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http://www.michnews.com/Guest_Commentary/jak041610.shtml

“The Tea Party Express Is Useless”
Posted in: Guest Commentary
By Jerry A. Kane
Friday, April 16, 2010 - 3:50:21 PM ET

SNIPPET: “Democrats control the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, and they have been relentlessly forcing socialism down the craw of the American people because progressives are in total control of the Democrat Party.

To solve the problem, simply vote out the Democrats and strip the power from the progressives. So what in the name of Sam Hill are the leaders of the Tea Party Express trying to prove by endorsing Idaho Democrat Walt Minnick for Congress?”

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Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYtMeY7Hno

“The Tea Party Express says Idaho Liberal Walt Minnick made the list of tea party heroes”
(Added April 16, 2010)

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Blog:

http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/04/tea-party-express-endorses-minnick.html

Thursday, April 15, 2010

“Tea Party Express endorses Minnick?”

SNIPPET: “Minnick is apart of the problem, not a solution. We have several Conservative Republicans running in this district, to provide the residents of this district with 100% Conservative representation in Congress, instead of 30 or 40%. The Tea Party Express is endorsing a Democrat to fight off rumors of being a “GOP” operation, but what happens when Tea Partiers playing “politics as usual” hurts the Nation at large?”

SNIPPET: “Disgraceful.”

http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2010/04/16/welcome-to-the-tea-party-comrade-minnick

“Welcome to the Tea Party Comrade Minnick”
POSTED BY NATHANIEL HOFFMAN ON FRI, APR 16, 2010 AT 5:26 PM

SNIPPET: “Prior to the march, a national group that hitched its wagon to the tea party train—The Tea Party Express—released a list of congressional targets and heroes. Idaho Rep. Walt Minnick made the list of tea party heroes, an announcement met with surprise (then incredulity, mockery and incomprehension) from multiple corners, starting with the Minnick campaign itself.

“Um, sure,” Minnick spokesman John Foster replied when the a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/15/walt-minnick-tea-party-en_n_538837.html";> Huffington Post asked if the campaign was accepting the Tea Party’s backing. “Walt is not in the habit of turning down support,” Foster continued.”

SNIPPET: “Foster said Minnick has some rapport with local tea party activists. He also said he spoke with a representative of the Tea Party Express today who told him they’d looked at all the Blue Dog Democrats and decided that Minnick was the only one worth endorsing, particularly for his anti-earmark stance.”

SNIPPET: “That’s not exactly how Smerz, who said he resents the “government takeover of everything,” (not to mention the “socialist” bomb above) characterizes it.

“They just seem to have their hands on everything and I don’t think it’s necessary, we should do it ourselves,” Smerz told citydesk.

Moreover, the national Tea Party Express, which is run by establishment GOP operatives, never asked the local tea partiers their opinion on Minnick.

“We at Tea Party Boise were not consulted or given the opp for giving our input to Tea Party Express,” Smerz said. The local “party” has not endorsed any candidates, though they will publish candidate surveys on April 24.”

SNIPPET: “Ward said he’s running for the tea party vote too.

“I think that any candidate in Idaho would be foolish not to look at them as a strong voting block,” Ward told citydesk.

Ward said he shares many tea party stances including limited government, accountability and the fact the “the Constitution does matter.””