Chris Norby has endorsed Shawn Nelson for the 4th Supervisorial District
Shawn, please explain to our readers how you got involved in the Tea Party movement?
Shawn: To begin with, there was no Tea Party movement that I was aware of at this time last year. Last March people across the country and certainly in Southern California were reeling from the constant beat down of small business people and this unending talk of raising taxes, bailouts, and the government taking over everything from the auto industry to banking.
As a small business man myself I began to sense there were a number of my peers that had not been typically politically active but had suffered through all they were going to take. KFI’s John & Ken were focused on the same issues that were troubling me and so many others and the talk began to be that they should have some kind of rally to protest. I thought this was the perfect time to do exactly that and that people that had never participated in such things might be ready to scream they wanted the nonsense to end.
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Shawn said: “To begin with, there was no Tea Party movement that I was aware of at this time last year”.
There were lots of people at last year’s Slidebar Tax Revolt event with “Tea Party” signs. It was not very difficult to notice them. I was stuck in downtown for a 1/2 hour and I saw them. That’s in addition to a bunch or right wing racist militia types. Nice company you keep. Don’t believe me? A woman walks right by the camera at about min 3:45 of the 2nd link below with a Tea Party sign. You want to pretend this all about government spending, but in reality there is much uglier stuff going on. Many of the folks seemed to be well intentioned, but at least admit that these events also bring a bunch of racist crazies to our town. If you organized the event you are responsible for their conduct.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ANav7scYQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-VoXq5T9Jc