GOP’s latest foes hail from Tea Party

the houston chronicle ^ | 11/16/2009 | lynsi burton

[cbkaty]

Republicans in 5 state races may find new fights on their right flanks

WASHINGTON— Canyon Clowdus thinks Americans “have less freedom and pay more taxes than ever.”

“We need more John Wayne and Jesus in Washington,” the Marble Falls rancher and businessman declares.

Clowdus is just the kind of grass-roots activist that national Republican leaders sought to fire up in the Tea Party movement that has spread across Texas in energetic rallies and heated town hall confrontations. Now, the 40-year-old Army veteran is seeking to unseat an incumbent congressman whom he calls a profligate spender.

Just one problem: Clowdus, an avid Tea Party loyalist, is running in the Republican primary against a Republican incumbent, Rep. Mike Conaway of Midland.

Across Texas, at least five Tea Party activists have announced their candidacies for U.S. House and Senate seats.

[cbkaty]

ALERT - The primary is the place.........

Case in point: the GOP race for governor, where Tea Party ally Debra Medina of Wharton has announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination against incumbent Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, whom she dismisses derisively as “get-along-style politicians.”

[Marty62]

Leave it to the Bird cage liner to pick up a piece by some unknown shill trashing the Tea Party Movement.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Clowdus is just the kind of grass-roots activist that national Republican leaders sought to fire up in the Tea Party movement .....

Sure, the GOP leadership has really been behind the Tea Party movement. LOL.

[cripplecreek]

Unfortunately the GOP is trying to manipulate primary races and will cause more losses because of it.

[dead]

Clowdus is just the kind of grass-roots activist that national Republican leaders sought to fire up in the Tea Party movement

I'm guessing the girl who wrote this is about 24 years old.

[prisoner6]

We need more John Wayne and Jesus in Washington.

That is a great quote!

"John Wayne and Jesus" could be a "classic" Country Western song!

prisoner6

[AvOrdVet]

Unfortunately the GOP is trying to manipulate primary races and will cause more losses because of it.

You called it, the GOP has been trying to jump on the TEA Party coattails since the movement began!

[cbkaty]

Unfortunately the GOP is trying to manipulate primary races and will cause more losses because of it.

Didn't their GOP learn "anything" from the New York district 23 endorsement?

Arrogant s_it-for-brains jokers......

[cripplecreek]

Here in Michigan’s 7th district, they don’t like the fact that the conservative they threw overboard last year is running again and building a head of steam so they recruited a carpetbagger to move to the district and run against him for the GOP nomination.

Obviously we can’t be trusted to pick our own representation.

[TexasCajun]

The Bird Cage Liner is the place liberal 'journalism' graduates go for their internship.

...like Julie Mason.

[EmilyGeiger]

Way to go Texas!!

[Rocky]

The mid-term elections are the place to send a message to both parties.

If the GOP wants to win in 2012, they had better pay attention to what happens in 2010. The GOP needs to change. Trying to manipulate things to take advantage of the tea parties... well, that dog won’t hunt.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Clowdus is just the kind of grass-roots activist that national Republican leaders sought to fire up in the Tea Party movement

As the old saying goes: Everything I needed to know about this ignorant fool (and this article) I learned from that comment.

Yeah, like the "National Republitard Leaders" have supported the Tea Party movement. Right! About as much as has the Democrat National Committee!!!

In fact I think the Pubes hierarchy inside the Beltway fear the Tea Party Movement more than do the RATS!!!

[Joe Boucher]

I will never again vote for a RINO turd like McLame again.
I will vote only for conservatives. Hear me charlie crist?
Hey crist, have you taken your lips off obamma lamma ding dongs ass yet?

[YellowRoseofTx]

My husband came in Friday evening saying he’d heard Debra Medina on a radio program and was very impressed with her, she is very conservative.

[crescen7]

Just one problem: Clowdus, an avid Tea Party loyalist, is running in the Republican primary against a Republican incumbent, Rep. Mike Conaway of Midland."

Problem????

[AUH2O Repub]

If the GOP doesn’t nominate Conservatives and, in fact, fights us, then we need to relegate the GOP to third party status. 2010 will tell us whether we stay with the GOP (I’ve already switched to Independent) or follow Sarah as the head of the Conservative Party.

[cbkaty]

Hey crist, have you taken your lips off obamma lamma ding dongs ass yet

Time to call a spade a spade.....?

[Dahoser]

Yes, what exactly is the problem with Clowdus running?

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

We have the same problem here in Georgia.Funny how they had to get a true blue conservative from Alaska to come down here and stump for chambliss pulling his sorry ass out of a very close run off.We had a real conservtive(Herman Cain) run for an open senate seat against issacon and the gop backed the squishy one.I hate the gop as much as the dnc.