Shelly L. Dankert
January 30
Any group that calls itself a "Tea Party" and can still see fit to endorse one of the 2 frontrunners is not any "Tea Party" I'll have any part of. The 2 frontrunners are BOTH anathema to the Tea Party that I've supported for the past almost 3 years.
The Tea Party needs to WAKE UP!!! They've fallen asleep and are settling again for the "status quo," which, as Governor Palin put it in her speech in
Indianola, IA is "Latin for 'more of the same of the mess that we're in.'"
A 20+ year Washington insider like Gingrich is NOT the vision of the Tea Party. A former liberal/moderate/progressive like Romney isn't either. I don't know if Santorum is. I know that Ron Paul is on domestic issues and that's IT.
I, as a member of the Tea Party wanted politicians that would NOT lie to me. I wanted people that would represent MY VALUES. I wanted representation that has ALWAYS shared my view of American values. I didn't want some slick, polished, too-smart-for-their-own-good politician that would change the way they've always spoken in order to get me to vote for them now.
This "Tea Party" that is supporting either one of the frontrunners is NOT my Tea Party.
My Tea Party understood Sarah Palin and EVERYTHING that she has stood for. Period. My Tea Party never had to do weeks-worth of investigating into Sarah Palin's record to try to figure out if she was blowing smoke up our butts or not. My Tea Party KNEW where Sarah Palin stood. My Tea Party KNEW where Sarah Palin stands now.
My Tea Party would support Sarah Palin for president and wouldn't accept ANYTHING BUT.