Democrats Steal Tea Party Symbol to Promote Obamacare

Democrats Steal Tea Party Symbol to Promote Obamacare

by Joel B. Pollak 21 Mar 2014, 8:23 AM PDT

http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2014/03/21/Democrats-Steal-Tea-Party-Symbol-to-Promote-Obamacare

How desperate are Democrats to sell Obamacare? So desperate that they're adopting the Tea Party's beloved symbol, the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flag, to sell it, as per this tweet by Democrat strategist Christine Pelosi (yes, that Pelosi family). The flag is a national symbol, of course, but Democrats have spent the last several years describing it as some kind of latter-day version of the Confederate battle flag, or worse.

Matt Welch of Reason.com has a nice roundup of past Democrat statements about the Gadsden flag. The irony is compounded by the fact that the Gadsden became popular at Tea Party rallies in 2009-10 partly because Obamacare is so damaging to liberty. At the massive anti-Obamacare rally that assembled on Capitol Hill on the weekend, four years ago, that Obamacare was signed, the Gadsden flag was flying all over the West Lawn.

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Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Note: CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the New America Foundation, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Megan McArdle was a fellow at the New America Foundation, and is married to Peter Suderman.

Peter Suderman is married to Megan McArdle, and a senior editor for Reason.

Matt Welch is the editor in chief for Reason.

Reason is a publication for the Reason Foundation.

David H. Koch is a trustee at the Reason Foundation, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

C. Boyden Gray is a trustee at the Reason Foundation, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).