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Lou Dobbs to address Va. Tea Party convention

By Staff Reports | Times-Dispatch
Published: July 30, 2010

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Richmond, Va. --

Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs has confirmed that he will be a keynote speaker at the first Virginia Tea Party Convention Oct. 8-9 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.

Tea Party organizers expect somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 people to attend the event, which will feature speakers, seminars and a "Friday night Freedom Lovers Extravaganza" with networking, a live band and dancing.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli; former Gov. and Sen. George Allen; and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who sought the 2008 Republican presidential nomination; will take part in a national public policy forum at the convention.

While those are the most prominent speakers to confirm so far, organizers have issued nearly three dozen invitations, most to prominent conservatives.

In addition to Dobbs, Bishop E.W. Jackson has confirmed that he will be a keynote speaker. Jackson is president of S.T.A.N.D., a group that promotes Judeo-Christian values. The acronym stands for "Staying True to America's National Destiny."

Organizers have invited 16 other potential keynote speakers. They include journalists and pundits Britt Hume and Bill Kristol; J.C. Watts, who represented Oklahoma in the House of Representatives; Iran-Contra figure Oliver North, who lost Virginia's 1994 U.S. Senate race to Democrat Charles S. Robb; radio host Laura Ingraham, author Michele Malkin and actor Jon Voight.

Invitees to the policy forum who have not confirmed they will attend include several potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates: former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney; Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; and former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee.

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