Jacob Turk is running against Emanuel Cleaver in Missouri's 5th Congressional District, or at least he is planning if he wins the primary next year. Turk has run twice against Cleaver before in heavily Democratic years, and it seems is looking for third times a charm in 2010, with no presidential election and rising anger at the jokers who are running Washington.
I bring it up because I got an email from Turk about the Lee's Summit Tea Party. Considering how many Republican legislators have avoided these, it's a smart thing for Challengers to get on board.
Movements win elections and change government. It is time to gather our forces. I need you to find 20 friends you can call on short notice and get them to turn out. Crowds garner media attention and bring other activists to our side. Movements inspire folks to be involved and we need folks involved now.
Tea parties are being set up across the metro area and we need to show up. These tea parties will be the first events we will lend our people power to make successful. Over the next year and a half as we march to the mid term elections and our opportunity to take back our government, we must activate, inspire, and motivate traditional minded Americans, those who believe in liberty not socialism.
Pick up the phone and make a call to action to 20 of your friends. The Lee's Summit Tea Party is April 15th Noon to 2p at City Hall. The website to track info is http://www.lstaxdayteaparty.blogspot.com/.
There two aspects to this email I really like. The first is the email isn't about Turk. He's not pushing the tea party as some invention of his - he's simply acting as someone who recognizes the tea party movement is truly grassroots, and he wants to get involved. The second things is the call to action.
That's what we need. We need you, the people going to the tea party, to get off your duffs and start asking everyone you know to join you. If you're worried about trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, irresponsible spending slated towards special interests and not economic growth, or the mad rush towards restricting liberty through government control, now is the time to act. Find the tea party in your area, and bring your family and friends down. You're not an activist? You think I am? I write late at night when everything else is done. I have no more time than you, but I'm going to be there.
If you're in Kansas City, be sure to check out this tea party - and if Cleaver is your congressman, check this out.
2.7 Billion Dollars in earmark requests. Trillions spent in stimulus, and Cleaver wants another 2.7 billion for pet projects. If anyone needs a tea party wakeup, it's this guy. Good Luck, Mr. Turk.
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