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We started this movement.

Since then our slogan, the “Tea Party” has now been co-opted for gain by those such as Glenn Beck, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin and many other individuals.

We are the original grassroot supports of the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential campaign, of which Debra Medina was apart. Debra is a true American liberty fighter and anyone who associates themselves with the tea party and does not support Debra Medina should drop the slogan.

Chuck Baldwin wrote an excellent piece today reminding everyone that the current tea party movement had nothing to do with these individuals such as Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, and many others who now banter under the term the “Tea Party.”

A WARNING TO THE TEA PARTY NATION

By Chuck Baldwin
February 12, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

The Tea Parties of 2010 remind me very much of the Conservative Revolution of 1994. And if the Tea Party Nation is not very careful, they will succumb to the same fate. The signs of a silent takeover of the movement are already appearing.

First of all, the Tea Parties were actually born during the Presidential campaign of Congressman Ron Paul of Texas in 2007 and 2008. For all intents and purposes, the Tea Parties and the Ron Paul Revolution were one and the same. These were (mostly) young people, who were sick and tired of the same old establishment Republican Party. They were tired of establishment Republicans selling out the principles of limited government; they were tired of the US Constitution being ignored and trampled by both Republicans and Democrats; they were tired of an incessant interventionist US foreign policy that keeps sending US forces overseas to advance a burgeoning New World Order (NWO); they were tired of perpetual war; they were tired of the bank bailouts; they were tired of the Federal Reserve; etc.

I know this because I met–and spoke before–the Tea Party Nation in State after State as I campaigned for Dr. Paul during the Republican primaries back in 2008. And I met them again all over America, as I was running as an Independent candidate for President–with Ron Paul’s endorsement, no less. I was with them in scores of meetings (big and small) from Washington, D.C., to Spokane, Washington, and all points in between.

But now many of the Tea Parties are distancing themselves from Dr. Paul and embracing establishment players such as Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck. Even Newt Gingrich is being courted. Watch out, Tea Party Nation: you’re in danger of losing your soul! Newt Gingrich is not one of you. He is not your friend. He is an imposter. He will destroy you just like he almost single-handedly destroyed the Conservative Revolution of 1994.

Plus, be careful about Sarah Palin and other establishment Republicans. Palin is currently playing both sides. She is promoting Big Government neocons such as John McCain on the one hand, and sincere conservative-libertarians such as Rand Paul on the other hand. But if one wants a real barometer of Palin’s true colors, look no further than her endorsement of Rick Perry in Texas.

Perry is the quintessential establishment Republican. Perry has been in office for some 9 years, and what has he done to thwart the NWO in Texas? Nothing! Perry is even a Bilderberg Group attendee. What has he done for State sovereignty in Texas? Nothing! In fact, he supports the North American Union and the NAFTA superhighway. What has he done to resist Obama’s universal health care proposals? Nothing! What has he done to protect the citizens of Texas against an emerging Police State? Nothing! What has he done to fight illegal immigration? Nothing!

As a result of both Rick Perry’s establishment business-as-usual politics in Texas and the proliferating grassroots Tea Party movement, counterattacking establishment politics, a Tea Partier herself has entered the race for Texas governor. Her name is Debra Medina. As the Tea Party Nation in Texas already knows, Medina is one of you.

Medina is committed to preserving Texas’ independence and sovereignty. She is opposed to the Patriot Act. She will secure the Texas border. She will give Texas Vermont-style open carry freedoms for gun owners. She wants to get rid of unconstitutional property taxes in Texas. She will stop the NAFTA superhighway. Medina is the real deal.

So, what did Sarah Palin do? She went to Texas and endorsed Rick Perry! I’m sorry, ladies and gentlemen, playing political games in order to rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars on the speaking and book-signing circuits is not what the Tea Parties are all about.

Tea Parties are supposed to be about putting principle over politics, supporting and defending the US Constitution, supporting limited government and personal liberty, getting rid of the Federal Reserve, abolishing the IRS, ending preemptive and pervasive wars, and putting truth and integrity back into government.

Entirety at http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin569.htm

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Three cheers to a Constitutional Government!!! Long live the Republic envisioned by James Madison, Samuel Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine and all Founders of the United States.

They would have violently opposed the bankrupting of the country due to our corrupt elected officials, the loss of our Civil liberties, the massive expansion of the President and the Executive Branch, the Federal Reserve, the Income Tax, and the centralization of our Republic, which now barely exists. Our Bill of Rights has been eaten by our Government and no longer exists. This movement is a long time coming.

We all should gather our Strength, those of us with an alike conscinous to help these candidates for office. All of these love the founders more than lobbyists and personal recognition. Some of these I’ve talked about for a long time on this blog.

Debra Medina Running for Governor of Texas
Peter Schiff Senate from Connecticut to replace Chris Dodd’s seat
Rand Paul Senate from Kentucky
Adam Kokesh House from New Mexico
R.J. Harris House from Oklahoma

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She is receiving a storm of donations today, Tuesday after clearing showing up both Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchinson in both debates. She needs fighting for and funding to have a chance, help let other Texas hear the leadership offered by Medina in restoring the great state of Texas back to Common Sense, Liberty and Freedom from Washington Bureaucrats.

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From Statesmen.com:

While Debra Medina’s campaign fund-raising cannot compete with the big-money machines of her Republican primary competitors, she has smoked them over the past month in terms of contributions from small donors.

The latest campaign finance reports, released Tuesday, show that Medina raised almost $63,000 in January from donors who gave $200 or less. Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison each brought in the less than $16,000 from small-dollar givers.

Medina’s debate performance in mid-January helped to raise her statewide profile and she brought in almost $146,000 in January, about 60 percent of what she raised in all of 2009. She drew donations from 1,400 individuals in January, more than three times the number of contributions received by either of her competitors.

Her fund-raising total of $378,015 is still a pittance compared to Hutchison’s $13.1 million and Perry’s $12 million. Of course, the big difference between Medina and her well-funded candidates are the big donors. It is tough to keep up when your competitors are getting $100,000 checks

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