PREPARING for Presidential Debates

I got off the plane, picked up my bag and stepped outside to meet up with my ride to the hotel. I was not expecting the blast of cold air that hit me and immediately caused shivers that served as the opening conversation with the driver.

Reminder to self...check the weather before your journey and throw a sweater in your bag just in case. Always be PREPARED.

I arrived in Manchester, New Hampshire for tomorrow night's Presidential Debate. Florida will be the host state for the next Sept 12 CNN debate and I am here to see how it works and what we will need to do to PREPARE for it.

The Sept debate audience will be filled with tea party members and other tea party groups across the country will be a part of the evening. It is an unusual way to handle this and it makes us proud to know that we are still here and our message is still resonating -- enough so to garner a prime time debate on CNN!

This movement was called into action by a force bigger than all of us. It woke us up two years ago and said "pay attention, your government is out of control."   We were furious with the bailouts of banks and then the meltdown of the housing industry.     Our awakening from a long sleep of apathy, happened suddenly across America and our leaders were not PREPARED for us.

We weren't PREPARED for all the corruption and lies we uncovered as we became fully awake.   The daily research and sharing of findings between tea party members became a life changing experience for many of us. It consumed us and some of us walked away from our normal lives and some from their livelihood. It didn't matter because when you are called to a mission you are willing to give up your wordily goods and fortunes to serve for the good of the cause.

And the cause of the tea party movement is simple...LIBERTY!

No one really understood what was happening and some still do not. What they do realize is America is worst off now than two years ago. Hope has long ago left our shores and we are hanging on to individual FAITH that resonates inside America's culture.

The candidates will arrive tomorrow and will be behind the scenes studying and PREPARING their answers to questions they hope are asked.    We hope the questions are deep and will allow us inside the real person behind the campaign mask.

We are crossing our fingers they will not listen completely to their consultants and instead will be candid and truthful in their communication. We want real plans with ideas how to help America heal and restore our prosperity again.    No more hokey slogans or pie in the sky promises.   Give us the real deal and not the new deal!

It is unseasonably cool here in New Hampshire but tomorrow night the candidates need to be PREPARED to be in the hot seat.

Tune in at 8:00 pm on CNN Monday night, June 13th.   Listen intently, pay attention and share your thoughts on Twitter and Facebook. If you are in Jacksonville you can join others at Mudville Grill for a debate watching party. Check our website at www.fctpcommunity.org for more information.

We are 17 months away from electing a new President.    All of us need to PREPARE to work hard to ensure President Obama takes his last trip on Air Force One back home to Chicago!

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Comment by Kay Ragan Durden on June 13, 2011 at 11:45am: YEA Billie!!!!! I am so happy you are there. I know we will be ready for our Pres. 5 in September. Lord willing I will be there with Bell's on. We are picking 8 people to go tonight in our little county of Lafayette. I get to go as a voter because I am the State Committee Woman here, but I went to the 1st. Pres. in Orlando years ago, because I was on Ronald Reagans staff. In case you or any of our folks don't get pulled out of the hat when they pick the ones going in Duval. See if the candidates get to send some as there staff? Have a ball and take care, k

Comment by Marty Cleghorn on June 13, 2011 at 10:50am: Bless you for braving the NH weather, Billie. Looking forward to the winnowing process with this debate tonight. Hopefully there will be a positive mood and some real solutions will be put forth rather than negativity and distraction. GO FLORIDA in September.

Comment by Paloma Patnode on June 13, 2011 at 8:53am: I always enjoy reading your blog. Thank you for help to keep me informed.

Comment by Deborah Ringhaver Lane on June 13, 2011 at 7:06am: Please be sure to check out the Abigail Adams Project's non-partisan voter education effort.

Comment by Debbie G on June 13, 2011 at 5:14am: Wow, you are on the front line, what an experience. Stay warm and have a good time!

There is another debate watching party at the Chicago Pizza Factory on Baymeadows and Phillips Highway.

Comment by Jason Fischer on June 12, 2011 at 9:52pm: Stay warm up there Billie!

Comment by Richard Stotts on June 12, 2011 at 7:47pm: I hadn’t planned to watch until I saw this post. I will make it a point now.

Comment by JL Gawlik on June 12, 2011 at 6:44pm: Meant to add, i prefer plain speaking people with common sense, and candidate Obama displayed none of that. Lloyd Marcus's signature over at his blog at Patriot Action Network reminded me of one more thing, i am so sick and tired of PC, and of hyphenated Americans!

Comment by JL Gawlik on June 12, 2011 at 6:40pm: Meant to add, i prefer plain speaking people with common sense, and candidate Obama displayed none of that.

Comment by JL Gawlik on June 12, 2011 at 6:39pm: Ditto on all said, we need to watch them all, in front of audiences, speaking, debating and even off stage comments, and hopefully some off mike comments and talking to people, If people had been really watching candidate Obama they would of seen A LOT, along with his hidden past and hazy promises, you can see the real content of character when they do that:

We were amazed at the Marxist statements candidate Obama made, and being a member of Rev. Wright's church just proved more what his true agenda was, also taking to Joe the Plumber then the statements, he made in San Francisco about people holding onto their bibles and guns, spoke volumes.

To top it all off, he went into his black brother accent when speaking to a predominately black audience and he does the same but with a varying one talking to latinos and other ethnically groups, he truly panders to his audience and a very arrogant and disingenuous way. Question everything and look for the content of their character. A person who is disingenuous always puts their mask down for brief moments. Also if they support Keynesian Economics like Obama and the Progressive Liberals do and Big government, that is a dead give-away, Karl Marx supported Keynesian Economics.

The Austrian economics, that Milton Friedman supports are the ones that call for small government and free enterprise, the key to our liberty and country. Arm yourself with the facts.

Have FUN BiLLiE! Can not wait for the feedback, safe travels.

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