When I heard about Annabel Park’s grassroots coffee party movement and her background in the Obama campaign it piqued my curiosity. The two most recent Obamaganda projects; pro-Obama letters to the editor (see Ellie Light) and the even less successful pro-Obamacare push on the conservative talk radio airwaves, were reliant on individual action supported and inspired by the future former president’s propaganda machine. The coffee party movement represents a shift back towards the sort of large scale community organizing that helped Team Obama win in 2008.
The Coffee Party USA website gave the time and locations of the March 13th “National Coffee Party Day” meetings and after some consideration I registered for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin event. Saturday morning I drove to the Alterra Café. As soon as my PGTOB (pre government take-over Buick) entered the parking lot I knew that this was the right place, there wasn’t an SUV, Truck or full size domestic car to be seen. I backed into a parking place in the rear of the lot, careful to conceal my “Impeach Obama” bumper sticker, walked past the numerous Hybrids and sub-compacts and quietly slipped into the café.
Once inside I found my way to the atrium where the coffee partiers were gathered. Although the folks who had gathered there seemed perfectly harmless, I still felt as out of place as a member of the Obama administration in a private sector job. I signed in, introduced myself and made small talk with several of the participants (being careful not to reveal myself as a conservative) until the meeting was called to order.
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