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Rich Gast Wyatt Cox 702-740-5588 Fax: 702-920-8215 Penny Press WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA 16 PAGES VOLUME 7 NUMBER 46 AUGUST 5, 2010 Attacks On Tea Party Political BS By BILL WILSON it is occurring in a highly charged statement, the tea parties represent run ballot initiatives supported by Special To The Penny Press media climate where the NAACP “dangerous extremism that threat- left-wing activist-financier George has accused the movement of being ens to tear the country apart.” Of Soros. The attacks on the tea party racist. course, the group is actually nothing This mirrors a prior effort in movement and other citizen activists The DNC is attempting to ride more than a Democrat-labor union Nevada by Scott Ashjian to run for are continuing. This time, the DNC the wave of coverage that resulted front group that operates out of the Senate against Harry Reid under has unveiled its latest effort to por- from the NAACP’s charge to dis- offices of Joseph Sandler, a longtime the banner, “Tea Party of Nevada.” tray tea parties, and Republicans, as credit the movement once and for general counsel to the Democratic Again, the apparent intent was to all. It has all of the appearances of National Committee, as reported by siphon votes away from Republican a coordinated attack, but there is an FNC’s Joseph Abrams. candidates who might benefit from even wider context than has been But that’s not all. Michigan the popular tea party movement. Commentary widely reported by the mainstream Capitol Confidential is reporting that Then there’s the case of Jason media that shows a clear pattern to the political director of the Oakland Levin, who ran an effort to actively sabotage, infiltrate, and to other- County Democrat Party was behind infiltrate tea party rallies on April radicals and extremists. wise destroy the movement, which an effort to register candidates to 15th, and who was dedicated to This effort, www.republican- has been chronicled by conservative run under a fake “Tea Party” in “dismantling and demolishing” the teapartycontract.com, is nothing blogger Michelle Malkin. Michigan, ostensibly to take away movement and to portray them as more than a series of misrepresenta- For example, there’s the quite votes from Republican candidates “racists, morons, and homophobes.” tions of popular ideas like repealing obvious effort by http://theteapar- and to confuse voters. It turns out A similar effort was waged by an ObamaCare and the financial take- tyisover.org whose express mission that the petition drive necessary to anarchist group to “[o]rganize coun- over, eliminating whole departments is to portray tea parties as extrem- create the party on the ballot was ter-protests against the tea party and agencies in the federal govern- ists intent on inciting violence. operated by Progressive Campaigns, demonstrations, same time, same ment, keeping taxes low, etc. but According to the group’s mission Inc. out of California, which has place.” Continued on page4 The Conservative Weekly Voice Of Las Vegas FLOYD BROWN PAGE 5 Penny Wisdom FRED WEINBERG PAGE 6 Inside: DOUG FRENCH PAGE 7 The modern definition of 'rac- AL THOMAS PAGE 10 ist' is someone who is winning Reid Either An an argument with a liberal. WYATT COX PAGE 11 —Peter Brimelow MARK WALLACE PAGE 12 Idiot Or Waterboy PATRICK R. GIBBONS PAGE 14 See Editorial Page 6 PET OF THE WEEK PAGE 15 THE PENNY PRESS,AUGUST 5, 2010 PAGE 4 What's Racist About Tea? Continued from page 3 Other sabotage and intimidation efforts include the violent assault of Shirts” and compared them to domestic terrorists, “Some of the rhetoric that activist Kenneth Gladney by SEIU thugs out of a St. Louis town hall meet- we’re hearing is… eerily reminiscent of the kind of things that drove Tim ing, where activists spoke out against ObamaCare. Also, at least one pro- McVeigh to bomb the federal building in Oklahoma.” Reid union member attempted to misdirect tea partiers from a large rally See a pattern here? It has all of the appearances of a coordinated smear that was being held in Searchlight, NV. campaign against tea parties and other citizen activists, which even the lead- All of this, however, is overshadowed by what Democrat congressional ership of Congress has participated in. But where is the major media cover- leadership has said publicly about the tea parties from almost the very begin- age of this? It’s so obviously a political theater that to report the NAACP’s ning. House Majority Whip James Clyburn’s has claimed that tea parties are smear without taking into account the above facts is dishonest. It becomes a “kind of terrorism.” Others have alleged that activists shouted racial epi- complicity in the myth’s perpetuation. thets at members of Congress on March 20th at a protest against the health The fact is, if there were this many pieces showing Republican Party care bill, as reported by the American Thinker. Others have attested that acts efforts to sabotage, infiltrate, and discredit an entire political movement and of vandalism were linked to the tea parties. falsely portray it as extremist, you can bet it would be portrayed as a grand Majority Whip Clyburn’s attack followed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi conspiracy. and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer wrote an oped in USA Today calling It’s time to start putting these pieces together. Hundreds of thousands opponents “un-American”. Congressman Steve Kagen called opponents well-meaning, activist Americans are being besmirched and smeared as “uncivilized,” and Congressman Baron Hill called them “political terror- part of a contrived political strategy by Democrats to keep Congress. These ists.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid proudly called them “evil mon- citizens want nothing more than less government control over the lives of gers.” individual Americans, and for that, they are pariahs and must be destroyed. Congressman Brian Baird called opponents of ObamaCare “Brown Bill Wilson is the President of Americans of Limited Government. We Get Letters... Editor: Harry Reid says that Sharron Angle resides in some “alternate uni- verse”. How ironic. This is the same Harry Reid who believes there are no illegal immigrants working in Nevada. The same Harry Reid who won’t enforce Federal immigration laws against illegals. The same Harry Reid who gave a standing ovation to President Calderon of Mexico after President Calderon publicly chastised the United States over the Arizona’s immigration law – a law less stringent than Mexico’s. The same Harry Reid whose recent gargantuan financial reform bill leaves untouched the principal perps in our economic meltdown – Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac – whose lending policies caused Nevada’s record setting foreclosure rate. The same Harry Reid who believes carrying water for President Obama and Nancy Pelosi on health care is more important than listening to his Nevada constituents. Should I go on? The alternate universe, Harry, is Congress. And you have dwelt there far, far too long. Robert R. Kessler Las Vegas, NV Letters can be addressed to [email protected] or to 335 W. 4th Street, Winnemucca, NV 89445 www.pennypressnv.com THE PENNY PRESS,AUGUST 5, 2010 PAGE 5 Commentary: Floyd Brown the increase in deaths is directly the In Afghanistan, our leaders are com- tacted the White House about the Obama result of Obama’s personal misman- plicit in the death of each soldier, leaks before they were released and agement of the war. The blood of our Marine or Navy corpsman who falls asked them to review them. Mismanagement servicemen is on his hands. because politically correct rules of The White House’s response? Why? Upon taking management engagement shield our enemies.” Nada. Of Afghan of defense policy, the Obama admin- Obama dithered in adopting a They were too busy golfing, istration intervened to change the new policy in Afghanistan deep into partying with Paul McCartney and War Leads To rules of engagement. Ralph Peters 2009. This led to criticism from spending the summer vacationing. explained it this way in the New even a left-wing dove like Sen. John In subsequent e-mail conver- Needless Deaths York Post: “Unless our troops in Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts. sations, Assange’s people clarified combat are absolutely certain that Of Obama’s indecision, Kerry that they sought an administration With the deaths of three addition- no civilians are present, they’re said in a Senate Foreign Relations response through The New York al U.S. troops on July 29, this month denied artillery or air support. If Committee hearing, “At the very Times, and even The New York is officially the bloodiest of the nine- any civilians appear where we meet moment when our troops and our Times was ignored. year conflict in Afghanistan. The the Taliban, our troops are to ‘break allies’ troops are sacrificing more This is the part of the puzzle death toll for July is up to 63 and it contact’ -- to retreat.” and more, our path and our progress which could explain why Obama captures the record as the deadliest Peters concludes, “When our seem to be growing less and less and his supporters have been trying month for Americans so far.