I’ve got some very big news to share with you that up until now has been a secret.

Today, Ken Vogel, a reporter for Politico.com broke a fairly big scoop. He managed to obtain a copy of what had been a very secret strategic planning memo I had written in my capacity as Coordinator of the Tea Party Express exactly one year ago.

And so now since the word is out, we wanted to share this strategy memo with you, our supporters. We are very excited to finally be able to share with you the behind-the-scenes strategic thinking that was behind the incredible success of the Tea Party Express.

You see the Tea Party Express wasn’t an accident. It was a carefully considered and well-planned project that was designed to enage local tea party groups all across the country to join together to make a difference and help take our country back – while still allowing those local groups to retain their independence and autonomy. And it’s been a phenomenal success that has infuriated the Left and many within the media as well.

Keep reading for more details below, but if you simply can’t wait, you can read what had been the secret memo for yourself – HERE.

As you’ll note when you read the memo, the plan was to find a way to engage in political action to defeat the worst of the tax-spend-bailout Democrats and RINO Republicans in Congress.

And for the past year, YOU – our supporters, have helped us to implement this plan. We have achieved a success far beyond our wildest dreams, and I know from reading your emails and talking to you at the 100+ tea party rallies we’ve held across this nation how excited you are about all that we have achieved.

We spent over $350,000 to help elect Scott Brown – and employed a national TV advertising campaign when the local advertising inventory sold out, so we could reach voters in the state via a medium that the Democrats had failed to think of using.

We helped to force the retirement of sellout Congressman Bart Stupak, after launching a $250,000 “Defeat Bart Stupak” TV and radio advertising blitz and series of 5 Tea Party Express rallies throughout his rural Michigan district.

We stood up for Doug Hoffman (the Conservative Party candidate) over the RINO Republican, Dede Scozzafava in Upstate New York. We almost beat the establishment of BOTH the Democrat and Republican parties. You see, we here at the Tea Party Express stand for conservatism, and sadly the Republican Party at times needs to be reminded to adhere to its conservative principles.

And, perhaps most notably, we’ve spent over $500,000 to “Defeat Harry Reid” – more than any other group – and watched as Reid’s poll numbers have plunged along the way. You saw the impact we had at the start of this tour when we brought out 20,000 people to the middle of the desert for the “Showdown in Searchlight.”

We don’t just TALK about doing things, with your help we’ve taken real ACTION. And we did so without being a part of the political establishment.

So, please, take a few moments and read this memo, now that it’s out in the public domain. We’ve already been putting together new strategies reflective of the current political environment we face, and you are going to be very excited about what we have in store from this point until November 2010 congressional elections!

FIRST: Read the once-secret memo – HERE.

SECOND: After you’ve done so, please support our efforts to achieve even greater success. Please make a contribution to the Tea Party Express – HERE.

By: Dave Logan
ThirdWaveDave

Dedicated to the crew of Tea Party Express III.

JUST MONTHS before his death, General George S. Patton, Jr., was able to make a brief and final visit back home to the United States. Patton was ordered home to lead a nationwide War Bond Tour supporting the remaining war efforts in the Pacific Theater. A final push toward victory over Japan.

Patton’s first stop on U.S. soil would be Boston, Massachusetts, where he’d have the opportunity to spend some time with his family, albeit a short amount. The Patton visit to Boston, and subsequent nationwide tour, had one major, overriding goal: rallying Americans here at home.

WEDNESDAY’S TEA PARTY EXPRESS tour stop in Boston shares the same goal: rallying Americans here at home. Patton’s visit was geared toward victory over Japan; TPX III’s is geared toward victory over Washington, D.C.

TIME MAGAZINE reported on Patton’s historic Boston visit in its June 1945 issue. The article — HEROES: 24-STAR GENERAL — opened with this paragraph:

“New England had rarely seen anything like it. But, after all, the world has rarely seen anything like General George Smith Patton Jr. Last week, when he came home from the wars, 750,000 people jammed the 20-mile parade route into downtown Boston waiting to see and cheer the conquering hero. Georgie Patton did not disappoint them.” — continue reading.

Needless to say, New England will rarely see anything like this Tea Party Express, either.

No one knows if TPX III will command the numbers Patton drew on that day in 1945, but with Sarah Palin as its featured speaker, it certainly has a shot. Either way, TPX III will not disappoint Bostonians, because it’s already well on its way to defeating Washington, D.C. And when it does, history will be made, again, by none other than WE THE PEOPLE.

Two tours, same goal. 65 years apart. Patton’s determination, hard-driving spirit and love for America is within each of us. And together we WILL defeat the evil that surrounds us today. History repeating itself? I think so.

“I don’t want to get any messages saying, ‘I am holding my position.’ We are not holding a GD thing… We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything… Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy.”

You betcha!

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TPX TOUR EMBED Andrea Shea King will be on the ground in Boston. She will be filing reports at her blogsite, THE RADIO PATRIOT. Check her site often for updates.

ONGOING TPX COVERAGE will continue to be found at Terresa Monroe-Hamilton’s Noisyroom, John Ruberry’s Marathon Pundit, and always take a peek over at Instapundit for Tea Party related news. Reminder: PJTV citizen reporters for Tax Day Tea Party reports. Melanie Morgan has ongoing TPX coverage as well.

TO VIEW the TPX III rally in Boston via your computer, go to TPX TV.

Good luck to all the TPX III crew members while in Boston. America is most proud of you and the sacrifices you’ve made during this gruelling 20 day tour.

Andrea pictured in The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY.