Elections – 2012
Posted February 9th, 2012 by Julie
Patriots,
Yesterday I had the opportunity to bring in 60 grassroots and tea party leaders from all over the state of Texas to interview Rick Santorum, candidate for POTUS. After his 3 big wins on Tuesday, the media demanded a lot of his attention, which unfortunately meant he had much less time to share with us, but we did get to fire off a few questions of him, and I wanted to share it with you. It is a big responsibility to educate yourself on all the candidates. Please watch and listen in at the video link by clicking here.
Our own NETTP member, Tom Moore, was on-hand to do a write-up of the event, and below is what he’s put together…
Momentum–Rick Santorum has it. Energized by significant wins in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado, he brought his campaign for the presidency to North Texas. Santorum met with area Tea Party leaders for a “grassroots” question and answer session. Julie McCarty, President of the NE Tarrant Tea Party, organized the event and led the discussion.
Santorum responded to the four most popular questions submitted by tea party members.
- When asked to what extent the US should be involved in the United Nations, he responded that most of what the UN does goes against our interests in terms of values and national security. He says its role should be limited to international security and in that regard we need to continue to be involved even though it’s not optimal. He pledge to take a systematic look at all of the other things the UN is involved with and reevaluate funding and participation. The UN undermines US sovereignty and funding of the UN should be reevaluated. (See his full response at the 0:28 mark of the video link).
- On the question of Right-to-Work legislation, he responded that he has signed a Right To Work pledge and as President he’ll sign a Right To Work bill. He supports it, and is not in favor of public employee unions because the taxpayers do not have a seat at the negotiating table. (See his full response at the 1:35 mark of the video link).
- When asked what he would do to encourage domestic energy production he replied that he has recently met with Boone Pickens to discuss the natural gas industry and its implications for job creation and the development of abundant, cleaner energy sources. He said we have a tremendous amount of energy in this country that we can and should get out to make us as self-sufficient as possible. Production from the Alaska pipeline is dramatically decreasing and new sources must be brought online to provide the energy independence that we need to decrease our reliance on OPEC. The Keystone pipeline and natural gas development are high priorities. (See his full response at the 2:50 mark of the video link).
- When asked if the 2nd Amendment is only for hunting and sports he emphatically responded that the 2nd Amendment is there to protect the 1st Amendment. He asserted that if Obama is reelected the Supreme Court’s Heller Decision which holds that the individual has a right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home, is in jeopardy. (See his full response at the 8:18 mark of the video link).
Santorum had time to take a couple more audience questions (which unfortunately are not on the video), and then he closed the event with a response to an ad claiming he is against the tea party. He explained that he is against those who believe we need NO government (folks who believe that people should be allowed to do anything they want as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone). He fully supports the tea party stance of limited government. This is one of 5 defined beliefs for NETTP.
Santorum’s victories provide momentum and increased stature as the credible conservative candidate. This provides the opportunity to obtain the donations necessary to develop the organization and infrastructure required to move forward as the primary process gathers steam. Considering the overreach and abuses of Barack Obama to date, imagine the consequence of an Obama administration freed from restraint without the fear of reelection.
As a side note, Rick Santorum was a guest at NE Tarrant Tea Party back in October. You can see the link to that presentation by clicking here (
Part 1 – presentation) and here (
Part 2 – Q&A). I re-watched it recently and got more out of it the second time…
If we are able to interact with any of the other Presidential candidates, we’ll be sure to let you know!
Thank you,
Julie McCarty
Posted February 9th, 2012 by Julie
On February 13, one of our favorite conservative watch dog groups in Texas will join us at our NETTP meeting!
NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting
Guest Speaker: Michael Quinn Sullivan of Empower Texans
on the significance of the Primary Election vote for Texas
AND
a brief Townhall/Interview of
Giovanni Capriglione, candidate for State House Rep, Dist 98
February 13, 2012, 6:30-8:00pm
$5 dinner served at 6pm (see below for info re: free dinner)
1060 E Highland, Southlake 76092
(bldg 1020 of Highland Meadow Montessori Academy)
Mr. Sullivan will speak to us on the importance of the upcoming primaries in Texas as well as issues we face in the upcoming Texas legislative session.
Mr. Capriglione will be joining us at this meeting for an interview, but his opponent, Vicki Truitt, has refused to even acknowledge our request for a forum.
Don’t miss this meeting!
Did you receive one of these?
If so, please let us know that you’re planning to attend so we can make sure to save you a dinner! Send an email to heyjuliesue@gmail.com to rsvp.
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Posted February 6th, 2012 by Julie
NE Tarrant Tea Party wants to give you every opportunity to cast an educated vote in the Primary Election. We are thrilled to offer you our Thursday Night Debate Series. We’re hosting debates in the hottest races in our area on Thursday nights throughout the season.
Unfortunately, several incumbents have no interest in visiting with tea party folks. This includes Vicki Truitt, Todd Smith and Kenny Marchant. For those races, we’ll still do a Q&A with the challenger so that you can hear what the issues are and how the candidate plans to address them, but those will occur either during an NETTP monthly meeting or tacked onto a different debate. Each event will include time for pre-written questions, as well as questions from the audience.
Events will last one hour from 7-8pm. Names in bold font below have confirmed participation. Names in italics have directly stated they will not attend either by telling us so or by ignoring us completely.
- Feb 13: TX House, District 98 – Vicki Truitt (i) vs Giovanni Capriglione TX (Since Truitt has not even responded to our invitation, this will be an interview of Giovanni held during our monthly meeting).
- Mar 15: TX House, District 101 – Matt Krause vs Stephanie Klick (venue TBD) – Redistricting may change the names here, and it may become D93.
- Mar 22: TX House, District 91 – Nash (i) vs Thombs vs Sapp vs Scoma vs Carlson (venue TBD) – Redistricting may change the names here.
- Mar 29: TX Senate, District 9 – Anderson vs Hancock (venue TBD) – These candidates have not yet been invited, but we’ll update attendance plans soon.
- Apr 5: Tarrant County Commissioner – Fickes vs Bickley vs Smith (1060 E Highland, Southlake)
- Apr 12: US Congress, District 24 – Kenny Marchant (i) vs Grant Stinchfield (since Marchant has declined to speak with the tea party, this will be a Q&A session for Grant, followed by a Q&A session for Stickland as listed below).
- Apr 12: TX House, District 92 – Todd Smith (i) vs Jonathan Stickland (since Smith has not even responded to our invitation, this will be a Q&A session for Grant as shown above, followed by a Q&A session for Stickland).
We’ll add in a debate for Senate District 10 if there ends up being more than one candidate running.
Posted February 6th, 2012 by Konni
The Tarrant County GOP held a Candidate Fair and Straw Poll on February 4th, 2012. Many of our Patriots were there to support their candidate of choice in the upcoming primary election. Please go here to see the results of the Straw Poll held that day.
Posted January 30th, 2012 by Konni
What can you do to help secure the integrity of Wisconsin’s elections?
Volunteer to Verify The Recall!
We have all been hearing reports of duplicate signatures, questionable practices, and downright fraud in the gubernatorial recall effort. In the last few weeks, there has been a public outcry to build a system to check the submitted signatures after learning that the Government Accountability Board (GAB) will assume all signatures are valid unless challenged as otherwise. The integrity of Wisconsin’s elections and associated processes are at stake; free and honest elections – the cornerstone of our political process – are being threatened.
In response, We the People of the Republic and The Wisconsin Grandsons of Liberty have teamed up to organize an effort to check the validity of ALL signatures submitted in the ongoing gubernatorial recall! Software has been developed that will help identify duplicate signatures and other signature irregularities (questionable addresses, etc.). Additionally, individuals will be able to look up their name and address on a website to see if they have been included as a petition signor. By taking such efforts, we will be able to protect the integrity of Wisconsin’s elections by ensuring that only legitimate Wisconsin electors are counted – once – as signors of petitions!
At this time, we are assembling a grassroots team of volunteers to assist with data entry into the database. There will be more than half a million names to enter into the database… Thankfully, we expect thousands of volunteers from across Wisconsin (and the nation) to sign up for this project! Because all data entry will occur online, volunteers will be able to enter data into the database from the comfort of their own home.
We will not be able to start entering data into the database until the gubernatorial recall drive is finished and the data is publicly available from the GAB. That said, in the mean time, we will assemble our grassroots team and conduct training sessions for our volunteers. Please sign up now if you’re interested in participating!
Posted January 24th, 2012 by Julie
Some of you may recall that 2 years ago NETTP put on a fantastic candidate fair, providing voters with the opportunity to speak personally with every candidate before voting. I can’t tell you how empowering it was to go to the polls and know each candidate on the ballot! I was able to make an educated and informed decision on public offices that I’d never even heard of prior to getting involved in the tea party! The fair received rave reviews and really put NETTP on the map as a tea party to pay attention to.
This year we were planning to host the same sort of event, but discovered that another group was wanting to host it instead. Knowing how much effort and work it took to pull it off in 2010, we let ‘em!
TCGOP Candidate Fair & Straw Poll
Saturday, February 4
Hurst Convention Center, 1601 Campus Dr, Hurst 76054
1-6pm – meet your candidates and vote in the straw poll
6-6:30pm – straw poll winner ceremony
For more details, click here.
I cannot encourage you strongly enough to attend this fair. There are two reasons to do so…
- It gives you an opportunity to know who to vote for and why. The candidates will not be giving speeches. They’ll be standing at booths and speaking one-on-one with voters who approach them. Think of it as a job interview, and ask them, “Why should I vote for you?” You’ll learn a lot about the issues and the roles of the different offices. And you’ll have the power to decide who best will deal with those issues and perform those roles.
- There will be a straw poll. You’ll have a chance to cast your ballot in each race in Tarrant County, and the winners will have bragging rights that they won the TCGOP Straw Poll! That’s a big deal. If you think the RINOs won’t have their supporters there voting for them, think again. We must as conservatives show up to unite behind the conservative candidates. We most certainly don’t want the RINOs announcing that they have won!
NE Tarrant Tea Party will have a booth at this event, and we need help manning it. We’ll divide volunteers up into several shifts to cover set up, the event itself, and tear down. Another endeavor we are working on (a petition to get term limits on the ballot for the City of Grapevine) also needs volunteers for their booth (Better Grapevine PAC). If you can help with either one, please email heyjuliesue@gmail.com.
Posted January 7th, 2012 by Konni
UPDATE: More tickets for the January 12th US Senate Debate are now available! But just a very limited number…
On Thursday, January 12, Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation will co-host the first debate of the Republican US Senate candidates of 2012!
Participants are: Glenn Addison, Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst, Craig James and Tom Leppert!
Send In Your Debate Questions!
We neesd you to help define the issues in the debate! A segment of the debate will feature questions submitted on a special Facebook page we have established.
Visit http://www.facebook.com/First.Tx.Senate.Debate today and let us know what question you want posed to the candidates! (Be sure to specify which candidate you are asking the question.)
Get Your Debate Tickets!
So, would you like to attend the debate? We have a very limited number of additional seats available right now. The first 75 people to register will receive a ticket for themselves and a guest.
Register here: http://www.empowertexans.com/more-us-senate-debate-tickets/
ACT FAST – we have only a limited number of tickets available right now. To claim one for you and a guest, visit the link above before 5pm Jan. 3!
The debate will be held at 7 p.m. on January 12, 2012, at the Downtown Austin Hilton. Everyone attending should be seated by 6:30pm; doors close for seating at 6:55pm.
If you are registered for the TPPF Policy Orientation, please do NOT claim tickets here. Your Policy Orientation registration includes a pass to the US Senate Debate.
Posted January 4th, 2012 by Konni
DO YOU WANT A VOICE IN WHO REPRESENTS YOU IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
DO YOU WANT TO WIN IN NOVEMBER AND SEND OBAMA HOME?
IF YOU DO, IT’S TIME FOR CONSERVATIVES TO BAND TOGETHER!
JOIN THE SADDLE UP TEXAS STRAW POLL TO CAST YOUR VOTE!
January 12 -14 @ Minute Maid Park
UPDATE!!
Straw Poll Voting Now Available to all Texans via Text!!
The text poll feature will be available to all Texans, with results to be reported separately from in-person voting.
HOUSTON – JANUARY 11: In order to help Texans have a voice in the presidential primary process, Saddle Up Texas organizers have created a free text poll to accompany the in-person straw poll at the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll event this weekend.
The expanded polling will allow voters unable to attend the event to participate in choosing a candidate. “For too long, Texas has had no voice in choosing presidential candidates. We want to change all that,” said Organizer Dale Huls, who spearheaded the text polling effort. Huls and his fellow organizers believe this expanded polling effort will cause candidates to take notice, and may inspire similar efforts in other states in the future.
The poll will also include the same races featured on the ballot for voters at the Saddle Up Texas event. Text options include the U.S. Senate race, U.S. House races, Texas Senate races and Texas House races. Voters will not be charged for voting in the text poll, and will only be allowed to vote using phones with Texas area codes, and may vote only once in each race.
The Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll text option will be available from noon Thursday, January 12th to 2 p.m. Saturday, January 14th. Instructions for voting in the straw poll are available at http://www.saddleuptexaspoll.com/text , including a link to help voters find their district numbers if needed.
Results of the straw poll will be announced at the same time as the in-person vote results, 5 p.m. Saturday, January 14th.
About the Event:
The three-day straw poll will take place January 12 -14 at Minute Maid Park and has an amazing lineup of conservative speakers, such as Herman Cain and U.S. Senatorial candidates. As I’m sure you know, the second most important race on the Texas ballot is the U.S. Senate race. You will be able to hear the candidates speak and visit their booth for more information. There will be sensational trainings, great music by Kevin Black and Karl Brunig and awesome food! BEST OF ALL? Profits from this event will go to area veterans organizations, such as the Texas Wounded Warrior and the Lone Survivor Foundation, and Get Out The Vote efforts. THIS IS NOT A FUNDRAISER.
The event begins Thursday night with a social mixer and live music on the Club Level where you will get to browse the candidates and vendors booths. Friday morning, we will kick off the event with Dick Armey of FreedomWorks and will have a series of conservative speakers and US. Senate candidates along with quality training sessions. The Veterans Program will take place Friday afternoon with special guest Ted Poe. It will be followed by a concert that evening with Kevin Black and conservative speakers. Also Friday night, we are hosting a VIP Reception where you will enjoy high-end hor d’oeuvres and quality drinks in the Executive Boardroom while chatting with U.S. Senatorial Candidates and other VIPs.
On Saturday, we will conduct the straw poll all day and will host conservative speakers, U.S. Senatorial Candidates and HERMAN CAIN in the afternoon. The straw poll results will be announced between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. Saturday.
One of our speakers, Karen DeSimone, is the founder of Truth for American Teens and is a frequent guest on the Glenn Beck show. She is an inspiring young lady who is unapologetically Christian and Conservative. This would be a wonderful opportunity to bring your teenagers to learn about and get engaged in the political process.
A list of some of our speakers:
Herman Cain
Dick Armey, FreedomWorks
Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks
David Dewhurst, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Ted Cruz, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Lela Mae Pittenger, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Tom Leppert, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Glenn Addison, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Doc Joe Agris, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Kevin Brady, US House Rep
Ted Poe, US House Rep
Louie Gohmert, US House Rep
Dan Patrick, Texas State Senator
David Simpson, Texas State House
Tito Munoz, Founder of the Conservative Hispanic Coalition PAC and Columbian immigrant
Karen DeSimone, Founder of Truth for American Teens and guest on Glenn Beck
KrisAnne Hall, Disabled Veteran and Conservative Speaker
Several radio personalities will be emceeing segments of the presentations as well as airing live from Minute Maid Park:
Michael Berry, Chris Baker, Matt Patrick, Sam Malone, Jon-David Wells out of Dallas and Natalie Arceneaux.
Visit WWW.SADDLEUPTEXASSTRAWPOLL.COM to buy your tickets.
Posted December 19th, 2011 by Konni
On Tuesday, December 13 a rally was held near the LBJ Library at the University of Texas, Austin to highlight the attack on election reforms launched inside by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder went to Texas to denounce the Lone Star State’s voter ID laws and claimed that simple voter ID laws were somehow discriminatory. Holder ominously claimed that he would use the power of his office to “enforce civil rights protections” during the upcoming 2012 elections.
Outside the LBJ Library nearly 200 citizens gathered to hear a multi-racial panel of six speakers denounce Holder’s partisan attempts to push the administration’s agenda to turn a blind eye to continuing voter fraud that consistently favors candidates from the Democrat Party.
The rally was sponsored by the Houston-based True The Vote, a grass roots voter integrity project staffed by volunteers. True The Vote is a nation-wide organization that has affiliates across the country, every day citizens interested in the integrity of the elections in their home district.
True The Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht said she was thrilled by the turnout that was arranged on only a few day’s notice:
Posted December 19th, 2011 by Konni
Tea Party Straw Poll Results
Newt Gingrich 31%
Michele Bachmann 28%
Mitt Romney 20%
Rick Santorum 16%
Ron Paul 3%
Rick Perry 2%
Jon Huntsman 0% (.34%)
(Results are rounded to nearest percentage point. Margin of error +/-1.59%)
Thank you to the more the 23,000 people who participated on our Presidential Tele-Forum and Tea Party Straw Poll last night. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum were on the call last night to answer questions that were submitted by local Tea Party leaders. Check back to the website later this week for audio clips of all of the candidates and speakers. Above you will see the results of the straw poll, below you will see the “Enthusiasm Level” that each of the candidates have.
Thank you to all of the candidates who were able to participate!
Special Thanks to:
Emery McClendon, Tea Party Patriots Local Coordinator, Fort Wayne, IN
Julianne Thompson, Tea Party Patriots Local Coordinator, Atlanta, GA
Herman Cain, Businessman and Former Republican Presidential Candidate
Steve King, Congressman from Iowa
(Interpretation: The following question was posed to the listeners for each candidate with 1 being Not Enthusiastic and 5 being Extremely Enthusiastic. “On a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest, how enthusiastic would you be if <candidate name> were the nominee?” This chart shows how enthusiastic the participants would be in the event that each candidate were the nominee. Make sure images are displayed to view chart.)
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