Posts Tagged ‘Tea Party’
by Peter Grady – While there has been bipartisan outrage and concern over revelations the IRS has been singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, a former head of the NAACP has praised the move saying it was perfectly legitimate to single out such groups. “I think it’s entirely legitimate to look at the tea [...]
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by Craig Masters In his most recent legislative update email, State Senator Kevin Lundberg reports dismal success in stopping the lawlessness and all-out assault on the Constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. Colorado leftists, hiding under the banner of the democratic party, are celebrating their iron fisted control of all three branches of Colorado government. In [...]
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Trying to add new groups to the New GOPby Craig Masters The question of just how to add to, and eventually replace, the aging voter base of the republican party in Colorado was the focus of much of the discussion at a meeting hosted by the Longmont Republican Women’s group Sunday evening. According to the [...]
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by Peter Grady – A recent article in a military journal by a retired Army officer suggests that the military should begin ot prepare to fight Tea Party members in an armed conflict. The article, “Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A Vision of the Future” written by retired Col. Kevin Benson was [...]
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by Jack Minor – Following the tragic shooting by an armed gunman at a showing of the new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises,” the news media wasted no time in claiming the shooter was a Republican who was a member of a tea party group. The suspect James Holmes opened fire on [...]
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by Jack Minor– Once again, Hank Williams Jr. has taken aim at President Barack Obama with a new song where he tells the President to “pack his bags.” The latest song, “Take Back our Country” from his new album “Old School, New Rules” is played to the tune of “Mind Your Own Business” [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Supporters of President Barack Obama are pulling out the race card on multiple fronts including calling tea party members racist and that Obama is not really the country’s first black president. During the 2008 presidential campaign and following the election, it was widely touted that the election was historic [...]
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by Jack Minor – In what might seem like an unusual move for a government official, Rep. Cory Gardner announced today he would be returning $218,274 from his Congressional office budget to the United States Treasury. “With a debt of more than $15 trillion, it is important to look for cost-cutting solutions throughout the federal [...]
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by Jack Minor – A conservative media watchdog says President Barack Obama’s claim that the Fox News Channel is responsible for his low approval ratings and other political woes is “ludicrous.” “According to Politico, in journalist David Corn’s new book, Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor, and the Tea [...]
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by Matt Lacy – After remaining at the bottom of the polls during the Republican debates, Rick Santorum has suddenly sprung to the top of the conservative pack, finishing in a virtual photo finish against moderate candidate Mitt Romney. The final vote count finished with 30,015 for Romney and 30,007 for Santorum, a difference of [...]
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by Matt Lacy – The Obama campaign appears to have shown us who they are really concerned about running against, a solidly conservative candidate instead of moderate Mitt Romney. Following the Iowa caucus last night Jim Messina, Obama’s campaign manager sent out an e-mail expressing their fears over the results. The [...]
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by Jack Minor – Not being content with simply labeling those who oppose radical Islam for its violent tendencies “Islamaphobes,” Muslims have now come up a new series of phobias to describe opposition to violent elements within the movement. In a further attempt to isolate critics, the Muslim Brotherhood has come up with the [...]
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by Jack Minor – A local leader with the tea party has taken issue with statements made by former Gen. Colin Powell saying the Tea Party was to blame for the divisiveness in Washington, while omitting any similar criticism of leftist groups. In an interview with ABC’s Christiane Amanpour, Powell was asked about the “poisonous” [...]
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Calls for violence similar to French Revolution to achieve goals photo courtesy of Ringo the Gringo by Jack Minor – Local leaders in the Colorado Tea Party movement have said the leftist group “Occupy Wall Street” is indeed a mirror image of the Tea Party, meaning it is an exact opposite. Occupy Wall Street has [...]
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It ‘s been official now for a while. We aren’t ready for some football! Hank Williams Jr. has been officially replaced by ESPN’s Monday Night Football programming because of his political comments being too controversial. This is the most recent example of the fact that only artists with extreme liberal views are allowed to have [...]
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by Craig Masters Tea Party Supporters do more than wave flags – they work hard to keep Americans free According to an e-mail released to Loveland 9-12 subscribers, the Estes Park Tea Party Patriots were @#!*% and ready when the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) rolled into Estes Park September 15, for public hearings [...]
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Media spins Ron Paul comment regarding personal responsibility for medical choices by Jack Minor – The first ever Tea Party-sponsored debate showed the group is here to stay. During Monday’s event, candidates answered specific policy questions on everything from the economy to Obamacare and social security reform. The Monday evening debate was sponsored by the [...]
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“We will not take the bait” 9-12 leader says by Jack Minor – A local Tea Party leader has said he believes Jimmy Hoffa’s calls for violence against the group is an attempt to bait members into striking the first blow. Last weekend, speaking at an event with President Obama, Teamsters President, Jimmy Hoffa, called [...]
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by Dr. Michelle Bellini – First, there was Senator Jim DeMint (South Carolina) – if he was not a darling, he was the “original.” Then, it was former Governor Sarah Palin (former Alaska Governor and VP Candidate). Next came former Senator Rick Santorum (South Carolina). Then, Representative Michele Bachman (Minessota). Now, it is Gov. Rick [...]
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Local leader says group consists of average Americans from every race by Jack Minor – During the debt limit debate, politicians have taken to calling average Americans who want the government to balance its budget, terrorists and comparing them to [...]
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Vote on raising limit will determine scorecard for entire year, all or nothing by Jack Minor With rising gas prices taking more money out of the family budget, many economists are saying the problem is the devaluing of the dollar caused by excessive government debt. Currently the federal debt limit is $14 trillion according to [...]
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Matthew McGovern We are on a precipice. Economic problems have shaken Americans to their core and created an unprecedented level of activism on the right. Unfortunately, the Tea Party has grossly misunderstood the problems and focused their energy in the wrong direction. Efforts have been mis-focused on deregulation, repealing health care and directing capital to [...]
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Matthew McGovernIt approaches swiftly and quietly, as it does year after year. A day that the American right reviles as a representation of government intrusion, inefficiency and greed. Yes, tax day is within sight. For all the rhetoric and vitriol directed at taxes, Americans know very little about their tax system and where their money [...]
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By Jim Frazier “Tea Party activists share some common goals with progressives,” said Amy Goodman, creator of Democracy Now, a liberal TV and radio show that airs on public stations across America. She spoke to an overflow crowd in Boulder on November 5 at a fundraiser for the public radio station KGNU (88.5 FM and [...]
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Can the federal government keeps secrets and discredit experts for political purposes? By Jim Frazier Can the government keep a secret? The Pentagon’s black budget is $56 billion for 2010. Those billions of dollars create a thick veil, a black veil of secrecy. For what length of time are military black-budget secrets kept? Oaths of [...]
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Dear Mr. Tancredo, As concerned citizens and Republican delegates, we were able to meet, interview and vet many of the candidates who respected the caucus process enough to solicit our support in their bid for candidacy. Since you elected not to participate in that process, we feel that the following questions must be answered before [...]
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By Delany Ross Gubernatorial Candidate, Tom Tancredo, connected with The Colorado Tea Party/Greely 9.12 group at a recent meeting in Greeley. “The Colorado Tea Party is registered with the State as a non-partisan group,” asserts Christy Rodriquez, Director of The Colorado Tea Party. “We had the former ACP Candidate speak at one of our meetings [...]
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by Thayne Doak As Coloradoans awake on the morning after an at times bitterly contested primary between establishment candidates and grassroots upstarts, the score appears to be: establishment-1, grassroots-2. In what seemed to be almost an implausible scenario just a couple of months ago gubernatorial candidate, and virtual unknown Dan Maes, has appeared to eke [...]
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The Ken Buck Controversy The recent feeding frenzy regarding Ken Buck and his characterization of some tea party activists as “dumba__es” has us wondering if this gaffe is worth all the fuss or if it is a tempest in a “tea”pot. After Buck was secretly recorded by a Democrat staffer saying that he wished those [...]
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By Jack Minor Local Tea Party leaders spoke out against the NAACP after the organization passed a resolution implying the Tea Party movement is inherently racist. The initial wording of the resolution called upon “all people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties, and to stand in opposition to its drive [...]
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By Connie Breen Four F-16 Fighter Jets thundered over the “I Love America Rally” (ILA) at Bittersweet Park Sunday July 4th. Nearly 1,000 people celebrated America at the rally organized by the Colorado Tea Party, the First Assembly of God Church, St. Paul’s Congregational Church and the Greeley 9.12 Project. The Family friendly event began [...]
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By Jack Minor Rep. Steve King, a Republican Congressman from Iowa, was on the G. Gordon Liddy show June 14 discussing the Arizona immigration law. King, referring to Attorney General Eric Holder’s comments that Americans were afraid to talk about race said he was not afraid to talk about racial issues. King said, “the President [...]
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By Connie Breen Nationally, the purpose and demographics of the Tea Party movement is subjective. However, many polls define Tea Partiers as white, upper middle class and male. Locally, Christy Rodriquez, Executive Director of the Colorado Tea Party, has undertaken the challenge of breaking that stereotype. As a self described middle class, Christian, Hispanic mom [...]
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