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Tag: Michigan 4 Conservative Senate

Slowing Down The Coronation Train

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Wed Dec 28, 2011 at 05:48:12 PM EST
Tags: Scott Boman (Detroit), Clark Durant (Detroit), Gary Glenn (Midland), Randy Hekman (Grand Rapids), Pete Hoekstra (Holland), Peter Konetchy (Roscommon), Chuck Marino (Howell), Michigan 4 Conservative Senate, coronation trains, primary schedules, power grabs, credibility and respect, leveraged influence (all tags)

So I saw an article in the Detroit News last week that triggered some flashbacks from an August night a year ago. Coupling that with some conversations that I've had over the past 13 months with influential members of the Michigan Tea Party Patriot Network has me scratching my head and wondering what the hell some of these people are thinking.

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Are we looking at the beginnings of a REAL Tea Party Party?

By KG One, Section News
Posted on Sun Nov 20, 2011 at 12:18:59 PM EST
Tags: Michigan 4 Conservative Senate, Tea Party, Scotty Bowman, Clark Durant, Gary Glenn, Randy Hekman, Peter Konetchy, No Pete Hoekstra (all tags)

While I like the message that the Tea Party Movement has conveyed locally and nationally, one of the things that has always concerned me is the fact that it is too quick to jump into bed with the republican candidates.

Yes, I know that its genesis came from FreedomWorks, which is connected to big players from the GOP, and that part of its focus was to build up grassroots (ostensibly to support republican candidates).

But less government, lower taxes and more freedom, who could argue with that philosophy?

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