Like many, I’m waiting for November when Congress will hopefully be in Republican control. However, I’m reminded of a question that Walter Williams’s economics professor asked him about some socialist economic policy: “What then?” Say the Republicans actually take over Congress. What happens then? I haven’t heard anything about a Republican agenda. Where’s the Contract [...]
We received the following update from Attorney General Cuccinelli today on the status of the health care lawsuit. Pay careful attention to the credit he gives to the Virginia Tea Party movement at the end! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 8, 2010 Dear Friends, Okay folks, last week was a busy week with the health care ruling (which [...]
In case you need further evidence that the Tea Party movement and the enthusiasm for repealing ObamaCare aren’t shirking, but instead growing, consider the following: "The citizens of the Show-Me State don't want Washington involved in their health care decisions," said Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, one of the sponsors of the legislation that put Proposition [...]
We received the following press release from the South Carolina Tea Parties: CENSURE OF SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM We, the undersigned Tea Parties of South Carolina, are issuing a censure of Senator Lindsey Graham. Sen. Graham, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, recently voted to approve Elena Kagan's nomination out of committee and to [...]
With the explosion of the Tea Party movement over the past year-and-a-half or so, a number of solid organizations have stepped to the plate to help train new volunteers, as most of us are new to this whole activism thing. The resulting growth we’ve enjoyed and the progress we’ve made in such a short time [...]
I heard someone the other day refer to the Tea Party as being “right wing.” I have no idea where the “wing” came from, but we do admit we are right that the principles of constitutional governance, limited government, fiscal restraint, free markets, and governing with virtue and accountability are all necessary to ensure the [...]
Get this: Two more Senate Democrats called for extending tax cuts for all earners—including those with the highest incomes—in what appears to be a breakdown of the party's consensus on the how to handle the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts. Sen. Kent Conrad (D., N.D.) said in an interview Wednesday that Congress shouldn't allow taxes [...]
The AP is reporting the following: The Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are trying to steer attention away from an NAACP resolution condemning racism within the tea party movement. Jackson deflected the issue Wednesday during the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. They realize they just stepped into [...]
“Virginia’s Black Conservative Leaders Reject Political Stunt of NAACP” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2010 Leaders of Virginia’s black conservative community who are strong supporters of the tea party movement issued the following statements today denouncing the NAACP for adopting a resolution condemning the Tea Party movement: Bishop E.W. Jackson, Sr., President of [...]
An Independence Day-inspired Dodge Freedom ad featuring George Washington has reporter Amy Gardner wondering in a July 6 Washington Post article if "Madison Avenue has gone Tea Party." The ad shows George Washington advancing on a cavalry brigade in a Dodge Charger, with American flags flying. Does this mean the media will stop hating, and start hearting the Tea Party movement? Not so [...]
Victor Davis Hanson wrote a piece in Pajamas Media articulating extremely well what drives the Tea Party movement. Here are a few excerpts: There is a growing sense that government is what I would call a new sort of Versailles — a vast cadre of royal state and federal workers that apparently assumes immunity from [...]
This is a wonderful video that was put together by Hampton Roads Tea Party. Watch this 1 minute video and pass it along.
