It seems that silence is not golden but deafening in Senator John McCain country.
“We’re asking for all Tea Party members, those who identify with the foundational principles of the Tea Party Movement, as well as individuals from every political party and ideology who value the First Amendment rights which apply to EVERYONE, to take quick action to bring this atrocity to the attention of our National news media,” writes McHugh. “Our attempts for local media acknowledgement and response has gone ignored repeatedly! No matter which political candidate you support, no matter which political party you most identify with, we all agree that First Amendment rights apply to every individual--EVEN CONSERVATIVES! Please contact, email, call every media organization in your state, even outside the U.S. to send this message quite loudly. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!”
Good thing the Tea Parties are including the international media in their call for help, as it seems that the British media and CFP care more about US media blackouts than does the American mainstream media.
McHugh’s concerns are echoed by Pam Stevenson, AZ Director, Tea Party Patriots: “Last week the media was invited to the Press conference announcing that 16 Arizona TEA Parties were supporting/endorsing J.D. Hayworth for the senate race. Although media representatives showed up from local TV stations, radio stations and newspapers--NONE of them ran the story,” Stevenson wrote in an SOS to patriots.
The media drank the bottled water, fanned themselves in the oppressive heat, returned to their offices and disappeared under a wall of it-didn’t-happen silence.
