"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brushfires in people's minds." -- Samuel Adams

Jan 01 15:04

News

New news at the top 31 January 2010 Our chairman reports that the total membership on this site is now 1,656 active (non-blocked) members. Hurray! Our largest Facebook group has 1,467 members. Planning has commenced for our national convention in May 2010. It takes place here on this site.

Feb 08 10:19

2010 Petitioning for Statewide Office

Running for statewide office is one of the best ways to build a state affiliate from a handful of activists to an effective statewide party organization. A statewide campaign in 2010 is also the best way to set our presidential ticket up for success in 2012. However, in most states it involves petitioning of statewide ballot access.

Feb 01 18:58

Boston Tea Party 2010 National Convention

Get Involved!

The Boston Tea Party National Convention will be held at www.bostontea.us from Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET to Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET. Live events at times and places to be determined may also be held in St. Louis, MO, where the Libertarian Party's national convention is being held over the same weekend.

Jan 23 21:25

Boston Tea Party of Indiana opposes marriage discrimination

Two days after the Indiana State Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would only recognize marriage between one man and one woman, the Boston Tea Party of Indiana responded with a statement supporting equal rights, privileges, and immunities under the law to all people in Indiana. The party’s state committee called for “an immediate repeal of all state laws attempting or intending to restrict or define the term ‘marriage.”

Dec 25 22:09

Boston Tea Party endorses Joe Kennedy for US Senate

For Immediate Release
December 26, 2009

Boston Tea Party National Committee has, by a vote of 4-0 with two members not voting, endorsed Joe Kennedy for US Senate. Joe Kennedy is running as an independent in the special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Edward Kennedy from Massachusetts (he is not related to the late Senator).

Aug 09 11:18

Official FEC Results for 2008

The Federal Election Commission has finally released its official election results for the 2008 presidential and congressional elections. Here is how Boston Tea Party candidates finished.

  • Presidential candidate Charles Jay received 2,424 votes.
  • Presidential candidate George Phillies received 531 votes.

States counted 112,597 "miscellaneous" write-in votes that were not divided up by candidate. This certainly would have given Charles Jay and George Phillies more votes.

Here is how some of our candidates for Congress finished.

Candidates for U.S. Senate:

Aug 01 17:49

Opportunity to run for office in Texas

According to Ballot Access News, Texas will hold a special election for U.S. Senate on May 8, 2010.

No petition is needed for special elections in Texas, so anyone who pays a filing fee can be on the May 2010 ballot, with a party label. If no one gets 50%, a run-off will be held on June 2.

If you are a citizen of the state of Texas and are interested in running for the U.S. Senate, please contact the Boston Tea Party of Texas.

Aug 01 17:22

Special election to fill vacancy for nat-com at large member. Vote to approve Joy Waymire:

Yes
100% (7 votes)
No
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 7
Jul 07 20:49

Nominations to fill vacancy for at large national committee member

Because a new candidate expressed interest in the open position on the national committee, the national committee has moved to open nominations to fill the vacancy.

Please nominate candidates on this forum space. A motion to nominate a candidate must be seconded by another member of the party. The candidate must accept that nomination in order to appear on the ballot. Nominations will be open for 7 days (until approximately 11:00 PM EST on Tuesday, July 15, 2009).

Jul 03 00:47

Adam Kokesh, Douglass Gaking, & Dr. Paul Cwik on PFP Radio Friday 6-8pm

This Friday from 6-8pm ET on Peace Freedom & Prosperity Movement Radio guests will be Douglass Gaking, Chair of the Boston Tea Party National Committee, Adam Kokesh who is running for congress out of New Mexico, and Dr. Paul Cwik (Director of Economics at Mount Olive University) Please Call In To The Show On 347-633-9636

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pfpmovementradio