Comments on: Tea Party Convention Hijacked By For Profit ‘Tea Party Nation’ http://thelibertyjournal.com/2010/02/02/tea-party-convention-hijacked-by-for-profit-tea-party-nation/ Dedicated to liberty, freedom and the principles set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott http://thelibertyjournal.com/2010/02/02/tea-party-convention-hijacked-by-for-profit-tea-party-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Scott Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:53:16 +0000 http://thelibertyjournal.com/?p=2045#comment-104 The Tea Party movement doesn't need a convention (or a leader) at the present. The millions of citizens who are part of the movement can simply donate $10-$20 directly to the candidate we support, right over the net. This does more than anything else to help a given candidate who has gained the support of the Tea Party movement. It's all about voting and contributing money as a block, just as other so called "special interests" do. That's where the real power of the Tea Party lies, not in some convention center. The internet changed the paradigm, for the better. If a convention is ever needed, the cost of a rented convention center would be more like $25 per attendee. We certainly don't need $100,000 paid speakers and $500 tickets. That's absurd and it's offends our fiscal sensibility. The Tea Party movement doesn’t need a convention (or a leader) at the present. The millions of citizens who are part of the movement can simply donate $10-$20 directly to the candidate we support, right over the net. This does more than anything else to help a given candidate who has gained the support of the Tea Party movement. It’s all about voting and contributing money as a block, just as other so called “special interests” do. That’s where the real power of the Tea Party lies, not in some convention center. The internet changed the paradigm, for the better.

If a convention is ever needed, the cost of a rented convention center would be more like $25 per attendee. We certainly don’t need $100,000 paid speakers and $500 tickets. That’s absurd and it’s offends our fiscal sensibility.

]]> By: Al http://thelibertyjournal.com/2010/02/02/tea-party-convention-hijacked-by-for-profit-tea-party-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Al Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:51:19 +0000 http://thelibertyjournal.com/?p=2045#comment-103 We could see it coming, but that's the animal called politics. You essentially have unrest in both major party camps. The (D) party demonizes the Tea Party Movement and the (R) party is looking use it as a lifeboat, while at the same time trying to take credit for it and co-opt it. If we resist, they will try to pull us down with them. Then you have the Neocons on the right who will resist at any cost and will try destroy the Tea Party Movement, regardless. So, after the 2010 mid-terms, the (R) party will take the gains from the Tea Party Movement's activism and then throw them under the bus after the elections. Then you'll see what the Tea Party is really about. We could see it coming, but that’s the animal called politics. You essentially have unrest in both major party camps. The (D) party demonizes the Tea Party Movement and the (R) party is looking use it as a lifeboat, while at the same time trying to take credit for it and co-opt it. If we resist, they will try to pull us down with them. Then you have the Neocons on the right who will resist at any cost and will try destroy the Tea Party Movement, regardless.

So, after the 2010 mid-terms, the (R) party will take the gains from the Tea Party Movement’s activism and then throw them under the bus after the elections. Then you’ll see what the Tea Party is really about.

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