"We, the members of the Tea Party movement, you, the members of this movement, have come to take our government back from the special interests, from the lobbyists, from the pork barrel politicians who continue to spend our country into oblivion."

I have decided, after much thoughtful deliberation, to leave the GOP after 15 years of activism and campaign involvement at all levels. My political career began as a highschool student, where I served as the state chair of the Teenage Republicans. Since then, I have consistently continued my involvement by working both as a volunteer and as staff in Republican organizations and campaigns. This step, therefore, is not taken lightly, but I deem it morally necessary.



After all, it was Rand Paul who caused me to "see the light" about Mitch McConnell and the GOP establishment, both of whom Rand has now forbidden campaign members and grassroots supporters to attack. Rand now says he can't win by attacking McConnell. Rand has changed his message of reform, so I cannot be further involved in this effort with a clear conscience. If we are not working to reform the GOP, we are only helping the establishment.

Teabaggers and even libertarians are starting to get fed up with Rand Paul as he's become a more serious contender for the open Kentucky Senate seat. Remember, the undisputed boss of Kentucky's Republican Party machine, Mitch "Miss" McConnell, cynically maneuvered incumbent Jim Bunning out of his re-election bid in favor of his hapless protégé, Secretary of State Trey Grayson. But with Rand Paul, the son of the anti-Establishment firebrand Ron Paul, absolutelythe bloodless, vapid and colorless Grayson, McConnell and Paul seem to have come to an accord. Two radical right teabagger types have resigned from Paul's campaign in the last 2 weeks, key supporter and accused racist Christopher Hightower and lunatic fringe Christi Gillespie , who claimed it was "morally necessary" to resign because Paul has prohibited campaign staffers and his supporters from attacking the Republican Party or GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell.Paul, who, like his dad, appeals to anti-tax fanatics (as well as angry, pissed-off-at-everything teabaggers ) has raised a huge amount of grassroots money-- close to $2 million so far-- from donors who, basically, are enamoured of his anti-tax , Ayn Randian platform. (He was named for Ayn Rand.) Although he's backing away from criticizing the ultimate Establishment Insider, Miss McConnell, he's still trying to rally teabaggers by claiming "career politicians" have sold taxpayers "down the river." Last week at a press conference on McConnell's turf-- the Kentucky Republican Party headquarters in Louisville-- Paul played up to teabaggers:According to the most recent poll (December 22) by PPP, Paul is leading Grayson 44-25% among likely GOP primary voters. Grayson has a slighter better lead among Republican moderates but among hard core rightists, Paul is winning 47-20%. "Paul is having a particularly good amount of success with folks who think that the Republican Party in Washington has become too liberal- his lead with them is 54-18." He seems determined to also appeal to the corrupt and clueless Republican Party establishment and their mindless followers. Here's an excerpt from Gillespie's resignation letter last week, as she explained why she has re-registered as a Libertarian:

Labels: Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Senate 2010