‘Real News’ at the RNC with Matt Kibbe: Where Does the Tea Party Stand in 2012?
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Christopher Santarelli
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TheBlaze will be publishing an extensive report Tuesday thats asks if the convention this year in Tampa is the place where the GOP will fully embrace the Tea Party–a movement at the center of an electoral rebound for the party over the last three years. The report by TheBlaze reporter Mytheos Holt attempts to pinpoint the definition of what makes a politician a “Tea Party” leader and what constitutes as “the establishment,” in order to have a clearer understanding of the movement‘s influence at this year’s Republican National Convention. Matt Kibbe of FreedomWorks joined S.E. Cupp and Will Cain in Tampa, and the rest of the “Real News From The Blaze” panel in Texas via satellite, to discuss the Tea Party’s influence at the convention thus far, and where to expect to see the organization’s message resonate through the week.
The debate on Tea Party influence has already gotten off to a hot start as Ron Paul supporters took to the floor Monday immediately after the convention was convened, but only briefly before it was declared in recess due to Hurricane Isaac-related postponements, to declare their dissatisfaction with the presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The spectacle came 24 hours after close to 10,000 Paul fans rallied in the Sun Dome Sunday night to express their love for Paul and frustration with the GOP.
Only fifteen minutes away from PaulCon, fellow former Republican presidential hopefuls Rep. Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain were holding a “Tea Party Unity” rally of their own Sunday night with 1,200 activists. While the L.A. Times reports activists at the event, as well as Bachmann and Cain, said they had “already won” by forcing the Republican Party to adhere closely to the activists’ goals of small government and reduced taxes, the questioned has been raised whether the fractioned off event away from the national party convention is a good thing for the GOP.
Such public insubordination to the national party has led some to ask if 2012 will be the last year that the GOP “establishment” is represented atop the presidential ticket? Furthermore, is the assumption that presumtive vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is a representative of the Tea Party accurate? Watch a clip from Monday’s show where Kibbe and the “Real News” panel debate these developments regarding the Tea Party and GOP:
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Bohump
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:17pmWhere does She stand ? … As far from the ( *#^#!!*? ) Demacrat’s as posible
Report Post »Trading_barracuda
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:39am~ Paul Ryan is a Tea Party MIRAGE!
Paul Ryan’s voting record: Big-spending conservatism
Paul Ryan rose to the top of the political ranks on his reputation as a conservative budget hawk. But his voting record shows him to be far from a pure fiscal conservative.
Ryan voted for the $700 billion bank bailout, the biggest Medicare expansion in U.S. history, a massive highway bill that included the “Bridge to Nowhere” and other big-ticket priorities when George W. Bush was president — going to bat for a high-spending GOP agenda that the tea party base now looks on with regret.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79688.html#ixzz24q949q3b
Report Post »Trading_barracuda
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:32am~ FOX19 Exclusive Video: Ben Swann Sits Down with Romney & Ryan to discuss how Tea Party has been excluded from the GOP convention.
Report Post »http://www.dailypaul.com/251414/fox19-exclusive-ben-swann-sits-down-with-romney-ryan
louise
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:08amWhere does the Tea Party stand in 2012?
The real Tea Party are those who want a return to a Constitutionally confined size of government. That definition does not define the current Republican party. The real Tea Party demands the character quality of honesty.
Honesty is absent from the RNC and the Romney campaign. They as of last week, the RNC, with full knowledge of the Romney campaign, set in place “rules changes” that will effectively strip all grassroots efforts of a free and open vote for states delegates. Does that sound honest to you? In Ben Swann’s interview with both Romney and Ryan, you can hear with your own ears see with your own eyes::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llg-a8FamJg&feature=youtu.be
Where will the Tea Party be in 2012?
Report Post »Everywhere.
waspanglosaxon
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:00amFirst of all, the Tea Party has already sold out the core values of most of its supporters. To be perfectly honest about it, the Tea Party is a mainstream liberal (not conservative) organization, only to the right of the extreme leftism of the national Democratic Party. The Tea Party stands for…what? (1.) Defending Zionism/Israel to the last drop of American blood, (2.) allowing this country to turn into Northern Mexico via open borders, and (3.) backing Geo. W(orst ever) Bush‘s senseless ’wars without reason’ in Iraq and Afghanistan (and soon, Iran).
Report Post »As John Kerry asked of W.‘s positions in 2004’s presidential debates: What is “conservative” about any of this?
Brother Winston Smith
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:07amRon Paul… IS… THE TEA PARTY!
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:06amDick (bless their illegal alien hearts) Armey’s Freedomworks is FAKE-TEA GOP! Their SOLE OBJECTIVE IS PRESERVATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN MONSTER and to CRUSH ANY, ANY efforts to strengthen third parties. FAKE! CO-OPTERS. Same with Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots and Tea Party Nation.
The REAL Constitutional Libertarian Tea Parties are LOCAL, DECENTRALIZED, and FIERCELY UNATTACHED TO R‘s or D’s. They simmered with the republican/democrat AMNESTY and boiled over with the Bush/Obama 08 ILLEGAL TARP/Bailout/Stimulus – THAT ROMNEY SUPPORTED AND RYAN VOTED FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 1:40amI’m all for the Tea Party, but Michelle didn’t get the nomination. So, I’m with Romney. Voting for anyone other than Romney would be idiotic. Romney wasn’t my choice in the primaries, but he’s our only hope now. No one could be worse than Obama, except Rosanne, the insane pro-guillotine Socialist. Take away the guns and bring back the guillotine… and I thought Obama and his drones were nuts.
Report Post »A couple of little girls were screaming, “Obama!” today. Little girls who are too young to have jobs and obviously know nothing about life, taxes, paying bills, raising a family, etc… I think that’s what Democrats basically are. Snooki, Kardashian, Hilton, Gaga… The cult of celebrity. Democrats and kids love the crazy and the famous for no other reason than that’s what they were told to do.
Naps
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:05amWith Ron Paul,thats where!!!
Report Post »BeckIgnoresConstitution
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:53pmDon’t Tread On Me!
Glenn, Sean, Rush, RNC, etc., aiding and abetting national security threat and vote fraud by colluding in historic cover-up of Obama ineligibility.
“Obama is ineligible for multiple reasons:
1. Not a ‘natural born citizen’ as required by Article 2, Section 1.
2. Born a British citizen pursuant to British Nationality Act of 1948.
3. Law enforcement has concluded his birth certificate is fraudulent.”[1]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, … that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, … Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – Declaration of Independence
Obama routinely omits ‘Creator’ when speaking of these rights. No ‘Creator’ = no ‘unalienable’ rights! He loathes liberty and our Constitution!
Don’t omit Art 2, Sec 1, of the Constitution when speaking of Obama. Restore economic sanity, limited government and adherence to our Constitution!
1. Register & VOTE.
2. Demand Congress depose and prosecute Obama, along with his co-conspirators! Any politician or judge refusing this duty in violation of their oath of office, should also be regarded as a co-conspirator and similarly deposed or voted out of office.
3. Boycott complicit mainstream media advertisers and inform them you detest their enabling the worst cover-up in American history!
1. http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:01pmAs a TEA party member, I fear standing with RPers that seem always ready to stab you in the back. I fully expect it from DEMOCRATS, but hate to see it in people that could be allies.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:09pmwhat are you talking about
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 10:21pmSince when did Matt Kibbe become the spokesman for the Tea Party?
Report Post »TomSawyer
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:39amFreedom works has been one of the major organizers of the tea parties all along.
Report Post »LibsFIB
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 10:14pmwe Don’T need obamaCare REPLACED a$$ munches!!!
Report Post »Abolish it or I vote for Obama!
Might as while shoot myself in the face instead of the foot…
Why prolong our misery?
Individualism
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 10:03pmi don’t care, you can’t support a felon, a cheater and a obamalite.
Report Post »Bigrod58
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 10:25pmOK, I gotta ask. Who is a felon, a cheater and Obama-Lite?
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:05amMitt Romney
Report Post »luxlife
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:48pmThe rule changes have pushed me off of Romney…just can’t do it in good conscience.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:55pmYon mean the rules that Ron Paul “Followers” tried to subvert.
Report Post »luxlife
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 10:30pmI don’t agree with the Paul followers on many things – but they deserve to be heard.
Report Post »Libertarian
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 1:16am@therealconservative,
“Let me stop here and say that this is NOT…REPEAT NOT a move by a bunch of disgruntled Ron Paul supporters. This is a group of long-time conservative activists, even “party regulars” and lots of Romney supporters, many who go back to the Goldwater days.”
Michelle Malkin.com
Your apology is already accepted.
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:43pmIn theory the TEA stands with LIBERTARIAN CONSTITUTIONALISTS. That is why Republicans are not getting their votes. TEA=CONSTITUTIONALIST. Libertarians=Constitution.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:53pmEven Rand Paul supports Ronmey
Report Post »Optimist4now
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:42pmThe time has ome forthe “establishment GOP” to step down and let the new grassroots conservative Republicans show our nation a new road to an old goal — a constitutional republic [ the one our founders expected us to preserve].
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:57pm“a constitutional republic [ the one our founders expected us to preserve].”
That’s what happened, it’s called the vote.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:41pmThe Only way The Tea Party will be heard is to not accept the choices the RNC gives us. No Lessons were learned in 2008,and after 2010 we were taken for granted again as the Republicans we sent turned in to RINOs.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:59pmYou mean hijack WE THE PEOPLE/VOTER and instill a fraud, Ron Paul, that the voters don’t want?
Report Post »bpodlesnik
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:31pmMatt Kibbe has a real gift. I thank God for the accomplishments he is making.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:29pmEstablishment – you have long ago outlived your “usefulness” Establishment GOP is no different than a demoncrat – only a matter of degrees – TEA
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:24pmLead, Follow or get out of the way!
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