A lot of discussion starting today is going to focus on what’s next for the Tea Party movement, both nationally and here in Nebraska.

Tom Becka of KFAB has been constantly referring to the Tea Parties as ‘political masterbation’ because he does not seem to think there is a goal for the parties. Thus, all we are doing is just venting our anger and not willing to do more.

We need to prove him wrong.

First and foremost, the http://nebraskateaparties.com will continue. As events are planned supporting the conservative cause in Nebraska and Iowa, please let me know. I will be putting up a contact form here shortly to communicate to me when events are happening so I can get them up and posted on this website. This includes things from the 9:12 Project, Minutemen, Nebraskan Advisory Group, Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom and other organizations.

Second, we have a mayoral race in three weeks between a liberal Obama supporter in Jim Suttle and Hal Daub. Even though you may not like his personality, or you may not like some of his politics, but Hal Daub is who needs to be supported in this two horse race.

Third, more nationwide events are planned. July 4th is the next major nationwide event. I hope the 9:12 Project and other organizations step up to the plate to improve on what we just saw on April 15th and join Don’t Go Movement, Top Conservatives on Twitter, Smart Girl Politics, and other national organizations that worked hard, including helping to send press releases to our own local press, and who set up groups such as netcot.ning.com and dontgo.ning.com.

Fourth, become more involved individually. Join Twitter, where much of the national planning took place. Listen to conservatives on Blog Talk Radio, including myself, who talk about the issues beyond just the major radio networks. As the ‘fairness doctrine’ comes into being, it is the Internet that will become the place to listen to the conservative voices such as Pajamas TV, the BCast, and the like.

Lastly, we need to look to 2010 and Ben Nelson. Senator Nelson attacked our tea party on the Lincoln television station website article. His statement was filled with lies about where the organization came from, and repeated the liberal lie that we were not upset at Bush. Nelson needs to be sent a very nice message that reads ‘Sit Down. You are no longer our Senator.’

“President Obama, Are You Listening?”

Nebraska DontGo Followers to Host a Tea Party

Nebraskans, following the lead of CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s call for a Chicago Tea Party, are hosting their own at the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha. The Nebraska Tea Party will take place at 11:00am on February 27^th.

Nebraskans are outraged with President Obama’s Stimulus Bill and the proposed Mortgage Bailout and are encouraging all who agree to band together and attend the Tea Party. The Stimulus Bill which will be giving away $1 trillion is the largest giveaway in American History and only the beginning. The proposed Mortgage bailout will cause tax money to be taken from Nebraskan tax payers and property owners and sent to California and Florida to help owners of multiple homes who don’t even bother to pay their own mortgages. The mandates in the bills will cost millions of dollars to Nebraska and Omaha residents in local taxes imposed upon the city.

DontGo National Communications Director Juliana Johnson states, “With all the displeasure we have seen with President Obama so far we are encouraging everyone to attend Tea Parties in their respective states and let the President hear our message.”

WHAT: Nationwide Chicago Tea Party in Omaha

WHEN: February 27, 2008 – 11:00 A.M. CST

WHERE:Douglas County Courthouse: 1819 Farnam St, Omaha, Nebraska 68102

A few of you may know there happens to be another election on January 28th. In this case, this election is for the Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Unfortunately, for the rank and file, we do not have a vote. The vote will be conducted by those members of the National Committee that were selected in each state. 

 In Nebraska, those delegates are De Carlson and Pete Ricketts. From my knowledge of both, which I admit is rather spotty, Pete is a younger conservative that is the target demographic for the Rebuild the Party initiative. De is not of the digital generation.

Where the controversy comes in is in the candidacy of the current chairman, Mike Duncan. Many advocating the Rebuild the Party initiative are of the mindset that Duncan has been part of the problem, and thus should not be selected to continue as party chairman. I admit I have a similar mindset. Unlike others, though, I have no pony in this horserace. If Duncan can prove he ‘gets it’, I would really not have a problem with him continuing.

 The problem comes in with a call by Michael P Leahy for Duncan to withdraw from the race. Leahy, who is the organizer of the Top Conservatives on Twitter list and TCOT Report website has a number of initiatives to try and draw on that grouping. I was part of the conference call where Leahy said he was going to make a post against Duncan, so I knew this was coming. Leahy, though, went the wrong direction in his call for Duncan to withdraw from the race. Leahy bases much of his argument in the fact many of the committee members are not tech savvy, and thus would vote for Duncan as the status quo. So, Duncan should back out.

This is the absolute wrong reason. What needs to happen is not for Duncan to back out of the race, which he has every right to join, but the committee members who are technically deficient need to be dragged into the 21st Century. If you are going to attack Duncan, attack him for his inaction, his invisible status on the Sunday morning talk shows, his wasted initiatives. Don’t call on him to resign because the voters may be stupid – we did not educate the voters and their stupidity got us Barack Obama. Educating the voters needs to be the emphasis. 

In calling for Duncan to back out, Leahy looks like the media pundits that kept calling for Clinton to back out of the primary against Obama. That is not the right way to do things.  I am not calling for another candidate, Katon Dawson, to withdraw because he has not endorsed Rebuild the Party, but I am posting every so often via Twitter for him to explain why he has not. That’s the approach to take, not burning the good credit you have built by setting up #TCOT with a poor argument for resignation of one of the candidates.