The "Tea Party" Convention stands up for The First Amendment (you know, that Constitution thing?)

[brooklynite]

thanks to Andrew Sullivan for pointing to: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tea-party-nation-would-like-to-announce-the-following-efforts-and-status-of-the-nationwide-tea-party-convention-81413572.html

Tea Party Nation Would Like to Announce the Following Efforts and Status of the Nationwide TEA Party Convention

Media

First, we are pleased to announce that the convention has sold out and we now have a waiting list which we will continue to try to clear as opportunity presents.

In this light, we have had numerous requests for press passes and the resulting expected coverage. However, as we have set expectations that this is a working convention, we have tried not to make it a media event.

In fact, Tea Party Nation has received hundreds of requests for press credentials to cover this convention. Everyone from a small town newspaper in Iowa to Fox News has asked for press credentials. We have had requests from Canada, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Croatia and Japan. We have been hard pressed to accommodate all of these requests and do not have the space or resources to support the entirety of the press corp. Indeed, we have asked the hotel if they would be willing to provide a press room during the convention.

However, given these practical limitations, we have approved the following press organizations:

Fox News

Breitbart.com

Townhall.com

The Wall Street Journal

World Net Daily

That'll get the message out...

[mdmc]

1. $$$

[gratuitous]

2. "The convention has sold out and we now have a waiting list"

Uh, if your event has sold out, why would you have a waiting list? Unless of course, you papered the hall with all sorts of comps and freebies. But that would smack of opportunism and dishonesty, two traits we should never, e-e-e-ever associate with the tea baggers.