3rd District LiberTea Debate Rescheduled for February 27

Posted by: Brendan Jennings - February 8, 2010

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 6) – The Chattanooga Tea Party and Campaign for Liberty have confirmed a new date for the LiberTea Debate of the six announced Republican candidates for Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for Saturday, February 27, 2010, from 2-5 p.m. at Woodland Park Baptist Church. The debate will be free and open to the public.

The six candidates are Tommy Crangle, Chuck Fleischmann, Tim Gobble, Van Irion, Arthur Rhodes and Robin Smith.

The media is invited to cover this debate as a public service to help inform voters of the choices they will face. At the conclusion of the debate, each participating candidate will have an opportunity to meet with and answer attendees’ questions in a separate room, allowing attending citizens to meet with candidates to further discuss issues of interest to them.

The Chattanooga Tea Party and the Chattanooga area Campaign for Liberty are both non-partisan grassroots organizations seeking to educate and inform their members and the public at large of the fundamental issues and struggles our country is facing. Additionally both organizations are committed to energizing voters to become engaged in the process of solving the nation’s problems.

Event Details

Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010

Debate Time: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

“Meet the Candidate” Time: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Format: Moderator to present questions (submitted by CTP and C4L members)

Location: Woodland Park Baptist Church (Chattanooga)

Please RSVP to Chattanooga Tea Party’s Facebook page (link at ChattanoogaTeaParty.com).

Donations will be gladly accepted at the event to help defray costs.

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Comments:

Bryan Haddock - Feb 11, 2010 08:01 AM

I'm really looking forward to this debate... it stinks that it was postponed, but maybe we'll get a better turnout for this one.

eric smith - Feb 22, 2010 03:21 PM

The Pachyderm Club members have been invited to attend the debate. Please invite any groups you can to this weekend's debate.

Chris Gobble - Feb 25, 2010 09:44 PM

I think Tim Gobble will show the district that he is the right choice for this seat during the debate. He can relate to the citizens more than a Polarizing Party Insider and a Collections Attorney. He will go to Washington with you and me in mind and put

Bryan Haddock - Feb 26, 2010 05:03 PM

Sorry, Chris... looks like it cut you off... I just increased the amount of allowed characters to 2048 characters, so if you would like to finish, be our guest!