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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Pulling out my popcorn...here kitty...
“National Organizations” got us into this mess, Individuals will get us out....”
Let us know when you have things all fixed.
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
I guess I misunderstood what they were about...If it is only about the money then shame on me for falling for it.
You should get to go. Insist on cameras in the room and the right to take the meeting “to the people who protested independent of any party or ‘organization’”...oh, and wear masks. That would be a nice touch.
Yes. They’ve called his bluff.
The National Leadership Team
The National Leadership Team is an advisory group, that provides public commentary on the direction of the Tea Party Movement. This group currently consists of 26 members. Over time, will expand to 36 or more.
Ben Cunningham, Nashville, TN
Gary Aminoff, Los Angeles, CA
Lisa Ray, Cheyenne, WY
Mickey White, Richmond, VA
Jon Wallace, Rutland, VT
Joan Stanley, Bozeman, MT
Judson Phillips, Franklin, TN
Kellen Guida, New York, NY
JoAnn Abbot, Washington, DC
James Dickey, Dallas, TX
Steve Dalton, Valparaiso, IN
Wendy Herman, Corpus Christi, TX
Michael Patrick Leahy *, Thompsons Station, TN
Mike Perez, Covina, CA
Christie Carden, Huntsville, AL
Brian T. Campbell, Denver, CO
Gene Sweeney, Bradenton, FL
Glenda Caldwell, Cookeville, TN
Brad Marston, Boston, MA
Ryan Dixon, Bakersfield, CA
Sherry Orange, Mt. Juliet, TN
Ralph Reagan, Fayetteville, NC
Chris Shirey, Laurel, Delaware
Andrew Ian Dodge, Harpswell, Maine
Michael Johns, Philadelphia Metro Area, Pennsylvania
Bill Hennessy, St. Louis, Missouri
* Michael Patrick Leahy represents himself alone and not TCOT as an organization. TCOT strongly supports the Tea Party movement, but does not endorse or have any connection as an organization with any particular Tea Party group
I belong to four groups, all of which sponsored/promoted the TEA Party idea.
These individuals are Leaders of their group. Period! HOWEVER, if they wish to call 0bama’s bluff, more power to them.
Geez! FReepers! We have to work TOGETHER to have an impact. Yes, the idea of one overall organization is a bad idea, but 50,000,000 individuals with NO coherent message is even worse!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought part of the reason for the Tea Parties was to let new conservative leadership step forward. If they are doing so I personally don't have a problem with that. Seems like the linked responses were pretty good IMHO....
Odinga will convert them to ISLAM, then poison them with Polonium.
Then he’ll hold a press conference and say, “They looked tired, then they died. Oh look, here’s the family dog running up the stairs!”
right on!
Chamberlain felt good after meeting with Hitler.
Maybe we’ll feel good after meeting with Hussein the moslem usurper communist.
Well, at least they had the huevos to put their names down. However, I can’t even begin to imagine the PERSONAL downside they will experience once DU and HP start working their “opposition research” magic.
I hope there isn’t one single skeleton in any of these closets because if there is THAT will become the face of the TP movement.
You know, because the MSM will say it is.
Forget Obama, Pelosi and Reid, the lib dominated media is the real enemy.
A couple of you posters have HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
This meeting is just a CASTING CALL to choose WHICH LEADER to DEMONIZE in the media.
They’re gonna take a bunch of photos. Rahm Emmanuel will scope out the easiest target, then the COMMIE MOSLEM attack machine will launch into action.
They’ll choose a “leader” then coordinate media attacks on that “leader.” Just like they’ve been doing to Republicans for 50 years.
By the time they’re done, 300 million americans will know how many times that leader picked his nose on the playground at age 3, and where he wiped it.
Treat HUSSEIN like Iran - don’t meet with him.
They must be told unequivocally they are on their own. They do not represent or speak for anybody else or any group.
HEY BAMA!! DON’T CALL US, WE’LL CALL YOU.
The Tea Parties are about FREEDOM, and that is not something you are qualified to speak to natural born Americans or anyone else about.
The “Tea Party Leadership” is now an identifiable target... the guys agreeing to meet with obama and the entire national media being prepared to spin the meeting...
the TP “leaders” are being played by a master marxist with one of the world's greatest propaganda machines.
Think Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin had a few skeletons ( or bogus skeletons) dredged up? Just wait until zerO’s agencies and agents get through picking through the private lives of the tea party “leaders”
When you disagree with the messiah, to paraphrase “the Godfather”
It's not business, it's personal!
Good Luck. Get your taxes in order. You'll be audited for the next 4 years or more. Among other things.
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