Tea Party-Who We Are

[Luke P. Patrino]

I joined the Tea Party movement long before it had a name. On Feb. 8, 2007 I received an E from Col. Harry Riley asking Vietnam Veterans and like minded Patriots to join him in Washington DC to defend our War Memorials from attacks by Jane Fonda, Cindy Sheehan and the anti-war, anti-american crowd. March 17, 2007 over 35,000 of us showed up at the first Gathering Of Eagles. From that day on I have stood shoulder to shoulder with real Americans more times then I can count. I was in DC  at the Goe , 5-31-07, The Freedom Tour, 9-15-07 with Debbie Lee, Debbie Johns and L. Marcus now the Tea Party Express, GoE II 3-15-08, April 2008 for Winter Soldiers (Traitors) II, 9-12-09 when almost 2 million marched, 11-5-09 for Michelle Bachmann, 12-15-09 for Code Red and every Veterans Day since 2004. Michael Steele and the GOP are a joke and do not represent me or our Nation. Neither do any of the so called Tea Party Leaders, just who elected them anyways, I surely didn't. I won't give M. Steele and GOP anything till the primaries and the Nov. election. Vote them all out I say, they have had their chance, over and over again. The Tea Party is WE THE PEOPLE and that's all you get. And to all of you so called Tea Party leaders and I have met more then one of you, you couldn't lead me into a dime store so quit trying, get with the program and stand up when the call comes in, like March 20, 2010 in DC for the anti-war counter rally where I know I will see many of the same Tea Party Patriots I have seen so many times before. Sp-4 Luke P. Patrino, 937th Combat Eng. Group Vietnam 67-68, life member VVA, VFW, DAV, Oath Keepers, WRAM, Patriots For America, Patriots Revolt, Eagles Up, Ohio & W. Pa Coordinator GoE, President 2nd Annual Run To The Ohio Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and PROUD member of WE THE PEOPLE