What is the Tea Party?

[Bateluer]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/05/poll.tea.party/index.html

"The Tea Party movement is a blank slate to many Americans, which is not surprising for a political movement that is only about a year old," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Not surprisingly, opinion breaks along partisan and ideological lines."

And

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-...out-the-tea-party-movement/?cid=hp:mainpromo3

This weekend, the first national Tea Party Convention will be held in Nashville, and the fractious movement has secured a place in the history of the Obama administration. But for all the attention it has earned, misconceptions abound. Here are the top five

They certainly made headlines last year during all the bail outs, and their message is resonating with more and more people as government spends more, borrows more, and taxes more. Should be interesting to see where they go with and how they evolve, but ignoring that many voters would be a mistake for anyone running for office.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

It's Rupert Murdoch's new faux political party.

 

[2Xtreme21]

To me it's where a bunch of neo-cons can all stand around in a circle and get each other off on the prospect of one day being able to say they destroyed the country.

 

[lothar]

Is Sarah Palin now going to become the face of the Tea Party movement?
If so, then it doesn't help them gain any national cresedence.

 

[Bateluer]

To me it's where a bunch of neo-cons can all stand around in a circle and get each other off on the prospect of one day being able to say they destroyed the country.

What is the difference between the far left destroying the country and the far right destroying the country?

 

[2Xtreme21]

What is the difference between the far left destroying the country and the far right destroying the country?

The far right go to meetings and talk about killing the president.

 

[wiretap]

If you've been to a 'tea party' rally, you'd find that most people there don't identify themselves as a certain party if you ask them. The majority of people I talked to haven't even been involved in politics and never even talked about politics prior to this. They are merely there to bring back the country to the Constitutional values that the politicians over the past several decades have eroded. People have blame Bush signs.. people have blame Obama signs.. but many of the people aren't there to blame anyone.. they're there to take back their country from corruption. If that means being called a neo-con and being part of some fake news movement, count me in. I'll take Constitutional values over tyranny any day of the week no matter what it means being labeled.

 

[2Xtreme21]

If you've been to a 'tea party' rally, you'd find that most people there don't identify themselves as a certain party if you ask them. The majority of people I talked to haven't even been involved in politics and never even talked about politics prior to this. They are merely there to bring back the country to the Constitutional values that the politicians over the past several decades have eroded. People have blame Bush signs.. people have blame Obama signs.. but many of the people aren't there to blame anyone.. they're there to take back their country from corruption. If that means being called a neo-con and being part of some fake news movement, count me in. I'll take Constitutional values over tyranny any day of the week no matter what it means being labeled.

Exact definitions of "bring back the country to constitutional values" please.

I highly doubt something supported by the likes of Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are truly "constitutional."

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

This thread is going places.

 

[wiretap]

Falling for the media sensationalized events? Those are just a few that they insert themselves into. In case you haven't noticed, there are dozens of these events all around the country. They have been going on long before the media jumped in.

 

[sandorski]

What is the difference between the far left destroying the country and the far right destroying the country?

One is made of Straw.

 

[Bateluer]

Exact definitions of "bring back the country to constitutional values" please.

I highly doubt something supported by the likes of Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are truly "constitutional."

I also doubt President Obama's values are truly constitutional as well. That seems to be the point of the Tea Partiers, they're fed up with government corruption across the political spectrum.

 

[GTaudiophile]

If you've been to a 'tea party' rally, you'd find that most people there don't identify themselves as a certain party if you ask them. The majority of people I talked to haven't even been involved in politics and never even talked about politics prior to this. They are merely there to bring back the country to the Constitutional values that the politicians over the past several decades have eroded. People have blame Bush signs.. people have blame Obama signs.. but many of the people aren't there to blame anyone.. they're there to take back their country from corruption. If that means being called a neo-con and being part of some fake news movement, count me in. I'll take Constitutional values over tyranny any day of the week no matter what it means being labeled.

Agreed. They are a mix of genders, races, ages, and political parties, united by their distrust and dissatisfaction of government. (How did Scott Brown get elected?) I observed their march on Washington and you couldn't find a group of nicer, more down-to-earth, salt-of-the-earth protesters.

 

[2Xtreme21]

I also doubt President Obama's values are truly constitutional as well. That seems to be the point of the Tea Partiers, they're fed up with government corruption across the political spectrum.

That's about as bullshit of a statement as saying Fox News is "Fair & Balanced." If that's not true, why were there no teabaggers during the Bush admin? And I dare you to look at me in the eyes and say it was because there was no government corruption during probably the most unconstitutional presidential administration in the history of the US.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Thats the whole problem, the Tea Party doesn't know who are what they are except a bunch of pissed off people with not much in common.

About all they can agree on is their hate for Obama

Like the original Tea party it resembles a lynch mob more than a political party

 

[heyheybooboo]

The current iteration was 'spun' (i.e., compromised by FreedomWorks, Fox and Glen Beck, et al) from a local chapter of Libertarians from (IIRC) Columbus, and the Ohio Libertarians.

Here is a 'Meet-Up' from the early March, 2009, 'Bagging' ---- the first meeting of which I am aware.




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[cganesh75]

Thats the whole problem, the Tea Party doesn't know who are what they are except a bunch of pissed off people with not much in common.

About all they can agree on is their hate for Obama

Like the original Tea party it resembles a lynch mob more than a political party

this..

this is why i consider tea party is where racists come out..

they started tea party March of last year. the "movement" started a month or 2 before. so basically from the day obama got into the office..

 

[drebo]

That's about as bullshit of a statement as saying Fox News is "Fair & Balanced." If that's not true, why were there no teabaggers during the Bush admin? And I dare you to look at me in the eyes and say it was because there was no government corruption during probably the most unconstitutional presidential administration in the history of the US.

The Tea Baggers are all neo-cons and Bush was also a neo-con. They supported their own, just as the liberal left is supporting BO in his campaign to destroy the nation.

They're both wrong, of course.

 

[kage69]

One is made of Straw.

Heheheh....

 

[drebo]

One is made of Straw.

And the other is made of bullshit. What's your point?

 

[paperfist]

Is Sarah Palin now going to become the face of the Tea Party movement?
If so, then it doesn't help them gain any national cresedence.

I don't get it, she's a republican...?!?

I thought the whole idea behind tea parties is to want a smaller government, death to pork spending, lower taxes and to basically get rid of all these entrenched politicians who do nothing but take bribes and feed the rich?

She's a republican...

 

[Jaskalas]

She's a republican...

That's not bad. The rub of it comes down to her support for Neocon McCain. That alone should make them very angry towards her.

 

[sandorski]

And the other is made of bullshit. What's your point?

What's my point? :\

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

That's not bad. The rub of it comes down to her support for Neocon McCain. That alone should make them very angry towards her.

Her support of McCain this year is troubling, but hey, McCain is actually starting to vote more conservative/Republican now! That is headline news!

 

[woolfe9999]

If you've been to a 'tea party' rally, you'd find that most people there don't identify themselves as a certain party if you ask them. The majority of people I talked to haven't even been involved in politics and never even talked about politics prior to this. They are merely there to bring back the country to the Constitutional values that the politicians over the past several decades have eroded. People have blame Bush signs.. people have blame Obama signs.. but many of the people aren't there to blame anyone.. they're there to take back their country from corruption. If that means being called a neo-con and being part of some fake news movement, count me in. I'll take Constitutional values over tyranny any day of the week no matter what it means being labeled.

If they don't identify themselves with a "certain political party," then why did they come into being when Obama took office? Where were they to protest expanding deficits and government spending under Bush? If they oppose "tyranny," where were they to oppose the patriot act, the use of waterboarding, and unprecedented levels of government secrectiveness in the last administration?

The truth is that radical right movements always gain traction when a dem is in office. This is parellel to the rise of militia movements under Clinton.

- wolf