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Coffee, Tea or…

By Karen Tumulty | March 2, 2010 | +

Okay, I’m switching to decaf. Our colleague Sophia Yan files this dispatch about a new online phenom:

Is the Tea Party losing its buzz for you? Slurp up a jolt from the month-old Coffee Party. With its slogan, “Wake Up and Stand Up,” it has hooked over 49,000 fans on Facebook. Its founder is filmmaker Annabel Park, 41, of Silver Spring, MD. A “100% grassroots” movement, the Coffee Party stands against lobbyists, pundits and “hyper-partisan strategists calling the shots.” Coffee Partiers say their movement “gives voice to Americans who want to see cooperation in government,” according to their mission statement. They want to “forge a culture of civic engagement that is solution-oriented, not blame-oriented.”

Healthcare is the most important issue for Coffee Partiers, followed by job creation and climate change, according to a informal online poll on their website Their site also is filled to the brim with YouTube videos, blogs, an events calendar and more. And since its inception, the Coffee Party has generated local chapters in about 30 states, reports the Washington Post.

On Facebook, the Coffee Party posted a message to Congress, expressing sentiments similar to the Tea Party: “You work for us, not for corporations. We hired you and we get to fire you. We pay you and give you health insurance. Now get to work serving the interests of the American people, or get out.”

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  • Ivy_B

    Let me know when the scotch party begins.

  • deconstructiva

    KT, is either Starbucks or Caribou astroturfing this new group? Will Stolichnaya secretly fund a new tacitly pro-Russian Shot Party? Or Jose Cuervo strengthen cross-border ties with our neighbors with the Tequila Party?

  • http://firstfarmandweatherreport.blogspot.com/ maxwelldog

    DANG!
    I Like the sound of it…
    (but then, we would, wouldn’t we?)

    Wonder how much is hype versus real people?
    Well, I guess the only way to find out is go look, eh?
    Thanx for the tip.
    (I pour one heck of a bold, full bodied fresh ground coffee, myself, and am always willing to share it with others.

  • hellslittlestangel

    I hereby inaugurate the crystal meth party. Please read the 600 page manifesto I wrote this afternoon.

  • deconstructiva

    …will Wasilla host the first one?

  • afguy

    Nah, that would be the “Pot Party”.
    .
    I hear Wasilla is home to some “righteous” weed…

  • deconstructiva

    Imagine chicken pot pies made with real pot, ahem, I mean oregano.

  • FlownOver

    I dibs the Caffeine-free Diet Pepsi™ Party!

  • nflfoghorn

    Bentonville, Arkansas.

  • kbanginmotown

    Bourbon Party…of 12 Swamplanders?

  • afguy

    20 years in the AF and I never learned to drink coffee.
    .
    I do, however, savor a “full-bodied” Mountain Dew for my caffeine.

  • lcky9

    Ahh the best form of flattery.. although one would think if the COFFEE party goers got jobs they just might get healthcare.. LOL..

  • deconstructiva

    Coffee, Tea, or KT?
    .
    Does anyone here have a copy of late ’60′s Coffee, Tea, or Me? I hope airline passengers are more behaved today than back then, but I doubt it …especially when passengers are trying to blow up planes by setting their big-girl panties on fire.

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