Here’s the beginning of a fair-minded Washington Post article by Robert McCartney (a man who doesn’t happen to agree with much of our movement, by the way): I went to the "tea party" rally at the Washington Monument on Thursday to check out just how reactionary and potentially violent the movement truly was. Answer: Not very. Based on what [...]
The following article is by Richmond Tea Party supporter Jill Finnie, who attended Thursday's rally. RICHMOND - I was one of the thousands of concerned citizens who made my way to Kanawha Plaza for the April 15 Richmond Tea Party Tax Day rally, not sure what to expect. You might call me mildly political, [...]
President Obama actually said this: Speaking at a Democratic fundraiser tonight, President Obama touted his administration’s tax cuts and said that the recent tea party rallies across the nation have "amused" him. "You would think they should be saying thank you," the president said to applause. Really? I suppose if 95% of us actually did [...]
Today, the Richmond Tea Party joined with other like-minded Tea Parties across the United States to form the National Tea Party Federation (NTPF), whose singular purpose is to collaborate and strategize on media messaging. The NTPF will present a unified message and media response among Tea Party groups. This is NOT an attempt to centralize Tea [...]
When I first read this, I thought I was being set up for a joke. But it’s no joke—CNN reporter Shannon Travis is covering the Tea Party movement with honesty, fairness, and what seems to be some degree of admiration. Travis reports But here's what you don't often see in the coverage of Tea Party rallies: [...]
Like you, I’m skeptical of what our politicians tell us these days. But I must say that Congressman Paul Ryan—who became the face of reasoned opposition to the destructive health care legislation—has shown with this article that he fully understands the current assault on our freedoms. The article is long, but I urge all of [...]
After a recent poll showing that Americans identify more with the Tea Party than with members of Congress, Rasmussen brings us this: On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold [...]
The media continues to languish months to years behind the reality curve, reporting facts long after we in the Tea Party have known them. In the latest example, they’re just figuring out that we aren’t simply a bunch of angry, white males after all: Many of the tea party’s most influential grass-roots and national leaders [...]
Rasmussen just released a poll that shows Americans by large numbers believe 1) Tea Party members understand the issues facing America better than members of Congress, and 2) their positions on those issues align more closely with those of the Tea Party than with those of congressional members: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey [...]
Watch what VA’s own Congressman Tom Perriello just said about Washington’s approach to managing your money: “If you don’t tie our hands, we will keep stealing.” Wow. He’s openly admitting what we all know, that Congress doesn’t care what they’re doing is wrong, they will simply spend, spend, SPEND as much as they want… Until [...]
With the push to pass Health Care reform through reconciliation being unsuccessful so far, House Democrats are devising a backup strategy to pass the bill without even taking a vote! I can’t imagine how this would fly, but here’s what the Washington Examiner is reporting: Each bill that comes before the House for a vote [...]
If the pending 24% tax increase on home, business, and cell phones seems small enough to not worry about, you have just become a victim of incrementalism—the proven tactic of the relentless left bent on transforming this nation to fulfill their dream of total government control. They have spent a century eroding our freedoms by [...]