East Valley TEA Party

A few quick reactions to the premiere of Tea Party: The Documentary Film at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington DC. Sponsored by FreedomWorks.org on Dec 2nd, 2009.

TeaPartyMovie.com

Update 1/28:  Added speaker time schedule and more candidates
Update 1/25:  Candidate list updated

The EAST Valley TEA Party presents:

Superbowl of Conservative Candidates Open House

Saturday, January 30th
12 Noon – 8 p.m.
The Burke Basic School
(old Foxworth building, East of Skateland)
131 East Southern Avenue
Mesa, AZ  85210

• Meet and speak with candidates for a variety of offices
• Learn how to get the government back where it belongs
• Guest speakers will speak about our Constitution, our history and our future
• Live Radio Broadcast
• Learn about groups that you can join and become  involved

This event will be an open house format where citizens can meet the candidates one-on-one and get to know them.  Candidates will be located in the classrooms and speakers will be presenting in the auditorium.  New candidates are being added daily!

Confirmed Candidates

• Gubernatorial: Dean Martin, Hugh Kealer, Steven Slaton, Buz Mills, Matthew Jette, Ray Yount, Tim Willis, Roy Miller,  Kent Couchee, and Benjamin Jankowski
• Attorney General: Tom Horne
• Superintendent of Public Instruction: John Huppenthal, Margaret Dugan
• Corporation Commissioner: Gary Pierce, Brenda Burns
• Congressional District 4:  Janet Contreras
• Congressional District5: David Schweikert, Chris Salvino
• Congressional District6: Easton Kelsey, Jeff Smith
• U.S Senate: Jim Deakin, Chris Simcox, trying to confirm JD Hayworth has expressed interest and is trying to make arrangements to join us
• State Senator: Russell Pearce, Thayer Verschoor
• State House: Kirk Adams, Adam Armer, Kelly Townsend, Brett Petillo, JD Mesnard, Jeff Vance
• County Attorney: Jay Beckstead, Bill Montgomery
• Treasurer:  Ted Carpenter

Confirmed Speakers:

Dan Schultz – PC Champion, recently elected MCRC member at large
Shane Krauser – Constitutional Law Professor, Criminal Justice Professor, a Professor who makes a difficult subject understandable and fun
Sandy Reid – History Teacher, Author and Speaker with vast knowledge of our Constitution and the founders of America
Pam Stevenson – Chairman of the East Valley TEA Party Patriots
Greg Western – Activism Chair of the East Valley TEA Party Patriots

Tentative Speaker Schedule:

Live Radio Broadcast 3 – 4 p.m.:

Rudi-Main Street Out Loud
KKNT 960 AM

Participating Groups with booths/tables:

Conservative t-shirts
40 days for life
Smart Girl Politics
As A Mom
Abigail Adams Project
East Valley TEA Party Patriots
American Citizens United
Family Watch International
Second Amendment Sisters

“The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.”
George Washington

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.”
Samuel Adams

Plan to attend and bring your friends, don’t miss this event!

East Valley TEA Party meets Tuesday

Tuesday January 26, 2010   6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Val Vista Lakes Clubhouse
1600 E Lakeside Drive, Gilbert, AZ  85234
Donations appreciated of $2.50 per person

Val Vista South of Baseline, turn East on Lakeside Drive has traffic signal

Guest Speaker This Week:

Educational Options That Protect Your Values In The Current Political Climate presented by Holly Craw

Find out the hidden NEA agenda to dummy down our children and change America’s history and outlook.

You can visit her blog about home schooling, family and community and legislation that affects these by clicking here.

Jim Deakin, a conservative, has given us a reason to watch MSNBC.   Deakin is running for Senate against John McCain.  He will be on MSNBC today around 12:50 p.m.

The Tea Party movement of 2009 shocked the political establishment, the nation at large and left a big media machine dizzy in its wake.

TeaPartyMovie.com

Are you reading the 5000 Year Leap?  If so, check out the handy study guide that you can use. The study guide will be posted on the download page

SCOTT BROWN WINS!!

Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin have been in Boston for the last day and have posted a couple of articles about what they have experienced. Please click through and read their columns here and here.

While the majority Congress may not have been listening to us as we have used grassroots lobbying efforts to get their attention, apparently, we are getting the attention of many other Americans.  In Massachusetts, we are seeing a confirmation that Tea Party values — fiscal responsibility and constitutionally limited government — resonate with Americans.

The East Valley TEA Party has tickets for the upcoming “Get Motivated” Seminar that will be held in Phoenix on February 4th.  The speakers are:

• Laura Bush
• Kurt Warner
• Tamara Lowe
• Steve Forbes
• Steve Nash
• Rudy Giuliani
• General Colin Powell

The tickets are free and will be available at the East Valley TEA Party meeting until they are gone.

Click here for the “Get Motivated” Phoenix seminar information

Political analyst Charlie Cook says the terms “gruesome” and “psychologically devastating” come to mind when he considers the political developments for Democrats over the last few weeks.  In his “Off to the Races” column for National Journal’s CongressDaily site, Cook points to these developments:  click here to read the article

Phyllis Schlafly writes about the Marriage Penalty on The Eagle Forum:

Hidden in Obama’s health care bill is a huge marriage penalty. Both the Senate and House bills would set up yet another federal program to provide financial incentives to subsidize marriage avoidance and illegitimate offspring.   Click here to read the article