Keli Carender is a Seattle area blogger considered by many to be the very first Tea Party activist. She tells Steve Paulson what the first protests were like.
PermalinkSubmitted by Jean Tarrou (not verified) on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 11:01am
Wow, everything she said makes so much sense. Remember the founding of the country and the whole weak federal government + strong states = success? I had forgotten all about that until this interview reminded me. We really don't have to have a federal administrator to spoon feed us and change our diapers?
PermalinkSubmitted by Jerry Smetzer (not verified) on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 3:12pm
Keli Carrender didn't seem to have any well thought out ideas - beyond bumper-sticker slogans - about what she would do if she had the power to change government. She also said she was on the payroll of some national right-wing group. If you all at NPR now feel the need to give your valuable air time to the wealthy, right wing fringe of our political system, at least give us the ability to hear directly from those who are actually financing and driving the push to destroy liberal ideas of democracy... including all ideas of a free press.
PermalinkSubmitted by Ebenezer Le Page (not verified) on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:16pm
Keli Carrender exemplifies the "I'm ignorant and proud of it" aspect of the Tea Party despite her insistence that she is educated in her brief bio-blurb elsewhere on the TTBOOK site including her claim that she "attended the University of Oxford." She's proof that it is very possible to "have attended" without learning anything....
PermalinkSubmitted by Gregory Christiano (not verified) on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 7:39am
This is the first time I've listened to your program on NPR. Sat. Jan. 7, 2012. Excellect interview and topic. Keli has a different and fresh outlook on economic issues.She's articulate and well-informed. I like the three guiding priciples that her group is focusing on. It's so true that many conservative people think their civic duty is only at election time, instead of year round. She's given the wake-up call for everyone to get involved throughout the year. Enjoyed this discussion very much.
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Wow, everything she said makes so much sense. Remember the founding of the country and the whole weak federal government + strong states = success? I had forgotten all about that until this interview reminded me. We really don't have to have a federal administrator to spoon feed us and change our diapers?
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Keli Carrender didn't seem to have any well thought out ideas - beyond bumper-sticker slogans - about what she would do if she had the power to change government. She also said she was on the payroll of some national right-wing group. If you all at NPR now feel the need to give your valuable air time to the wealthy, right wing fringe of our political system, at least give us the ability to hear directly from those who are actually financing and driving the push to destroy liberal ideas of democracy... including all ideas of a free press.
Keli Carrender
Keli Carrender exemplifies the "I'm ignorant and proud of it" aspect of the Tea Party despite her insistence that she is educated in her brief bio-blurb elsewhere on the TTBOOK site including her claim that she "attended the University of Oxford." She's proof that it is very possible to "have attended" without learning anything....
Keli Carender
Wow, she is surprisingly uninformed. How many times did she say, "What do they do?" Maybe should find out before she says they should be eliminated.
Keli Carender and the Tea Party
This is the first time I've listened to your program on NPR. Sat. Jan. 7, 2012. Excellect interview and topic. Keli has a different and fresh outlook on economic issues.She's articulate and well-informed. I like the three guiding priciples that her group is focusing on. It's so true that many conservative people think their civic duty is only at election time, instead of year round. She's given the wake-up call for everyone to get involved throughout the year. Enjoyed this discussion very much.
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