"We need more John Wayne and Jesus in Washington"

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WASHINGTON — Canyon Clowdus thinks Americans “have less freedom and pay more taxes than ever.”

“We need more John Wayne and Jesus in Washington,” the Marble Falls rancher and businessman declares.

Clowdus is just the kind of grass-roots activist that national Republican leaders sought to fire up in the Tea Party movement that has spread across Texas in energetic rallies and heated town hall confrontations. Now, the 40-year-old Army veteran is seeking to unseat an incumbent congressman whom he calls a profligate spender.

Just one problem: Clowdus, an avid Tea Party loyalist, is running in the Republican primary against a Republican incumbent, Rep. Mike Conaway of Midland.

Across Texas, at least five Tea Party activists have announced their candidacies for U.S. House and Senate seats.

“If you are going to have a throw-the-bums-out (mentality),” said Matt Angle, director of the Lone Star Project, a Democratic group, “the bums (in Texas) are the Republicans.”

While Tea Party activists have rallied from New York to New Mexico, Cal Jillson, political science professor at Southern Methodist University, believes the Lone Star State is particularly fertile ground.

“The Tea Party movement is stronger in Texas than in many other places,” Jillson said. “It's a presence throughout the country, but in the conservative parts of the country with a strong populist tradition, it seems to play a stronger role.”

Some are beginning to wonder if the national GOP may have created something it can't control.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/6722358.html

[Chica Yeyé 41]

where do they get this people???

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where do they get this people???

Texas.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

where do they get this people???

Texas.

that makes sense.,,, I guess

[one...two...tree 2,762]

where do they get this people???

VJ?

[scandal 951]

The TEA Party. I get it. Catchy name for a new political party. Sure beats the "Whigs". ####### is a whig anyway?

[Nagishkaw 510]

Isn't it an insect?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I found it! It was a nickname for patriots of the American Revolution...who were known for their elaborate sense of fashion during warfare.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

where do they get this people???

VJ?

Post of the Day hermano, post of the day...

[Darnell 8,478]

Marble Falls? Yikes.

Time for a change anyway - let's keep it localized !