A story from the Washington Times, which was reprinted by the good people at Smart Girl Politics. It seems that the newly formed Nevada Tea Party, which was created as a political party in Nevada, and is running a candidate for Senator, is not in any way affiliated with the Tea Party Movement. The only phone number listed for the party is for the lawyer who did the filing with Nevada, Barry Levnison, who is also named as the party’s secretary. He is known as an Obama supporter, as well as the lawyer who defended John Wayne Bobbit.
Is this the future of politics? Creating fake parties in an attempt to split the vote of the right in favor of the Statists? Do the Tea Parties, and an informed electorate, really scare the Left that much?
The answer is yes.
From the article:
Critics say the party, which already has a candidate for Senate, doesn’t have any connection to the state’s “tea party” movement and looks like an attempt to draw votes from Republicans, thereby aiding embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his re-election bid.
The party filed a constitution, bylaws and list of officers Jan. 28 with the Nevada secretary of state’s office. The party also has collected the 250 signatures necessary to place Jon Ashjian on the November ballot as a candidate for the seat now held by Mr. Reid, said Nevada secretary of state spokeswoman Pam duPre.
All this came as a shock to Frank Ricotta, a Las Vegas pharmacist and one of the founding members of the state’s tea party movement. Not only was he unaware of any plans to form a third party, he also didn’t know any of the 10 people on the party’s executive committee.
“I talked to some of our people in the north, and none of us recognized any of the names on the filing,” said Mr. Ricotta, whose group Nevada Patriots is part of the Nevada Leaders Coalition, a tea party movement umbrella group.
