I always knew that the Tea Party is a con. I’ve written extensively about the small numbers of people associated with it, its low approval ratings, and the fact that they are all Republicans anyway. Now the Tea Party has confirmed their fraud by coming together in Schaumburg, IL for an event they themselves call the TeaCon.
Today the event is wrapping up two days of Tea Baggery that featured rightist luminaries like Glenn Beck, Andrew Breitbart, and Herman Cain. But if they were hoping to score some positive post conference PR, they must be mighty disappointed.
Gawker is reporting that the leader of the Chicago Tea Party, Steve Stevlic, who helped to organize the affair, was busted a couple of years ago soliciting the services of a prostitute. Of course, this is such a common occurrence amongst these family values advocates that it probably can just be assumed. Another featured speaker at the event is Republican congressman Joe Walsh, who owes more than $100,000 in child support. So much for families.
I’m sure the Tea Bagging conventioneers had a great time – all 640 of them. It’s not exactly the kind of turn out they were enjoying two years ago. But it is better than the Vegas convention that was cancelled for lack of interest earlier this year.
On a side note, the NBC affiliate in Chicago reported on Stevlic’s hooker affair. Take a look at the URL they used:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Teabagger-Caught-Teabagging-130863153.html
Very funny.
That url, as my mom would say, “just ain’t right”.
🙂
Yet you have people still voting for these idiots like Walsh who should be arrested for not paying his child support. I guess this is the republican family values at work.