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Santorum only GOP presidential candidate to speak at Florida Tea Party Convention

By | 11.07.11 | 2:41 pm | More from The Florida Independent

This weekend’s Florida Tea Party Convention failed to draw many of the GOP candidates invited to participate: Out of the eight GOP presidential candidates, only Rick Santorum showed up to speak.

Florida Tea Party Convention rescinds invitation to Muslim organization

By | 11.03.11 | 3:42 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Hassan Shibly of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been disinvited by organizers of the upcoming Florida Tea Party Convention.

Scott, Rubio not attending this weekend’s Florida Tea Party Convention

By | 10.31.11 | 4:36 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Representatives from the offices of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Gov. Rick Scott report that neither will be attending the Florida Tea Party Convention scheduled for this weekend, despite their inclusion on the event’s agenda.

Tea Partiers and FreedomWorks Craft a 2010 Agenda

By | 01.25.10 | 2:48 pm

Before Ryan Hecker presented the Contract from America to his Sunday night audience — 63 activists huddled inside of a meeting room in the Washington, D.C. office of FreedomWorks — the free-market think tank’s spokesman promised great things.

“You watch,” Adam Brandon told TWI. “This is the idea that’s going More…

Ralph Nader Rejoins the Tea Parties

By | 12.18.09 | 11:59 am

Benjamin Sarlin talks to Ralph Nader, who’s celebrating at least the 20th anniversary of his transition from interesting public advocate to self-defeating scold, about health care. Nader, predictably — and with a lack of understanding of congressional politics that must be willful — blames Barack Obama for selling out More…

Tea Party Movement Loses Steam

By | 07.03.09 | 6:00 am

While South Carolina’s political establishment wrestles with the fate of Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), Ron Parks has already moved on. He’s one of the organizers of a July 4 Tea Party in Charleston, a rally that will celebrate America and protest the way that President Barack Obama is governing it. More…