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Today is Sunday before the primary election in Florida. My phone is hot to the touch as media outlets and candidate consultants reach out to hear what I have to say. This is the strangest experience of my life and I need to share it with you. Why is it strange? Because I am just Billie. I am no one special. I have never run for office. I am a Daughter, a Sister, a Wife, a Mother, a Business Owner, a Tea Party Founder and most of all, a Christian. Who the heck am I to be playing at this level in the biggest political game of our country?
I did not plan to be a “tea party leader.” It just happened. It happened because in 2008 when John McCain suspended his campaign to return to Washington, I knew right then and there – our country was in deep trouble. As a consultant to CEOs and executives, I knew those words were leading us to a troubled situation that needed a turnaround strategy.
The “turnaround strategy” that Pres. Bush used was a bailout. That was not what the people wanted and thus began, the Tea Party Movement.
We the People were not happy with the bailout strategy and instead wanted the chips to fall where they may and let the free markets right themselves without government interference. We became fully awake and aware that the government had grown too big for its britches and it was time for us to remind them who was in charge.
It’s been a long 3 years since that dreadful bailout day. We have grown in numbers and grown in wisdom through research and civic involvement. We are not sleeping anymore and those in charge of the government wish we were.
So here we are – the next Presidential election is looming. The candidates are one by one whittling away and the last man will stand as the candidate for the GOP. The tea party has become involved in the GOP – which was our strategy to return the GOP to its rightful place as the Conservative watchdog for our Constitutional rights. Many tea party members have infiltrated the GOP and we are proud that we have made a difference. Last November we sent tea party candidates to Washington and tea party Governors to lead many states.
Now the biggest game of all is here. We are watching the players of the Big Game show up. They are the campaign consultants who appear as talking heads on national media outlets. They are the media who has “experts” on board about political campaigning. They are the former “has-been consultants and political operatives” who no one will hire but media outlets will use for entertainment purposes. They are the advertising companies who write ads and manipulate the truth so they can win the next campaign contract. They are the candidates who are either in the race for their own personal agendas OR are in it because they have been called to this moment in time.
It is a rough time for the people of the United States. We are watching TV ads devour the truth to ensure their man wins. We are watching candidates ignore us as they go back to their normal campaign playbooks. We are watching media outlets ask irrelevant questions instead of ones that mean the most to us on the front lines of America. We are watching candidates actually lie to us knowing full well we will do our research and discover the truth.
We the People are weary from these tactics and tired of the lies and deceit that is showing up on our airwaves and from the mouths of the candidates.
I am writing to you today because I feel it is important for all of us to understand how important your vote is this coming Tuesday.
The GOP made a decision to move up their primary. When they did so, they lost delegates and it changed the game for Florida. They also made a decision that the winner will take all in Florida. In other words, the GOP establishment knew that the tea party had taken over many of the local RECs and they were doing their best to manipulate the process. They were in fact sending us a message – “Don’t mess with us. We know how to play the game.”
A political consultant recently said, “If you want to be a player and you want a seat at the table, you need to get on board with the establishment’s game and choice. Otherwise you will be sitting outside with your nose pressed against the window looking in and wishing you could be inside. If you don’t play nice with them, they will destroy you.”
I was stunned by the statement but not surprised.
Here was my answer – What’s new. We the People have been sitting outside for nearly 100 years. We have no desire to sit at the table – we have the desire to take the table from those who think it belongs to them! It’s our civic duty to do so according to the Declaration of Independence:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Another phone call came this morning from a well-respected leader of the Tea Party Movement. He said I would be one of the tea party leaders every candidate would be watching for the next 48 hours. They are all waiting for your endorsement. “This is your time,” he said.
So I have made a decision to give that endorsement and it will be a surprise to many who read this. It may appear to be “political” in nature but the reality is, I believe in something bigger than one candidate. I believe in We the People.
I am endorsing We the People because I believe they will make the right decision based on facts, data, research and truth this coming Tuesday. I am endorsing the people because they have become wise and know that what we are seeing on the airwaves and hearing from the mouths of some of these candidates is not truth. I am endorsing the people because I trust them more than I trust any consultant, media personality or “has been political operatives.” I trust the people to show the establishment that times have changed and no matter what games they are playing – we have another one that is being played too.
Our game has one goal in mind – To right this country to it’s Constitutional foundation and return our nation back to the hands of the people. We have a mess on our hands and the governmental bureaucrats and politicians need to get out of our way so we can fix it. They can’t but we can.
So there you go, my friends – My Endorsement is for We the People and when you finally have the last man standing – I will work for that man and will do all I can to ensure that President Obama packs his bags and goes back to Chicago. I will work tirelessly to support the last man standing because we must!
May God bless you all as you decide the best man who will earn the right to be our President. Do not take this vote lightly – we are all counting on you to bring us the best man for the job.
And one last thing – Pray hard and Pray often. God is giving you a chance to be a part of something Big in America. He loves us and loves this great country that was founded on His principles. All He needs is to hear from us and He will give us the desires of our heart. He believes in free will so He will not intervene unless we ask Him to do so.
It’s Sunday and Tuesday’s coming. May God Save the USA is my favorite song and I think it's time we heard it again today. Thanks Murray for these wonderful words.
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Comment by Ed Oertli on January 29, 2012 at 3:33pm
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A little chronological history about Newt Gingrich, someone I could never support.
04/02/1987 – He cosponsored the 1987 Fairness Doctrine (anti 1st Amendment legislation)
10/22/1991 – He voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps.
03/–/1993 – He was “passionately in favor” of sending $1.6 Billion in foreign aid to Russia.
11/19/1993 – He voted for the NAFTA Implementation Act.
11/27/1994 – He supported the GATT Treaty giving sovereignty to the U.N.
04/25/1996 – Voted for the single largest increase on Federal education spending ($3.5 Billion)
04/10/1995 – He supported Federal tax dollars being spent on abortions.
09/25/1996 – Introduced H.R. 4170, demanded life-sentence or execution for someone bringing 2 ounces of marijuana across the border.
01/22/1997 – Congress gave him a record-setting $300,000 fine for ethical wrongdoing.
11/29/2006 – He said that free speech should be curtailed in order to fight terrorism. Wants to stop terrorists from using the internet. Called for a “serious debate about the 1st Amendment.”
11/29/2006 – He called for a “Geneva Convention for terrorists” so it would be clear who the Constitution need not apply to.
02/15/2007 – He supported Bush’s proposal for mandatory carbon caps.
04/17/2008 – Made a commercial with Nancy Pelosi on Climate Change.
09/28/2008 – Says if he were in office, he would have reluctantly voted for the $700B TARP bailout.
12/08/2008 – He was paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac to halt Congress from bringing necessary reform.
11/15/2010 – He defended Romneycare; blamed liberals
12/02/2010 – He advocates a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.
12/05/2010 – He said that a website owner should be considered an enemy combatant, hunted down and executed, for publishing leaked government memos.
01/30/2011 – He lobbied for ethanol subsidies.
01/30/2011 – He suggested that flex-fuel vehicles be mandated for Americans.
02/10/2011 – He wants to replace the EPA instead of abolishing it.
02/13/2011 – He criticized Obama for sending less U.S. tax dollars to Egypt.
02/15/2011 – His book said that he believes man-made Climate-Change and advocated creating “a new endowment for conservation and the environment.”
03/09/2011 – He blames his infidelity to multiple wives on his passion for the country.
03/15/2011 – Says that NAFTA worked because it created jobs in Mexico.
03/19/2011 – He has no regrets about supporting Medicare drug coverage. (Now $7.2T unfunded liability)
03/23/2011 – He completely flip-flopped on Libyan intervention in 16 days.
03/25/2011 – He plans to sign as many as 200 executive orders on his first day as president.
03/27/2011 – He says that America is under attack by atheist Islamists.
04/25/2011 – He’s a paid lobbyist for Federal ethanol subsidies.
05/12/2011 – He was more supportive of individual health-care mandates than Mitt Romney.
05/15/2011 – He backed Obama’s individual mandate; “All of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care.”
05/16/2011 – He also endorsed individual mandates in 1993 when Clinton pushed Universal Health Care.
08/11/2011 – His recent criticism of the United Nations is United Nations by a long, long history of supporting it.
09/27/2011 – He says that he “helped develop the model for Homeland Security”We don’t have to give up on our principles, Vote Ron Paul 2012
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I concur with your choice .God Bless the USA
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Comment by John Sauer on January 29, 2012 at 3:11pm
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"We the People" might need a reminder that campaign contributions do not elect a candidate. "We the People" votes elect the candidate. Campaign contributions are not a indicator of the candidates' popularity anymore. Not with conservatives, anyway. You know that Soros, unions, msm and the RINOs are pushing Romney and he is the most liberal and weakest Republican candidate. Mccain bested Romney in 2008 and BO trounced Mccain in the general election. In 2012 Romney is supposed to be our savior? I would prefer Santorum but would gladly accept Gingrich as the Republican nominee.
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What stands out in the posts is that the TP is exactly the opposite of what the MSM says it is. From RP advocates to those willing to vote Romney the only truly consistent thread is exactly the realization Billy articulated.........
You've got to wonder why the demonizing continues, from the left and the Establishement......maybe it is the threat of a real representative government.
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Comment by Kate Svagdis on January 29, 2012 at 3:06pm
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Bioyal,sorry, the media, the dems and DNC love Romney-white rich guy who doesn't pay taxes and bets $10,000 at a whim-can you hear the obama ads now???
It amazes me that out of all the GOP registered voters that these 4 are the best we have (?????????) Sorry, to me, romney is a 'white obama' with romneycare, sad commercials, the inaccurate freddie mac story, the inaccurate ethics charges-read Twana in Patriots for America re gingrich's ethics.
And the media including FOX isn't reporting truth on any issue just the trash that sells ads on their programs. The media picked Dole and McCain and the GOP let them-the media will never support conservatives, budget cutting, spending cutting.
Dole's comments equal his viagra ads.
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Thanks, great piece Billie. Although Ron Paul represents our only hope for financial security, as a Christian he lacks a belief in the sovereignty of Israel. I fear the impact of that. I feel that there is more at stake than merely financial survival. It is the survival of our culture and freedom of religion. It is the right to not engage in or support activities we feel are unlawful in the eyes of God.
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I interpret the endorsement as a call for secession (expulsion of the Blue States), which I fully support.
It's a plurality take all Mobocracy with universal suffrage. You either vote your conscious or you vote against someone/thing in the hope of suffering less than you might otherwise. That is no way to live and certainly not a way to vote.
Gary Johnson for President.
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I held my nose for the last time in the general election in 08.
I don't think the primary is ever a time to hold your nose. If you can't vote for YOUR choice in the primary, you accept the establishment choice, and you have essentially tossed away that precious freedom and responsibility to vote.
Thankfully, I researched Ron Paul's words and books carefully this year to understand his vision for US and the world. If I was a marketeer I would add something about consistency, clarity, and character as well.
I am surprised and even hopeful for the long run, to have found a candidate who is NOT the "lesser of two evils" but rather able to offer a vision and pathway to restore our past greatness which was the promise that individual freedom and opportunity offered to the world which was our strongest defense against wickedness.
If you honestly can't yet vote FOR any one candidate, I would urge you to vote for RON PAUL who (if you want a pragmatic reason to vote for him) is the only candidate who can beat President Obama.
The same old incumbent party growing government with greater debt hasn't worked for some time.
To paraphrase Albert Einstein:
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Sarah Palin endorsed Newt, Herman Cain endorsed Newt...what more does the Tea Party want? Any vote not for Newt is a vote for Romney, which the Tea Party does NOT want. It's not rocket science.
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Comment by FCTP on January 29, 2012 at 2:20pm
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Robert: This was not a cop out. Please read again. I am for We the People not the Establishment.
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