Tea Party vs Tea Party! - Nevada Story

[Greg Fasolt]

Tea Party vs Tea Party!
Fellow Patriots,

If you're following our main blog at TaxDayTeaParty.com, you probably know that yesterday we posted a poll asking tea party activists if they wanted Scott Ashjian, the third party "Tea Party" Candidate for U.S. Senate in Nevada, to withdraw from the race.

The poll, with more than 900 votes, shows a solid 95% would prefer ....

Now for those of you who are not familiar with the situation... a few weeks back, Scott Ashjian, an attorney and a few others filed an official third party "Tea Party" in the state of Nevada. At the same time, they announced that Scott Ashjian would run on the Tea Party Ticket as the Tea Party Candidate opposing Senator Harry Reid.

There are several problems with this.

1) We have not been able to identify a single tea party organizer or activist who can/will vouch for this Scott Ashjian
2) The Las Vegas Sun found that Ashjian owes more than $200,000 in back taxes (sounds like the current Congress)
3) Virtually every poll out there is currently showing that with Ashjian in the race, the simple fact that his name will be on the Nevada ballot under "Tea Party" could give him anywhere between 10% and 20%
(depending on the poll) of the vote.

This would essentially hand Harry Reid the win in a three way race.

We don't know if this Ashjian guy is a plant, a fake or just an opportunist, but we strongly believe he is NOT representing the Tea Party Movement. Even if he isn't a plant, he knows full well that his candidacy could potentially give Reid the win in Nevada. Knowing this, he would have stayed out of the race if he truly had the intentions of a patriot in mind.

This morning, 20 Nevada Tea Party Groups released a public statement against Scott Ashjian and his third party candidacy. The full press release can be viewed at TaxDayTeaParty.com by click....

The Nevada groups opposing Scott Ashjian are Anger is Brewing / Debbie Landis, National Precinct Alliance / Tony Warren, Citizens Awareness Network / Jesse Law, Nevada Active Conservatives / Duane Smith,
Citizens in Action / Juanita Cox, Nevada Families Eagle Forum / Janine Hanson, Fallon Tea Party II / Bob Clifford, Nevada Patriots / Diana Orrock, Gardnerville Tea party / Ron Stevens, NvRA / Travis Christensen, Glenn Beck Meetup Group/ Sally Minster, P.A.C.T. / Janice Baldwin, Grassroots Nevada / Jamie Costello, Reject Reid / Sheila Danish, Las Vegas 9-12’ers / Jeff Waffle, Nevada 9-12 Americans / Charlene Bybee, Las Vegas Tea Party / Frank Ricotta, Western Representation PAC / Dustin Stockton, Patriot Caucus / Eric Odom and
the Winnemucca Tea Party / Mike Myrhow.

This MUST be stopped and fast. If you have a blog, blog about it. If you have friends or family in Nevada, call them. If have email lists, email them. If you're on Twitter, click here and share the story with your network.

For Liberty,
-Eric Odom