This little story requires a few links, but may be interesting to read.
In December I wrote the Post "Conservatives Attempting to Collaborate" in which I noted that liberals frankly collaborate more easily, they just aren't as individualistic. Conservatives tend to fight pretty quickly for leadership, notoriety, and position. Today I ran into a very vibrant example of this phenomenon:
While perusing my RSS feeds this morning, I came across a post on Hoosiers for Fair Taxation lambasting #TCOT founder Michael Leahy and the entire National Tea Party movement as controlled by big business and bad Republicans. The thrust of the story was that Republicans have no right to lead this charge because George Bush signed the TARP bill and let government get too big in the first place. You really should read all the comments because when I dared to suggest another way of looking at the situation I was roundly beaten up too.
It would appear that a group of libertarian and "liberty caucus" conservatives have decided they are the only ones allowed to throw tea parties, or defend tax payer rights, or demand government reform. See Indy Liberty Tea Party Meetup Group ... letter on Daily Paul ... and my favorite from Sean Shephard suggesting his great dismay at my request that conservatives try reaching out and working together. Sean thanks for making my point for me.
Now the original writer of the letter in question is still working with Michael Leahy on a tea party in Indy on April 15th. And the crux of his anger was a teleconference suggestion that tea parties also collect canned goods for a food drive. Leahy told me today that almost all tea parties would feature a food drive, but that each one could make up their own minds.
