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2016: Tea Party Afire: South Carolina and Iowa Events Preview Coming Fight With Establishment
Breitbart ^ | January 19, 2015 | Michael Patrick Leahy

Posted on 01/19/2015 6:56:02 AM PST by don-o

Sold out Tea Party events in South Carolina this weekend and Iowa next weekend demonstrate that the conservative grassroots are prepared to put in the time and money needed to back a limited government candidate who can win the Republican Presidential nomination in 2016.

More than 1,200 grassroots activists attended this weekend’s three day South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention in Myrtle Beach, where they heard from four potential Presidential candidates: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Dr. Ben Carson, former Senator Rick Santorum, and Donald Trump.

Remarks by Cruz and Dr. Carson, in particular, caught the attention of the mainstream media.

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Cruz told Boyle he is looking “very seriously” at running for President in 2016. Support of his potential candidacy among the grassroots and potential donors has been “breathtaking,” Cruz added.

In addition to Cruz, Carson, Santorum, and Trump, several potential presidential candidates who skipped the South Carolina event, including Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry, and Scott Walker, will speak at the Iowa event.

Notable in their absence from both the South Carolina and Iowa events are establishment front-runners Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney.

Former Governor Sarah Palin will add her star power to the Iowa event.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: teaparty; uniparty
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1 posted on 01/19/2015 6:56:02 AM PST by don-o
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To: don-o

TED CRUZ 2016


2 posted on 01/19/2015 6:58:20 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: don-o

Nothing upsets the GOP more than the mere mention, much less a resurgence, of the Tea Party. Its their worst nightmare BECAUSE the Tea Party exposes their hypocrisy, weakness and appeasement.


3 posted on 01/19/2015 7:00:19 AM PST by Starboard
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To: don-o

GOPe bump for later...


4 posted on 01/19/2015 7:03:59 AM PST by indthkr
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To: indthkr
GOPe bump for later...

Stop letting them live in your head.

5 posted on 01/19/2015 7:07:02 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o
"Here’s the thing about progressives,” Carson said. “They’re not evil people. They just have a different belief system.”

The same might be said of Muslims.

6 posted on 01/19/2015 7:09:12 AM PST by Savage Beast (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Savage Beast

I happen to differ with him on that aspect. They ARE evil people.


7 posted on 01/19/2015 7:11:25 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Savage Beast
"Here’s the thing about progressives,” Carson said. “They’re not evil people. They just have a different belief system.”

I like Dr. Ben, he'd make a great Surgeon General, but he's not Presidential material.

8 posted on 01/19/2015 7:16:02 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: don-o

Santorum is a lightweight. He couldn’t even win reelection to the US Senate. If he can’t even win his home state, what makes him think he can win the the presidency?
Ben Carson... good man. However, I am sure there are lots of more useful things he can do as one of the best neurosurgeons this country has ever produced, than running for the presidency, especially since he’s never run for public office before, and Ted Cruz is almost certainly running.


9 posted on 01/19/2015 7:17:17 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( "Ted)
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To: don-o
"The energy and enthusiasm here is electric”

“I think people are impassioned to turn our country around. You ask why people are here, the answer is our country is in crisis.

“It is now or never that we turn things around I don’t think we’ve hit the point of no return yet, but we are close.”

free market principles and constitutional liberty that are the foundation of this nation.”

All of this is true.

The greatest single obstacle to rescuing and saving our nation for future generations will be the Democrat Party Propaganda Machine--i.e. the newsmedia--whose propaganda is leading--actually, misleading--the vast majority of gullable Americans right off the cliff into destruction.

Whether or not the rest of us can save America--or save enough of it and its promise--remains to be seen.

The energy, enthusiasm, dedication, wisdom, and benevolence are there. The question is whether we can coalesce our power and singlemindedness of purpose into sufficient meaningful action to save America.

10 posted on 01/19/2015 7:20:44 AM PST by Savage Beast (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Starboard
"Nothing upsets the GOP more than the mere mention, much less a resurgence, of the Tea Party. Its their worst nightmare BECAUSE the Tea Party exposes their hypocrisy, weakness and appeasement."

Yes. And this speaks volumes:

"Notable in their absence from both the South Carolina and Iowa events are establishment front-runners Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney"

11 posted on 01/19/2015 7:22:23 AM PST by Savage Beast (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: don-o
Ted Cruz supports unchecked legal immigration (increase in HB-1 visas and green cards) and supports the same pathway to citizenship that Marco Rubio does.

Ted Cruz just got elected to the Senate in 2012. He needs to stay in the Senate and finish out his term.

12 posted on 01/19/2015 7:23:45 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: don-o
[Christie's] track record of Big Government-friendly policies is troublesome nauseating for many grassroots conservatives.

Fixed it.

13 posted on 01/19/2015 8:08:51 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: don-o; KC_Lion; SoConPubbie; Nachum; Jim Robinson

Next week is the Iowa event.

41:11 Minutes
Sen. Ted Cruz at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7a7cDcB56o

3:02 Minutes
Sarah Palin at South Carolina Tea Party Convention 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHgXimBJBUw

24:55 Minutes
Louie Gohmert at South Carolina Tea Party Convention 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2z-A-cP4w

19 Minutes
Rob Maness at South Carolina Tea Party Convention 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T86ZkAT40og

19:58 Minutes
Deneen Borelli at South Carolina Tea Party Convention 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nes4jpCwahw

22:09 Minutes
Bill Finlay (Wild Bill) at South Carolina Tea Party Convention 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PiPAPJnsRM

15:42 Minutes
Kevin Jackson at South Carolina Tea Party Convention 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VNLhq8nAZw

13:12 Minutes
Ben Carson Tea Party Patriot Event South Carolina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHAcmRF8BzI

11:44 Minutes
Ben Carson Tea Party Patriot Event South Carolina (part 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uG4KrBLG0w


14 posted on 01/19/2015 9:07:01 AM PST by Whenifhow
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To: don-o

Cruz.

Accept no substitutes.


15 posted on 01/19/2015 9:58:57 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SharpRightTurn
Cruz. Accept no substitutes.

I am eagerly awaiting hearing Scott Walker in Iowa this weekend. I know he has been in the battle and emerged with some actual accomplishments.

16 posted on 01/19/2015 10:24:32 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Whenifhow; onyx; Jim Robinson; SoConPubbie; SevenofNine; Abbeville Conservative; abigailsmybaby; ...
Thank You Whenifhow for posting all the Youtube Links to everyone's Speeches.

Including Sarah's at the Event in South Carolina.

Sarah's Vid to Palmetto State Tea Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHgXimBJBUw

All the rest found here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3248356/posts?page=14#14

17 posted on 01/19/2015 11:04:17 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: Starboard

Well considering the biggest organizers in the ‘tea party movement’ are GOP themselves, I have no idea why.


18 posted on 01/19/2015 11:14:16 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: don-o

Notable in their absence from both the South Carolina and Iowa events are establishment front-runners Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney.
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That so called “front runner” thingy would have been shown up for Willard as a farce..

He has never won in a SC primary..


19 posted on 01/19/2015 11:36:05 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: don-o

Governor Sarah Palin will add her star power to the Iowa event.
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Yeppers !!!

Jebbie and Willard not so much...


20 posted on 01/19/2015 11:36:53 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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