'Tea party' group to boycott Mitt Romney speech

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By James Oliphant
August 31, 2011, 8:42 a.m.
While Mitt Romney appears to be tacking right to counter the rise of Rick Perry as a presidential contender, not everyone is willing to go along for the ride.

FreedomWorks, a "tea party"-affiliated advocacy group, said that it’s pulling out of a tea party event this weekend in New Hampshire because Romney has been invited to speak. It also objected to a speech given earlier in the national “Reclaiming America” tour given by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah.

“Mitt Romney and Orrin Hatch have actively and consistently supported expanding the role of government through government-run healthcare, Wall Street bailouts and spending hikes. Those positions are unacceptable to the tea party principles of lower taxes, less government and more freedom,” FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe said in a statement Wednesday.

It’s the latest example of the schism in the party between establishment politicians such as Romney and Hatch and the tea party movement. In an apparent bid to court the latter, Romney switched his speech at a rally in New Hampshire from Monday to Sunday and decided to attend a forum organized by Sen. Jim DeMint in South Carolina on Labor Day after first declining to participate.

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[hifiguy]

1. The cannibalism on the right is going to be fun to watch

:popcorn:

[Old and In the Way]

2. hahahaha

Can't have a ringmaster in the center ring when the clowns are doing their show.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Americans to Boycott TeaParty (R) SuckerPuppets

"We cain't give no cred to a cruddy pack O' political poltroons whose Sucker Strings are being pulled by fatcat RepubliCorp billionaires. Ptoooey on the SuckerPuppet Bagger Boy-Os. We is boy-cotton them there wankers."

- The WAFWA (Wholesome Americans for Wholesome America)

[Chipper Chat]

4. Lucky New Hampshire.

I think I'll suggest that Der Mittens speak at a GOP event in my town so the local mouthy Teabaggers will vaporize for 1 day.

[ThomWV]

5. How could you tell?

When will people get it in their heads .... there is no tea party.