Coffee Party Aims to Give Washington a Jolt

A new player seems to have entered the political landscape. Frustrated and fed-up by partisan gridlock on, literally, every important issue in Washington, Annabel Park, a documentary filmmaker, launched a Facebook page titled “Join the Coffee Party Movement”. The page quickly took off (currently over 60,000 fans) and the NY Times took notice reporting that “[g]rowing through a Facebook page, the party pledges to ‘support leaders who work toward positive solutions, and hold accountable those who obstruct them.’ ”

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The slogan is “Wake Up and Stand Up.” The mission statement declares that the federal government is “not the enemy of the people, but the expression of our collective will, and that we must participate in the democratic process in order to address the challenges we face as Americans.”

Park was also interviewed on CNN about the goals of the fledgling group where she stated:

First of all, I love coffee. Although at times I definitely like tea as well. But there is actually a historical reference as well. During the American Revolution, after they dumped tea into the harbor, they actually declared coffee the national drink. That was the solution to the problem. So I associate coffee not only with solutions, but also with people working, working hard. Because we need to wake up and work hard to get our government to represent us.

OK, sounds intriguing enough that I have become a fan. (Although I think the assertions that they may be able to work towards better government with the Tea Party groups are naive.) The group is attempting to arrange rallies around the country on March 13. Check out their Facebook page and their website if you are interested.

Posted by marindenver on 03/03/10 at 02:49 PM • Permalink

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To the extent that the Tea Partyers aim to get progressive government and Yerapean socialism out of our society, I don’t see why the Coffee Partyers would see a common bond.

But, they could just be folks who like coffee. Hey I like coffee, too. And, they could just want to have a big ole Party, and invite all their friends and stay up all night.

That could be fun. At least until Michelle Malkin gets involved.

Comment by AltHippo on 03/03/10 at 03:31 PM

I signed up last week, and it’s becoming pretty clear that there won’t be much collusion between the tea and coffee parties, basically because the tea party is about tearing the system down, while the coffee party is about building it up.

Besides, if you hop on #coffeeparty you’ll discover that the teapartiers are all in a tizzy over the fact that Ms. Park campaigned for Obama. Apperantly the new teabag meme is that if you voted for Obama, you are now an Obama operative.

Comment by jeffinfremont on 03/03/10 at 05:20 PM

This doesn’t really resonate with me, either as a political stand or a marketing theme. (The “Cocktail Party” folks, on the other hand, got both the wordplay and the nihilistic sense of inevitable grassroots-movement “fizzle” just about right.)