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Press Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Contact: Wayne Cunningham |
December 2, 2011 |
wayne@wst-chester.com |
The Virginia Tea Party Patriot Groups
It appears that George Allen is DESPERATE to have the APPROVAL FROM THE TEA PARTY. Why this desperation? He is trying to convince the 40-60% (those not TP active members) who says they will vote for a Tea Party candidate, that HE is the Tea Party candidate. EVERYONE IN VIRGINIA POLITICS KNOWS THAT THE REAL / LEGITIMATE FEDERATION DOES NOT SUPPORT ALLEN. There are some independent Tea Parties that are not part of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots that don’t support George Allen. And we are not surprised that there are some independent Tea Parties that are basically GOP establishment in nature that support Allen. The group(s) that endorsed George Allen is not part of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots (VTPP).
Since the Chester Patriots are part of the VTPP we felt a response is in order. Let me make this perfectly clear, neither the Virginia Tea Party Patriots nor the Chester Patriots have endorsed George Allen for the US Senate.
"I am a Tea Party leader and I did not endorse George Allen. My group, the Chester Patriots have not endorsed any candidates and again, has not endorsed George Allen. For me, his big government and big spending are not going to help Virginians. If he were to be elected he would just disappoint every conservative with his votes like last time. Then would he be like Warner and say TOO BAD! Vote me out in SIX years!" We don’t have 6 years to deal with this type of BIG GOVERNMENT politician. We need a strong conservative to protect the rights of Virginia’s and George Allen is anything but a conservative.
The link to the article is below but first takes a look at the first paragraph of the endorsement and you see it says over 100 members of the Virginia Tea Party Patriot groups. The VTPP MEMBERSHIP is based on groups in the organization and not individuals. The individual memberships are counted in each separate group. You will see they make a notation about this at the end of the paragraph but the deception has already been planted. Also, you will notice most of the 100 individual members listed are from one group. The total individual group membership in the VTPP and the independent group membership outside of the VTPP total between 40,000 to 45,000. Now those 100 individual endorsements do not look as large as when you first read the statement.
"George Allen has picked up a pretty big endorsement. Over 100 members of Virginia TEA Party Patriot groups, a strong group of conservatives working to restore the country to fiscal sanity, have endorsed George Allen’s bit for the US Senate. While several of the candidates have TEA Party connections, Allen is the one to gain this important group’s endorsement."
"Please note that these are individual member endorsements, not from any organization themselves."
Click here to read the full endorsement on George Allen’s website.
Below are the basic conservative principles the Tea Party groups believe in:
Accountability
Free Markets
Fiscal Responsibility
Limited Government
Constitutional Adherence
Let’s take a look at Allen’s voting record and see if you think this is a conservative voting record which a Tea Party group would approve.
• voted to increase the national debt 45% in the Senate,
• raised Virginia state spending 45% while governor,
• voted to raise the U.S. Debt Ceiling four times,
• who voted for every budget and every big government program he ever saw in the Senate,
• who took campaign money from Freddie and Fannie and refused to support efforts to curb them,
• voted for the Bridge to Nowhere TWICE (May 17, 2005 - HR 3 Conference Report; Oct. 20, 2005 - H.R. 3058)) before he voted against it (Oct. 20, 2005 - Coburn Amendment) and before he voted FOR it again (Nov. 21, 2005 - H.R. 3058 Conference Report) but now says "I was one of the few who voted against it",
• opposed ethanol subsidies before he supported ethanol subsidies before he opposed ethanol subsidies...
Click here for a printable list of Allen’s voting record.
There are several Republican's running for the US Senante. Now click here for a look at a comparison of what a conservative vote should look like compared to a Big Government voting record like George Allen. Print this out and look at all the canidates and you make your own decision.
By George Allen’s voting record and his actions like this misleading endorsement from the VTPP I don’t know how a Tea Party group could endorse Allen but groups and individuals can endorse anyone they want just as the Chester Patriots and it's members can do. But the Chester Patriots have not endorsed any candidates and we DO NOT endorse George Allen.
The elections in 2012 will probably be the biggest election that any of us have been involved in and could determine the path our country will go, Socialism or Capitalism. If you want to do something but don’t know what to do then start coming to our meetings or to another Tea Party group near you and get informed, get involved and make a difference with other members.
Is it too much to ask for a little HONESTY AND INTEGRITY! I think we should demand it from them all.












