About Eric M

Eric uncomfortably admits that until about 20 years ago, he was a political "free rider", always thinking that others would do the heavy lifting to keep America on course. After watching both democrats and republicans steer us FAR in the wrong direction, Eric knew he had to get involved. Now working with Richmond Tea Party to advance conservative principles, Eric serves on the Board of Directors and as a resource for "all things technology".

Republican National Committee: You Don’t Matter

After a few years of seeing the success of the tea party, you'd think that the GOP would see the value of it. Perhaps even begin to drift toward more-conservative policies. Heck, the overwhelming victories in 2010 should be a clear indicator of the power of "tea party" type support. But recent events tell a [...]

By |2012-09-04T23:51:42-04:00September 3rd, 2012|Featured Categories, Politics, Tea Party|4 Comments

Clint Eastwood’s Conversation with Obama

Did you see Clint Eastwood's speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night? What were your thoughts? Clint is definitely a national treasure, and brought a bit of a different feel to the convention, to say the least. Click here to read the full text of his speech if you missed it, via The [...]

By |2012-08-31T20:44:41-04:00August 31st, 2012|Elections, Featured Categories, Video|3 Comments

Speaker Boehner Thinks You’re a “Knuckledragger”

Well isn't this just special? It's candid moments like this when our "leaders" in Washington let slip out what they really think about us, and the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives is no different. When speaking recently to Greta Van Susteren on FoxNews regarding the TARP bailout, Speaker Boehner had this to say: [...]

By |2012-08-19T00:20:15-04:00August 19th, 2012|Featured Categories, Media, Tea Party, Video|0 Comments

Romney Selects Paul Ryan for VP

Republican candidate for President Mitt Romney today announced Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his vice-presidential running mate for the November election. From CNN: Richmond, Virginia (CNN) -- Mitt Romney on Saturday officially announced U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin -- considered a rising Republican star and the party's leader on fiscal and budgetary [...]

By |2012-08-11T13:33:14-04:00August 11th, 2012|Economy, Elections|0 Comments

Chesterfield County Sets Dates for Comprehensive Plan Review

[sws_tp_red_box] [sws_ui_icon ui_theme="ui-smoothness" icon="ui-icon-alert"] [/sws_ui_icon] From the Chesterfield County website, below is a press release detailing the schedule (by district) for informational meetings about the comprehensive plan. If you want to be a part of the decisions that will directly affect you and your family, please consider attending. It's your duty.[/sws_tp_red_box] For Immediate Release Chesterfield [...]

By |2012-08-10T00:07:14-04:00August 10th, 2012|Featured Categories, Government|0 Comments

RTP Receives 501c4 Non-profit Status

As many of you know, the Richmond Tea Party has been through a grueling process lasting nearly THREE YEARS in an attempt to secure designation from the IRS as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. During the review application, the organization was subjected to what we believed were requests for information from the IRS that were entirely [...]

By |2012-07-24T23:38:45-04:00July 24th, 2012|Featured Categories, Tea Party|2 Comments

Obamacare Costs Already Skyrocketing?

From The Blaze, an interesting graphic showing how "affordable" the Affordable Healthcare Act really is. Was there ever any doubt that the costs would head in ANY direction other than up? [sws_picture_frame1 src="http://www.richmondteaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ObamacareCosts.jpg" title="" alt="ObamacareCosts" align="sws_frame_center" lightbox="1" album="" video=""] [/sws_picture_frame1] Be sure to read it all.

By |2012-07-12T01:31:02-04:00July 12th, 2012|Featured Categories, Healthcare|2 Comments

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