For Immediate Release: March 3, 2010
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Tea Party Leaders Oppose GOP Rep. John Boehner's Endorsement Of Former Democrat Parker Griffith 

House Minority Leader To Headline Fundraising Event On Griffith's Behalf, Despite Local Backlash 

http://www.huntsvilleteaparty.com/cms/index.php/press-releases/63-tea-party-leaders-oppose-gop-rep-john-boehners-endorsement-of-former-democrat-parker-griffith

HUNTSVILLE, AL-- Organizers of the Huntsville Tea Party Movement issued a statement today expressing their disappointment in House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-OH) decision to hold a fundraiser for Rep. Parker Griffith on Monday, March 8, in Huntsville.  

"Just last weekend Congressman Boehner issued a press release stating that Republicans must listen to and stand with Tea Party activists. Yet, his recent endorsement is just the kind of behind-the-scenes establishment behavior that led to the Dede Scozzafava fiasco. It is this sort of behavior amongst party establishment that causes many voters to consider a third-party vote. If Boehner has been paying attention to his own party in Alabama's 5th congressional district, he should know that the Madison County Republican Executive Committee passed resolutions this year urging people to vote for anyone but Griffith and requesting the national GOP not take sides endorsing or fundraising in this primary. The former coincides with the Huntsville Tea Party's press release last December stating that we do not support Griffith, and that there are already two excellent constitutionally conservative candidates in this race: Les Phillip and Mo Brooks. Why members of the national Republican Party would choose to fight against two good Republican candidates that Tea Party activists and the local GOP have gotten behind is beyond me," said Huntsville Tea Party Founder, Christie Carden. 

"This reeks of partisan beltway politicking, unless Congressman Boehner's principles align more with Parker Griffith's history of supporting universal health care and tax increases, than our principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, individual liberties, and free market economics. The American people understand the political machine and can see past political games. We are rejecting those things." 

Information about the non-partisan Huntsville Tea Party Movement can be found at www.huntsvilleteaparty.com, where you can sign up for email updates and view our event calendar.

UPDATE: Here are some links to other articles about this issue.

http://johnboehner.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=173894 

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/01/madison_county_republicans_end.html 

http://washingtonindependent.com/72048/tea-partiers-on-griffith-we-do-not-trust-him 

http://www.huntsvilleteaparty.com/cms/images/stories/Griffith_calls_for_universal_health_care.pdf 

http://dccc.org/newsroom/entry/parker_griffith_for_universal_health_care_before_hes_against_it/ 

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/01/us_rep_parker_griffith_switche.html

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1855521

http://www.bringbackthe70s.com/

http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2010/03/05/tea-partiers-and-democrats-unite/

http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/05/republicans-tea-partiers-%E2%80%94-even-democrats-%E2%80%94-to-use-boehner-fundraiser-as-an-excuse-to-protest-against-griffith/

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/05/tea-partiers-democrats-unite/?fbid=UZIBnnucYL5