Posted on 04/29/2009 12:42:59 PM PDT by kristinn
New York, New York – April 29th, 2009 - The National Leadership Team of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition (http://www.nationwideteapartycoalition.com) today accepted President Obama`s invitation "to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.”
The invitation was extended by the President at a Town Hall Meeting held in Arnold, Missouri today (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21870.html). Michael Patrick Leahy, a member of the National Leadership Team of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition, said " We want to broaden the scope to address the President`s runaway march to socialist-statism, and the rampant across the board irresponsible spending he is promoting with his $787 Billion Stimulus Plan and his $1 Trillion Annual Deficit, his takeover of General Motors, Chrysler and the Banks ."
Kellen Giuda, organizer of the New York City Tea party attended by 12,000 and of Parcbench (http://www.parcbench.com) said, “I think a constructive dialogue with the President would be a great opportunity for him to acknowledge that, yes, many Americans have a problem with the way Washington is handling our taxpayer dollars and also that we are concerned about health care and social security reform. I am happy he is open to a discussion. The Tea Parties are protesting against fiscal irresponsibility and any dialogue we can have will hopefully bring a better public understanding of our country`s finances. Health care and social security reform is a large concern to us."
The National Leadership Team of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition includes 25 of the more than 900 local organizers of the April 15, 2009 Tax Day Tea Parties held across the country, which were attended by more than 1 million Americans. Members of the National Leadership Team includes Judson Phillips, organizer of the Nashville Tea Party attended by 10,000, James Dickey, organizer of the Dallas Tea Party, attended by 5,000, and JoAnn Abbot, organizer of the Washington, DC Tea Party attended by more than 3,000. The full list of the 25 members of the National Leadership Team of the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition can be found at http://www.nationwideteapartycoalition.com/about.php
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I agree with fre kitty, neither of you should. These guys are dirty, along with their pet media.
I share the concerns about fiscal issues but my main issue is the 2nd amendment, as it has been for about 50 years now. If any effort ignores, or works counter to that, they won't get my support.
I share the concerns about fiscal issues but my main issue is the 2nd amendment, as it has been for about 50 years now. If any effort ignores, or works counter to that, they won't get my support.
Well, if they’re “legit”, I’d like to know why the great people who organized the Houston Tea Party (to which almost 11,000 attended!) were not listed. They’ve done a great job at humbly keeping it a grass-roots level movement. They meet regularly to make sure that things are ready for the Fourth, but they seek NO glory.
I’m not due any apology but that wasn’t cripplecreek’s position that was what the article was saying. Perhaps you could reread the exchange between the two of you and see if I am on to something. Re-examine his post that you first responded to. Maybe it’s not all that important, I don’t know.
I don’t see any point in belaboring this, personally. Why do you? Maybe you aren’t exactly aware of everything that’s happening, you would understand better if you were. I really hope you aren’t just trying to stir things up, we have enough of that.
He just wants to tell them in person that he won!
You stated that perfectly fine...bump!!!!!!!!!
Looks like 25 government checks cleared.
I read every word the both of you said and I understood everything both of you meant. You owe him an apology. Take that up and do something with it or forget it. I don't really care that much.
Plus this smells of Sam Adams meeting with George III.
I said that if I misunderstood him I was sorry. Now, how about you just butting out!
Hey, you wanna be a jerk then be a jerk.
You wanna be a prissy little meddler then be a prissy little meddler. Go contemplate your navel or something!
I got your contemplation hangin’, chief.
Thank you for the update. I do feel better now. I was very worried.
My best regards.
I do have to agree with your post #196.
It was/is dangerous and foolish. And worse, there is no plan “B.”
You don't know that.
There is one difference that leaps to mind: Navy Vet isn't a member of a group titling itself the "The National Leadership Team" or "the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition".
The very titles suggest that they have somehow promoted themselves to speak for people who never heard of them and presenting themselves as followed by people who have never heard of them.
Personally, this makes me very anxious. Obama doesn't want to hear from them or to listen to them. He wants to give only the appearance of taking them seriously. He has already poisoned his own well: He told PP he'd sign FOCA his first day in office. He told Americans of Armenian background that he would be clear that the Turks committed genocide, and then he totally wussed out. He just snookered Orrin Hatch, telling him the he would not nominate a "radical" for the Supremes. But he IS a radical, and from where he stands a "Moderate" justice is still one who supports infanticide and treating the conversation as one treats a deep well, one looks down it and sees one's own face looking back.
This man thinks he has the authority to toss out contracts if they seem bad to him. He cares neither about commitment nor about truth. He thinks he can run our economy better than anybody else. He has no humility. This is the most perilous situation we've been in since FDR, if not since the founding of the republic.
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