Teabaggers Stray Off Topic, HuffPosters Report

Huffington Post | Apr. 19, 2009 (News Report)

While a majority of the protesters who attended tea parties across the nation convened to oppose to taxes, many conservatives viewed these gatherings as a platform to voice their other political grievances.

Dan Diviney, one of over 2,500 HuffPost citizen reporters who signed up to cover the Tea Parties, found that pervasive griping about taxes served as a backdrop for other issues that elicited more vehement outrage from attendees; the majority of ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Apr 19, 2009 - 8:52 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Leo Romero (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Fred Gatlin (review), Randy Morrow (review)
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Edited by: Leo Romero - Apr 19, 2009 - 8:52 AM PDT

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Apr. 20, 2009

This article uses reports from HuffingtonPost "reporters" at various "tea-bagging" events across the nation to show what the gatherings were like.

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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Apr. 19, 2009

This is an interesting story about the "Tea Parties" and who attended. It is reported by an interesting group of volunteers. It is a challenge for volunteers to report well, but by quoting several comforts is increased.

This angry group of people is the base of the Republican Party. As long it is the party will continue to decline.

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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Apr. 19, 2009
Leo posted this story.
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Apr. 19, 2009
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