{"id":6408,"date":"2010-02-11T22:31:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T03:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2010-02-11T22:31:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T03:31:36","slug":"the-tea-parties-do-their-own-5th-district-food-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/11\/the-tea-parties-do-their-own-5th-district-food-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"The TEA parties do their own 5th District Food Chain."},"content":{"rendered":"

Everybody’s getting in the Food Chain game!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The TEA Party Perspective: \u201cThe Lump Report\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The leaders of the Danville, Lynchburg and Charlottesville TEA parties had a conference call (I would have loved to be in that call) and came up with their own ranking of the candidates. You can read their criteria along with their commentary.<\/p>\n

I’ve compiled their rankings and made their own version of the Food Chain. Since they gave McKelvey a zero rating, we’re giving him a zero rating in our compilation. Let’s take a look at it.<\/p>\n

Verga > McPadden > Morton > Hurt > Boyd > Ferrin > McKelvey<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Laurence Verga<\/li>\n
  2. Mike McPadden<\/li>\n
  3. Feda Morton<\/li>\n
  4. Robert Hurt<\/li>\n
  5. Ken Boyd<\/li>\n
  6. Ron Ferrin<\/li>\n
  7. Jim McKelvey<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Analysis: One line from their entry on Ken Boyd pretty much summarizes their attitude for the whole group…<\/p>\n

    If he is not interested in us, then we will certainly not be interested in him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    I’m not much for “We’ll take our ball and go home!” attitudes, so that gives me a lot of skepticism about their Food Chain rankings. We know that the teapartiers are upset with Hurt because he’s pulled out of their series of debates. We also know that Bill Hay has already declared his support for Verga and attacks Hurt every chance he gets. That’s more reason to add to the skepticism meter.<\/p>\n

    Take this for what it’s worth, people. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Everybody’s getting in the Food Chain game!<\/p>\n

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