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Matt Collins
04-22-2010, 04:43 PM
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/utah-tea-party-state/2010/04/20/id/356333


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spudea
04-22-2010, 05:16 PM
thats how you do it

speciallyblend
04-22-2010, 06:58 PM
doing it in Colorado to;) Liberty Candidates 2010, Ron Paul 2012 .

speciallyblend
04-27-2010, 07:53 AM
blimpin

catdd
04-27-2010, 08:02 AM
YouTube - Peanuts Dance to "Linus & Lucy" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G8XH4WDxP4&feature=related)

ninepointfive
04-27-2010, 08:04 AM
sweet! Utah shares a border with Colorado. We are making great progress out here too!

Imperial
04-27-2010, 08:11 AM
I know Mike Lee is good on fiscal issues and Afghanistan. How is he on civil liberties, social issues, etc.

ctiger2
04-27-2010, 09:31 AM
YouTube - Ron Paul ~ There's a Revolution Going On! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ncrWL6tR8)

Keller1967
04-27-2010, 09:33 AM
But didn't the GOP already take over the tea parties?

ssforronpaul
04-27-2010, 09:52 AM
Sen. Bennett sinks to third place in poll
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/94511-utahs-sen-bennett-sinks-to-third-place-in-poll

Another poll shows Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) may have trouble making the final ballot at the state party convention.

Three days after a Deseret News poll of convention delegates showed Bennett in second place, a Salt Lake Tribune poll now has Bennett in third. Attorney Mike Lee leads with 37 percent, congressional candidate Tim Bridgewater is second at 20 percent, and Bennett is third at 16 percent.

Utah features an unusual nominating process in which a multi-ballot convention process whittles the race down to two candidates. If, at any point, a candidate gets 60 percent of the vote, he or she wins the nomination outright.

At this point, it appears Bennett will have to fight just to make the final pairing and then hope his opponent can't consolidate all of the anti-Bennett vote. In that case, the two of them would be headed for a two-person primary.

The Utah GOP convention is on May 8, with the possible primary on June 22.


ssforronpaul

Ninja Homer
04-27-2010, 09:58 AM
Tea Party isn't well-defined nationally yet... are these more of a Liberty-minded Tea Party, a neoconish Tea Party, or mixed? Either way, it's gotta be a good thing when they're taking out the old guard established GOP leaders.

Keller1967
04-27-2010, 10:01 AM
Tea Party isn't well-defined nationally yet... are these more of a Liberty-minded Tea Party, a neoconish Tea Party, or mixed? Either way, it's gotta be a good thing when they're taking out the old guard established GOP leaders.

This is what I should have asked.

Ninja Homer
04-27-2010, 10:08 AM
Here's Mike Lee's site: http://www.mikelee2010.com/

It looks like he's of the Sarah Palin brand of Tea Party... cut spending by continuing the war of terror in Afghanistan.

Keller1967
04-27-2010, 10:46 AM
Here's Mike Lee's site: http://www.mikelee2010.com/

It looks like he's of the Sarah Palin brand of Tea Party... cut spending by continuing the war of terror in Afghanistan.

:(

Matt Collins
05-08-2010, 07:40 PM
I think this should be bumped right now.

Noob
05-09-2010, 01:49 AM
Tea Party Group acts to recall sitting senator

http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/04/29/tea-party-group-acts-to-recall-sitting-senator/

Pauls' Revere
05-09-2010, 02:17 AM
Niiice.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100509/ap_on_el_se/us_utah_senate

US Sen. Bob Bennett ousted at Utah GOP convention

SALT LAKE CITY – Republican Sen. Bob Bennett was thrown out of office Saturday by delegates at the Utah GOP convention in a stunning defeat for a once-popular three-term incumbent who fell victim to a growing conservative movement nationwide.

Bennett's failure to make it into Utah's GOP primary — let alone win his party's nomination — makes him the first congressional incumbent to be ousted this year and demonstrates the challenges candidates face from the right in 2010


:D

Matt Collins
05-09-2010, 08:22 AM
Finally some Tea Party action that is doing something positive. Hopefully they won't replace one neocon with another.

Badger Paul
05-09-2010, 08:40 AM
A lot of people are going to make this about ideology, but really, considering the problems this nation faces, does anyone think Bob Bennett should be rehired?

Lucille
05-09-2010, 09:53 AM
Here's Mike Lee's site: http://www.mikelee2010.com/

It looks like he's of the Sarah Palin brand of Tea Party... cut spending by continuing the war of terror in Afghanistan.

The neocons (http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2010/04/utah-mike-lee-steps-in-it.html) are none too pleased with this:


... When we’re engaged in something ostensibly for the purpose of national defense. And what I mean by that is we can’t be overseas subjecting our young men and women to danger if the purpose is simply nation building, if we’re there for purposes of bringing meals on wheels to foreign governments or building self-esteem in foreign governments. That’s not why we’re there.

Q: How would you counsel Pres Obama on Iraq, Iran, and China

Mike Lee: The few powers that are actually given to the federal governments need to be exercised forcefully, carefully and without reservation…Foreign policy needs to be focused on protecting the homeland from attack, not on nation building. I'm concerned with reports that I am hearing from Afghanistan in particular that we may have 100 or fewer active militant Taliban in Afghanistan…If that is true, I ask the question: what on earth are we doing subjecting our brave men and women who need to be supported to that kind of danger, day in and day out, if they have as many thugs there as we have right here in Utah county?

UtahApocalypse
05-09-2010, 10:13 AM
I would love to know if we Ron Paul took second in the Pres. Straw poll. There is no way we would beat Romney in Utah so second would be a victory.