By KENNETH P. VOGEL, Politico | 8/9/10 4:38 AM EDT
Some leading tea party activists are concerned that their efforts are being undermined by a shortage of cash.
That’s partly the result of a deep ambivalence within the movement’s grass roots over the idea of fund raising . There is also an inability to attract wealthy donors who fund the Tea Party.
Only the handful of tea party groups that have raised substantial amounts, either by embracing aggressive fund raising or through pre-existing connections to wealthy donors. These donors are often viewed suspiciously within the movement.
Local groups have been left to literally pass hats seeking donations at their meetings or rely on their organizers’ bank accounts, while some national groups have failed to live up to their bold fund raising predictions.
A group in Georgia recently discovered that Confederate Flag Burning Day is September 12 so it has been selling Confederate flags to liberal and progressive groups to raise money. Whitey Grohe, the leader of the Georgian Tea party said they had to order more Confederate flags from their plant in Mexico to meet the demand. He said:
The progressives and liberals are burning them as fast as we make them. He expects the Confederate Flag sale to be an annual Tea Party event if the party can last past the 2010 elections.
Confederate Flag Burning Day is a real money maker for the Tea party!
Some leading tea party activists are concerned that their efforts are being undermined by a shortage of cash.
That’s partly the result of a deep ambivalence within the movement’s grass roots over the idea of fund raising . There is also an inability to attract wealthy donors who fund the Tea Party.
Only the handful of tea party groups that have raised substantial amounts, either by embracing aggressive fund raising or through pre-existing connections to wealthy donors. These donors are often viewed suspiciously within the movement.
Local groups have been left to literally pass hats seeking donations at their meetings or rely on their organizers’ bank accounts, while some national groups have failed to live up to their bold fund raising predictions.
A group in Georgia recently discovered that Confederate Flag Burning Day is September 12 so it has been selling Confederate flags to liberal and progressive groups to raise money. Whitey Grohe, the leader of the Georgian Tea party said they had to order more Confederate flags from their plant in Mexico to meet the demand. He said:
The progressives and liberals are burning them as fast as we make them. He expects the Confederate Flag sale to be an annual Tea Party event if the party can last past the 2010 elections.
Confederate Flag Burning Day is a real money maker for the Tea party!
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