Louisiana Tea Party shows true colors - endorses neo-con Villere

I just got a robo call today with a message on my answering machine.

Seems a group claiming to be the Louisiana Tea Party has endorsed Roger Villere for Lt. Governor here.

I guess they’ve either been infiltrated, or this is Villere dirty tricks.

I know some of the big player Tea Party folks in the State (or so I thought) and they would NEVER endorse this dirt bag.

He’s the one who was State chair of the GOP prior to the 2008 election. He’s the one who made sure they changed their rules to allow McCain delegates to qualify late for our caucuses when they saw Ron Paul had a full slate in each district. He’s the one who made sure they were using old registration lists so that most RP delegates who had changed to the GOP recently, had to file provisional ballots. He’s the one who had a “pro-life” slate drawn up without any overt candidate affiliation and then pledged them to John McCain after they won.

This guy is dirt and sleeze from day one. And the robo caller had the nerve to claim Villere was a small government conservative. How can someone who supported the most liberal senator second only to Ted Kennedy (John McCain) and overtly attempt to thwart the most conservative and consistently small government candidate (Ron Paul) even come within light-years of claiming a small government conservative mantel?

He can’t.

Pass the word to any and all that are in or have connections to Louisiana - either the Tea Party here has been hi-jacked, or Villere is up to dirty tricks and impersonating the Tea Party http://www.dailypaul.com/node/143843

Villere’s campaign buys Tea Party aid

Republican Roger Villere’s latest campaign finance report reveals payments to two leaders of the Tea Party of Louisiana, which has endorsed his bid for lieutenant governor.

Villere’s report filed late last week included $7,000 in expenditures to Christopher Comeaux’s Eaux Films for “production costs.”

Comeaux, a director of the Tea Party, tape recorded a message that was phoned into Baton Rouge-area homes that supported Villere and criticized front-runner Republican Secretary of State Jay Dardenne.

Another $4,000 in campaign expenditures went to Patrick Bergeron for consulting work. Bergeron is chairman of the Tea Party PAC, a political action committee. On a prior report, Villere’s campaign paid Bergeron another $2,000.  http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/102233074.html?showAll=y&c;=y

Thats My Name Too - 05 September 2010 06:31 PM

Louisiana Tea Party shows true colors - endorses neo-con Villere

I just got a robo call today with a message on my answering machine.

Seems a group claiming to be the Louisiana Tea Party has endorsed Roger Villere for Lt. Governor here.

I guess they’ve either been infiltrated, or this is Villere dirty tricks.

I know some of the big player Tea Party folks in the State (or so I thought) and they would NEVER endorse this dirt bag.

He’s the one who was State chair of the GOP prior to the 2008 election. He’s the one who made sure they changed their rules to allow McCain delegates to qualify late for our caucuses when they saw Ron Paul had a full slate in each district. He’s the one who made sure they were using old registration lists so that most RP delegates who had changed to the GOP recently, had to file provisional ballots. He’s the one who had a “pro-life” slate drawn up without any overt candidate affiliation and then pledged them to John McCain after they won.

This guy is dirt and sleeze from day one. And the robo caller had the nerve to claim Villere was a small government conservative. How can someone who supported the most liberal senator second only to Ted Kennedy (John McCain) and overtly attempt to thwart the most conservative and consistently small government candidate (Ron Paul) even come within light-years of claiming a small government conservative mantel?

He can’t.

Pass the word to any and all that are in or have connections to Louisiana - either the Tea Party here has been hi-jacked, or Villere is up to dirty tricks and impersonating the Tea Party http://www.dailypaul.com/node/143843



Villere’s campaign buys Tea Party aid

Republican Roger Villere’s latest campaign finance report reveals payments to two leaders of the Tea Party of Louisiana, which has endorsed his bid for lieutenant governor.

Villere’s report filed late last week included $7,000 in expenditures to Christopher Comeaux’s Eaux Films for “production costs.”

Comeaux, a director of the Tea Party, tape recorded a message that was phoned into Baton Rouge-area homes that supported Villere and criticized front-runner Republican Secretary of State Jay Dardenne.

Another $4,000 in campaign expenditures went to Patrick Bergeron for consulting work. Bergeron is chairman of the Tea Party PAC, a political action committee. On a prior report, Villere’s campaign paid Bergeron another $2,000.  http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/102233074.html?showAll=y&c;=y

Pat Bergeron is scum and, by association, any candidate that employs him is scum.  That Fayard woman is looking better and better.

Don’t confuse the Tea Party and Ron Paul. They ARE NOT the same. Most Tea Partiers are mainstream, pro-WOT, pro-Faith, classical liberal individualists - that is, conservatives - and not fringe, tinfoil-hat 9/11 Twoofwrs.  Tea Partiers I know want to win, and Paul and his goodfy notions are not winning issues.

FWIW, I was at the 2008 GOP primary vote in Baton Rouge, and was struck by the anger and rudeness of the Paulians. I was also at the SRLC when more than 50 Paulians showed up late, weren’t registered, and were again rude, pushy, and angry. If Villere is such a douche, why did Villere’s folks bend the rules and reopen registration to let the Paul slackers in and let them vote in the straw vote. Which they lost anyway.

EDIT:  D’oh. Fixed the late night mis-spellings.

How can someone who supported the most liberal senator second only to Ted Kennedy (John McCain)

I like Ron Paul, but this is the most ignorant thing I’ve read the entire 3 day weekend.  You obviously do no research of voting records and only mimic whatever talking point you receive.

FWIW, it doesn’t speak to highly of Roger Villere that he is paying for the services of Pat Bergeron.  There’s something to be said about the company one keeps.

Ragin Cajun - 06 September 2010 08:28 AM

...but this is the most ignorant thing I’ve read the entire 3 day weekend.

Ouch.  It’s hard round here to beat Hardy in that department, but he did.

Ragin Cajun - 06 September 2010 08:28 AM

FWIW, it doesn’t speak to highly of Roger Villere that he is paying for the services of Pat Bergeron.  There’s something to be said about the company one keeps.

Agree completely. For a guy who has little $$ in the bank, to spend that much of it on Bergeron says volumes.  And not in a good way for Villere.