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".

AP: Deciding Which Candidates You Need to Hear

In typical establishment media fashion, the Associated Press has decided that the VA republican senate primary is over, and that you don't need to hear from the candidates. You see, it's really easy (lazy) to simply deem that only the well-known big-money candidates have a message worth hearing. In a message from prior RTP president [...]

By |2011-09-21T00:53:23-04:00September 21st, 2011|Action Alerts, Politics|0 Comments

Attorney General Cuccinelli Comments on the 4th Circuit Ruling

As you all probably know, we heard from the Fourth Circuit last week in Virginia's healthcare lawsuit. The court decided unanimously to throw the case out on standing and not address the merits of our constitutional arguments.

By |2011-09-17T12:47:23-04:00September 16th, 2011|Healthcare|1 Comment

Obama Speech: Same old approach, new spin

Jamie Radtke’s statement regarding President Obama’s “jobs speech” President Obama’s speech proves one fact: He doesn’t understand how to get government out of the way of job creators. So he’s trying the same old approach that he already tried and that already failed and is just putting a new spin on it. He’s chasing the [...]

By |2011-09-10T00:40:31-04:00September 10th, 2011|Economy, Politics|2 Comments

RTP to Welcome President Obama to Richmond

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TOMORROW MORNING… PRESIDENT OBAMA’S COMING TO RICHMOND! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RALLY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND Friday, September 9th 10:00 a.m. Meet at Parking Lot Directly Across Robins Center Campus Drive, Richmond, VA 23173 LET’S MAKE SURE PRESIDENT OBAMA KNOWS [...]

By |2011-09-08T21:05:54-04:00September 8th, 2011|Action Alerts, Tea Party|1 Comment

The Politics of Character Assassination

I knew that the ugliness of politics would eventually hit close to home. But what I did not envision is that it would come at the hands of fellow conservatives. If you follow Virginia politics, you've probably seen some mention in the last two days of a scuffle between US Senate candidate Jamie Radtke (also [...]

By |2011-08-26T00:59:55-04:00August 26th, 2011|Politics|1 Comment

ChinaDaily Editorial: China must punish US for Taiwan arm sales with ‘financial weapon’

Hey, all you radical terrorist Tea Party fiscal budget-balancers! Here's why you're all wrong, and we should immediately borrow $Zillions more from the Chinese and Spend! Spend! Spend! China must punish US for Taiwan arm sales with 'financial weapon' Now is the time for China to use its "financial weapon" to teach the United States [...]

By |2011-08-18T22:45:07-04:00August 18th, 2011|Economy|0 Comments

Richmond Tea Party streaming on the Internet tonight (Update: Recording Added)

John Pride of the elections committee joins Craig "The HatchetMan" Johnson for discussion on the upcoming elections and some of the candidates in the races. Live streaming at 8:00 PM tonight: Click HERE for the streaming page. Call in number to speak with the host: (646) 478-3156 Get ready to log in and listen now! **** [...]

By |2011-08-18T00:09:05-04:00August 17th, 2011|Tea Party|0 Comments

Attorney General Cuccinelli Endorses Tom Garrett in VA-22 Senate Race

Campaign news about the 22nd Senatorial District from Red State Virginia: If there is anyone that the tea party unifies behind it’s Ken Cuccinelli. And now Ken has endorsed Tom Garrett. Ken’s endorsement comes in the wake of several endorsements from every Tea Party group in the 22nd district. The Goochland, Southside VTPP, and Lynchburg [...]

By |2011-08-16T23:39:28-04:00August 16th, 2011|Elections, Tea Party|0 Comments

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Healthcare Mandate Unconstitutional

It's a good day, patriots! Another positive development in the larger effort to combat the government's overreach into your healthcare plans for your family. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the individual mandate component of the Patient Protection and Afforable Care Act (PPACA) is unconstitutional. VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued a [...]

By |2011-08-12T23:07:59-04:00August 12th, 2011|Healthcare|0 Comments

It’s All Your Fault, Right?

We're hearing all over the news how the economic problems in D.C. are all the fault of the tea party. That's YOU! Certainly we can understand the lies and propaganda to deflect away from the horrible performance of Congress, but you need to suspend logic and reality to accept that blather. One of my favorite [...]

By |2011-08-09T23:40:16-04:00August 9th, 2011|Tea Party|1 Comment

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