http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6935/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/santelli-very-happy-have-been-tea-party-spark <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matt-philbin">Matt Philbin</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The disdain was understated, but it was there. Liberal website Huffington Post published a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/20/rick-santelli-i-sparked-t_n_731249.html"></a>short item Sept. 20 noting that the man credited with starting the Tea Party movement hasn’t donned sack cloth and ashes in penance. In fact, Rick Santelli said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times that, “If being the lightning rod that started the Tea Party is what's written on my tombstone, I'll be very happy.”</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/santelli-very-happy-have-been-tea-party-spark" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Taxes Bailout GrassRoots HuffingtonPost RickSantelli Stimulus TeaParty Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:18:00 +0000 admin 27091 at http://archive2.mrc.org http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/pro-obama-care-grassroots-advocates-controlled-dnc <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Advice for reporter Katharine Seelye: If pro-Obama &quot;grassroots advocates&quot; are operating &quot;under the aegis of the Democratic National Committee,&quot; they aren&#039;t really &quot;grassroots advocates.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">More from the paper'sObama-care blog"Prescriptions." Reporter Katharine Seelye posted "<a href="http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/democrats-attempt-to-rally-support-for-a-public-option/" target="_self">Showing Support for Overhaul</a>" on Wednesday morning, making the implausible claim that groups organized by the Democratic National Committee were somehow "grassroots advocates."</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/pro-obama-care-grassroots-advocates-controlled-dnc" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AlHunt Astroturf BarackObama DNC DoubleStandards GrassRoots healthcare IanUrbina KatharineSeelye LabelingBias NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:27:00 +0000 admin 7032 at http://archive2.mrc.org