Call me crazy but I don't see what's not to like in there. Maybe I should join a tea party. I do like Tetley's cream flow.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.mainepolitics.net/content/maine-republicans-adopt-tea-party-platform > > "An overwhelming majority of delegates to the Maine Republican > convention tonight voted to scrap the the proposed party platform and > replace it with a document created by a group of Tea Party activists." > > "The official platform for the Republican Party of Maine is now a mix > of right-wing fringe policies, libertarian buzzwords and outright > conspiracy theories. > > "The document calls for the elimination of the Department of Education > and the Federal Reserve, demands an investigation of "collusion > between government and industry in the global warming myth," suggests > the adoption of "Austrian Economics," declares that "'Freedom of > Religion' does not mean 'freedom from religion'" (which I guess makes > atheism illegal), insists that "healthcare is not a right," calls for > the abrogation of the "UN Treaty on Rights of the Child" and the "Law > Of The Sea Treaty" and declares that we must resist "efforts to create > a one world government." > > "It also contains favorable mentions of both the Tea Party and Ron > Paul. You can read the whole thing here. > > http://www.mainepolitics.net/sites/default/files/Maine_GOP_platform.pdf > > Dan Billings, who has served as an attorney for the Maine GOP, called > the new platform "wack job pablum" and "nutcase stuff." > > Despite the document's crazy content, Maine Republican Party Chair > Charlie Webster insisted to the AP that all of the elements in the > platform are things that Republicans support. He claimed to the Press > Herald that these issues reflect the values of working-class Mainers. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318291 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
