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Tea Party Warns Members: No Pre-Gaming!
In a mass email sent out last night to the supporter list of the Columbus Tea Party and obtained by TPMmuckraker, leaders of the group issued a set of “do’s and dont’s” for protesters attending an April 15 Ohio State House event – chief among them: absolutely no pre-gaming.
Specifically, the email warns those planning to attend the “Tax Day” event, “No alcohol (or other mood-enhancer) or pre-drinking.”
The email advises against “chants or signs that contain language that you would not repeat to your mother or children.”
It instructs, “Display a picture of dignity in the way you behave. No violence, no threats, no profanity, no bigotry or law-breaking. We outnumber them, let’s not act desperate or foolish.”
Tea party groups around the country are becoming increasingly sensitive about a reputation for violent rhetoric and more generally about how the movement appears to outsiders. </em>
“A picture of dignity”? Har…hard to be dignified when you’re screeching that our President is a Muslim, Kenya-born terrorist. Let’s lower the bar a bit and try for not peeing yourself when someone shows you a picture of Palin, how about?
