Whatever...go have a beer, cool off, and relish in your internet “victory”.
I’m going to bed.
How does it feel throwing away an 11-year account over your messiah Willard ?
Top conservatives snubbing first Florida tea party convention?
By Zac Anderson, Herald-Tribune
Friday, November 4, 2011
DAYTONA BEACH
Gov. Rick Scott rode a wave of tea party support to office last year. But the mood among conservative activists Friday on the first day of Florida’s first ever tea party convention was less congenial towards the governor, with many feeling snubbed by Scott and other top Republicans.
Convention organizers said Scott agreed last January to be the event’s keynote speaker Friday but his office canceled at the last minute. Scott’s official schedule listed a “Let’s Get to Work Day” at the Port of Miami until 4 p.m. Friday but no events in the evening or on Saturday.
“The tea party helped get him into office,” noted event organizer Bill Eads with the Tri County Tea Party in Central Florida. “I hope he’s not forgot the people who got him where he is.”
Organizer Pam Dahl said Sen. Marco Rubio’s staff also committed to the event and canceled.
“They told me he is committed and I took their word for it,” said Dahl, a tea party leader in The Villages.
Rubio sent a video message apologizing for not attending in person and thanking the group “for your continued activism.”
The lack of any high profile conservatives at the three-day convention in Daytona Beach was disappointing for many of the activists who drove from all over Florida and the country for the event. Most of the Republican presidential candidates also planned to skip the convention but the absence of Scott and Rubio drew the most attention.
“It’s somewhat of a slap in the face,” said Sally Baptiste, a 54-year-old tea party activist from Orlando. “Especially with
The Rubios and Scotts who were kind of the first tea party candidates and this is the state of Florida tea party convention.”