FEBRUARY 3, 2009 - With a vote of 5-0-1 today, the Boston Tea Party National Committee (BTPNC) has passed a resolution inviting all state and county party groups who are considering disaffiliation with their national party organizations to join the Boston Tea Party.

The idea was proposed after it was reported that the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts was considering disaffiliating from the Libertarian Party. Independent Political Report reported that the LPMA chair was even asked by the LP executive director to "please disaffiliate."

"We have seen this year that many members and affiliates of other national parties are upset with the misbehavior of those running their national parties," says BTPNC chair Douglass Gaking. "The Boston Tea Party is committed to moving policy strictly in the direction of liberty, while operating a totally transparent national party organization. We feel that this revolutionary approach to running a political party could be attractive to party groups who are not satisfied with their current affiliation."

The text of the BTP resolution is as follows:

Whereas many state and county party affiliates and groups are considering dis-affiliating with a national party organization,

Be it resolved that the Boston Tea Party national committee extends an open invitation to any party group that wishes to affiliate with the Boston Tea Party.

The conditions on party affiliates are:

1. Adopt the platform of the Boston Tea Party.
2. For state party affiliates, to run the BTP's presidential nominee, chosen in convention every fourth year, on the state affiliate's ballot line, if any.

The Boston Tea Party was founded in 2006 with a platform that "supports reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and opposes increasing the size, scope and power of government at any level, for any purpose." The party conducts business online at www.bostontea.us.