Thread: 'BEAT LAMAR' RALLY DRAWS MORE PEOPLE THAN LAMAR EVENT

'BEAT LAMAR' RALLY DRAWS MORE PEOPLE THAN LAMAR EVENT



by MIKE FLYNN
21 Jul 2013,

Tea Party and conservative activists held a counter-rally outside a Sen. Lamar Alexander campaign event in Smyrna, TN on Saturday. According to organizers, over 300 people braved the heat and sun, promoting a primary challenge to Alexander next year. Alexander's event, held in an air-conditioned building and featuring local officials and Mike Huckabee drew about 250, according to local press.

The counter-rally was organized by "Beat Lamar," an effort by grass-roots activists to oppose Sen. Alexander in the GOP primary, even though he doesn't yet have an opponent. "We want to send a clear message to the Republican Establishment in Tennessee," Ben Cunningham, founder of the Nashville Tea Party told Breitbart News. "We are not going to allow you to push the grassroots aside so you can hold a coronation of Lamar Alexander simply because he has an R by his name."

"We have seen what real conservatives look like in the Senate and we are not going back," Cunningham continued. "Mike Lee, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have reminded us all what it looks like when people of principle stand up and fight for those who elected them."



Of course, Alexander can't be defeated in a primary if he doesn't have an opponent. Cunningham said he has spoken with some potential challengers recently. Alexander would certainly have the financial edge. As of June 30th, his campaign reported over $3 million in its campaign account.

At activated base of activists could lessen that edge. "Beat Lamar" organizers say their efforts will build a state-wide network of activists who could instantly get to work on challenger's campaign.

Getting 300 people out in the summer heat when there isn't a challenger is a sign that there is some intense opposition to Alexander's reelection. We'll know before long whether it is enough.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...an-Lamar-Event

I looked up news stories about the protest against Lamar Alexander in two Nashville newspapers and the results where just what I expected. One paper said the pro-Alexander event had 500 people and the Tea Party event against Alexander had only 150 people; the 2nd newspaper put the numbers for Alexander at 250 people and the people at the anti-Alexander event at 150. This is the same old treatment the lying liberal newspapers always give to conservatives. They cut the numbers for conservatives in half or less and increase the numbers for liberals by two or three times.

I have been interested in politics since Barry Goldwater in 1964. Through the years I have learned about this underhanded distortion of facts by the liberal controlled "news" media.

Trust me people, the number of Tea Party protesters estimated by those at the event is certainly much more accurate. The photographs printed were also predictable; there were no wide angle pictures of the total crowd, just some close up shots of a few people, giving the impression of a small number of Tea Party people at the rally.

So, congratulations Tea Party and Tennessee conservatives you did a good job, The liberal "news" papers will never do anything to make you look good.

I am a Tennessean and I wish to apologize to the entire patriotic movement that we were not successful in dumping Alexander and Corker before now, but we have not given up.

ALIPAC will do all we can to help any qualified GOP challenger ready to take on the traitor known as Senator Lamar Alexander!

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