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WASHINGTON — Will the real Tea Party please stand up?
Most political conventions are designed to showcase party unity, but the National Tea Party convention where Sarah Palin is to speak Saturday is sending a very different message.
The squabbles that erupted over this weekend’s Nashville gathering reflect larger challenges facing a hot political phenomenon. Tea Party members drew headlines last summer with protests over health care legislation at congressional town hall meetings and a September rally against big government, held in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, which attracted thousands.
“It’s a leaderless movement,” says former House majority leader Dick Armey, a Texas Republican who heads FreedomWorks, a conservative think tank working with the Tea Party Patriots.
That’s just one of many organizations that sprang up under the “Tea Party” name after CNBC reporter Rick Santelli delivered an anti-government rant on TV last Feb. 19.
To whoops and applause from traders on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Santelli argued that President Obama’s bill aimed at reducing foreclosures would force fiscally responsible Americans to bail out people who bought more house than they could afford. “We’re thinking of having a Chicago tea party in July,” Santelli added.
Santelli was kidding, but his words galvanized conservative activists. Within hours, Phil Kerpen of Americans for Prosperity, another conservative think tank, had registered a website called taxpayerteaparty.com.
“It was a cathartic moment for a lot of people,” Kerpen said.
Since then, more than 3,200 websites containing the words “tea party,” have been registered with Go Daddy, which calls itself the world’s largest Internet domain name provider, said company spokeswoman Elizabeth Driscoll. Five organizations using the name “Tea Party” have registered political action committees with the Federal Election Commission.
The different groups are the movement’s strength, Tea Party enthusiasts argue. “It really is a grass-roots movement,” says Tom Gaitens, a FreedomWorks field coordinator who has worked with a number of Tea Party groups in Florida. “They want to remain local.”
The disdain for centralized authority that has given the Tea Party movement much of its energy also has led to disputes over who has claim to the Tea Party name.
• In Tennessee, concerns about the $549 registration fee at the Tea Party convention prompted Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., to cancel appearances. Palin, in a USA TODAY column, said she “thought long and hard” about participating. The former Alaska governor said she will donate her speaking fee “right back to the cause.” She and event organizers will neither confirm nor deny several news reports — including on Fox News, where she works as a commentator — that put her fee at $100,000.
• In Texas, activists with Tea Party links are split in the Republican primary for governor. Armey is backing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison‘s challenge to Gov. Rick Perry in the March 2 primary. Palin campaigns Sunday for Perry. Debra Medina, a former GOP county chairwoman with a libertarian platform, has been working the Tea Party circuit as she seeks the GOP nomination.
Meanwhile, Dale Robertson, who owns the website TeaParty.org, has filed papers to run as an independent. He was repudiated by the Houston Tea Party Society after being photographed holding up a sign with a racial epithet. He does not deny carrying the sign.
• In Florida, there is a legal dispute over the Tea Party name. Orlando lawyer Fred O’Neal, who registered a third political party under the Tea Party banner, is being sued by local Tea Party chapters. “This has caused confusion amongst our members,” said Everett Wilkinson, chairman of the South Florida Tea Party and a plaintiff in the case.
The family feuds underscore the delicate task ahead for Republicans who want to tame a tiger that so far has refused to be led. Bob Porto, a Tea Party activist from Little Rock, said his chapter is steering clear of political parties to avoid becoming “their rent-a-sticks.”
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Predatory Lending is a major contributor to the economic turmoil we are currently experiencing.
Here is an example of what I am talking about:
Scott Veerkamp / Predatory Lending (Franklin Township School Board Member.)
Please review this information from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley regarding deceptive lending practices:
“Steering payments were made to brokers who enticed unsuspecting homeowners into deceptive and expensive mortgages. These secret bonus payments, often called Yield Spread Premiums, turned home mortgages into a SCAM.”
The Center for Responsible Lending says YSP “steals equity from struggling families.”
1. Scott collected nearly $10,000 on two separate mortgages using YSP and junk fees. 2. This is an average of $5,000 per loan. 3. The median value of the properties was $135,000. 4. Clearly, this type of lending represents a major ripoff for consumers.
http://merkley.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=A09C6A80-537A-4EB1-83C5-31925F046B6F
It gets worse – check this out from one of my other blogs:
http://2012poleshift.wetpaint.com/page/New+North+American+Union+Paper+Currency+Images+Leaked
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Remains to be seen if the Tea Partyers will play a significant role in the November elections — if they do, a strong message will go out…
I hope they do play a role. The state controlled lamestream media is going all out to demonize and villianize the tea party. This would not be t aking place if the tea party were not a viable potential third political party, a wild card, if you will, in future American politics. They have my blessings all the way. God bless, keep and guide the American Tea Party movement.
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