North Texas Tea Party

In the case of the State Senate race in District 2, the incumbent Bob Deuell’s record could not be more clear.  His record for fiscal responsibility, which has moved  from the previous dismal level, to downright appalling this last session, earning a Democrat-level F from EmpowerTexans and a 45% economic score from Heritage Alliance .

He has one individual who had the courage to run against this long-time incumbent; Bob Hall.  And there is no question of Bob Hall’s commitment to fiscal responsibility, as any conservative from the Dallas area out through East Texas.  Bob has been extremely active in the Tea Party movement, his calm and knowledgeable voice often heard at meetings, rallies and candidate forums.  A retired Air zForce veteren and aerospace engineer, the ‘Right’ Bob has the experience wisdom, and principles desperately needed in the Texas Senate.  So the North Texas Tea Party is proud to TeaApprove Bob Hall for Texas State Senate, District 2.

… And the first one is a no-brainer, based on his long history of working for the conservative cause, having one of the highest conservative ratings of any state legislator, and a proven willingness to stick his political neck out to change how Austin works (which is a serious impediment to true conservative governance).  There is little point of droning on and on about his many accomplishments that are already well-know to all conservatives of Collin County; we’ll just cut to the chase:

The North Texas Tea Party enthusiastically TeaApproves Ken Paxton for the State Senate, District 8

It’s time to start announcing the results of our on-going efforts to review State and County-level candidates and officeholders in preparation for the upcoming Primaries (which are currently slated for April 3, but is very likely to be pushed back into May to allow counties to make whatever adjustment they need to for whatever maps are finalized).

It will be a tough year to vet candidates for ‘TeaApproval‘; now that the Tea Parties have proven to have influence, EVERYONE will be persuasive in proclaiming they are the best champion of our 5 Principles.  But the bar will be higher this year; more emphasis will be placed on nonverbal information, on associations and actions- as well as will and determination to take on how ‘things are done’, which we realize is a major part of the inability to create REAL change. Emphasis will also be placed on an understanding of the office sought and how things function in the realm the office resides in.  Lastly , considerable consideration of candidate viability and whether a candidate has a winnable game plan in terms of strategy, organization, potential resources, and timely appplication of each.

The process is ongoing, but will be limited: there are a LOT of open seats (as the old hands run for the hills to avoid dealing with the mess they left behind) and therefore a LOT MORE candidates.  Only contested races will be considered this time around and the ones either most relevant or with the most impact.  Indeed, this year, the results of the process will not be set in stone, in many cases of non-officeholders, until all the associations (and their influence through campaign financing) are reviewed.

Naturally, additional candidates may appear or candidates may shift races or even drop out dependent on the finalized districts.  However, being more than one TeaApproval is possible in any given race (but efforts will be made to limit it this cycle), it changes nothing of the determination we will make before the districts are finalized.

A few determinations will be ‘slam-dunks’ and we’ll be announcing those quickly, with a little of the reasoning behind them.

Check back at this site for the announcements! (Or like our Facebook page to track it there)

Eric Holder (Mr. Fast-&-Furious) was in Austin on Tuesday to commit an unprecedented level of politicization of the office of Attorney General by announcing his ‘concerns’ about what he feels are the suppressive nature of Voter ID laws, like the one successfully passed in Texas.  He ignores the fact that the Supreme Court has already ruled on the Georgia version of that (after which the Texas one was modeled) and that the claim there is no voter fraud going on is disproven by cases like the Medrano family shenanigans in Dallas.  (More here.)

A small group of us gathered to protest his message prior to his arrival.  And what we lacked in numbers, we made up with message:  CL Bryant was the finale but had the strongest message:

Anita Moncrief, who left Acorn in disgust, had a few words to say:

And a young lady named Adryana Boyne presented a Hispanic view:

And she also had a message for Spanish speakers:

And in a pinnacle of irony; They required IDs for anybody entering the building to hear Holder’s speech.