Armey urges Tea Party activiststo press Nelson on health care

By GEORGE BENNETT

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

PALM BEACH GARDENS — After drawing big crowds to Tax Day protests, town hall meetings and a march on Washington, the Tea Party movement can’t rest on its laurels, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey told a lunchtime gathering of activists here. Armey, chairman of the Washington-based FreedomWorks group that has helped coordinate Tea Party protests, said conservative activists must continue to fight against an expanded government role in health care and then prepare for a fight on a cap-and-trade environmental bill. “We’ve got the bad guys on the run,” Armey told a crowd of about 150 that crammed the patio of the Yard House restaurant. “We have given the massive great big government takeover of health care a TKO for the time being. But they’re not going to go away empty handed,” Armey said. Read more ...