Tea Parties vs coffee Parties cont

2,000 TURN OUT FOR WISCONSIN TEA PARTY CONVENTION.

Meanwhile, also in Wisconsin, a much smaller and racially monochromatic “coffee party” event:

The tea party movement has been criticized for being “racist” because of the alleged lack of minority participation. The Milwaukee coffee party that I attended did not have a single member of any minority group, although I strongly suspect that the alternative lifestyles community was well represented.

ANOTHER COFFEE PARTY ORGANIZER COINCIDENCE: “And here’s some more background on Coffee Party organizer Baxter Swilley. He was John Edward’s MO political director at the time. . . . Oh, then he was spokesperson for the Illinois Lt. Gov, who threatened his girlfriend with a knife.”