Difference between revisions of "National Tea Party Unity Convention"

'''National Tea Party Unity Convention''' has become the premeir conference for the loosly-organized [[Tea Party Movement]]. The event is a two-day protest of the out-of-control fiscal irresponsibilites in Washington D.C. The first conference was held in Nashville, Tennessee. The headline of the conference was "America is ready for another revolution,"  [[Sarah Palin]]. <ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/06/sarah-palin-tea-party-con_n_452153.html Sarah Palin Tea Party Convention Speech: Activists Can Hardly Wait, Huffington Post, February 6, 2010]</ref> The second conference is scheduled for Las Vegas, originally July 2010 but was moved back until October 14th-16th. A major organizer to the conference is Judson Phillips and his [[Tea Party Patriots]]. Per the conference website, {{cquote|"Uniting the people in their movement and their desire to gain control of America and Congress again!"} Other sponsors include [[Free America]], World Net Daily and The Leadership Institute.  Headlining guest speakers include Sheriff [[Joe Arpaio]], Pamela Geller and Joseph Farah. Other guests booked for July will likely give speeches; [[Sharron Angle]], [[Lou Dobbs]], [[Laura Ingraham]],  [[Andrew Breitbart]], [[Tom Tancredo]] and others.