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Tea Party and 912 Project Groups – Clean Your House
ByA number of people have been addressing their concerns with me regarding the mixing of politics and the Tea Party or 912 Project Groups.
The issue isn’t about the groups assisting members in vetting candidates or providing candidates with a platform to let people know their positions on the issues, which I think we can all agree is an important next step in this movement. Rather, the issues stem around group leaders being candidates or being involved in campaigns. Not only is this against the basic principles of the grass roots movement, in some cases it might even become a legal issue.
One particular group that has been brought to my attention, is one located in the SW region of which I was informed the leader is running as an actual candidate. It took less than five minutes for us to dig up potentially damaging information for the Tea Party Group and the candidate. It was also questioned whether the individual was using their position to move donations to their group over to their campaign. This is in no way acceptable if contributors are not informed of this. I’m not bringing this issue to light to cause controversy. It is my intention to save the grass roots movements from receiving undeserved black-eyes from a few rogue individuals and/or groups with adverse agendas.
I’m sure we have all been seeing the reports of the IRS hiring a large number of agents for this tax season. This should be warning enough for you to pay careful attention to everything we do. I have no doubt there will be many audits for those in the conservative movement and new organizations will be likely to draw their attention.
If you truly care for the movement and the progress the movement has made, I would strongly recommend individuals respectfully bow out of the groups to keep the whole movement strong and to prevent unwanted controversy. Remember, the movement is not about you or your personal gain. It is actually all about the exact opposite. Both the Tea Party and 912 Project movements are about a group of people who wish to do the right thing and bring our government back to being one of “We The People”.
Other stories of interest:
- Tea Party Groups and 912 Groups Vetting Candidates in Hob Nobs
- New Year’s Resolution for Tea Party – Clean the Senate and House 2010
- Today is the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
- The 912 Movement Comes to DC in with Numbers
- Pinellas Tea Party Group Outdoes SEIU Astroturf Group
5 Comments
February 4th, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Hello Glen I think that the tea party organization are very important for this country. The organization express how the people feel about this country and also what is wrong with goverment. In 1776 the country did the same thing that we are doing today. In 1776 the country was fighting against the British troop but known we are fighting against our own goverment which is out of control in everything.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:06 AM
[...] Des Moines Register states, Shaw is also the darling of the Tea Party activists in the area, while Richards is seen as a more establishment [...]
February 11th, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Hi Glen, I just joined the Tea Party Movement, because I am disgusted with the Politics of today. Everything is about party lines and not about America or the Constitution. I just lost my business, because of the economy and having to compete with companies that use illegal aliens on Public Works projects that require a prevailing wage. When is someone going get the political idea that good business pay taxes and offer a living wage and that companies that get away with using I.A.’s don’t pay taxes, put good businesses out of business and the IA’s use up a huge amount of Welfare. Plus their money usually gets sent back to Mexico.
All of this is ignored so certain parties can get elected…. Where are the boon dock saints?
March 7th, 2010 at 3:12 AM
[...] Des Moines Register states, Shaw is also the darling of the Tea Party activists in the area, while Richards is seen as a more establishment [...]
March 11th, 2010 at 2:18 PM
I believe it was Glenn Beck that warned us not to allow ourselves to be divided over individual issues. To win, we must stay focused on the primary issue that unites us all. That is the power of the people vs. the power of govt.
The Republican party should embrace this movement by requiring a single “litmus” test of any candidate that runs for US Senate. They must vow never to vote for any Supreme Court nominee unless that nominee fully embraces the original intent of the US Constitution. All other issues become opinions. The Supreme Court MUST insure the limits placed on the government are enforced.