Congressional Candidate Jeff Cherry Speaks Out about Local Tea Party

I was just leaving the local Tea Party, fairly satisfied with the photographs and film footage I'd gotten. I was also feeling faintly befuddled by all that I'd witnessed. A man walking in front of me expressed out loud exactly what I'd been thinking, "This is really just a Libertarian rally." I quickly said, 'Would you say that on camera?" The man, Jeff Cherry, a Republican candidate challenging Ron Paul for Congress in 2010, said he would. We stood in a parking lot, sun overhead, cars and motorcycles and wind noise challenging us, and Mr. Cherry expressed his opinion about the Tea Party and answered all of my questions.

I don't believe in the liberal media bias myth, but we are open and transparent here---this is actually the liberal media, right here, on this Web site.

Nevertheless, I believe intelligent people, whether we agree or disagree up front, can only achieve and accomplish through conversation and open-mindedness.

So to be clear, I have not edited this video. It is the honest, true and complete conversation between me and Mr. Cherry. And guess what? I think he makes quite a few good points, some of which I truly agree with---even though we are completely on different pages when it comes to social policy.

Comments

[Lawyer Mama]

Great interview, Jules! Were you using your flip?

[Julie Pippert]

I was! Love love love it! Easy and fast and decent quality.

I have more film footage and photos from the event, but will upload in phases. :)

[GM Ellis]

One other point: the tax remark also ignores the way Washington as taxed us by destroying the value of our stocks and our homes. A 5% or 10% or even 25% increase in the income tax rate doesn't do nearly the damage as dropping the value of my various investments by 50%! That's a tax none of us can survive!