The Tea Party

[martha]

Agree or disagree with them, the loosely defined Tea Party - rough edges and all - is truly a grassroots political phenomena. People getting involved with their government should be a good thing and it's just a shame that we live in such an age of cynicism we can't at least appreciate a little rare spontaneity in our increasingly McPackaged McWorld.

Racist, fearful, easily manipulated, poorly educated hypocrites being led by cynical, partisan leaders is a "grassroots" phenomenon?

They're not involved with their government at all. Let's wait until the elections, then see if they really do vote out all their Republican incumbents. It's easy to say you will, but when the guy running against your incumbent may be a Democrat, well, never mind. That incumbent may look pretty good after all.

 

[INDY500]

Where's the N-Word Evidence?

Andrew Breitbart is offering $10,000 for evidence that it was used at the Tea Party rally in D.C.:

If we let them get away with Saturday’s stunt — using the imagery of the Civil Rights era and hurtful lies to cast aspersions upon the tea party whole — then they really will have won the day.

It’s time for the allegedly pristine character of Rep. John Lewis to put up or shut up. Therefore, I am offering $10,000 of my own money to provide hard evidence that the N- word was hurled at him not 15 times, as his colleague reported, but just once. Surely one of those two cameras wielded by members of his entourage will prove his point.

And surely if those cameras did not capture such abhorrence, then someone from the mainstream media — those who printed and broadcast his assertions without any reasonable questioning or investigation — must themselves surely have it on camera. Of course we already know they don’t. If they did, you’d have seen it by now.

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[BVS]

Wow, he's either really confident, or extremely ignorant...

Given what I've seen and heard from Tea Party rallies it's not that hard to imagine. I heard the word several times at the one I went to...

Is he shooting himself in the foot, or exposing an exageration?

We'll see...

 

[kramwest1]

wow thats a good question. i got a great new motto for the tea baggers/republican party "I got mine,f**k the rest of you"

^That should be Tim Pawlenty's campaign slogan.

He boasts of his good Minnesota roots, but has governed the state by dismantling what got him to where he is today. He also has the balls to ask our State Attorney General to join the lawsuit against Health Care Reform, yet he (a government employee for 17 years) and his wife (a government employee for 16 years) have enjoyed government health care for almost 2 decades.

I got mine, F the rest of you.

How many kids were in each of your classrooms while growing up Tim? 30? 35? 40?

No, I didn't think so.

I bring up Pawlenty because he going to emerge as one of the more reasonable candidates for 2012. His "No New Taxes" pledge will resonate with Tea Baggers.

 

[ultraviolet87]

^They are all hypocrites, i think thats obvious. And INDY do u maybe want to talk about an important issue sometime? instead of printed signs vs handmade ones or some random guy bets than no one yelled the n word. I mean seriously

 

[Tiger Edge]

YouTube - Elisabeth Hasselbeck calls out Sarah Palin

This is what they're talking about:

 

[BVS]

INDY has distanced himself, and just today I've now heard 3 conservatives denounce Palin for one reason or another...

Early Easter present? Does it just take some much longer to see? Or some weird twilight zone episode?

 

[ultraviolet87]

Its all just for their own self intrest, so they can say, ooo look how moderate we are

 

[kramwest1]

Its all just for their own self intrest, so they can say, ooo look how moderate we are

Although, there is still David Frum getting fired from the American Enterprise Institute for his Health Care Reform article.

I don't know whether to laugh or be afraid.

 

[deep]

All this crazy talk has led crack pots to dangerous actions.


Man arrested for death threat - - POLITICO.com

 

[ultraviolet87]

Are u aware of how many ademocrats were threatened??? I guess thats different?

 

[deep]

is it really partisan?

or is it just wrong to threaten elected officials, government officials, law enforcement, etc?

this guy that got arrested crossed a lot more lines, and deserved to be arrested.

 

[ultraviolet87]

well yeah its wrong, but u dont say anything about people threatening democrats

 

[BVS]

Well so far, I don't think anyone has actually been arrested for threatening Democrats, that I've seen.

I think Deep is just trying to be fair and balanced and show that there are nutjobs on all sides of the aisle.

 

[ultraviolet87]

yeah there are i guess, i just honestly dont see what the right wing people have to be so angry about.

 

[PhilsFan]

People getting involved with their government should be a good thing and it's just a shame that we live in such an age of cynicism we can't at least appreciate a little rare spontaneity in our increasingly McPackaged McWorld.

Knowledge, facts, and understanding of the issues should be hundreds of times more important than getting all teary eyed over getting to use the term "grassroots" again.

And it's not, otherwise the Tea Party wouldn't exist.

Whether or not YOU are informed (I'd argue that you are more informed than almost every single member of the Tea Party, though still misguided) is not the issue. Anyone being objective about this can say that the Tea Party is appallingly uninformed and ignorant.

 

[corianderstem]

I enjoy grassroots efforts.

And by "grassroots efforts," I mean "The Grass Roots' efforts."

YouTube - "Midnight Confessions" The Grass Roots

 

[INDY500]

Love that song but Sooner or Later is my fav

YouTube - Sooner Or Later

 

[corianderstem]

Good stuff, man.

(Also, Temptation Eyes is right up there.)

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he believes the Tea Party is built around a "core group" of people who question whether he is a U.S. citizen and believe he is a socialist.

But beyond that, Obama tells NBC he recognizes the movement involves "folks who have legitimate concerns" about the national debt and whether the government is taking on too many difficult issues simultaneously.

In an interview broadcast Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show, Obama said he feels "there's still going to be a group at their core that question my legitimacy." But he said he didn't want to paint Tea Party activists "in broad brushes" and he hopes to win over members who have "mainstream, legitimate concerns."

 

[Irvine511]

oh, Obama. stop being reasonable and considerate.

 

[corianderstem]

President Barack Obama says he believes the Tea Party is built around a "core group" of people who question whether he is a U.S. citizen and believe he is a socialist.

In my imagination, he laughed and/or rolled his eyes after saying that.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

they're both right!

the republicans called all the bush protesters with their comparisons to hitler and all that a bunch of douchebags...

the democrats are calling the tea party protesters a bunch of douchebags...

when will they learn...

 

[PhilsFan]

Extremism on the right is much more prevalent than extremism on the left was during Bush's era.

IN MY OPINION, of course. But then again, I guess conservatives wouldn't say their absurdity is "extremism," and they'd probably call me a socialist Hitler.

(Not to say that the Bush comparisons to Hitler were anything less than absurd and idiotic, but they sort of made sense as an analogy if one was accusing Bush of totalitarianism, which, again, is completely wrong and shameful and I totally disagree with it. However, accusing Obama of socialism with comparisons to Hitler? Uh ...)

 

[BVS]

Extremism on the right is much more prevalent than extremism on the left was during Bush's era.

I think the big difference is that extremism on the right seems to be embraced more by the mainstream party, than as opposed to the other way around.

 

[kramwest1]

I knew there was something I forgot...

Alaskan Independence Party

E Pluribus Unum y'all

 

[The_Pac_Mule]

I think the big difference is that extremism on the right seems to be embraced more by the mainstream party,

By mainstream party you mean Fox News?

 

[BVS]

No, I mean the Republican party should be ignoring or speaking out against, but the problem is they know they need them.

 

[deep]

in 2008 Obama Nation had a its share of fringe-whackos,

I don't recall them being shown the door.

 

[ultraviolet87]

such as....