(Worcester, MA) A Presidential straw poll taken at the Worcester's Patriots Day Tea Party and Pig Roast held some interesting results. Texas Congressman Ron Paul easily took first place with 22.9% of the votes. A total of 160 votes were cast at Monda... Read more »
[Video] Rand Paul Defends Tea Party on Senate Floor: I Dare You to Come to A Rally
“It’s amazing to me to be lectured to and hear about how awful the Tea Party is.” So began Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) defense of the Tea Party on the Senate floor yesterday. And he took off from there, inviting detractors to visit an actual rally ... Read more »
CFR’s ‘Foreign Affairs’ Magazine Article on Ron Paul and the Tea Party
The March/April 2011 lead article entitled The Tea Party and American Foreign Policy by Walter Russel Mead spends 17 pages to critique the Tea Party from their perspective and mentions Ron Paul or Paulites numerous times. We are broadly classified as "... Read more »
Meet the Tea Party’s Corporate Puppet Masters
Profiled by Jane Mayer in the August 30 New Yorker, brothers Charles and David Koch are two libertarian billionaires who have been quietly funding the Tea Party and other anti-Obama campaigns:
Read more »“The Kochs operate oil refineries in Alaska, Texas, and Minnesota, and control some four thousand miles of pipeline. Koch Industries owns Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Stainmaster carpet, and Lycra, among other products. Forbes ranks it as the second-largest private company in the country, after Cargill, and its consistent profitability has made David and Charles Koch—who, years ago, bought out two other brothers—among the richest men in America. Their combined fortune of thirty-five billion dollars is exceeded only by those of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
“The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry—especially environmental regulation. These views dovetail with the brothers’ corporate interests. In…
Election Controversy in Wisconsin
The dailykos and others are reporting they have found evidence of a “voter suppression” campaign in Wisconsin: A massive, coordinated and illegal plan to suppress Wisconsin voter turnout in November was exposed today by One Wisconsin Now (OWN).The plan, targeting minority voters and students, is a joint effort of the Republican Party, Americans for Prosperity, [...] Read more »
Ron Paul to Tea Party Members
Image via Wikipedia Ron Paul has some surprising news for the Tea Party: You’re being taken for a ride. At least this is what many libertarians like Ron Paul believe when they see someone like Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin trying to lead the Tea Party at the “restoring honor” rally this weekend. In fact, [...] Read more »
