Sentences with phrase «island tea party movement»

Berntsen, a former CIA operative, author and darling of the Long Island Tea Party movement, was far more combative in his response, calling Townsend» a very decent man» and a «polite man,» before adding:

But it's not lost on me that Berntsen counts among his strongest supporters members of the Long Island Tea Party movement that Paladino needs if he's to have a shot at beating Lazio on his home turf.

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Vying for the GOP nomination are, former Long Island U.S. Rick Lazio, the front - runner who ran unsuccessfully against then - First Lady Hillary Clinton for the Senate in 2000, Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who is backed by state GOP boss Edward Cox, and Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, who has pledged to spend $ 10 million and is strongly identified with the conservative Tea Party movement.