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This page links to conservative and Republican websites
in Pennsylvania. Explanation below.
These initial reference lists will grow.
Suggestions are welcome
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Support
Tim Burns
for Congress in Pennsylvania's 12th District. See
Sarah Palin's comments. It looks as though
Tim Burns lost the special election to Critz 53%-45%, but keep in mind
that this is a district which is reportedly 2/3 Democratic. The
split was 70,867 D and 60,653 R, so the spread was only about 10,000
votes. This setback can still be reversed in November through hard
campaign work. After all, Critz won't be able to pretend to be a
moderate or conservative once he returns to the House. |
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No time for complacency. Arlen Specter may
have lost the primary to Sestak, but between them they attracted over 1
million votes, as compared to a little over 800,000 for the two
Republicans. Toomey attracted more votes than either Specter or
Sestak, but voter turnout in November is critical. |
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Reach out to independent voters in
your community. Listen to their concerns.
Get organized for the primaries. Tea Party groups -
endorse specific candidates.
Get to know your precinct committeeman, and volunteer to help better
candidates win in the primary. |
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February 4-6, 2010 - Did you miss the
first National Tea Party
Convention in Nashville? If so, links to coverage of the
event are shared at the above.
Sarah Palin was the featured
keynote speaker at this event arranged by
Tea Party Nation
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Selective recent political news and
comments related to Pennsylvania politics |
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June 2, 2010 -
Sestak, Critz skip Obama event - Keeping their distance in
Pittsburgh. |
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May 28, 2010 -
WH had Clinton try to ease Sestak out of Pa. race - Why would
Bill Clinton agree to do this for Obama or Rahm Emanuel? Surely he
knew that this action could be illegal. For those old enough to
remember Doonesbury's objective commentary from the Nixon Watergate era
- "Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!" How is any honest journalist
going to spin this one for the White House? |
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May 23, 2010 -
White House mum on whether Sestak offered a job |
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May 13, 2010 -
Sestak predicts he'll win close Pa. Senate primary |
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May 13, 2010 -
In Pa. race, a fight over title of true Democrat - Will Specter
be the next to go? |
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December 15, 2009 -
Pennsylvania House whip, official who resigned are charged -
Comment: Note that officials from both parties have been
charged by this Attorney General candidate for Governor. |
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September 4, 2009 - Charlie Dent, US
Representative (R ) PA 15th District - "inappropriate",
uninvited, "disappointed", glad that the teacher handouts have been
revised; parents should talk to their schools. See our own
background about the debate over
Obama's speech to children in school. |
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September 15, 2009 -
Obama to talk with autoworkers, AFL-CIO members - Note that his trip
includes a visit to Philadelphia to do a fundraiser for his friend
Arlen Specter. |
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Congratulations to the Republicans who convinced Arlen
Specter to switch parties. It's time to prove the pundits
wrong again. They
assume Specter will win as the Democratic candidate in 2010. |
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May 12, 2009 - Democrats stop GOP effort to start ethics inquiry -
Comment: Protecting Murtha. |
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April 29, 2009 - Specter switches to Democrat, "at odds" with GOP -
Comment: Note his parting insult to Republican primary voters
who made the mistake of trusting him in the past. While some in
the media say that Republicans are "embracing irrelevance", perhaps they
are actually listening. |
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April 29, 2009 - AP Analysis: Specter defection shrinks GOP's reach
- Comment: A lame effort to portray this as a failure for the
Republicans, showing less reach among independents. It really just
shows less reach among specious
career politicians and their arrogant egos. Consider Specter's
telling remark today about not letting Republican primary voters
determine his fate, after he sized up the fact that he was already
facing a lot of angry voters who would turn out to defeat him next year.
Rather than risk defeat, he switched parties to try to preserve his
career - and may well be defeated anyway. |
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April 28, 2009 - Sources: Specter intends to switch parties -
Comment: Why not Snowe and
Collins too? Let the RINOs go, and tell the "Blue Dogs" to
stop pretending to be conservatives, too. It's time to draw the
line in the sand, and work very hard locally to defeat these
specious politicians. |
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Bucks County, PA - Washington Crossing State Park - April 18, 1-3pm
Tea Party |
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March 17, 2009 - Your tax dollars at work -
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
press release about how $1.6 million is being spread across the
counties. |
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Republican
Incumbents |
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| US
Senator Arlen
Specter - now a Democrat |
http://specter.senate.gov/public/ |
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US Representative Charlie Dent (PA 15th) |
http://dent.house.gov/ |
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US Representative Jim Gerlach (PA 6th) |
http://gerlach.house.gov/ |
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US Representative Joe Pitts (PA 16th) |
http://www.house.gov/pitts/
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US Representative Todd Russell Platts (PA 19th) |
http://www.house.gov/platts/
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US Representative Bill Shuster (PA 9th) |
http://www.house.gov/shuster/
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US Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA 5th) |
http://thompson.house.gov/
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Republican Party of Pennsylvania |
www.pagop.org |
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Pennsylvania Federation of Republican Women |
http://www.pcrw.org/
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Pennsylvania Federation of Young Republicans |
www.payrs.com |
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Republican
candidates for 2010 |
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Pennsylvania Department of State - information for voters and
candidates |
Primary calendar - May 18, 2010 |
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Candidates to replace Joe Sestak (D - PA 7th) who is running against US
Senator Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary |
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Candidates to replace US Senator Arlen Specter |
Pat
Toomey for US Senator (R- PA)
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Senator Robert Casey (D) won't be up for election again until 2012 |
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PA political
organizations - party, PAC's, etc. |
for national, see
Conservative Links |
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Other sources of
information about conservative politics in Pennsylvania |
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Conservative Allies of Pennsylvania -
www.conservativeallies.com |
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Red County -
Montgomery County, PA blog |
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research pending, suggestions welcome |
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Tea Party events and
organizations in
Pennsylvania |
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This picture from the
April 11, 2009 Pittsburgh Tea Party is repeated from the
National Tax
Day Tea Party website for reference, since it is a good illustration
of the turnout, which was estimated at seveeral thousand people.
You are not alone!
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Independence Day Tea Party on July 4.
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| June 14 -
Scranton /
Wilkes-Barre, PA - Northeast Pennsylvania (NEPA) Flag Day Rally |
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Tax Day Tea Party
protests were planned in many cities for April 15. These are
locally organized in any community through online networking. The
events are not limited to major cities.
Refer
also to the new
Pennsylvania Tea
Parties website for more event details
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Harrisburg, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest on April 15 |
| Allentown, PA Tax Day Tea Party - 2 protests |
| Altoona, PA Tax Day Tea Party |
| Bethlehem, PA Tax Day Tea Party |
| Brookeville, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Easton, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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Erie, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Greensburg, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Hazleton, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Henderson, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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Hollidaysburg, PA (Blair County) Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Honesdale, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Johnstown, PA Tax Day Tea Party |
| Kempton, PA Tax Day Tea Party |
| Kennett Square, PA Tax Day Tea Party |
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Lancaster, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Lehighton, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Lewisburg, PA Tax Day Tea Party |
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Matamoras, PA (Pike County) Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Meadville, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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Nazareth, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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Philadelphia, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest on April 15 - 2 events |
| Phoenixville, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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Pittsburgh, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest on April 15 |
| Scranton, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Sharon, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| State College, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Stroudsburg, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Sugar Grove, PA Tax Day Tea Party
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| Towanda, PA / Bradford County Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Washington, PA Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Waynesburg, PA - Greene County Courthouse,
12-2pm on April 15 |
| West Chester, PA Tax Day Tea Party
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Wilkes-Barre,
PA Tax Day Tea Party protest - see also
Facebook event page |
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Pittsburgh, PA - Pennsylvania Tea Party, Saturday April 11, with
Dr. Alan Keyes as speaker. According to coverage in the Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review, "Several
thousand jam North Shore for bailout 'Tea Party'" See the
photo shared below, which illustrates
the size of the crowd. |
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National "Chicago Tea
Party" events were held in
These were organized
locally by online social networking in less than 1 week. National
"Chicago Tea Party" links
and coverage. Similar events
in 40+ cities attracted 15,000+ participants. |
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The
Tax Day Tea
Party website listed events associated with the
Nationwide Tea Party Coalition sponsors, who supported the organization of
most of the first Chicago Tea Party protest events on February 27.
New sponsors include
American Solutions (ties to Newt Gingrich) and other groups. |
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Tea Party protests were also
organized with FreedomWorks in many cities on various dates. |
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American
Family Association has also set up a new website -
TEA - Taxed Enough
Already - which lists over 1000 local "Tea Party" protest
organizers nationwide. This was followed by another new website
for their July 4 Tea Party protest plans -
www.TeaPartyDay.com |
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Another source of information about Tea Party protests
and other local initiatives or contacts in many states can be found
through the "Patriotic Resistance" -
http://www.resistnet.com . |
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