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Tea Party News Network Endorses ‘None of the Above’

Nov. 2, 2012 8:45pm Becket Adams

The editorial board of the Tea Party News Network, a news site which claims to be the Tea Party’s “only trusted news source and the antidote to mainstream media bias,” on Friday announced who they’re endorsing in the 2012 presidential election: No one.

Really.

From the released statement:

“We have watched the candidates closely over the past year and are convinced that four more years of an Obama presidency would be disastrous for this country’s economy and for the cause of small government,” Todd Cefaratti, editor of the Tea Party News Network, said today. “We considered an endorsement of Governor Mitt Romney, but concluded that his record raises too many questions about the level of his commitment to conservative principles and limited government. The Tea Party has been burned too many times by Washington politicians who promise change but don’t deliver once elected. As the voice of Tea Party conservatives across America, we are not comfortable endorsing either major party candidate this year based solely upon hopeful rhetoric. Our approach echoes Ronald Reagan’s advice on the Soviet Union: ‘Trust but Verify.’”

It took them four days until the election to “verify”?

“Unlike other media outlets that purport to defend the cause of the tea party, this organization is not going to fall in line behind any candidate simply because they call themselves a conservative,” added Scottie Nell Hughes, a member of the editorial board and News Director of TPNN. “We have kept track of the promises made by both President Obama and Mitt Romney. Neither has yet convinced us that they truly will bring the kind of revolutionary changes to Washington that the Tea Party has demanded.” Hughes took issue with the return of so-called ‘Moderate Mitt’ in the campaign’s final weeks, a reversal of his stance during the primaries. “We saw what happened during the George W. Bush administration when Constitutional conservatism was confused with the interest of the Republican Party. They are not one and the same.”

While praising Romney for articulating the case for smaller government, the Tea Party News Network also pointed to a number of issues that have raised ‘concern’ about Romney’s commitment to the Tea Party agenda. They include his movement away from across the board tax relief, his recent refusal to stand behind comments to reform FEMA and return more control to local governments, and a top aide’s notorious ‘etch-a-sketch’ comment in regard to Romney campaign promises. Romney’s record as governor and as a political candidate also provided cause for viewing him with “ambivalence.”

Todd Cefaratti today said he understood that a vast majority of tea party members will vote for Romney as the best choice among the available alternatives. And he held out hope that the organization might endorse Romney in 2016. But he also vowed to release a list of Romney’s campaign promises and to serve as “vigilant watchdog” of the Romney administration should it come into power. “Starting on day one of a Romney administration, as with the Obama administration, we’ll be vigilant watchdogs for the Tea Party and for the conservatives across the country,” he said.

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BODYBAG
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:56pm
EPIC FAIL. No one needs a “Tea Party News Network”
Patriots can do their own research instead of having more propaganda churned out
by yet another group of self-appointed ringleaders with control & power issues

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- JL320
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:19am
  What was so fail about what they wrote? Sounded pretty good to me. Seems Becky might be gettin a little jealous, and of course the Beck Bots will automatically start bashing a tea party site, which has just shown its ideals to be inline with the true conservative members of the tea party. I guess it’s fail because your messiah Beck says its fail.
  
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- luxlife
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:39am
  Epic Fail is right- the whole site looks like it was written on a bar napkin…awesome logo BTW.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:48am
  @JL320
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:19am
  I guess it’s fail because your messiah Beck says its fail.
  —————————————
  I dont have the first clue what Beck thinks about this group. I dont take his every word as gospel
  either. Fact is he’s right more times than not.
  
  I am a proponent of people thinking for themselves rather than blindly following some group
  just because they wear a certain color jersey and say the right words.
  
  “The editorial board of the Tea Party News Network, a news site which claims to be the Tea Party’s “only trusted news source and the antidote to mainstream media bias”
  
  I think whether or not these folks are “the ONLY trusted news source” is something the people
  should decide for themselves —— just because you say it doesnt make it so.
  We already have someone like that in the White House right now.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 1:01am
  @LUXLIFE
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:39am
  Epic Fail is right- the whole site looks like it was written on a bar napkin…awesome logo BTW.
  ——————————————————
  You know I hadnt even gone to the site, but you’re right.
  Looks like there’s 5 people involved —- not one of them recognizable.
  No “About Us”
  No “Mission Statement”
  No stated “Goals”
  
  There’s not even any terms, privacy statement or contact us links
  Website looks amateurish
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 2:12am
  I wonder who that guy is they always show at the Tea Party rallies? He is on the picture for this story too. I’ve seen his pic over and over and he shows up everywhere in the US at rallies. He must be very wealthy to be able to travel around the US to rallies or else he’s a phantom from 1776. lol
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 3:40am
  Im with you. I went to first TEA PARTY rally on APRIL 15, 2009 I don’t know why. I just went out and got some poster board, made a double sided sign and one day I’m going to preserve it under glass! I went and was AMAZED to see 100′s and I do mean HUNDREDS of other people there, and then I went to a couple of TEA PARTY MEETINGS but one woman seemed to be hell-bent to be the “BOSS”…she didn’t get it… we are TEA PARTY people because the ONLY BOSS WE’LL HAVE IS GOD. So I did things with them but I didn’t want to hear about silly things this was not another club, this was about our COUNTRY… not just another “organization” and until I became a BECK fan and it was a daily input of knowledge and sharing. THE GOOD NEWS was that GLENN saw a BIG PICTURE…not just “go out and form little clubs and human nature being what it is – fight amongst yourselves . NO! THE job we have is to EDUCATE as many people as we can about our FOUNDING FATHERS (beginning with ourselves). It is not as small as having a (D) or an (R) after your name..it’s about BEING A PATRIOT!! That’s why the LIBERAL DEMS can’t get who we are, we TEA PARTY people… WE are NOT a PARTY per se…we are PATRIOTS – we don’t need to be LED. AMEN!
  
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- JL320
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 4:11am
  First you call it fail, then you say, “You know I hadnt even gone to the site.” This is the problem with 90% of the BeckBots on this site.
  
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- lovesapplepie
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 7:31am
  @JL320. 420. The comedy central pages are four pages over..I think you’re lost, friend.
  
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- fastfacts
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 8:17am
  I don’t have to remind the world that there is a division in the Tea Party, Conservatives and Ron Paul Libertarians. The Ron Paul Libertarians won’t vote for any but their pal Ron. The Tea Party Network come to find out is not the Conservative side of the Tea Party but Instead the Paulie side. Up here in Alaska they have tried to manipulate us to take over our groups. Who cares who they endorse, its transparency we want and they are not about Conservative values but Ron Paul values.
  
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- Godzgrl247
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 8:45am
  I have to agree with JL, I have been saying for a while that the Tea Party was hi-jacked by the Republicans.
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 8:52am
  @PATTYHENRY
  I totally agree with your statement. I joined the Tea Party because the country was heading over a fiscal cliff. Though I believe it went over that cliff, we patriots established a basis to beat back those that have little sense.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 9:07am
  GODZGRL247
  
  the TEA party is filling in the local zoning law positions, PTA, dog catcher, and any other position that does not pay so as to change the direction of our country. This is being done quietly, then WHAM!
  
  2010 election
  
  WHAM!…….2012 election (so I believe)
  
  WHAM! the progs crap their pants!
  
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- cmaczko
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:20am
  Amen
  
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- luxlife
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:45am
  @JL320 – Bodybag got it right because on face, the statements and position of this direct-marketing play sound insincere. A little digging confirms this. You, however missed this. As you wrote: ” Sounded pretty good to me. Seems Becky might be gettin a little jealous,” Your jealousy theory is also a FAIL – you were duped and guilty of the error you accuse everyone else of. Own it sunshine.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:20am
  is Fox News suppose to be the tea party news? seriously? we need something on the tv other than goverment censored corporate banker funded propaganda.
  
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- JL320
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:52pm
  @LUXLIFE, Please do tell what your digging has uncovered about them. I love how BeckBots who use to be true hardcore tea party conservatives use to believe in everything that was written by the TPNN, but have now thrown their values under the bus, and have now all become hard core followers of a Rino Republican who stayed as far away from the Tea Party as he could while running. I’m not a PaulBot idiot, I’m a true Tea Party conservative, something most of you by definition do not fit anymore, and you don’t even realize it. Beck is a Mormon, and he is a hard core Romney supporter because he is Mormon also. Beck believes God’s hand is on Romney and he will win by a landslide because of it. Wake up BeckBots!
  
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- An_American_Thinker
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 1:24pm
  I think that the TPNN has shot themselves in the foot by not supporting Romney in this election. You cannot compare Romney/Ryan and Obama/Biden side-by-side and not come to the conclusion that a Romney presidency will far more align with tea party concerns. Truth be told? Until this article, I had never even heard of TPNN! With The Blaze, Breitbart, Townhall.com, Daily Caller, pjmedia, we don’t need TPNN!
  
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- wordsofwisdom
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 2:05pm
  This is so much BS that I hesitate to even comment. Their is no Tea Party news org. that speaks for what is a ground swell of opposition to socialism being hoisted onto the American way of life period! In other words The sleeping giant has no spokes person! This is BS plain & simple. Who cares about some back water paper trying to claim the mantel of Tea Party spokesmen for monetary gain. This song fits them well “The Devils Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987
  listen & weep.
  
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- Look4DBigPicture
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 7:03pm
  “We considered an endorsement of Governor Mitt Romney, but concluded that his record raises too many questions about the level of his commitment to conservative principles and limited government. The Tea Party has been burned too many times by Washington politicians who promise change but don’t deliver once elected.”
  
  So you choose to run the risk of four more years of Obama who HAS a proven failed record????
  
  I guess you’re going to have to pretend the next 4 years isn’t going to happen. Just put the blanket over your head kiddies and wake up 4 years from now. You probably won’t recognize your country, because it will look like Greece, but hey … it’s the principle of the matter that counts – not reality.
  
  (I’m beginning to believe there really are some boneheaded TEA Party organizations out there. Too bad this one has absolutely NO common sense.)
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 7:34pm
  Right: I don’t need a news network to tell me that neither RomneyCare nor BatEars is worthy of being this country’s leader. Neither wants to follow the Constitution or has the balls to defend it.
  
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- fedup ohio
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 8:27am
  @ Bodybag
  
  I don’t need a mission statement, etc… I watch what people do, not what they write as a mission statement, that they never follow. It’s what people DO, not what they promise with words. Why are so many of you on this site against this tea party network. What was stated is true. I am reluctantly voting for Romney. HE IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE. But he is better than obama.
  
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wisehiney
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:54pm
The fact that they had nothing positive to say about any TEA Party candidate or even Sarah Palin’s legs, is a dead giveaway that they are probably some genus of the WEASEL family.

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banjarmon
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:45pm
I voted early to FIRE OBAMA!!!!!!!!

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Jenasus
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:44pm
If America is ever going to change the course of American politics Americans will have to vote for a President who is not from the Democrat or Republican Party and elect a true patriot like most of the people on the blaze.
Gary Johnson is the candidate that is most like most of us on the Blaze.
The other candidates, Romney and Obama, do not come close to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights or the Declaration of Independence.

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- justangry
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:01am
  Meh, I’m not a huge fan of GJ. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a 1000 times better than the the other guys, but he just came out in favor of FEMA the other night. The only reason I’d vote for him is for easier ballot access and the same funding the other two criminal organizations receive.
  
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- foxdogs
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 6:52am
  Yes, you and your fellow purists just keep repeating how devoted you are to electing real conservatives as you enjoy Obama’s second term!
  
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- lovesapplepie
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 7:39am
  Seriously, why would they do this? It is a huge turnoff to the majority of republicans that are at least open minded to the ideas of the tea party.
  
  This tells me the tea party wants Obama to win so our country can hit rock bottom and they can say, “see!?”. I am disappointed..
  
  (GJ favors big government when it suits him…and comes across like he is a young executive learning the ropes..running a country takes several skill sets… Obama didn’t possess these..and look what happened)
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 9:35am
  Attention alleged Libertarians !! Gary Johnson expanded New Mexico’s public debt just as quickly during his adminsitration as Obama has during his and he did so during a monstrous economic boom rather than a time of recession. He has no record to run on when it comes to fiscal restraint; Johnson did just as much damage to New Mexico’s debt profile on a percentage basis as President Obama has nationally!
  
  Gary Johnson is a liar on all counts. He never reduced spending, he never got the government out of your life, he in fact presided over a 75% expansion in the size of state government in New Mexico which grossly exceeded both GDP and population growth.
  
  Like Ron Paul, Johnson’s goal is singular… to destroy the Republican Party in this election and avenge being told to hit the road.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:19am
  if they did destroy the republican party, i think it would be great if a nationalist or libertarian party replaced it.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:22am
  His platform needs work but he is very good overall and probably would of voted him over Ron Paul because he has shown progress through his executive experience, he can be president after this election, next election or after revolution.
  
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- tifosa
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 5:35pm
  Time_2_End… You may not be aware that Romney increased the long-term debt in MA also, $2.7B, the highest debt per capita in the U.S. Job growth sunk from 37th/50 before, to 47th/50 when he was there, at 1.5%. Lots of other facts that are inconvenient to a supposed conservative, like leaving citizens with higher “fees” (regulations/taxes) and of course Romneycare.
  He’s certainly not a typical Tea candidate.
  
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- cykonas
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 6:33pm
  @Time_2
  Like Ron Paul, Johnson’s goal is singular… to destroy the Republican Party in this election and avenge being told to hit the road.
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  I do not agree with your premise, but for the sake of discussion let us say that it’s true. I will be more than happy to assist Mr. Paul or Mr. Johnson in the destruction of either, or both, of the two establishment parties. They are both evil and they both deserve to be destroyed.
  
  Good luck and God Speed to those of you that choose the “lesser of” path to liberty. I hope it works for you. But I doubt it will. I will stick with the principled patriots. The R’s haven’t kept a promise in 35-40 years. What is to make me believe the 2012 is suddenly different? Peace.
  
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luxlife
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:40pm
Tea Party News Network? Something ain’t right with this….

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BODYBAG
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:39pm
Here’s a photo of the little round Dbag with the napoleon complex who wrote this:
http://www.theteaparty.net/photosfldr/igalry/Todd-Cefaratti.png

“We have kept track of the promises made by both President Obama and Mitt Romney. Neither has yet convinced us that they truly will bring the kind of revolutionary changes to Washington that the Tea Party has demanded.”

First off, this is a truly stupid statement. I dont trust this pretend organization anymore than I trust
the Communists who are in the White House right now.

Listen up nutbag —— there ARE 2 CHOICES — one of which we already KNOW brings about
the destruction of the country. The other is as squeaky clean as Ward Cleaver and knows everything there is to know about business & industry.

It doesnt take much intelligence to figure out that if you dont choose you have still made a choice.
Not choosing Romney is solidarity with Barry The Destroyer. Simple as that.

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:43pm
  Amen Bodybag.
  
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- foxdogs
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 6:54am
  Find out who is funding the Tea Party News organization and don’t be surprised to find that it’s not conservatives.
  
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- Crazyotto
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:57am
  Unfortunately you are correct it is too late in this election cycle to consider a viable 3rd party candidate. Romney is the only clear choice. Obama is a disgrace and a disaster and will mean the end of the Republic
  
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Jenasus
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:24pm
The Tea Party stands for individuals standing up for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
The Tea Party does not care what party you align yourself with.
George Washington grew weed in the White House.
The Declaration of Independence is printed on hemp paper.
Johnny Pot Seed says, “A joint a day keeps the doctor away.”
Support your local marijuana grower. Buy American Grown Marijuana. (BAGM)

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 9:28am
  Another dope smoker for the Gary Johnson choom gang of Obama enablers…
  
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sparkyrules
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:19pm
Well,the ‘Tea Party’ was never an organized political group,as I’ve watched it.Many people like to use the moniker and many use it with abandon.
We stand for something called the USA Constitution,we believe in capitalism and we are very many.We vote en masse when threatened.I imagine most people would hate to see us unhinged.
That’s just the way it is.A good life for ALL.is a good life,period.Many men and women called Americans have gave their lives for this crappy World.fighting the GOOD FIGHT against Tyrants!

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HKS
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:18pm
Now that was one dumb move. I thought they new better than that.

“Remember Benghazi”

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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:16pm
While I readily admit that neither candidate would be my choice, I am left with this:

Barack Obama WILL destroy this country.
Mitt Romney MAY destroy this country.

For me, the choice is obvious, if distasteful. Frankly, I am hopeful that Mitt Romney will be remembered as a great president and that my fears are completely unfounded. But, I am also hopeful that he might be a transition figure to the next great president, that will help to return this country to its Constitutional roots. It took a hundred years to get us to this point. A return to Constitutional values will not happen overnight or with one man.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:45pm
  This group upholds Ronald Reagan as their God. Of course now he is revered as a great President.
  Most of these people arent old enough to know that BEFORE Reagan was elected people called him
  a “B” Movie actor, a kook, “dangerous”, unhinged, etc, etc, etc.
  
  Most people are SHEEP —- conservative & liberal alike. Scared $h*tless to speak their minds or think for themselves.
  
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- BasketFullOfPuppies
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:21am
  I am old enough to remember Ronald Reagan, and before he was president. IMHO he had his faults. But, in the overall, I’d have to say that he was the greatest president of my generation. If we were to compare Reagan to the Founders, I’d have to say that he really doesn’t rank, when compared to them. People identify with those that they have known, if only by deed and word. He did a lot of truly great things.
  
  I really wish that we could just have one president that would start the ball rolling, by doing away with just one department of the federal government. My nominees are the same as others… EPA, Dept of Education, DHS, etc. Until one of those departments disappear, we won’t be on the road to real recovery. When people realize that their lives become better as these departments disappear, they will lose their fear of losing big government. If they won’t dismantle the unneeded and truly unconstitutional parts of the government, we will only travel the road to ruin, at a slower speed. If Barack Obama stays on as president, we will be on the highway to hell, at supersonic velocity.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:39am
  @BASKETFULLOFPUPPIES
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:21am
  I am old enough to remember Ronald Reagan, and before he was president. IMHO he had his faults.
  ———————————————–
  There’s no daylight between us with anything you just said. Good post too.
  All Im sayin’ is that after what we’re going through right now, Im seriously doubtful about ANY
  group coming out of nowhere claiming to be “The ONLY” source of anything.
  
  When people pick up a banner and run with it they need to prove themselves first
  lest we suffer a repeat of the current holocaust-like nightmare of HOPE & CHANGE.
  
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- revelation2012
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 5:21pm
  “King of kings and Lord of lords”
  
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BigSky
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:14pm
Leave it to The Blaze to give a relatively obscure website some attention.

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wisehiney
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:13pm
Punk-est Tea Party group of all time. Shaddup.

Keep It Real, Keep It True, Keep it Free. We have some great canidates and Congresspeople. GO TEA!

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Copper Catfish
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:13pm
They aren’t true TEA Party people. They sound like the Ron Paul worshipers who co-opted the TEA Party name.

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- wisehiney
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:19pm
  BINGO! must now use small caps
  
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- gyianis
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:28pm
  I agree 100%. Ron Paul is behind this. If their people do not vote anybody they think Obama will do better or romney the next 4 years
  
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- resme
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:32pm
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQXAf7Im8Bg
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:35pm
  If Romney represents Tea Party values then the Tea Party is a complete joke. You can’t even tell me which Marxist policies Romney wants to get rid of.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 8:42am
  Thanks for that link RESME…
  
  Republicans ruined the Tea Party like Winger ruined Hair-Metal.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:20am
  LMAO… Winger.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:49am
  Events scheduled and Money Bombs “for” Ron Paul on the anniversry of the original Tea Party a “Tea Party” doesn’t make.
  
  “Some”… I repeat… “some” of the ideological paternity of the Tea Party Movement rests with Ron Paul… but these Tea Party events were for Ron Paul and Ron Paul’s campaign.
  
  Rick Santelli can be given credit for the “nation-wide” ground-swell by dissafected Republicans and other Conservatives in 2009 where Ron Paul’s name and his “La R3volucion” was never mentioned.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:26am
  those people are true tea party people who represent the values of the tea party and are the real conservatives in this country while you neo cons are as liberal as the obama supporters.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:27am
  Maybe Rick Santorum can start the christian brotherhood for you crusader conservatives that can’t stand ron paul.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:17pm
  INDI…. I’m talking about “Rick Santelli” NOT Rick Santorum nitwit. It’s his Twitter battle cries in Feb 2009 that got nation-wide attention and put everything into perspective and motion right up to the first REAL nation-wide Tea Party events. HUGE Tax Day events, a massive march on Washington D.C. right up to the electoral shifts in ’10.
  
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piplovestheUSA
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:12pm
One choice is the devil himself and is taking us to hell. So I would vote for the other one in the hope of him doing the right things. We can hold Mitt’s feet to the fire, with BHO we will be in the fire.

I don’t see any reason to talk about Johnson.

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- Kupo
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 4:26am
  I have to laugh whenever I hear one of you lemmings talk about holding Romney’s feet to the fire. That kind of statement is all talk and no substance.
  
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sandy21957
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:09pm
That is the beauty of the Tea Party, there is no one Head to speak for the group, so I dismiss this little post by this self appointed person/group. I know what I want, I know what needs to be done and I will stand and do it at 6:00 am Tuesday morning.

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justangry
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:07pm
I’m assuming by the sarcastic overtones of this story that the Blaze actually believes TARP loving Romney stands for Tea Party values? Wow! I applaud this Tea Party group for not being herded back into the flock.

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- wisehiney
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:16pm
  I have never seen you mention a single TEA Party candidate, or any current or former officeholder that you prefer. Are there any in the history of this country?
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:32pm
  That’s because they were co opted by the establishment. The only two Tea Party candidates that didn’t betray Tea Party principles the minute the got to Washington are Justin Amash and Rand Paul. The rest of them ran as Tea Party and act like RINO fascists.
  
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woodyee
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:07pm
Nice. But 4 days before the election, when the alternative to Romney is a marxist?!?

They can kiss my #$% for that stupid move.

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- justangry
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:12pm
  Which Marxist policies is Romney doing away with?
  
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CatB
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:01pm
I would trust this over whoever these people are ….

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-choice/2012/11/01/59b5bed0-2445-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_print.html

“Every four years we are told that the coming election is the most important of one’s life. This time it might actually be true. At stake is the relation between citizen and state, the very nature of the American social contract.”

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- drenfroe
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:28pm
  Well you trust that and then look to the tea party and it is the same principle. Why do you think we are saying that we will be watching what Romney does. Do your research into the tea party principles and what it stands for. Tea Party doesn’t want another big government or special interests controlling what the big government does either. Rebuild America.
  
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hslusher
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:59pm
Dont vote but dont whine when it goes badly.

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truthb4fiction
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:59pm
The Tea Party should be a Verb not a Noun! Nouns can be owned, sold and traded… we have seen a whole bunch of that already. That is why we dropped the Tea Party name from our group. As long as there are free liberty loving Americans there will be a Tea Party. The Tea Party in not a “Party” it is a code, a state of mind. Keep speaking for folks and run its reputation down further. Stick to championing issues and stay away from Politicians. Just my opinion.. worth what it cost!

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:07pm
  Hmmm. If everyone followed your idea the country would be much better off.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:08pm
  Truth B for fact! Well said!
  
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CatB
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:59pm
Wow .. just like voting “present” .. sounds like an Obama scam.

Tea party affiliated….. Who even knows if their really not just liberals … Pretending to be Tea party..they did that in the 2010 elections….

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Proverbs17-12NLT
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:55pm
I will save my comment until after the election on this one.

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resme
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:51pm
Good move.

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- riseandshine
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:11pm
  Yep
  
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Jenasus
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:49pm
Tea Party, I can understand why would not endorse Romney or Obama being that they are on different sides of the same Totem Pole but you could of endorsed Gary Johnson who is dead center on the same objectives of the Tea Party.

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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:54pm
  Endorsing someone in favor of legalizing dope isn’t a trademark of the Tea Party.
  
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- resme
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:02pm
  “Endorsing someone in favor of legalizing dope isn’t a trademark of the Tea Party.”
  
  Endorsing someone in favor of indefinite detention isn’t a trademark of the Tea Party.
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:05pm
  Didn’t a court overturn the “indefinite detention” part?
  
  No matter. I don’t approve of the NDAA or the Patriot Act anyways.
  
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- Jenasus
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:09pm
  Gary Johnson is against NDAA and the war on drugs and the war in Afghanistan.
  If you have not seen what Gary Johnson stands for you should check out his website or watch the next third party presidential debate Monday night on RT.
  Gary Johnson would also end the fed and end the IRS.
  
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- resme
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:10pm
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZoPnYjx0g
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:11pm
  @Resme, Don’t forget Cap and Trade, assault weapons ban, TARP and Romneycare.
  
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- resme
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:18pm
  Pro NDAA, Pro Abortion, Pro Agenda 21, Pro TSA, Pro Carbon Tax, Pro Mandate, Pro War, Pro Torture, Pro Assassination, Pro Drone Strikes, Pro foreign aid, Pro Drug War, Pro TARP, Pro Federal Reserve, Pro IRS, Pro IMF, Pro NAFTA, Pro Gun Grab, Pro Corporatism, and Funded by Goldman Sachs.
  
  Forgot, Pro Police State/Patriot Act.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:37pm
  @Resme… Does this sound familiar?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrY5-nxPHeA&feature=fvwp&NR=1
  
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- resme
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:48pm
  @just, Ya but a little different, I’ve heard Mitt Romney is going to save medicare, lmao. Mainly they keep the talking about Obama, Obama is a communist, etc. Never any substance, It’s best not to argue to much with them, Short tempers. ( Quickly turns into Shouting ) I asked someone how is Obama different from bush? The reply; Bush cut spending and lowered taxes, and hes American, hahahah.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:03am
  @Resme, That’s his whole platform. He’ll make socialism work. He’s basically arguing that he’s a better socialist than Obama.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:29am
  well atleast we know there likely the real tea party and not the progressives claiming to be tea party folks.
  
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bitterclinger
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:48pm
I’m voting Romney, but I can’t fault them for this honest stance.

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- Southerner01
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:01pm
  I just hope they don’t sway enough votes to give Obummer the win.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:40pm
  I can respect that. What I can’t respect are those that will swear Romney isn’t a liberal progressive.
  
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