This IS an Endorsement

[FCTP]

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.

[Chuck Morrison]

I think the RINOS have managed to effectively marginalize the TP - end of story.  I think they would rather lose and maintain their "power" such as it is, than throw in with people going a different direction.  "We the People" have not been abused badly enough yet to show their true power, IMO.

[Patricia Nan Bell]

Like your post Billie. My feelings are. We have been given a choice of two candidates which are garnishing the most votes. Even though we may not like it . That's our choices. The elitist republicans establishment republicans, pundits and media has banded together and dealt us this hand. The only way to combat this was if all the Teaparty members across Florida banded together and rallied there support around one candidate. This has not happened. Everyone is an individual thinker and this fraactures the vote. As a united group we may have made a difference but we were not all together. We must remember there are still more states to come.Maybe they will learn from us. The saying goes United We Stand Divided We Fall. We have to put our focus on coming together as a group.  I'm  still keeping a positive attitude.

[Matthew Roberts]

I think its a failed, and flawed when the media and the GOP tries to lead people by the nose. The problem is simple if your told long enough that its a 2 man race then everyone gives up on the best canidate. Fox as well as mainstreem has told us Newt and Mit are our choices, but by doing my homework I know both are progressive, I never tell anyone how to vote but also refuse to EVER put my neme on any ballot with a progressive, even if it means loosing. Take a look hard at Santorum. And pay attention to both frontrunners, they are scarry

[Gus Pasko]

Good Choice FCTP!  This is truly in the hands of We the People.  Unfortunately the Newt Gingrich supporters have become as devisive as the Ron Paul supporters, in their attacks on anyone that does not agree with them.  I admit, I am leaning towards Santorum, but it offends me that fellow Conservatives INSULT me for not being 100% Paul or Gingrich.  This is the Primary.  This is the time for US to excercise OUR choice.  When it is all said and done, I will unite behind whoever wins.  I will even support Ron Paul 100%.  I will disagree with some of his foreign policy, but I will still put up a yard sign and actively promote whoever comes out on top.  Some people I greatly respect and admire have become rude and intolerant, and have lost respect for others right to make a choice for themselves.  It really is not helping their cause, at least in my mind.  Please take a look in the mirror and look at what you have allowed yourself to become.  Attacking fellow Conservatives, because they do not agree with you 100%.  It is that intolerance that will hand Obama reelection, not the candidate that is selected in the Republican Primary.  There is NO reason any of the 4 remaining candidates cannot beat a Marxist in 2012, if we are all willing to set aside our differences, once the Primary is over.  God Bless the work of Tea Party Patriots everywhere and God Bless America!

[w. lee dungan jr.]

S.C. gave the republican establishment the middle finger,and  we should too. Newts the man who will hand obummer his political backside and a list of inaccurate info. about him taken out of context  doesn't count.

[FCTP]

Jean:  The Leadership Council of the FCTP has chosen not to endorse and has instead posted the results of Angie's Caucus on our website.  Newt won with 40% of the votes.  You can see the results o the front page of our website.  Each person has a decision to make and we believe the members of the FCTP will choose the right conservative candidate.  Thanks, Billie

[Kaye Brown]

"We the People" is a clever answer. But what about that candidate who is lacking in funds to run a campaign as the one who has the most money and can publish the most "nasties".  Newt in his latest book "To Try Men's Soul", spoke about how George Washington and his followers fighting for our independence from the British, pledged their homes, their monies, and finally their lives in order for us to win our freedom.  Can we do any less than that?  To wait until the last man standing is a cop out, in my personal opinion. We can't be on the fence about this.  We must choose and then support that candidate with all that we can give - - - and the time is now. Not later, in my personal opinion. Negative adds work and Romney is the chosen candidate already and he is being backed by mega bucks. If you don't think negative ads work, look at our current President. One tells a lie enough times and eventually EVERYONE begins to believe that lie.  All it takes is a "little" lie to sew a "little" self doubt and slowly that lie spreads into a wildfire unable to extinguish. The ones we have chosen are struggling to maintain the "headwinds".  Are we going to leave them flapping in the breeze or are we going to help them? The stakes are high.  George Washington and his freedom fighters left footprints of blood the last bitter cold winter's march, because many had no shoes to wear,  in order to fight. Can we at least afford to pay the price of a pair of boots for the candidate of our choice to protect his feet as he goes from place to place with his freedom message? I say yes, and the time is now and not when the last man standing is NOT our choice but the main stream media's choice and another Obama in the White House.  That means giving twice - - -  now and again against Obama.  Do not let the blood shed on the behalf of our country be for naught.  Kaye Brown, Shreveport, LA

[Marilyn B. Scola]

"We the People" must choose Tuesday!

Primary elections are the process to vote for the candidate who most

closely mirrors one's personal passionate political persuasions.  

Wake up, Tea Partiers, who have risen up to expose TRUTH.

I'm using my God-given voting priviledge by voting for Rick Santorum.

Rick is the level headed, solid,  clear thinking, experienced  leader

who raised the bar at the UNF debate.  He is most consistent, conservative

alternative to take on Pres. Obama in the fall. 

Think it over, loyal Tea Party patriots. Rick Santorum gets my vote.

This primary is our next chance to really change Washington.

With God, all things are possible.   

Marilyn B. Scola

    

[w. lee dungan jr.]

politics 101 make people choose between the crutch/Romney or the wheelchair/obummer.

[sabrina Wheeler]

Whomever wins Florida, wins the primary nomination. My fear is Mitt has bought Florida.