have mad the largest tea party in the state the largest taxpaying tea party in the nation on april fifteenth. i vote we've now twenty nine p. parties organize dozens of tea parties mr chairman our grassroots efforts are engaged they're energized and they're ready to fight for their freedom and if you try to raise our taxes. on our liberties we're either going to beat you or make your life. thank the members flatly deny the charge that they are astroturf the name given to fight grassroots organizations that are essentially corporate fronts it's nonsense that there is no such thing among our our people as astroturf i'm here with four hundred fifty other people from north carolina and we're all individuals. to find out more about the recent tory sleep publicity shy brothers and their company industries i turn to a man who's been investigating them for a number of years. from the environmental group greenpeace koch industries is the company nobody's ever heard of it's the second or first largest private company in this country we don't know how much money they make they're primarily a refining c

tea party and tea party about. far from being patriots, those original tea partiers were mostly smugglers. some of them among the wealthiest man in america, christians. among them, john hancock. yes, the john hancock is both signature and the declaration of independence left his name synonymous with the word signature. before he put his john hancock on the declaration of independence, he was arguably -- arguably the wealthiest merchant anchoring america living in an opulent mansion on top of boston's beacon hill with a commanding view of the masters of landscaping seascape. far from espousing his fellow merchants in new england governed their businesses and communities with economic worthlessness that often left competitors homelessness. by today's tea party movement, the colonial tea party had almost nothing to do with tea. tea was nothing more than a social beverage for wealthy men in. it ranked out of the riches they consume most. the tea party movement to start the american revolution actually began 20 years ea

sweep and a tea party title away in the biggest wipe out private party since nineteen forty eight the new one hundred twelfth congress will feature forty tea party members a lot of libertarian leaning individuals within that tea party movement especially when it comes to taxes and over regulations band up to this agenda that is taking us in the wrong direction it's a message of. limits to constitutional government for it to be excessive government regulation in the future out of control that washington has become. there's a new day now the republicans took control of the house in november two thousand and ten very anti government agenda in fact one of their agenda items as to you know take out four government agencies like the part of education part of energy to . when you have politicians elected who want to shut down the government it sets a pretty interesting tone for the debate for me this newfound zeal for the koch's radical free market ideology is the real revolution of the tape party movement has nothing to do with people in yeovil cost friends who buy them flags will hold in p

tea party and tea party movement were about. far from being patriots, those original tea partiers were mostly smugglers. some of them, among the wealthiest man in america, merchants. oman them, john hancock, yes, they john hancock whose bold signature was on the declaration of independence and left his name synonymous with the word signature. long before he put his john hancock on the declaration of independence, he was arguably among, arguably the wealthiest merchant banker in america living in an opulent mansion on top of boston's beacon hill with a commanding view of the massachusetts landscape and seascape. far from espousing individual liberty, hancock and his fellow merchants in new england governed their businesses and communities with economic ruthlessness that often left their competitors homeless and penniless. like today's tea party movement, the colonial tea party had almost nothing to do with tea. t. was nothing more than a social beverage for wealthy women. men seldom drank it and it ranked below ale and from among

what is the theme to the tea party what is the tea party about is it about just opposing this opposing that opposing this or is there if agree to be and that idea i submit to the idea i want to show you one today is the idea of the rights of man the basic issue at stake is the destruction of the rights of those who produce in the united states and the tea parties of course are the battleground. we are today as an army we are the thin line between freedom and the status of popeil they want to create freedom is a wonderful thing to fight for it's time for us to join the army and that's something we all look at it. in nashville i met up with a collection of libertarian groups crossing the country pitching guerilla tactics for free market ideals over two hundred years ago guys a group of people just like you did something extraordinary ordinary people doing extraordinary things they were activists just like you i truly believe that they were activists then we are activists now make no distinction about it so what we do we become digital activists we had it by the media we learned the media

movement but they do work collaboratively with tea party groups so tea parties are not funded by any particular republican group or. any particular you know brotherhood as such we are self funding and if tea party groups choose to work with those groups who can provide additional resources to help get our message out i don't see a problem with that bill we welcome funding if there's any out there for why would women work for a group. and not just the tea party but the more conservative agenda in general but you can look at the legislative record here trying to redefine rape as you know you have to prove that it was forcible. fighting equal pay for equal work. the do it you know defunding the women and infant wic program when temporary assistance for women infants and children in crisis i mean literally defunding that so that they can give tax breaks to people like the koch brothers and dick armey i don't understand why any woman would support that well i don't think that they're defunding those programs to give tax breaks to those i think what they're talking about is the principle o

i was proud to be a tea party air then. i'm proud to be a tea party year now. -- to be a now. the truth of what we have been talking about for the last two years is true now. we do not want a fundamental change in the health of this country and what has made a great. the reason we stand together is to make certain the core values of this country remain intact. we see that there is a coordinated effort both by democrats and republicans to fundamentally destroy the core values of this country on which its financial health has rested and has prospered. we send this message to john boehner and every rino on capitol hill -- we did not give you the gavel of the house of representatives to play nice with the liberal democrats. we did not give you that gavel and the great bully pulpit you have and the big stick that you have so that you would not use it. what is the point in having the stick we gave you if you are not going to use it? to protect the interest of the american people? we send this message to those who have in fact spoken about changing the very nature and the very reason

you're the chairman of the tea party patriots. >> tea party express. [audience reacts] >> stephen: okay. what is the difference? is the tea party express, is that like holiday inn express? do you come with a continental breakfast is what i'm asking? >> we're the buses that go across the country. >> stephen: oh, you're the bus people. >> we're the bus people. >> stephen: fantastic. you were a delta flight attendant. >> i was a della flight attendant. i love to travel. >> stephen: if i worked for delta, i would prefer a bus as well. >> it's a bus in the sky. that's all it is. >> stephen: people accuse the tea party of being a branch of the republican party. true or false? >> that's false. the republican party... >> stephen: what happened because i was always against obama. what happened 27 days into obama's presidency that made all you democrats turn against him? >> well, first of all, first of all the republican party is more afraid of us than the democrat ing party, but this movement is a direct result of people being fed up and angry with both politic

i'm a tea party guy. told the republican establishment -- >> host: what's the biggest myth about the tea party. you keep saying you're a tea party guy. >> guest: obviously, the biggest myth is that it's racist. >> host: and it's not. >> guest: no. i believe -- i believe if black people who feel inside of the inner city or wherever they live -- if they were just simply to walk to a tea party and just sit amongst people, an actor. you know how to act. go out there and shake people's hands. if you're skeptical of them, go out there and ask questions of them. >> host: but the left -- >> guest: they don't want to. >> host: that would be their worst nightmare. >> guest: that's right. >> host: they want to tell them who they are. >> guest: yes. >> host: they don't want -- >> guest: what i want more than anything, this is my legacy. i dedicated that book to clarence thomas. i met jenny thomas. she came up to me -- i've told this story more times -- i told it to everybody, and i was at an event in washington and i

tea party. if you do not bode to raise it debt ceiling, you score 100 and you are here. everything else, the writers come but the appeals, it is just smoke and mirrors. this is your account. we will be judging the house republicans and their democratic colleagues on one issue only -- did you vote for more debt? that is it. red ink requires pay slips. federal lace up -- pink slips. boehner aims to maintain full federal employment while the private sector bears the brunt of the washington economic collapse. i wish our tier full house speaker would just show some compassion for american taxpayers and our children, put me in his -- but he and mr. ryan had already surrendered to president obama. it is a cowardly act of treason against coming generation, it we may give him something really to cry about in 2012. hunting season opens. i have my musket but there is a flower in it. we did not do $7 million damage in wisconsin, by the way. we say, stock these pro-debt rino's with phone calls. they will vot

i'm a tea party guy. >> host: what's the biggest myth of the tea party? >> guest: b obviously the biggest myth is that it's racest. >> host: it's not. >> guest: no. i believe that if black people who feel inside of the inner city or wherever they live, if they were just simply to walk to a tea party and just sit amongst people, be an actor, shake people's hands. if you are skeptical about them, ask questions of them. >> host: the left says no. >> guest: they don't want to. >> host: that's their worse nightmare. >> guest: right. >> host: they want to tell them who they are. >> guest: that's what i want more than anything. this is my legaciment i dedicated that book to clarence thomas. i meant jenni thomas. she came up to me. i told this story more times -- i told it to everybody, and i was at an event in washington, and i didn't know who this lady who was tapped me on the shoulder, and she just told me who she was, and it freaked -- i couldn't deal with the -- it was -- it's huge. you have no idea what that man, you know, meant to me, you know, the stoicis

i became a tea party member and i went to my first tea party with orson bean who is my father-in-law. that is the greatest luck get of my life that i did this beautiful woman and her father is orson bean, the great raconteur. he went from the left where he was blacklisted back in the 1950's to the right. he helped me very much during my transformation at the first tea party we went to, as i was walking proof the santa ana said it center, looking at police officers who were there to keep the peace at the moment that janet napolitano said that this group of people may be potentially violent, the police officers were giving me a thumbs up. as i was walking through the crowd, i heard the bay city rollers. afterwards backstays, i met ian mitchell, a newly minted american citizen. he is the most patriotic guy and a world and he does not want the country to turn into the country that he left. does not want this country to move toward european socialism. host: we will start with a call from last vegas, a democrat, you are on with andrew breitbart. caller: good morning. i am astounded at the m

we can't tea party loot made at meetings together of course the tea party movement was started during the last campaign when there was a special day where they raced six million dollars spontaneously the city. was to be was the beginning of it but no i don't feel threatened. i'll use it to threaten but what's really interesting about this is ron paul went and back this up because he didn't go to the fox news reception after he didn't go sit and be skewered by haddadi like last time you know but looking going on he went to his own event that he was it was a for you know there was a tea party you had organized ron paul jordan page was there playing veterans for ron paul were there he went to his own thing he backed out it's interesting on fox cause of the founding father which he is right after the movement got hijacked by haley back and you're right it looks right here but let's really look take a point of what he showed bachmann is the show bachmann really she really is a social conservative wrapped up in some tea party language she michele bachmann is not a true tea party constitutio

is a member of the red river's tea party, shreveport and bossier tea party, and tea party patriots teaparty patriots. a fellow at freedom works and former president of the naacp in garland, texas. he's a documentary producer, and you can find out about that as runaway slave movie.com. he's a baptist minister and founder of one nation back to god.com. that is reverend cl bryant. and, finally, we have bob vander plaats who is the vice chair of the tea party national convention. he was the tea party's 2010 candidate for governor in the state of iowa. and bob is the ceo and president of an iowa-based organization called the family. before i turn it over to william temple, i'm going to read a statement that we were given by michele bachmann in lieu of her absence. the tea party is everyday americans, and everyday americans want congress to stop frittering around the edges of our government spending crisis with small cuts. they don't want the debt ceiling raised and they are demanding that washington to live within its means. i'm not able to be with you today, at today's tea party press even

he is a member of the red river tea party and tea party patriots. a fellow at freedom works and a former president of the naacp in texas. he is a documentary producer and to confine doubt about that at his website. he is a baptist minister and founder of one nation back to guide -- onenationbacktogod.com. he was the tea parties 2010 candidate for governor in the state of iowa. bob is a ceo and president of and i web based organization called the family leader. before i turn it over to william temple, i want to read a statement that we ever given by michele bachmann in lieu of her absence. >> the tea party is every day americans and every day americans want congress to stop offering around the edges of our government spending crisis. they do not want the debt ceiling raised and they are demanding that washington live within its means. i'm not able to be with you today, but if i were, i would tell you that i hear you and i agree. it is time to reject the debt ceiling scare tactics and address the truly frightening reality that our debt is at $14 trill

so much talk about the tea party and the tea party's influence in washington.ere known as a tea party senator and candidate, embraced by the tea party, but you have your independence from the tea party caucus. what has the tea party or the tea party sentiment, what kind of impact has it had on the debates we're having in washington? >> first let's remind ourselves was it was. it was everyday americans tired of the country, often tired of the direction both parties were taking our country, and they wanted people to come up here and change direction. and i think for the first time in quite a while, you're seeing a debate in washington about how much to cut. in the past, it was about how much to reduce the increases. now there's a real debate about how much to cut and i think that's an important influence and important impact. on the other hand, we need to remind ourselves that our problems are big and they're moving very fast. they're moving faster than perhaps any problems our country's ever faced have moved. i think the real risk is are our problems moving fast

wow, i can't believe barney frank was called that by these tea party people. they wanted to have bad behavior from the tea party. they've never gotten it. but this time they got it and one time somebody called barney frank the "f" word and then we heard that black congressmen were called the "n" word and next thing you know, the media picks up on it and after two years of trying to find a racist incident or a bad incident -- >> host: they created one. >> guest: they created one. >> host: and i don't want to interrupt, andrew breitbart, to show his character and sincerity about this, offered members of the black caucus $100,000 if they could prove in any instance where they would call the "n" word. >> guest: once not 15 times. >> host: and what happened? they ignored your plea. $100,00 $100,000. >> guest: jesse jackson was trying to walk in the crowd trying to get a moment to say something. they could have walked -- the most unpopular members of the caucus walked through that crowd hoping to inspire a tea party -- >> host: to incite. >> guest: how can i prove t

he was set upon by by tea party storm troopers.head's behalf is a man who is his opposite in every way. he is tall and learned is and has a pleasant personality. in the world of public policy, he has turned out to be one of our very best leaders. the president of americans for pros parity with the ability to rally more than 1.7 million supporters in 50 states. as the pleasure to introduce to you, meathead's greatest nightmare, the charismatic tim phillips. [applause] ♪ >> sadly rob reiner could not be with us this the evening. this is still a secret, mind you . but rob and michael moore over at the offices of the environmental protection agency right now as we speak, it turns out that the e.p.a. is about to classify rob and michael's stomach as federally protected wetlands. so we're very honored by that. [applause] i hope my mom's not watching. that is really wrong. [laughter] now, in all candor, rob is back at the hotel this evening. he is afraid to turn off his tv. if he does, msnbc's audience will drop by 25%. that is just wrong

the winner of the tea party from hello ward, pbs' take us smiley. >> the tea party has been recently against elected officials as they call people nigger and walking into capitol hill. >> think it over and let it percolate. the winner to the ode to olbermann award, keith olbermann. >> frankly, rush, you have that blood on your hands now and you have had it for 15 years. >> finally, the winner of the damn those conservatives awards, ed shultz. >> the republicans lie. they want to see you dead. they'd rather make money off your dead corpse. >> ok. all right. are we ready? are we ready? [cheers and applause] >> can i hear you? all right. here we go. number one, evan thomas. [cheers and applause] >> number two, take us smiley. -- number two, tavis smiley. [cheers and applause] >> number three, keith olbermann. [cheers and applause] >> number four, ed shultz. [cheers and applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [indiscernible speaking] >> all right, you guys ready? >> yeah. >> you think it was close? not so close. the personal announcement we want to make as we tabulated the results, it

i don't see the evidence that the tea party is coalescing around one candidate.like the enthusiasm. they're not so fond of the candidates. >> she was born in iowa, even though she represents minnesota. >> why do we think sarah palin is not getting in? i think she is. if i were sarah palin, i would get in. i would put it off as long as possible and i would get in. chris: dan, tell me something i don't know. >> a new campaign. not the official campaign, a new movement is beginning to raise questions about systematic pesticides, pesticides that are put in the system of plants. the canary in the cool mine here. bees are dying off and there's continued and growing concern that because the bees pollen ate the plants, the systemic pesticide stays in three to five years. there will be new questions raised about that. chris: does it hurt us? >> the e.p.a. says no. >> mine is a prediction. i predict that there will be a candidate from the right side of the republican party, it maybe sarah palin or somebody else, but they will establish a new litmus test, which is that they

if she didn't get it she will run as a tea party candidate. chris: that will kim the odds. >> in the end i think sarah palin wants to be the king maker. chris: when we come back it is memorial day. after getting bin laden is there a richer connection between the president and the troops who do the fighting? has the anti-war candidate of 2008 become the leader of the military in 2011 and scoops and predictions. be right back. chris: welcome back. it is memorial day weekend and a few weeks ago the command are and chief and troops had one of the greatest victories in the high risk killing of osama bin laden. it was a high point in the obama presidency and in his relations we think with the military. he went down to fort campbell, kentucky, right afterwards. >> no problem is too hard and no challenge too great. that is why i'm so confident with your brave service america's greatest days are still to come. god bless you. god bless the 101st and the united states of america. chris: you were over there at the pentagon reporting and i pt want to have

that black men and women are creating the tea party, making a place that unlike the republican party which is a toxic environment for blacks and that has been the media's job for years. this is a place for blacks and women's and hispanics to go to recreate this country in its original constitutional vision. and that is the threat. that is why they had a fight. that's why they had to lie. nancy pelosi -- >> host: but these are vicious lies. >> guest: what happened is this, and all i have to do is point to the architecture of capitol hill. there are tunnels between the cannon house building and the capitol, and that is how nancy pelosi truffles. that's how she gets to her capital to vote but on this day when 40,000 to party members got out there to say kill the bill -- >> host: what bill? >> guest: obamacare. before obamacare there was a rally, and nancy pelosi orchestrated, i guarantee you, this is my positiveness but it's pretty much undeniable when you see what happened. we started to get the word out that barney frank was called a bad word to describe a homosexual on twitter. peopl

second, the winner of the tea party from hell award, pbs' tavis smiley. >> the tea party, for exampleing threats against elected officials for calling people niggers as they walk into capitol hill for spitting on people. >> think it over. think it over. let it percolate. the winner of the ode to olbermann award. keith olbermann. >> you have had that blood on your hands for 15 years. >> finally, ed schultz. >> the republicans lie. they want to see you dead. they'd rather make money off your dead corpse. >> ok. are we ready? are we ready? can i hear you? [cheers and applause] all right. here we go. number one, evan thomas. [applause] number two, tavis smiley. [applause] number three, keith olbermann. [applause] number four, ed schultz. >> do you think it was close? not so close. you know, the first thing we want to say is as we tabulated the results it was very clear that tavis smiley was not first and obviously you're all racist. so it's bad to have to participate in this. but it was unanimous back here after a little bit of debate and the winner of the quote of the year for media rese

iowa -- . >> popular in iowa, but i expect a possible surge by the tea party folks of whom bachman islear favorite. if she doesn't have any competition there, her opposition could be divided enough that she could win the iowa caulk us. >>> the answer is issue three, district 26, new york. >> we had the issues on our side -- we did not have the right -- >> right -- hochul kathy hochul rand calls it premium support. after the election ryan accused the democrats of demagoguery. >> if you can scare seniors into thinking their current benefits are being affected, that will have an effect. >> on wednesday, the u.s. senate, the senate, voted down the ryan plan 40-57, five republican sided with the democrats. scott brown, massachusetts, susan collins, maine, lisa merkow ski, alaska, olympia snow main, and senator rand paul, kentucky. tim carney, what else happened in that race? i'm thinking about it, remember the name of jack davis. >> he was a democrat who was running a pretend tea party candidacy. >> what happened? >> he brought in 9%. >> did they do that with a purpose in mind? >> yes, i t

this goes against what most of the tea party and the activists have begun to view the ryan plan as a text that is sacred almost. so there's this split that's been developing and nute jumped right into the middle of it and he walked it back but the funny thing about nuth was that he said twice before, even in the last week, that he actually supported the ryan plan. which -- so, this -- gwen: he was trying to have it both ways. why did he run into such a buzz saw if indeed there are so many republicans secretly believe that he's not far offbase? >> right. because among the most activeist republicans in the presidential primary process and particularly among the tea party group that has sent so many to congress to shrink the size of government in the last year, this is an untouchable idea. it's something that has to be pushed through and the more distance you put between that when you're a presidential candidate, the more dange tier poses. gwen: let me ask jean a question first. i'm also curious, it wasn't just gingrich who was making news this week, who was changing the fabric of this

political 9.12 and tea party groups. you have played a historic role and you will continue to be a powerful, powerful force for freedom. but this is a new era. since no one else will, i will call for the beginning of the third great awakening. the first precedeed the revolution and set americans free. but not all. then came the second great awakening. which set the slaves free. the third shall do the same. to a new and growing global pharaoh state. i'm just a regular person just like you. i am a dad. and a citizen. but i echo the words of william travis at the alamo. "come to the aid of liberty with all dispatch. come to her aid and let your weapons this time be the truth. compassion, honor, courage, and a firm reliance on devine providence. " i started to say before obama was even a nominee, that the unthinkable white star liner that has always been america has hit an iceberg. and as with all icebergs the real danger was still just below the surface. as was the damage to our beloved vessel. our country. our last few cap

without getting co-opted by by the two major political parties because one of the comments about the tea party is that they've been co-opted by the republican party or co-opted by big money like the koch brothers billionaires so how do you actually make a viable third party in this system that we have any less. well you have to have a strong leader someone like ron paul in grow up people. you know people who are wealthy but it's. i think that's all we're going to hear from shelly right now but i want to thank you so much for being on our show and talking about ron paul's latest announcement now meanwhile as you heard ron paul was a major military noninterventionist so we go from him to our group arguably the globe's largest interventionist nato the secretary general of the western military alliance needs but the u.s. president today barack obama in washington and he's been on a bit of a speaking tour in the u.s. as well this week now the north atlantic treaty organization has continued plowing forward with missions military missions in the decades after the cold war while continuing to try and

like today's tea party movement , the colonial tea party had almost nothing to do with t. there was nothing more than a social beverage for wealthy women. men seldom drink and it ranked below what americans consumed most. the tea party movement that sparked the american revolution actually began 20 years earlier in the 17 50's and 60's when a new wrinkle in the business leaders, like today's tea party supported a costly government war but refused to pay higher taxes to cover the cost of the war. the war started in the early 17th 50's when overpopulation in the east especially the northeast sent british settlers poring over the appalachian mountains into what was then a french territory. france at the time claimed all of canada, the land around the great lakes, the land around on either side of the ohio and mississippi river valley down to the gulf of mexico. 1753, the governor of virginia sent a young major named george

he could vy fo the tea party vote. the tea party vote has not been secured debt.not know if any one candidate will end up with it. host: let's talk about the other side of the aisle. here is the associated press this morning, saying that barack obama tapped into a record nearly 50 million voters for the first time. what do you make of that? guest: that has been the question of his campaign and the political arm of his presidency. he brought so many people in who were not actively engaged in politics. it was kind of situation where people thought is that this permanently going to change the landscape? expanded the democratic field? to perpetuate that, the democratic national committee spun off his campaign and created this organizing group with the idea of keeping everybody engaged and involved in getting them to lobby on the grass-roots level. they try to get people together at their houses in a non- election year to sit around and talk about what they like and what they do not like. it will be a test whether people will stay engaged in that. now they are turning