NAACP seemingly abandons Tea Party tracking website

NAACP seemingly abandons Tea Party tracking website

The NAACP hasn’t updated its teapartytracker.org website since October 20, and hasn’t tweeted from its special TeaPartyTracker handle since August 30.

This might mean the NAACP has decided the Tea Party movement isn’t racist after all. When the NAACP launched the website, which was meant to monitor “racism and other forms of extremism within the Tea Party movement,” it said, “our hope is that this site remains empty—that the Tea Party’s initial steps toward monitoring extremism within their ranks bear fruit. But if not, the NAACP will be there, as we have for more than one hundred years, to expose racism where it exists, in whatever form it takes.”

Well, there haven’t been any updates to the site since mid-October, and the website’s main video, one from the misleading “journalistic” duo of New Left Media, has held its place at the top of the site since late August.

Since the NAACP said it will be there to “expose racism where it exists, in whatever form it takes,” when the organization is not producing that content, does that mean the NAACP is admitting there is no racism to be exposed, in any form, in the Tea Party?

The NAACP failed to respond to The Daily Caller’s request for comment or clarification.

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I want to congratulate each and every member of the TEA Party, not just here in Rowlett, but all across this great nation. We didn't take the bait, we proved the NAACP wrong. We exposed those that were fake TEA Party members and were only in attendance to cause hate, and to spread that hate and disruption.

We are making a difference, but we're not finished. There is much work to be done, the biggest job we face now is that of keeping the TEA Party a non-partisan organization and not allowing it to be co-opted by ANY party.

Let's keep up the fight America. Together we are STRONG!

Obama calls for 2-year freeze on federal pay

Obama calls for 2-year freeze on federal pay

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a two-year freeze of the salaries of some 2 million federal workers, trying to seize the deficit-cutting initiative from Republicans with a sudden, dramatic stroke. Though signaling White House concern over record deficits, the freeze would make only a tiny dent in annual deficits or the nation's $14 trillion debt.

"Small businesses and families are tightening their belts," Obama said in brief remarks at the White House. "The government should, too." The administration said the plan was designed to save more than $5 billion over the first two years.

The proposal, which must be approved by Congress, would not apply to the military, but it would affect all others on the Executive Branch payroll. It would not affect members of Congress or their staffs, defense contractors, postal workers or federal court judges and workers.

Obama's move was an attempt to get in front of Republican plans to slash federal pay and the workforce next year, when they will flex more legislative muscle than now. It came a day ahead of Obama's meeting at the White House with both Republicans and Democratic leaders - his first with Republicans since the midterm elections - and two days before the deadline for recommendations by his deficit-reduction commission.

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Freeze federal pay? Here's my message to the federal government and ALL federal employees, suck it up and stop griping.

Pretend you're a Senior Citizen or a disabled American trying to scrape by on Social Security. We have been frozen for 2010 and 2011 already. No cost of living allowance.

Here in Rowlett we have a lot of TEA Party members that are seriously qualified as Seniors. I'm certain that we have some, at least a few, that are retired on disability. I would be interested in hearing how this federal wage freeze and the no COLA for Social Security recipients is going to affect our members, their friends and/or family.

The president said the economy and federal spending were at the top of the agenda for Tuesday's meeting, one he said he hoped "will mark a first step towards a new and productive working relationship" between the two parties. Because of GOP midterm gains, "we now have a shared responsibility to deliver for the American people on the issues that define not only these times but our future," Obama said.

House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio, on track to become House speaker in January, said he was pleased with the president's announcement.

I am agreed with Boehner, this is a good move. It won't solve ALL of the issues, but it's a start.

But with no COLA for 2 years, with wages frozen for federal employees, what about inflation? What do we do when OUR money doesn't go up at all but the cost of our goods does?

Do you remember the stories about the elderly eating CAT FOOD?

Now What?

Last night the political landscape in Texas changed dramatically. Most "experts" on Texas politics were calling for up to a 10 seat gain for the GOP in the Texas House of Representatives. While there may be some seats in dispute, as of this morning, the GOP looks to have 99 or more seats in the House. That is a 2 to 1 margin in the House! Just as nearly all the statewide races went 2 to 1 for the GOP.

Now we can start to have an influence. I almost feel like a kid in a candy store. With these margins, there is no need for the GOP to tiptoe around some truly conservative causes:

Could we actually see the Texas House nullify the mis-labeled Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?

Is it possible, the GOP House will actually support choice in education?

Will the GOP leadership actually reverse the tide of our expanding Texas government and actually cut or eliminate big government programs?

The answer to all these questions depends on us, and grassroots activists across the state to infuse some political courage into our state reps.

 Let's roll!

The Rowlett TEA Party Candidates Forum

The Rowlett TEA Party Candidates Forum

On Saturday, Sept. 25th, 2010, the Rowlett Texas TEA Party held the biggest, and most successful event in it's history.

The candidates forum was a tremendous success.

When you consider that we were up against the 1st weekend of the Texas State Fair, University of Texas football, the Grambling vs Prairie View game at the fair, and just being Saturday, we were very pleased to have had over 50 candidates and their support staff, Channel 5 News, Kenny Green of the Rowlett Lakeshore Times, most of the TEA Party board and several TEA Party members as well as over 200 citizens in attendance.

We had a number of unscheduled candidates show up and set out signs and literature even though they knew they weren't going to get on stage.

We were afraid that we had the schedule booked too tight, but as it turned out, all candidates spoke for their allotted time and took questions, and we were able to get ALL the judicial candidates on stage and they too had an opportunity to speak briefly as well.

I want to extend many thanks to ALL the candidates, The First United Methodist Church of Rowlett, the Cub Scouts that stood as *Color Guard* and presented the flags, Mayor Pro-Tem Todd Gottel and especially to the TEA Party members that came, helped, stayed all the way until the end and helped us with the hard work of setting up and tearing down.

I have to extend a very special THANK YOU to TEA Party member Mr. Frank McKimmims for his GREAT work in doing the video for this event. Frank, you were a God send!

I know I'm missing someone in this, that's always the case, and if I missed you, I DO apologize.

All I have to say now is this, lets get together and decide WHO it is we want in office, offer our endorsements and then work as hard to get the vote out as we did to make this forum the HUGE success it was!

GOP tries to bring tea party enthusiasm into fold

GOP tries to bring tea party enthusiasm into fold

WASHINGTON – Can this political marriage survive?

More than a half dozen tea party-backed candidates have captured Republican Senate nominations, and now the GOP is trying to bring their rebel supporters' enthusiasm into the fold for November.

Republicans have little choice but to at least put on a show of unity: Alienating the antiestablishment tea party could undercut GOP efforts to post big Senate gains, perhaps even win control outright.

Judging by how quickly the GOP establishment embraced tea party nominees after earlier primaries, it may not take long for them to consider insurgent Christine O'Donnell one of their own in Delaware. The state's Senate primary was the freshest source of Republican division after O'Donnell's stunning upset of nine-term Rep. Mike Castle. He hasn't yet rallied behind her but others have, including once and maybe future presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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Remember this fellow TEA Party Patriots, the GOP/RNC is singing a love song right now, they NEED the TEA Party and our votes, but their interest in the TEA Party is far less than that of a friend and ally!

Former Senate majority leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), now a D.C. lobbyist, warned that a robust bloc of rabble-rousers spells further Senate dysfunction. “We don’t need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples,” Lott said in an interview. “As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them.” SOURCE

Beware TEA Party, beware indeed!

The GOP/RNC would like nothing better than to make you believe that they are going to change, that they are going to be 100% Conservative all the time, but they are NOT! They are going to pander the Conservatives and TEA Party faithful in order to get your vote.

As soon as elections are over, it's back to business as usual for the GOP.

GOP regroups after Tea Party wins

GOP regroups after Tea Party wins

WASHINGTON — A win certified Wednesday in the Senate primary in New Hampshire for a candidate backed by the Republican establishment helped offset earlier primary election victories in Delaware and New York by Tea Party-backed insurgents.

In New Hampshire, former attorney general Kelly Ayotte was named the winner in the Republican primary for Senate, marking a narrow victory over conservative lawyer Ovide Lamontagne, who campaigned with the support of Tea Party activists. Ayotte had the support of the Republican Party and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin in her bid for the seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Judd Gregg. Ayotte will face off in November against Rep. Paul Hodes, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

In Delaware, marketing consultant Christine O'Donnell upset Rep. Mike Castle for that state's Republican Senate nomination. O'Donnell, backed by Tea Party activists and out-of-state financing, took down Castle, a centrist and popular fixture in Delaware politics who had been heavily favored to not only win the party's nomination but also to take the Senate seat long held by Vice President Joe Biden.

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STRIKE while the iron is hot!

The TEA Party is on a roll my friends. We are making waves and getting a lot of notice now, and it's not just the name calling Left that is noticing either. The TEA Party is on every major news source in America right now. And this is only the start.

We are in our infancy right now, we're not even crawling yet, God help the Dems and RINOs once we can walk and run!

TEA Party candidates are making a HUGE splash in politics right now. The TEA Party is tired of the status quo, the Good Ol’ Boys network, the wink and nod politics, the career politicians and politicians that seem to have forgotten this one indisputable fact: YOU WORK FOR US, not the other way around.

We have their attention, now we hang on to them and chew like a dog with a bone!

GOP tries to take out tea party-backed candidate

GOP tries to take out tea party-backed candidate

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Arms linked, Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell and her conservative backers kick up their heels and clap to the strains of an original song with lyrics befitting a tea party.

"Look out Washington, D.C., 'cause we are on a roll and we're rocking across this country with a message to be told."

It's a tune that's unnerving the Republican establishment in Delaware, which fears being felled by swift kicks from O'Donnell - and tea partiers.

Not long after tea party-backed Joe Miller stunned Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the Republican establishment is furiously trying to avoid a similar outcome in the Delaware primary on Tuesday. Republican leaders, top strategists and even the Delaware state GOP chairman have taken the unusual step of openly working to defeat O'Donnell and ensure the nomination of their preferred candidate, nine-term Rep. Mike Castle.

Republicans, who have an outside chance of capturing the majority in the Senate in November, see Castle as their best chance of winning the seat long held by Vice President Joe Biden. The moderate Castle is a former governor and has been the state's lone congressman since 1993.

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Make no mistake my fellow TEA Party Patriots, the GOP knows we're here and they are NOT at all happy with the idea that MOST of us in the TEA Party are not going to march to their GOP drumbeat any longer.

No more posers. No more pretenders. No more RINOs! Not now, not ever.

And remember, the GOP only seeks to pacify the TEA Party, then co-opt us into their ranks once the election season is over.

Dem base told: Fear Tea Party

Dem base told: Fear Tea Party

Democrats desperate to convince their base to show up at the polls in November have begun talking less about issues and more about the possibility of a “Tea Party Congress” next year.

The passage of landmark bills such as healthcare and financial regulatory reform has not triggered as much grassroots enthusiasm as initially envisioned, Democratic strategists say. And while the right is engaged this cycle, the left is deflated.

“This is a big problem,” said Democratic targeting and turnout guru Hal Malchow.

So Democrats have turned to a strategy that may be their next best bet: demonization of the “insurgent” Tea Party.

“These are not your run-of-the-mill Republicans we’re talking about here,” said one Democratic organizer working in a state with a contested Senate race this fall. “When you actually start telling voters what these candidates are about, it scares the hell out of them.”

In the past several weeks, when Democratic activists cite the ramifications of a “Tea Party Congress,” they say, more volunteers have signed up to knock on doors to preserve a Democratic-led House and Senate.

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I guess they have realized, the accusations of *racism* are getting them nowhere!

Tea Party or Establishment, GOP Looks for Gains

Tea Party or Establishment, GOP Looks for Gains

WILMINGTON, Del. -- In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate.

"He brings our style of civility and independence to Washington and works to develop solutions," is the soothing, even quaint message on the 71-year-old lawmaker's campaign website, which shows him in a suit and tie, working alone at his desk. Experience "is hugely important," he said in an interview.

After two terms as governor and nine as the state's lone congressman, Castle appears better positioned than other veterans who faced a tea party-backed challenge this year. If he prevails over Christine O'Donnell on Sept. 14 -- he and GOP officials have launched a fierce counterattack -- he would join more than a half-dozen other veteran Republican officeholders on the ballot in Senate races.

In matters of style as well as policy and political experience, they are the polar opposite of Rand Paul of Kentucky, Sharron Angle of Nevada and Ken Buck in Colorado, all of whom tapped into an anti-government sentiment, espouse politically risky positions, won primaries over establishment candidates, and now face particularly difficult races in the fall.

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One thing is a certainty, the TEA Party has garnered a great deal of attention and we have a lot of notice from politicians on ALL sides of the spectrum.

The Democrats call us names and the Republicans are thinking that maybe we're taking the Grand Old Party over and making it go Conservative again.

That means we ARE doing the RIGHT thing.

One thing bothers me greatly, the GOP has made it clear, they intend to co-opt the TEA Party.

"We don't need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples," Lott told the Washington Post, referring to the conservative South Carolina senator who has been a gadfly for party leadership and a champion for upstart conservative candidates. "As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them." Republican Lobbyist Trent Lott: "As Soon As Tea Party Candidates Arrive, We Need To Co-opt Them"

I don't know about you, but speaking for ME, I won't be co-opted by anyone, especially the RINO infested GOP.

I am personally acquainted with a TEA Party group, not a part of it, I just know quite a few of their members, and that group is a GOP creation. Inspired and created to promote GOP ideas in their town and county. For that very reason, I have personally cut all ties with that group.

The TEA Party was NOT designed to be a wing of the GOP. It was NOT designed to be co-opted BY the GOP. The TEA Party was designed to take the Conservatives of this nation to a place they haven't been in a while. A place where true Conservatism is the plan. A place where RINO politics isn't allowed.

For those that don't know, RINO = Republican In Name Only, in other words, a conservative Republican when the mood strikes them, or the need hits them. Think John McCain.

It's all about our Core Values America, and standing up for what's RIGHT, not necessarily what's popular.

Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate

Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate

WASHINGTON (AP) - Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and winning the nomination.

Stunned by tea partier Joe Miller's upset of Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Republicans are taking no chances in Delaware, which holds its primary Sept. 14. The party sees Castle, the state's lone congressman since 1993, as the best candidate for the seat long held by Vice President Joe Biden.

Republicans circulated audio of a testy, 22-minute interview that O'Donnell had with radio station WGMD on Thursday. Party officials also have said she inflated her resume and made flat-out untrue statements while being dogged by questions about tax liens and foreclosures. Castle says she has misrepresented his record.

"She's not a viable candidate for any office in the state of Delaware," state party chairman Tom Ross, who is backing Castle, said in a telephone interview. "She could not be elected dog catcher."

Castle's campaign began running radio ads on Thursday and prepared negative television ads against O'Donnell. The radio ads cite a News Journal of Wilmington, Del., report on O'Donnell's finances and declares her "a financial nightmare."

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IF, and I DO say IF, Christine O'Donnell is what the GOP claims her to be, she has NO business being the Senator from Delaware.

"According to the News Journal, O'Donnell has become a professional candidate, living off contributions from her two failed campaigns," the announcer says. "While leaving a trail of unpaid bills to vendors and staff, O'Donnell instead used those donations for her own personal expenses and rent. ... While you work hard to pay your bills and taxes, Christine O'Donnell lives by different rules."

I sincerely hope that they have full citation of those accusations and that it's not just more political games taking shape.

The Tea Party Express has announced a six-figure commitment to back O'Donnell. The group announced its first expenditures - more than $46,000 - late Thursday and put the anticipated cost at about $250,000.

"We are launching an aggressive multimedia and multiplatform campaign to help propel Christine O'Donnell to victory, and we've only just begun," said Amy Kremer, chairman of the Tea Party Express.

And I hope the TEA Party Express has their ducks in a row too. I would hate to see them spend that much money on a candidate that is not what they say they are.

Conservative Group Accused of Abusing Tax Status

Conservative Group Accused of Abusing Tax Status

WASHINGTON — Democrats are charging that political commercials financed by an increasingly prominent conservative foundation with ties to the Tea Party violate the foundation’s tax-exempt status by crossing the line into political campaigning.

In a complaint filed this week with the Internal Revenue Service, lawyers for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee charged that the group, the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, has been running ads in Kansas, Missouri and Michigan that are inherently “political in nature,” contravening a ban under federal tax law. A copy of the complaint was provided to The New York Times.

The foundation, which has just begun a $1.4 million ad campaign criticizing the economic policies in Washington as “wasteful spending,” has become a vocal critic of Democratic policies and drew a rebuke this month from President Obama.

Non-profit groups like the foundation, which falls under section 501(c)3 of the tax code, are forbidden from participating in “any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate.” They may, however, seek to educate voters or conduct broader get-out-the-vote drives “if conducted in a non-partisan manner,” the I.R.S. says.

Their tax-exempt status is crucial to the income of such groups, because it allows donors to take an income-tax deduction for contributions. Americans for Prosperity, which called the complaint without merit, said it had raised money from 70,000 individual donors.

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This story ties in closely with the last meeting of The Rowlett TEA Party and a discussion we had regarding incorporation and candidate endorsement.

Not that we are anywhere near the size of Americans for Prosperity, but as the article states, 'non-profit groups' and we are a non-profit group, at least for now, which falls under section 501(c)3 of the tax code, are forbidden from participating in “any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate.”

To be tax-exempt as a social welfare organization described in Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 501(c)(4), an organization must not be organized for profit and must be operated exclusively to promote social welfare. SOURCE

I'm sure greater minds will hash this out, I hope it comes out well for AFP.

As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit

As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit.

The latest examples of conservative insurgents' clout came Tuesday at opposite ends of the country. In Florida, political newcomer Rick Scott beat longtime congressman and state Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. And in Alaska, tea party activists and Sarah Palin pushed Sen. Lisa Murkowski to the brink of defeat, depending on absentee ballot counts in her race against outsider Joe Miller.

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A fight is being waged within the Republican Party. It's a fight between REAL Republicans, the old fashioned Reagan Conservative Republicans, and the RINOs that have come to represent a party that is in severe need of a makeover.

The GOP has made it clear that they will blow smoke up the TEA Party's skirt, use them if they can, and once elections are over, they plan to try and co-opt the TEA Party into being a wing of the GOP.

It's just NOT going to happen that way folks.

There are multitudes of Conservatives out there in *I VOTE LAND* that are SO tired of the GOP, Michael Steele, the RNC, the RINOs, Graham, McCain, Murkowski, Snowe, Collins and so many others. I am happy to see that in many cases, REAL Republicans are replacing RINOs.

The GOP is likely to survive its bitter intraparty battles in such states as Alaska and Utah, even if voters oust veteran senators in both. But tea party-backed candidates might be a godsend to desperate Democrats elsewhere - in Nevada, Florida and perhaps Kentucky, where the Democrats portray GOP nominees as too extreme for their states.

Too extreme for America and their states? Or for the Dems and their game?

God, guns and guts is too extreme? Believing in God is too extreme? Standing up for the right to life of the unborn is too extreme? Wanting secure borders and wanting those in this nation that are not here legally removed? That's too extreme for the Dems?

Do Americans, especially the Blacks of this nation, which do, by and large, vote Democratic, need to be reminded that it was the Democrats that started the Klan? It was the Democrats that sought at every turn to deny the Black man the right to vote? To be counted as a WHOLE person? Do the Dems REALLY want to go there regarding extremes?

If Murkowski joins Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, as a victim of party activists who demand ideological purity, other Republicans are still likely to win in November, though Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would have to deal with more maverick members who are loathe to compromise. And the conservative insurgency is hardly all-powerful, as Sen. John McCain proved by easily winning renomination in Arizona despite a challenge from the right by J.D. Hayworth.

'As a victim of party activists who demand ideological purity' has a nice ring to it.

Compromise is OUT of the question! Compromise is what took America to the brink of disaster, the one that we are now facing in the person of Barack Hussein Obama.

Regarding Conservative insurgency and John McCain, all I can say to the GOP voters of Arizona is this; John McCain is nothing more than an ass-kissing RINO. He got all Conservative as soon as the election cycle started again, and you folks bought it. As soon as it’s over, he’ll go right back to being an ass-kissing RINO, writing bills with Feingold and the like, reaching across the aisle and siding with the Dems at every occasion.

Arizona, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

The White House has tried to link the Republican Party with the fledgling conservative-libertarian tea party coalition - and demonize the combination as too extreme for the country.

That's "the Republican tea party" that's "offering more of the past but on steroids" and is "out of step with where the American people are," Vice President Joe Biden told the party's rank and file last week.

Here we go with that too extreme stuff again. What, exactly, is too extreme?

An American president bowing to foreign dignitaries? Is that too extreme?

If not now, when?

The Rowlett Tea Party has as one of its core principles Fiscal Responsibility.

While we often focus on Fiscal Responsibility at the national level, we have a duty as a local grassroots group to hold our local elected leaders to task when it comes to being responsible with our money.

A case study on what NOT to do...

As many of you may be aware, the Dallas Tea Party is one of the largest and most active groups in the Tea Party movement. However, they dropped the ball last night.

The Dallas City Council opened the floor to public comment last night about the city's property tax rate. As reported in the Dallas Morning News, of the more than 30 people that approached the microphone to comment, only ONE spoke against RAISING the property tax rate for the City of Dallas.

Where were the Dallas Tea Party activists? Why didn't they show up in force to support those elected officials trying to hold the line on tax rates?

I am not raising this point to be critical of the Dallas Tea Party, but to offer a lesson for the Rowlett Tea Party.

In addition to educating our neighbors and fellow citizens about the importance of Fiscal Responsibility at ALL levels of government, we must make our presence known at City Hall.

The Rowlett City Council will have its final opportunity for citizen comments on the budget on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 during the Council's regular session. It is time our voice is heard in the Chamber of the Rowlett City Council!

Together we will learn about our government: city, state, and federal!

Together we can see our core principles realized here at home, in Austin, and in Washington, D.C.!

Together we will make Rowlett, Texas and the USA a better place for our children and grandchildren - just as our parents and grandparents did for us!