Foxnews: Anti-Tea Party Website Part of Scheme to Funnel Funds

[Land Shark]

Posting this Foxnews hit piece about www.TheTeaPartyIsOver.org for your comment and context. Anyone?

I know Fox does their own stuff, and astroturf is a regular feature, etc., so feel free to post that but I'm most interested in the specifics of this deal below, with more at the link. It should provide quite a few more hits for the website at www.TheTeaPartyIsOver.org -- for what it's worth!

A new Web site targeting the tea parties is a part of a complex network of money flowing from the mountainous coffers of the country's biggest labor unions and trickling slowly into political slush funds for Democratic activists.

A seemingly grassroots organization that's mounted an online campaign to counter the tea party movement is actually the front end of an elaborate scheme that funnels funds -- including sizable labor union contributions -- through the offices of a prominent Democratic party lawyer.

A Web site popped up in January dedicated to preventing the tea party's "radical" and "dangerous" ideas from "gaining legislative traction," targeting GOP candidates in Illinois for the firing squad.

"This movement is a fad," proclaims TheTeaPartyIsOver.org, which was established by the American Public Policy Center (APPC), a D.C.-based campaign shop that few people have ever heard of.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/09/anti-tea-party-web-site-scheme-funnel-funds/

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Aw, is The Mad Bagger's Tea Party getting kicked around?

Too damn bad.

[Jennicut]

2. So when the Tea Party backers are not grassroots either, it is perfectly okay?

Typical double standard.

[Mari333]

3. who is the american public policy commitee?

[Luminous Animal]

4. Here...

http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtedetail.php?ein=205679145&cycle=2010

It looks like they were only active in 2008 but recently started up again with donations from Patriot Majority & Patriot Majority West which you can find here:
http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtedetail_contribs.php?cycle=2008&ein=203985568

[Mari333]

7. thank you that sheds some light

[ShockediSay]

5. And what do you think labor union money adds up to vs virtually unltd

big corporate money {tax deductible, by the way}.

[Land Shark]

8. A drop in the giant corporate slop bucket.

[xchrom]

6. You can always count on Fox news

To come up with unbiased bullshit.

[Land Shark]

9. Yes We Can... and they're not the only ones, either, just leaders n/t

[2 Much Tribulation]

10. kick

[arthritisR_US]

11. Faux News can't stand anything that brings about fairness and balance. n/t