Tea Party Patriot Survey Results

 

Below are the results of a survey conducted with Tea Party Patriot members acrss the U.S....

 

 

Do you think the Republican Leadership is in line with the will of the American people?

 

7.1% said yes

76.8% said no

15.5% undecided

<1% did not respond

Do you think Tea Party Patriots still has a lot of work to do to make sure that the Republicans 'can hear us now'?

 

98.5% said yes

<1% said no

<1% undecided

<1% did not respond

Do you think some of the Freshmen Republican Congressmen have been co-opted by the leadership?

 

60% said yes

9.3% said no

30% undecided

<1% did not respond

Do you think Tea Party Patriots should stage a protest in DC on 3/31/2011?

 

84% said yes

3.5% said no

12% undecided

<1% did not respond

Should we demand the next CR contain at least $90 billion in cuts to get us to the original promise of $100 billion this fiscal year? ($10 billion in recent cuts + $90 billion in new cuts)

 

95.3% said yes

1.2% said no

2.9% undecided

<1% did not respond

Should we demand that the defunding of NPR be included in the CR so that it actually has a chance of passing the Senate? 

94.2% said yes

1.8% said no

3.3% undecided

<1% did not respond

Should we demand that the next CR defund all of Obama Care (including $105 billion already appropriated)?

97.7% said yes

<1% said no

<1% undecided

<1% did not respond

Will you help organize or participate in a side walk protest outside of your Representative's district office on Thursday, March 24, 2011 when they are home for break?

37.9% said yes

23.1% said no

38.2% undecided

<1% did not respond

Are you willing to spend your own money to come to DC again on March 31, 2011 to protest the current actions of the House of Representatives and demand that they get their fiscal house in order? (This is the most opportune time because the House is in session and it will be right before leadership is whipping votes for the CR the following week.)

24% said yes

41% said no

34.9% said undecided

<1% did not respond 

Republican Leadership? Where?

From Tea Party Patriots --

Since the Republicans took back the majority in the House in January, do you think they have been responsible in handling this fiscal year's budget? Have they lived up to your idea of leadership? Where is the budget that will get us through the rest of the fiscal year? Are they letting the Democrats rope-a-dope them? Do they seem to understand the urgency of America's fiscal situation? Should we let them get away with passing a Continuing Resolution that doesn't rescind the $105 billion that has already been appropriated to Obama Care? 

Your sacrifices are the reason that the GOP holds the gavel today. You put them in office, and yet they aren't listening to you, and they're not listening to those in their caucus that would dare to tell the truth. What kind of a leader goes to the negotiating table with all of his cards showing, having already given in to the opposition? Is it time, once again, for the American people to take the lead?   

 

The Facts

 

Many members of the GOP are proud that they have cut $10 billion from the budget over a period of 5 weeks. And while cutting spending rarely ever happens in Washington DC, Republicans and all Americans need to keep things in perspective. The facts are simple. Let's review.

• The same day that the House GOP voted to cut $6 billion, our national debt jumped up by $72 billion.

• An analogy: If every penny represents $1 billion, our national debt plus current deficit equals 15,800 pennies. The GOP has removed 10 pennies so far. That's it. And the Democrats wanted to remove about 4 and 1/2 pennies for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends in October.

• The national debt is over $14.2 trillion while we borrow about $4 billion every single day. This doesn't include unfunded liabilities (see below).

• $10 Billion in cuts is equal to 0.07% of the national debt. That's less than 1/10th of 1%!!!

• The current deficit is projected to reach $1.6 trillion - just for this fiscal year.

• Our deficit for the single month of February (the shortest month of the year!) was $223 billion - the largest deficit in our history.

• We would have to invest $60 trillion right now to cover the current unfunded liabilities of our federal government, including the debt and current deficit. In other words, we need $60 trillion today to keep the promises of payments made by politicians who will be long gone when the bills come due.

• Every single US man, woman, and child owes almost $200,000 to pay for the deficit + debt + unfunded liabilities.

The recent events in Japan are showing us that a nation living so close to the fiscal edge cannot afford an unexpected disaster to occur. We are drowning in so much red ink that one unexpected, unpreventable, uncontrollable event could bring our house of cards right down on top of us.

Tea Party Patriots Continuing Revolution Rally in D.C.

From Tea Party Patriots --

This past weekend we asked you if we should stage a protest in Washington, DC, on Thursday, 3.31.11. Thousands of you let us know that we should and we hear you loud and clear. 

On Thursday, March 31, 2011, Tea Party Patriots will be holding a Continuing Revolution Rally on the East Side of the Capitol Building from noon to 1:30pm. While the Congress continues "business-as-usual" with their short term continuing resolutions, we will be there to Continue our Tea Party Revolution and demand they make the tough decisions we sent them there to make. 

• We sent them there to repeal Obama Care and they did, but if they are serious about that vote they won't let another CR pass without removing the $105 Billion in funds already appropriated to Obama Care. 

• We sent them there to cut spending and while they may tell you that they have cut $10 Billion from the budget in a 3 week period, the same day that the last CR passed in the House, an additional $72 Billion was added to deficit... in ONE DAY.

• They pledged to us that they were going to cut $100 Billion in spending this fiscal year, so far they have failed to follow through on that pledge.

• We sent them there to make tough decisions, to be leaders, and yet they are timidly passing mediocre spending reforms as if they are avoiding conflict with the Democrats.

• We sent them there to be BOLD and yet their actions are showing otherwise.

This is merely a continuation of the battles fought over the last two years. Help us continue to gain ground and build on the successes we've had. They are testing the waters and waiting for us to go away. We're not going away! Will you stand on the steps of the Capitol with us next Thursday to help send that message to them loud and clear? Click here to let us know and be on the look out for more details.

Demand to Defund NPR Grows as Newly Released Video Confirms Bias

From Tea Party Patriots --

Elitist Media Outlet Gives Up All Pretense of Neutrality

Washington, DC - Today, the Tea Party Patriots called on Congress to defund National Public Radio (NPR) of all federal funding after biased comments by Ron Schiller, president of NPR Foundation, surfaced in an undercover video released by James O'Keefe.  In the video, Mr. Schiller says that there "just aren't enough elites in this country" and calls the majority of American "uneducated" and "racist."

"Mr. Schiller himself candidly admits in the video that NPR doesn't need federal funding, and welcomes the opportunity to slant their reporting without the oversight of the taxpayer," said Mark Meckler, national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots.  "At a time when the country is upside down by more than a trillion dollars, can we really afford to provide huge subsidies to entities that openly state that they don't need the money?  Let's take his advice and pass legislation that would defund the clearly biased news organization that is out of touch with Americans across the country."

"Mr. Schiller's latest comments provoke a larger question: how long will we as a nation be willing to tolerate the arrogance of the self-appointed ruling elite?," said Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots.  "His unedited comments are indicative of the mentality of ruling elites who are threatened by the power of the Tea Party Patriots.  This bizarre behavior comes at a time when Americans are taking their country back through the legislative process.  Political victory has led to policy victory, and the elite had better wake up to the new reality."

In the video, Schiller said the Republican Party has been "hijacked" by the Tea Party.  A man posing as Amir Malik from the fictitious Muslim Education Action Center Trust finished the sentence by adding, "the radical, racist, Islamaphobic, Tea Party people."   Schiller then agreed and said that Tea Party supporters aren't "just Islamaphobic, but really xenophobic, I mean basically they are, they believe in sort of white, middle-America gun-toting. I mean, it's scary. They're seriously racist, racist people."

For more information about the newly release video see Daily Caller's article: NPR Executives Caught on Tape Bashing Conservatives and Tea Party, Touting Liberals (http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/08/npr-executives-caught-on-tape-bashing-conservatives-and-tea-party-touting-liberals). 

Judge Sets Deadline on Obamacare Ruling

The brilliant tactic of thinking if they ignore it long enough, Judge Vinson might forget about his January ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional -- didn't work.  Judge Vinson has given the Administration 7 days to respond by Appeal or his ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional will stand.

From American Spectator --

Judge Roger Vinson, who declared the national health care law unconstitional in January, granted the Obama administration a 7-day stay allowing them to continue implementing the law, but he ordered them to file for an expidited appeal within a week.

"The sooner this issue is finally decided by the Supreme Court, the better off the entire nation will be," Vinson wrote.

Jamie Dupree has more details. Ruling here.

 

OH has 4 of 10 Most Conservative Members in the U.S. House

While OH Senator Sherrod Brown is rated as the most liberal in the U.S. Senate and is compared to self-proclaimed Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of VT, OH Congressman Jim Jordan is tied for the most conservative member in the U.S. House. 

Trailing right behind Congressman Jordan as the most conservative members in the U.S. House are three other House members from Ohio....

From the Columbus Dispatch --

A new survey by National Journal magazine in Washington, lists four Republicans from Ohio as among the 10 most conservative members of the U.S. House.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, earned a tie for first by voting the conservative position 95 percent of the time on 100 key House votes last year. He was followed by Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, with 94.5 percent; House Speaker John Boehner, R-West Chester, with 94.2 percent, and Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, with 94 percent.

Congressman Jim Jordan is Chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC).  As Chairman of the RSC, Congressman Jordan has been leading the fight to cut spending.  And, as a way to NOT raise the debt ceiling and NOT default on the Debt, Congressman Jordan and his fellow RSC members have introduced HR 421 the Full Faith and Credit Act, (click here to read).

While we may have 4 of the most conservative members in the U.S. House, it appears one of the freshmen Congressman from OH is already forgetting why he was sent to D.C.!

OH Freshman Congressman Steve Stivers (OH-15), in siding with the GOP establishment and helping the Democrats, was one of 95 GOP House members to turn a deaf ear on the voices that elected him to cut spending and voted AGAINST an RSC Amendment that would have made an additional $22 Billion in cuts in the Continung Resolution.  Because this amendment failed the GOP led House did not meet their pledged cuts of $100 Billion.

Please contact Rep. Steve Stivers and remind him of "why" he was elected to his first term in Congress --

Rep. Steve Stivers

Columbus Office: PH:(614) 299-6415 / Fx: (614) 299-9601

D.C. Office: (202) 225-2015 / Fx: (202) 225-3529

Email: https://stivers.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

** Use 43212 for Zip Code on email comments.**

Reason #872, 193 to "Take Down Brown" in 2012!

Is it any surprise the darling of the Plain Dealer and husband of PD Columnist Connie Schultz, OH Senator Sherrod Brown was voted the MOST liberal senator in D.C.?

From the Columbus Dispatch --

Ohio's senior Sen. Sherrod Brown has been ranked among the most liberal senators last year by the National Journal. He was also on the list for 2009.

The others on the "most liberal" list (all Democrats) are Sens. Ben Cardin, Rhode Island; Patrick Leahy, Vermont; Carl Levin, Michigan; Barbara Mikulski, Maryland; Harry Reid, Nevada; Bernie Sanders, Vermont; Debbie Stabenow, Michigan; Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island.

The Journal picked Republican Sens. John McCain, Arizona; Jim DeMint, South Carolina; and John Thune, South Dakota, as the most conservative.

The publication tracks voting patterns of the 535 members of the House and Senate in compiling its annual rankings.

McCain one of the most conservative?  It must be a misprint!