"Coffee Party"

The New York Times and Washington Post are promoting a group called the "Coffee Party" organized by filmmaker Annabel Park.The Coffee Party is a political chimera (bogus creature) that casts itself as something it is not. As incorrectly reported in the NY Times Park presents herself as not hostile to the Tea Party movement, and in fact, hopes to bring some Tea Partiers into her group: Park is a liar and should be recognized as such.......

“We’re not the opposite of the Tea Party,” (BALONEY) Ms. Park, 41, said. “We’re a different model of civic participation, but in the end we may want some of the same things.” (MORE BALONEY) ....

Ms. Park and chapter organizers said they would invite Tea Party members to join their Coffee counterparts.

In fact, a simple internet search reveals that Park organized the Coffee Party for the specific purpose of undermining the Tea Party movement.

Park is a former Strategy Analyst at the NY Times who was one of organizers and operators of the United for Obama video channel at YouTube: A Korean-American filmmaker is in charge of creating video clips that are playing a role in increasing support for Barack Obama, the frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

"I found that people have little understanding of the change that Barack Obama is advocating. I thought from my experience in using videos for civil movements that videos would be the best way to promote the need for change and for Obama. That's why I decided to work for the Obama campaign," Annabel Park said.

Joining the contest in December last year as chief of a promotional video team, Park has produced some 20 five-minute video clips which have generated a positive response. A clip interviewing actress Kelly Hu in support of the senator was viewed some 10,000 times, and a music video called "Oh Bama" [embed below, Park appears at 1:35]] drew wide attention. She has also produced Spanish-language videos to draw support from Hispanics.

The 40-year-old Park is leading an Obama promotional section on video-sharing site YouTube (www.youtube.com/unitedforobama) with around 10 other volunteers.

Tony Passaro

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