I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard. There are some very good arguments, and I think the American people have not seen all of the evidence there, so I have not taken a position on that.
Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina • Answering a point-blank question from Glenn Beck: “Do you believe the government was in any way involved in the bringing down of the World Trade Centers on 9/11?” This is a Tea Party candidate. Who was doing well in the polls until now. Saying something stupid. To. Glenn. Beck. Ahahahahahahahaha … ahahahaha … and we thought Harold Ford, Jr. had the market on saying stupid stuff all locked up. We don’t say this often, but good job Glenn Beck! source
They thought the platform was going to tie into what we were after, that we would be one big happy family.
Northern Colorado Tea Party leader Lesley Hollywood • Regarding frustration her group – and other Colorado tea party groups – has felt after Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis was labeled as “the tea-party candidate” on Fox News last month. It led to a firestorm of controversy mainly because the groups had felt slighted by McInnis when dealing with him before. It required him to do a lot of apologizing and laying some groundwork to patch things up. It’s kind of the Catch-22 the Republicans are stuck dealing with – there’s a wave of conservatism, but it’s a very cliquey wave. source