffee Party will come when they have reached critical mass, have established an organizational structure and then are in a position to DO something. . . . .
Their organizers told me that they are non-partisan and fully intend to reach out and appeal to Republicans and conservatives as well as independents. Reading their Facebook wall comments and general thrust of their communications, they appear to have a primarily left-leaning membership and leadership (so far) with a focus on supporting the aims of the more progressive policies of the Obama administration.
The question in my mind is this a grassroots movement that independents can participate in? . . . I gather that the Coffee Party Movement intends to be independent of the major parties. It bodes well for them to keep that vision in mind as they grow and develop their organization.
19 responses so far ↓
1 Morgan Brykein // Feb 27, 2010 at 10:38 am
*Rolleyes*
2 d.eris // Feb 27, 2010 at 11:12 am
How about an Irish Coffee Party?
3 paulie // Feb 27, 2010 at 11:36 am
Make mine a double.
Side note: I’m one of the few people I have ever seen drink coffee mixed with tea.
4 Thomas L. Knapp // Feb 27, 2010 at 11:47 am
Make it the Espresso Party and you’ll probably have both myself and Bruce Cohen on board.
5 LibertarianGirl // Feb 27, 2010 at 11:56 am
TK , why arent you running for Pres?
6 LibertarianGirl // Feb 27, 2010 at 12:09 pm
lol , nevermind since u already answered me. Im so impatient , just exactly how many avenues can i ask u the same question in the span of 2 minutes…lol
7 NewFederalist // Feb 27, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Beware!! I have checked with INTERPOL and the CFR Bankers… this group is known in other parts of the glode as the Communist Organization For Fascist Eradication Effort. Don’t be fooled again!
8 Straight .......... // Feb 27, 2010 at 12:54 pm
from an asterisk of an asterisk ?????
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1 Morgan Brykein // Feb 27, 2010:
*Rolleyes*
9 paulie // Feb 27, 2010 at 12:55 pm
LG
Give me a call in the next hour if you have a few min
10 Straight .......... // Feb 27, 2010 at 1:09 pm
from folks whom seem to be
“making it up as they go along”
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11 Straight .......... // Feb 27, 2010 at 2:33 pm
paulie // Feb 27, 2010:
“Lake, You are confused.”
——- Extremely possible!
“I think what you are referring to was a period of time when Steve had some speech problems due to a flu attack during the California state (San Diego) ”
—— On Mission Bay at the Bahia [Hotel] ????
“and Las Vegas (LSLA/LNC) meetings in Feb. 08, and at the same time he was just learning to use a teleprompter for his youtube videos.”
“It all combined to make a bad, but inaccurate, impression, ”
—— not MY fault!
“and led some people to recruit first Ruwart, then Barr into the race.”
and your take on the dumb assed, grinning, stoner photo graphs from the Lake Arrow head days ??????????
“By Denver, Kubby was doing much better and by many accounts (again, of people who did not vote for him – don’t just take my word), won the debate. ”
——– I was not there and was marginally following the lies and dysinformation, er, politics, of the Lib activities.
“Many people also credit him with saving the LP following Barr’s nomination, when many who supported Kubby and Ruwart were about to leave the party and Kubby made a call for unity, first in the hall and then on the podium.”
——- as a west coast non Lib, I can not finish telling you about the eye rolling of usually tolerant Californians on Libs, reformers [John Dennis Coffey, John Blare, John Bambey, and Valli Sharpe Giesler], Deliverance II [the dueling banjos of the Bible Beaters, including Doctor Don Grundmann, of the Constitutionalists], and the P2004 Nader [stumbling, bumbling] effort.
———– It was not just Steve Kubby [whom never responds to non face to face communications] but by that time he had a main stream news presence [the post Canadian arrest] and was officially [Fresno, Lake Arrow Head, Fort Ord] a local. He was [and is ???] a political clown in the Fruits and Nuts parade in 2003, 2004, and 2008 …..
“Unfortunately, it came too late and Barr-Root was already a done deal.”
——- I like the IDEA of McKinney and Barr, [over no name partisan loyalists] but boy the execution of these two really left a lot to be desired.
——- Is it my fault on Bararik’s and others [possibly criminal] dysfunction of the fruit less post Hammer of Truth blog that never was ???
——– Is it my fault that Libs [whom have been around for four decades and whom have a 50% membership lose in past decade] have bobbled one opportunity after another ??????
——– I HATE Dems and GOP, but can you name a reasonable alternative group —- as I can not! Are we humans, in the 21st Century, really that stupid ???? No wonder folks [JFK, RFK, Nixon, Iran, 9/11] are stuck on conspiracies!
——– Am I lying about Edward Tesslier, Richard Rider, and Brucie Cohen ????? It is amazing [not that I am perfect] the number of antagonists or witnesses in situations where my gender, parentage, IQ, humanity have been called into question whom sidle up to me at a later date and confess that I was ‘spot on’ all along.
——– Time and time again.
——– The POSTERS OTHER THAN MY SELF whom described Kubby as ‘out of it’ as misguided or ill informed? Well maybe, but please explain his self sabatoge ‘stoner’ photo and his lack of even taking two seconds out to scribble “Phugue Ewe” on one of my SASE post card and dropping it in the mail?
—— I was [due to MY petitioning skills] heavily recruited to the RfP of California by folks whom are no longer members; as a direct repeat of my Peace and Freedom experience [ctweber]! Talk about UNPOPULAR, after the implosion of the 2004 NLP, I often said, ‘if the Reform Party does not serve society it does not DESERVE to exist!’
——– Again, talk about unpopular! And I say the same things ’bout Greens, Constitutionalists, Socialists and Libs. And I mean it!
——— Know of any English speaking reasonable places to live [do not include the USA] ??????
Lake, used, abused, and not amused!
12 Northern Exposure // Feb 28, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Alaska is an English speaking place…
being part of the USA is still open to debate here.
13 dameocrat // Mar 1, 2010 at 3:19 am
ofa 2.0. Check out the thread commentary about their centrist process fundy leanings at firedog lake.
14 Stewart Flood // Mar 1, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Paulie needs either more coffee or more tea. He can’t seem to stay awake during the late-nite discussion at LSLA.
PS: his snoring is quite loud.
15 Robert Capozzi // Mar 1, 2010 at 1:07 pm
shouldn’t it be “coffee klatsch”?
16 NewFederalist // Mar 1, 2010 at 1:18 pm
#10 lighten up! C.O.F.F.E.E. ?? Communist Organization For Fascist Eradication Effort. Jeez… Coffee Party? Tea Party? Get it? Aw, forget it.
17 Mean Guy // Mar 1, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Annabel Park is a “coffee grinder” for Soros & the DNC, and her male followers are “coffee beaners”
18 paulie // Mar 2, 2010 at 12:10 pm
I was awake…
All day from early morning Thursday
Almost all night Thursday night on the bus; all day friday
Til after 3 AM fri night/ sat AM talking with Moulton and Sarwark
Up before nine AM Saturday and all day Saturday…
So yeah, mea culpa, when I hit the alcohol on Saturday night and sat around not being able to get a word in edgewise I did fall asleep.
I won’t bore everybody with the rest of my weekend schedule but it was a lot like that all the way til now (coming off another night on the bus)
To my credit, I did resist an offer to buy meth outside the Dallas bus station on a layover on the way back. Part of me was briefly tempted.
I’m not sure coffee or tea will help much at this point but I’m trying the Bob Barr espresso special (3×5 shots) and maybe it will help a little
19 paulie // Mar 2, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Beer hall putsch? lol
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