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POC Thomas L. Knapp
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BTP CHAIR TO SHADEGG: YOU'RE CONFUSED

Cyberspace -- "How many of you remember the Boston Tea Party? This is the Boston Tea Party!" US Representative John Shadegg (R-AZ) said Friday while leading a Republican protest against Congress's summer recess.

But members of the Boston Tea Party aren't Republicans, says Jim Davidson, chair of America's new libertarian political alternative. "Recess? We wish they'd go home and STAY home," he says. "The more time Congress spends in Washington, the heavier our chains and the lighter our wallets get."

Founded in 2006, the Boston Tea Party touts a one-sentence platform: "The Boston Tea Party 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."

"Republicans talk that talk sometimes," says Davidson. "But the next time they walk it will be the first in living memory. They wouldn't know smaller government if it walked up behind them and hit them in the pants with a bass fiddle."

The party, which conducts its national operations -- including its conventions -- entirely online, has recently chartered affiliates in ten states and expects its presidential candidate, Charles Jay of Florida, to appear on the ballot in at least four states this November. While working to achieve 50-state ballot access over time, the party has endorsed independent, non-partisan and Libertarian candidates in a number of races across the country.

"If Congressman Shadegg wants to be a member of our party, he can start being more pro-freedom ... and register at the web site like everyone else," says Davidson. "We pay as little attention as possible to rants from between the fasces on the House chamber's wall."

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