Webster Endorsement Splinters Tea Parties in Congressional District 8
Two Tea Party groups in Central Florida today endorsed Republican nominee Daniel Webster's bid to unseat Rep. Alan Grayson.
The West Orlando Tea Party and the Central Florida Tea Party Council backed Webster, who topped a field of seven GOP candidates in Tuesday's primary.
“Daniel Webster is the ideal conservative candidate to run against Alan Grayson, because the contrasts could not be more striking”, said WOTP founder Ron McCoy.
The groups' endorsement drew a rebuke from the rival Florida TEA Party, which has Peg Dunmire in the race.
"The entity calling itself the West Orlando Tea Party is an organization that has been affiliated with and associated with GOP operatives Everett Wilkinson, Tom Tillison and Jason Hoyt. They are a prime example of guys who have given themselves a title and a website and call themselves a 'tea party,'" said TEA consultant Doug Guetzloe.
Phil Russo, who worked on the campaign of Todd Long who finished second behind Webster, speculated that most, if not all, of the half-dozen GOP candidates will rally around Webster. But Russo also suggested that some libertarian-leaning Tea Party faithful might break for Grayson.
"He's good on the Fed, on the war and on the Patriot Act," Russo explained.
Game on!
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5:26PM AUG 29TH 2010
Mr Guetzloe's GOP operative comments sound just like the Dems same arguement. Could the motives be the same? The comment is a flat out lie....I have never spoken to Mr Wilkinson or had any contact with him. Jason and Tom are a part of the tea party movement and are great Americans.
12:23PM AUG 27TH 2010
Cheryl, I guess you never heard Dunmire speak. She comes across as very belligerent and totally void of any serious intellectual grasp of issues, she recites that which her handlers tell her to say, and maybe you never heard her interview by Icaucus. Her interview was so poor and below the other candidates interviews it was laughable and she knew it, that's why shortly after she changed her political affiliation and joined the other political fringe characters, who incidentally have little character and in doing so put herself in the same category. She and her party with the hijacked name represent themselves for their own gain, not the people. Remember a vote for Dunmire is nothing less than a vote for Alan Grayson her financial backer.
10:20AM AUG 28TH 2010
Richard - you are the one who apparently has not heard Peg Dunmire speak.
Peg is extremely well spoken; well versed in all the issues and can run circles around Grayson and Webster in a debate.
Here's just one great example of impromptu/under fire from morons/Peg-speak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X6BwK7M0PA
Dunmire will win in November and make American History as the first Tea party congressman in America!
www.DunmireForCongress.com - join the tea party revolution.
Peg is extremely well spoken; well versed in all the issues and can run circles around Grayson and Webster in a debate.
Here's just one great example of impromptu/under fire from morons/Peg-speak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X6BwK7M0PA
Dunmire will win in November and make American History as the first Tea party congressman in America!
www.DunmireForCongress.com - join the tea party revolution.
10:38AM AUG 27TH 2010
I am Peg Dunmire, TEA candidate for US Congress FL 8. I am the only candidate who is left running in this race who stepped forward to run because of the tea party movement. Originally, I entered this race as a Republican. I did change my party affiliation to the first political tea party party, TEA. Of course this was a huge gamble. But the gamble paid off because the Republican Party of Florida has not only supported a career politician but has shown its true colors to be no different than the Democratic Party. Perhaps this is news to those loyal republicans who have worked tirelessly to support their candidates in the primary. But I will tell you with no reservation that the Republican Party that YOU want to support is a party that you shouldn't want to support if you are true tea party believers. Why do I say that? Because the RPOF is using every tactic it can to suppress the vote and to interfer with the electoral choices of Floridians. The RPOF is openly financing lawsuits against every duly qualified TEA candidate. These are the tactics of Barack Obama as he picked off his opponents in the courts rather than at the election booth. Let the voters decide at the ballot box who to vote for. Let the voters STAND UP for the TEA PARTY principles they are trying to endorse. You cannot and will not be heard if you vote Republican. YOU WILL BE COUNTED and YOU WILL BE HEARD WHEN you vote for Peg Dunmire. THIS IS THE ONLY CHOICE that reflects your integrity and support for your principles. Now is the time to support YOUR TEA PARTY candidate, Peg Dunmire. Contact her to volunteer. Go to www.dunmireforcongress.com.
6:20PM AUG 26TH 2010
A vote for Dunmire or any of the so called candidates the political Florida Tea Party puts forward is nothing more than a vote for the Democratic party and their candidate and financial backer of the Florida Tea Party Alan Grayson. Alan Grayson is the money behind Doug Guetzloe and Fred O"Neil. Dunmires objective is to take votes away from the Republican, the organization she didn't have the intellectual capacity to represent.
9:04AM AUG 27TH 2010
Richard - looks like your prognostications of a massive Sullivan win didn't pan out.
Why should anyone trust your lay opinion now?
Peg Dunmire has an intellectual capacity that probably exceeds the sum total of the seven dwarfs in the GOP Primary.
That's why she will be a majority of the GOP votes on November 2nd.
Webster is a career politician; pro-Obama-rail; pro-toll increase; pro-big spending and under investigation for the GOP credit card scandal. Not tea party qualifications.
Why should anyone trust your lay opinion now?
Peg Dunmire has an intellectual capacity that probably exceeds the sum total of the seven dwarfs in the GOP Primary.
That's why she will be a majority of the GOP votes on November 2nd.
Webster is a career politician; pro-Obama-rail; pro-toll increase; pro-big spending and under investigation for the GOP credit card scandal. Not tea party qualifications.
4:22PM AUG 26TH 2010
Phil Russo openly endorsed Peg Dunmire, the Tea candidate already.
Is Phil flip-flopping or has Webster opened up the checkbook.
Phil is always looking for a check - even hustled Nick Egoroff for a job with the tea party.
Is Phil flip-flopping or has Webster opened up the checkbook.
Phil is always looking for a check - even hustled Nick Egoroff for a job with the tea party.
7:41AM AUG 27TH 2010
How typical of Guetzloe the fat slob to try and slander a real tea party leader like Phil. You are the one who sells out for money, you've been doing it for 40 years like the GOP hack that you are.
7:07AM AUG 27TH 2010
I have never endorsed Peg Dunmire. What I have said, both on the radio and in print, is that I would look at all the options on the ballot and vote for the person that most reflects what I believe.
8:44AM AUG 27TH 2010
Hey Phil, hope you're doing good.
I was listening that morning and remember hearing you say to the Budman, "I will vote for Dunmire if Webster wins." Let's ask for the audio of that comment to make sure we get it exact. Approximately what was the date of that show?
I was listening that morning and remember hearing you say to the Budman, "I will vote for Dunmire if Webster wins." Let's ask for the audio of that comment to make sure we get it exact. Approximately what was the date of that show?
3:33AM SEP 2ND 2010
Hienie, what you heard me say was "if Webster wins I will vote for one of the other candidates like Dunmire, Grayson, or Metcalfe". I never said which of the three (and I forgot about Geritzen the Whig). Not only did I not say which of the three I would support but even when I decide who I will vote for I will not be "endorsing" anyone. I do not believe in endorsments. I have never endorsed anyone before and I'm not going to start now. Only people with massive egos and a need to feel self important issue endorsments. The best I would tell someone is to vote their conscience.
2:22PM AUG 26TH 2010
Mr. Webster seems like a very nice man, but he is a RINO. Just think SunRail for starters. He is also a Republican "insider". Peg Dunmire is the genuine conservative and grassroots citizen in this 5-person race to take out Mr. Grayson. I sincerely hope that the tea party movement gets on board and does not split the vote.
12:45PM AUG 26TH 2010
Yeah, lets all vote for the Republican because "we can't split the vote", screw splitting the vote! At one point in history the Republican Party was the third party. Ab Lincoln once said "don't vote for the republicans, cause you'll split the vote for the WIGS!" This split the vote crap has been around for a long time. Soon the Tea Party will take dominance on the political landscape.
12:39PM AUG 26TH 2010
Tillison and Hoyt are legends in their own minds. The last 'tea party' they had a month ago drew 6 people at city hall.
Paper tea parties endorsing pro-rail and pro-tax RINO candidates like Dan Webster are irrelevant to the process.
Webster is a career politician with endorsements from all the "big" guys- Mike "Pay me a fee" Huckabee; Jeb "I like me who do you like" Bush; Rich "Culture of Corruption" Crotty.
No thanks.
The overwhelming majority of republican voters are voted for Dunmire.
Paper tea parties endorsing pro-rail and pro-tax RINO candidates like Dan Webster are irrelevant to the process.
Webster is a career politician with endorsements from all the "big" guys- Mike "Pay me a fee" Huckabee; Jeb "I like me who do you like" Bush; Rich "Culture of Corruption" Crotty.
No thanks.
The overwhelming majority of republican voters are voted for Dunmire.
12:33PM AUG 26TH 2010
So, Hoyt and Tillison have another GOP sugardaddy, I can't believe these guys Those two are the poster boys for Trent Lot's plan to absorb the Tea Party Movement into the Republican Party. Hoyt and Tillison are for sale to the Republican Party bosses. Vote for REAL Tea Party principles, PEG DUNMIRE for Congress.
