It Wasn't Alan Grayson Who Started The Tea Party Foundation-- It Was George LeMieux/Jim Greer Dirty Tricks Operatives

"The mob is tame compared to the Republican Party of Florida"

Tallahassee's corrupt Republican Party Establishment has come under withering fire from Glenn Beck fans whose hatred runneth over in all directions. They may not like Democrats but many of them are not quite willing to follow Sarah Palin's call that fun and games are over now and the time is right to get behind GOP hacks from the Panhandle all the way down to the tip of Monroe County, where Rubio crony and accused woman beater David Rivera is running a shameless campaign against mainstream Republican Marili Cancio and Tea Party stalwart Paul Crespo.

Instead of addressing their own problems, though-- primarily the party's recent swing into out-of-control corruption and the extremism-- the Tallahassee GOP has decided to undermine the legitimate Tea Party movement by starting one of their own. Furious that Tea Party candidates will draw conservative voters away from corrupt Republicans, the Tallahassee Establishment formed a 527 PAC called the Tea Party Foundation. At one time they were trying to say Democrat Alan Grayson was behind the Florida Tea Party. Well... it turns out to be GOP appointed Senator George LeMieux and disgraced/indicted/imprisoned Florida Republican Party Chair Jim Greer who were behind it! The Treasurer is the top position in a PAC, like a chairman or a president. And the phony Tea Party Foundation PAC lists Abby Dupree as the Treasurer, the same position she also holds for LeMieux.

The Florida Secretary of State declared the 527 PAC illegal, and the Tea Party of Florida is filing a criminal complaint against it. Here's the media alert the official Tea Party of Florida sent out:

A brand-new 527 Electioneering Committee named the "Tea Party Foundation, Inc." was established this week by Republican Party of Florida operatives and close associates of indicted former RPOF Chairman Jim Greer and Bill McCollum.
 
The committee was informed yesterday by the Secretary of State that its formation is a clear violation of Florida law and elections statutes. 
 
The new electioneering communication organization, listing Abby Dupree of Tallahassee as its agent, registered with the state Division of Elections last month. Dupree, listed as the group's original registered agent and treasurer, is also treasurer of Republican Sen. George LeMieux's Protect America's Future PAC, which funnels funds to GOP candidates. Dupree also was the contact for the "Jim Greer for Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida" campaign committee which funneled nearly $400,000 to the indicted former chairman and his associates.

The committee has retained Phil Russo, an Orlando-based Republican campaign worker for 8th Congressional district congressional candidate Todd Long in an effort to bring some veneer of association to the tea party movement. Russo, the spokesperson for the bogus 'foundation' immediately stated his and the committee's support for "gay marriage; legalized marijuana and opposition to the Patriot Act," putting that group in direct conflict with established tea party principles. Interestingly, an associate of Mr. Russo's, South Florida Tea party "czar" Everett Wilkinson declared to the Washington Post in a recent article that his own South Florida Tea Party has "hundreds of gays" in this group and therefore he opposes the definition of marriage as between a woman and a man.
 
Russo, a co-leader of one of the smaller Orlando tea party groups had approached several Florida Tea Party leaders in July about working for the Florida Tea Party and having them 'buy him a car.' The request for the car and for employment was denied.
 
"This is a typical GOP goon squad front group that doesn't even attempt to mask it's attempt to thwart the laws of Florida. No wonder there are over 3 dozen criminal investigations of RPOF officers and GOP elected officials from both Federal and state authorities. The mob is tame compared to the Republican Party of Florida," stated GOP consultant Doug Guetzloe, an unpaid advisor to the Tea Party. "It's really disgusting that these goons think they can buy their way into political power with millions in special interest funds," Guetzloe concluded.
 
Attorney Fred O'Neal is in the process of filing a criminal complaint against all individuals named in the bogus group. O'Neal was advised by the Secretary of State's office to file the criminal complaint.