Posted on 01/07/2010 2:58:31 PM PST by Syncro
Look out Opryland, the tea partiers are coming to town.
The Tea Party Nation is gearing up for its first ever convention, to be held at the famed Opryland Hotel in Nashville next month. It's a confab designed to help the tea parties from across the country organize, with an agenda that sounds a lot like an attempt to form an official third party.
Organizers ask for local groups to "select their best to meet with their peers from across the nation" and who "have the most desire to move this process of organizing to the next level."
They'll have a workshop about "the importance of becoming Precinct Committee Chairs."
"Please join us, make and form strong bonds, network, and make plans for action. We are doing what we could not do alone, to preserve that which we value," organizers write.
As we've reported, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the keynoter for the Feb. 4-6 event, and Rep. Michele Bachmann will be the highlight luncheon speaker.
But we took a look at the Tea Party Nation's lineup of participants and some of them are quite interesting.
Among them is the Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore, who also is running for governor of Alabama.
Speakers include World Net Daily's Joseph Farah and Fox News Contributor Angela McGlowan.
Missing from the list are members of Congress besides Bachmann and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), which is not surprising since the tea party movement is growing in part because of anti-establishment sentiment.
We are keeping a close eye on the tea party primaries percolating around the country, with candidates identifying with the movement to challenge incumbent or Washington-supported Republicans.
The group bills itself as "a user-driven group of like-minded people who desire our God given Individual Freedoms which were written out by the Founding Fathers."
"We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country!" they write in advertising the convention.
They also note the Tea Party Express "will be rolling in and joining us for the convention."
Tickets range from $349 to $549 per person.
Also in February the American Conservative Union will host the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. In April, the 2012 presidential contenders will appear at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.
Late Update: Tea Party Nation emailed members soon after our post was published saying they had banned MSNBC's Rachel Maddow from their site. Read about that here.Hmmm, wonder if she offered to teabag the people there??
First National Tea Party Convention - February 4-6, 2010 Opryland Hotel Nashville, TN
The First National Tea Party Convention hosted by Tea Party Nation is happy to announce updates to the convention itinerary.
World Net Daily's Joseph Farah and Fox News Contributor Angela McGlowan will be attending the convention and both will be speaking at the Friday evening dinner.
We are also very pleased to announce that Tea Party Express will be rolling in and joining us for the convention.
National Precinct Alliance will be in attendance and conducting a workshop on the importance of becoming Precinct Committee Chairs.
We would like to thank Eric Odom and American Liberty Alliance, Tea Party Emporium, The Leadership Institute and Eagle Forum for their support and Sponsorship of the Convention.
Rep. Michele Bachman will be the Breakfast Speaker Friday morning and Rep. Marsha Blackburn will be introducing Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska (2006 - 2009) and 2008 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee, Saturday evening at the Convention's closing night banquet.
Other participants include: Phil Valentine (Nationally Syndicated Conservative Talk Radio Host), Bruce Donnelly (President, SurgeUSA), Judge Roy Moore, WWTN, Ana Puig, Dr. B. Leland Baker (author of Tea Party Revival), Mark Skoda (The Memphis Tea Party), Keli Carender (aka Liberty Belle), Dr. Rick Scarborough (author of "Enough is Enough"), Lori Christenson (The Evergreen Conifer Tea Party), David DeGerolamo (NC Freedom Tea Party), Walter Fitzgerald (Tea Party Nation - Emergency Preparedness), World Net Daily, TownHall.com, Judicial Watch, Young Americans for Freedom, SurgeUSA, FAIR, National Taxpayers Union, American Majority, Smart Girl Politics
How about a live feed on the internet during the convention. We would love to attend but have a small business to run.
No Third Party!
with an agenda that sounds a lot like an attempt to form an official third party.
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Third Party? Sounds like a prescription for failure and a lot of Democrat victories.
we’re already doing this in Connecticut, maybe people should come up here!
Thanks for the information.
I think the “agenda” is a fabrication of TPMDC
We need to retake the Republican party with the teaparty help. The rats would like nothing more than to watch us divide so they can conquer. 2010 look at the big picture, cockblock the empty suit and his clown posse with Republicans. They know where they stand with us and we will be as unrelenting with them as we will be with the rats come 2012. “Conform or be cast out”
Great! What are the dates?
I think banning all liberals and all liberal media is an important step. Only reporters from FOX news, WND, and other conservative media should be allowed. All liberal mainstream media should be banned. They will only corrupt the message.
Sarah Palin’s people have NOT yet confirmed this appearance.
well, we dont have a big one like this because we are REAL grass roots!
I WISH the national people would come out here to be taught somethng. We did it all on our own, we did it with people who knew their stuff and with a few old former pols to guide us but never had a lead position
we have conference calls every week and are soon meeting for a startup to discuss plans for 2010 to get candidates elected.
I put a bug in the ear of a national news network, maybe we’ll get some press out of it
While I like the Tea Partiers - I’m sick of the “Tea Baggers” as even the conservative talking heads have fallen victim to saying it.
Either we slam together the Tea Partiers and Republicans into TRUE CONVERVATIVES via the Republican Party - and, throw out Steele or convert him...OR OR OR OR...this is what happens:
40% Democrat
25% Republican
25% Tea Party
Gee, you do the math.
Dumb and Dumber.
Stupid is as Stupid Does.
Anyone have a Javascript of a herd of lemmings going over a cliff?
Third Party means the country is GONE and Commies, aka, Democrats, have won.
As we've reported, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the keynoter for the Feb. 4-6 eventKeep in mind this is TPMDC. As they reported.
The Internet Coordinator for the Institute of Phenomonology is awaiting a response from Palins agent, The Washington Speakers Bureau.
Third Party—We don’t need no stinking 3rd Party. Tea Parties can be king makers.
If they need a 3rd Party to run a conservative against a RINO—We have lots we can use from the Conservative Party to the Constitutionalists or Libertarian. Let New York 23 serve as a template (we lost that one but the colonists lost Bunker Hill but went on to win the Revolutionary War.) 3rd Parties can make a difference—they just can’t win president that’s all—so don’t use them for that. Flood the GOP primaries with Tea Party Republican Conservative candidates. Heck, we could even flood the Democratic Party with Tea Party Conservative Democrats. This is bigger than Party.
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