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Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

Originally published April 12, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

I got a call a week or so ago from a former neighbor who was excited about Ben Sasse’s candidacy for the Nebraska U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mike Johanns.  After explaining why she’s so enthused by what she’s seen during Sasse’s campaign appearances, she urged me to consider voting for Sasse in the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Congress, Elections, Featured, Nebraska, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Senators, Taking Action, Tea Party, US Senate Tagged With: activism, ben sasse, coopting tea party, establishment republicans, freedomworks, gin, grassroots, Grassroots in Nebraska, nebraska republican party, negop, negrassroots, party politics, patrick bonnett, political endorsements, ruling class, shane osborn, Tea Party

Establishment GOP to Tea Party: We’re Just Not That Into You

Originally published February 6, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Establishment GOP to Tea Party: We’re Just Not That Into You

This article is for any grassroots organizations who still think working with Republican leadership is the way to change the political landscape for the better: You’d have to be intentionally oblivious to be unaware that the Republican Party powers-that-be and the associated high rollers who fund the Party and the candidates it fields have a […]

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Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

Originally published May 4, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

I don’t know if everyone reading this is old enough to remember all the press about “the boat people” fleeing Vietnam in the ’70s.  According to Wikipedia, references to the boat people “came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.”  Desperate […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Activism, Campaign Finance, Featured, Tea Party, US Senate Tagged With: 2012 campaign, 2012 election, all politics is local, amy kremer, astroturfing the tea party, attorney general jon bruning, ben nelson's senate seat, boat people, bus people, campaign finance, candidates, candidates for u.s. senate, carpet baggers, carpetbaggers, don stenberg, eagle forum, election 2012, family research council, federalism, gop astroturf, heritage foundation, herman cain, herman cain 9-9-9 plan, herman cain nine nine nine plan, important us senate seats, influencing local elections, jon bruning, money from outside the state, national tea party groups, nationalizing elections, nebraska don stenberg, nebraska election 2012, nebraska jon bruning, nebraska politics, nebraska senate race, nebraska senate seat, obama mega-hearse, obama planet-eating death star, obama tour bus, outside influences on election, phyllis schafly, secret service prostitutes, secret service scandal, stenberg campaign, tea party express, tea party express endorsements, tea party gop, tea party influence on elections, tea party movement and elections, teaparty, teaparty gop, tpx, u.s. seat, us senate race, values bus tour, vietnam boat people, vietnam war refugees

Tea Party Turned Three

Originally published April 15, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 7 Comments

Tea Party Turned Three

I publish this as April 15th has only a couple of hours left. I know that in most people’s minds, this date marks the third anniversary of what has come to be known as the tea party movement. I know why people think that, of course. The majority of people first heard about modern day […]

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Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide

Originally published September 11, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated April 28, 2012. 5 Comments

Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide

Updated Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. Prior articles are linked here: 1, 2, 3. Articles following this will be added here: 5. “Governor Heineman Really Like Purple […]

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More Readers, More Questions About LCGOP, AFP Email

Originally published September 5, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated April 12, 2014. 3 Comments

More Readers, More Questions About LCGOP, AFP Email

A simple publication of an email which had been distributed publicly, a few questions about it, a rather swift expression of displeasure by a paid GOP employee, and our response to it has been generating a lot of interest by way of hits on our site, as we’ve previously reported. Also, we’ve now received a […]

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GiN Tea Party Questions: GOP Employee Seems to Protest Too Much

Originally published September 3, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated October 13, 2012. 13 Comments

GiN Tea Party Questions: GOP Employee Seems to Protest Too Much

  Thursday’s post, “Tea Party” People: See Anything Wrong With This Email?, has attracted a LOT of traffic, but only one comment so far.  In our opinion, however, that comment and our response to it merit more attention from our readers than it’s likely to get if it’s just appended to the original article.  For […]

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Not Just Sunshine Patriots

Originally published April 16, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 8 Comments

Not Just Sunshine Patriots

There will be additional follow-up coming regarding our Tax Day Tea Party, but here’s a start… On December 22, we had what has been dubbed the “Ice Tea Party” in <10 degree weather in freezing rain, after Senator Ben Nelson “iced” the Cornhusker Kickback with Reid and Schumer, paving the way to the passage of […]

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Lincoln Tax Day Tea Party – April 15th at Capitol

Originally published April 13, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 24, 2011. Leave a Comment

Lincoln Tax Day Tea Party – April 15th at Capitol

Lincoln Tax Day Tea Party – April 15th at Capitol

Thursday, April 15, 2010

The State Capitol

1445 K St.

North Plaza / Steps

6:30pm – 8:30pm Read full articleLincoln Tax Day Tea Party – April 15th at Capitol

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Sometimes No is the Right Answer

Originally published April 10, 2010, By Linda. Updated November 16, 2012. Leave a Comment

Sometimes No is the Right Answer

Have you been frustrated with attempts by progressives of every stripe to portray Republicans as the Party of No?  They contend the Republicans in Congress have refused to offer any constructive suggestions concerning how health care costs that are spiraling out of control can be reduced.  According to progressives, Congressional Republicans have had only one […]

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