Local Tea Party Activist starts his own news source
From its humble beginnings, the Tea Party has been suspected of being the brainchild of the elistists at the Fox New Network, and at the very least, MSNBC uncovered the constant promotion of the Tea Party by the FOX News Network in the movement’s earliest stages.
But the Tea Party has come a long way from its elitist beginnings. The party is currently known as a party of the people, rage against the machine, or simply anger in general at issues like excessive taxation and health care.
And it’s apparent that the Tea Party, strange as it seems, has landed right here in Branson, Missouri, a tourist town. In fact, here in Branson, there are several Tea Party groups that are heavily involved in Missouri politics. The Tea Party HQ is located on 248 downtown. The Branson Tea party has its own website and is run and funded by a pominent lawyer.
The Tea Party has begun endorsing—or not endorsing—state candidates like Roy Blunt, the poster child of the Republican Party, Mr. Big Tabacco, and Springfield, Missouri local. Such organization and unanimity is proof that the Tea Party is becoming a sort of machine in its own respect.
Most interestingly of all is the new upstart web news source created by a local Branson Tea Party activist. The website, American Policy Examiner, claims to be “A Tea Party Activist’s guide to American political science”. And its no makeshift website, this extensive site includes sources for researching politics, comprehensive biographies of every American president, and daily national news in relation to the conservative agenda. The owner, “The APE” (American Policy Examiner), writes a conservative blog unlike any written by Tea Party activists prior. In fact, Dana Loesch, who makes a living speaking at Tea Party rallies, doesn’t even have a domain for her blog, but rather, she writes on Blogger under a subdomain, something that can be set up in roughly five minutes. And even the infamous lone black Tea Party activist writes on such a blog.
Does the APE have what it takes to harness the power of Tea Party anger? Can the Tea Party come together, organize, and find a common political ground? And is the APE the answer to such a question, or will the Tea Party go as it came, in a sensational notion forgotten in the shadow of the bigger picture.
