How the Tea Party is Killing the Republican Party

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It was all giggles and grins when those funny tri-corner hat wearing, misspelled sign carrying, long form loving zealots were yelling and screaming about Obama.

The GOP and Fox news lifted them up as if they were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Paul Revere reincarnated. Fox lied and inflated their numbers at rallies. Scotty Rassmussen lied and said 123% of Americans agree with them.

And Republicans giggled over their brandy and cigars. (or in the case of the sourthern GOP, over their Pabst Blue Ribbon and Pall Malls).

Now that they've radicalized your party to the point that you lost the White House, you lost seats in the Senate, and you lost seats in the House of Representatives, the damage is clear. But if you moderate your stances back into line with mainstream America - they'll scream "RINO" and go after you hard in your primary.

See what happens when your number one goal is not to govern well and wisely but to try to beat the hyper-partisan drum with any stick you can find?

Still grinning?
 
It was all giggles and grins when those funny tri-corner hat wearing, misspelled sign carrying, long form loving zealots were yelling and screaming about Obama.

The GOP and Fox news lifted them up as if they were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Paul Revere reincarnated. Fox lied and inflated their numbers at rallies. Scotty Rassmussen lied and said 123% of Americans agree with them.

And Republicans giggled over their brandy and cigars. (or in the case of the sourthern GOP, over their Pabst Blue Ribbon and Pall Malls).

Now that they've radicalized your party to the point that you lost the White House, you lost seats in the Senate, and you lost seats in the House of Representatives, the damage is clear. But if you moderate your stances back into line with mainstream America - they'll scream "RINO" and go after you hard in your primary.

See what happens when your number one goal is not to govern well and wisely but to try to beat the hyper-partisan drum with any stick you can find?

Still grinning?

The Tea Party served its purpose and will be an interesting historical footnote in four years. They were a tool invented by Fox News to bring down the Obama administration at all costs

it didn't work
 
they were created to avoid being tied to the complete failures of the Bush admin
 
It was all giggles and grins when those funny tri-corner hat wearing, misspelled sign carrying, long form loving zealots were yelling and screaming about Obama.

The GOP and Fox news lifted them up as if they were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Paul Revere reincarnated. Fox lied and inflated their numbers at rallies. Scotty Rassmussen lied and said 123% of Americans agree with them.

And Republicans giggled over their brandy and cigars. (or in the case of the sourthern GOP, over their Pabst Blue Ribbon and Pall Malls).

Now that they've radicalized your party to the point that you lost the White House, you lost seats in the Senate, and you lost seats in the House of Representatives, the damage is clear. But if you moderate your stances back into line with mainstream America - they'll scream "RINO" and go after you hard in your primary.

See what happens when your number one goal is not to govern well and wisely but to try to beat the hyper-partisan drum with any stick you can find?

Still grinning?

Awesome!:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2: Awesome!
 
It was all giggles and grins when those funny tri-corner hat wearing, misspelled sign carrying, long form loving zealots were yelling and screaming about Obama.

The GOP and Fox news lifted them up as if they were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Paul Revere reincarnated. Fox lied and inflated their numbers at rallies. Scotty Rassmussen lied and said 123% of Americans agree with them.

And Republicans giggled over their brandy and cigars. (or in the case of the sourthern GOP, over their Pabst Blue Ribbon and Pall Malls).

Now that they've radicalized your party to the point that you lost the White House, you lost seats in the Senate, and you lost seats in the House of Representatives, the damage is clear. But if you moderate your stances back into line with mainstream America - they'll scream "RINO" and go after you hard in your primary.

See what happens when your number one goal is not to govern well and wisely but to try to beat the hyper-partisan drum with any stick you can find?

Still grinning?

The Tea Party served its purpose and will be an interesting historical footnote in four years. They were a tool invented by Fox News to bring down the Obama administration at all costs

it didn't work

And the GOP thought they could make the objectionable objections without any of the mud splashing back on Republicans.

That didn't work either.
 
A popular movement comes along and the establishment politicians and their brainless minions go gaga!

What a joke.

And - the joke will be in 2014 when the Tea Party puts a lot of pro-big-government pols into the unemployment line. And, if the Libertarians play their cards right, they could swell the ranks immensely by getting their message out to the conservatives who are sick and tired of the GOP establishment.

:cool:
 
A popular movement comes along and the establishment politicians and their brainless minions go gaga!

What a joke.

And - the joke will be in 2014 when the Tea Party puts a lot of pro-big-government pols into the unemployment line. And, if the Libertarians play their cards right, they could swell the ranks immensely by getting their message out to the conservatives who are sick and tired of the GOP establishment.

:cool:

I will give you credit for your loyalty. Are you a Detroit Lions fan by any chance?
 
Was Romney a TEA Party candidate or establishment candidate?

How did Ted Cruz and Jeff Flake do last Tuesday?

Mitt Romney had to reach out to the Tea Party in order to get the nomination. Romney used to be a moderate. But for eight years he courted the far right (same as McCain).

On abortion, gay rights, immigration and climate change and other issues, Romney at one time aligned himself with moderates, only to swing back to the right when the politics of the moment demanded it. On one key issue, he led not only his party but the nation – bringing universal healthcare to Massachusetts as governor only to downplay his singular achievement when Republicans turned against President Obama’s comparable law.

When Rick Perry criticized Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme.’’ Romney savaged Perry’s rhetoric as too extreme and pitched himself as a steady steward of the trust fund. But when it came time to choose a running mate - he pandered to the far right again (just like McCain) - and selected Paul Ryan who is determined to remake the nation’s safety net for the elderly and the poor.

It's amazing to me how the GOP takes moderates candidates who have a real chance of winning - and then they force them into a makeover that renders them unelectable.
 
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The fact that the Tea Party gets you Nanny Staters so twisted tells me they are onto something.. and I will continue to donate.

Anybody with an ounce of sense knows this shit going on in DC cannot continue. It isn't rocket science... 2 - 4 still equals -2.
 
Was Romney a TEA Party candidate or establishment candidate?

How did Ted Cruz and Jeff Flake do last Tuesday?

Mitt Romney had to reach out to the Tea Party in order to get the nomination. Romney used to be a moderate. But for eight years he courted the far right (same as McCain).

On abortion, gay rights, immigration and climate change and other issues, Romney at one time aligned himself with moderates, only to swing back to the right when the politics of the moment demanded it. On one key issue, he led not only his party but the nation – bringing universal healthcare to Massachusetts as governor only to downplay his singular achievement when Republicans turned against President Obama’s comparable law.

When Rick Perry criticized Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme.’’ Romney savaged Perry’s rhetoric as too extreme and pitched himself as a steady steward of the trust fund. But when it came time to choose a running mate - he pandered to the far right again (just like McCain) - and selected Paul Ryan who is determined to remake the nation’s safety net for the elderly and the poor.

It's amazing to me how the GOP takes moderates candidates who have a real chance of winning - and then they force them into a makeover that renders them unelectable.

The moderates are just liberals to chickeshit to admit they are liberals. If not, then why to get the moderate's votes, do you have to bend to the point of being left of John Kerry?
 
Was Romney a TEA Party candidate or establishment candidate?

How did Ted Cruz and Jeff Flake do last Tuesday?

Mitt Romney had to reach out to the Tea Party in order to get the nomination. Romney used to be a moderate. But for eight years he courted the far right (same as McCain).

On abortion, gay rights, immigration and climate change and other issues, Romney at one time aligned himself with moderates, only to swing back to the right when the politics of the moment demanded it. On one key issue, he led not only his party but the nation – bringing universal healthcare to Massachusetts as governor only to downplay his singular achievement when Republicans turned against President Obama’s comparable law.

When Rick Perry criticized Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme.’’ Romney savaged Perry’s rhetoric as too extreme and pitched himself as a steady steward of the trust fund. But when it came time to choose a running mate - he pandered to the far right again (just like McCain) - and selected Paul Ryan who is determined to remake the nation’s safety net for the elderly and the poor.

It's amazing to me how the GOP takes moderates candidates who have a real chance of winning - and then they force them into a makeover that renders them unelectable.
Boy, are you deluded...For Romeny to get the nomination without a floor fight, the establishment neocons had to change the rules for delegates at the RNC at the very last minute to pave the way...Vinnie Vitalis never appealed that well to TEA Party types from the get-go.

And just because a few freaks who ingested both their feet lost, that doesn't erase the victories of the likes of Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Jeff Flake, and a lot of other current and newly elected legislators have won, no matter how much you want to look the other way in denial.

The upside here is that TEA Party types reject their freaks, while liberoidals gleefully embrace whackjobs like Alan Grayson, Debbie Blabberman Schultz and Elizabeth Warren.
 
It was all giggles and grins when those funny tri-corner hat wearing, misspelled sign carrying, long form loving zealots were yelling and screaming about Obama.

The GOP and Fox news lifted them up as if they were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Paul Revere reincarnated. Fox lied and inflated their numbers at rallies. Scotty Rassmussen lied and said 123% of Americans agree with them.

And Republicans giggled over their brandy and cigars. (or in the case of the sourthern GOP, over their Pabst Blue Ribbon and Pall Malls).

Now that they've radicalized your party to the point that you lost the White House, you lost seats in the Senate, and you lost seats in the House of Representatives, the damage is clear. But if you moderate your stances back into line with mainstream America - they'll scream "RINO" and go after you hard in your primary.

See what happens when your number one goal is not to govern well and wisely but to try to beat the hyper-partisan drum with any stick you can find?

Still grinning?

Those tri cornered hats and powdered wigs really bring the Black and Latino voters over to their side.
 
Looka, Mitt Romney was not my ideal candidate... he was however smart, capable and decent... none of which I would attribute to Obama. You know things aren't going well when one of my best friends who is pretty left of center (but not insane) gets into a shouting match with Keith Morris of Off at Tipitina's over my friend's decision to vote for, and I'm quoting, "anybody but Obama."
 
It was all giggles and grins when those funny tri-corner hat wearing, misspelled sign carrying, long form loving zealots were yelling and screaming about Obama.

The GOP and Fox news lifted them up as if they were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Paul Revere reincarnated. Fox lied and inflated their numbers at rallies. Scotty Rassmussen lied and said 123% of Americans agree with them.

And Republicans giggled over their brandy and cigars. (or in the case of the sourthern GOP, over their Pabst Blue Ribbon and Pall Malls).

Now that they've radicalized your party to the point that you lost the White House, you lost seats in the Senate, and you lost seats in the House of Representatives, the damage is clear. But if you moderate your stances back into line with mainstream America - they'll scream "RINO" and go after you hard in your primary.

See what happens when your number one goal is not to govern well and wisely but to try to beat the hyper-partisan drum with any stick you can find?

Still grinning?

Those tri cornered hats and powdered wigs really bring the Black and Latino voters over to their side.

What planet are you living on?

:confused:
 
Vinnie Vitalis's courting of the extremists in the Tea Party was enough to alienate the moderates who could have (and by almost any measuarable metric WOULD have elected him).

Tea Party candidates are only viable on a very localized basis and where there is a high concentration of homogenous (re: wasp) voters.

On the bigger stage extremist loses. Moderation wins. period.

Pretend whatever you need to in order to massage your ego. But if you're willing to admit the truth, there's a chance you can learn and grow as a human being.
 
Was Romney a TEA Party candidate or establishment candidate?

How did Ted Cruz and Jeff Flake do last Tuesday?

Mitt Romney had to reach out to the Tea Party in order to get the nomination. Romney used to be a moderate. But for eight years he courted the far right (same as McCain).

On abortion, gay rights, immigration and climate change and other issues, Romney at one time aligned himself with moderates, only to swing back to the right when the politics of the moment demanded it. On one key issue, he led not only his party but the nation – bringing universal healthcare to Massachusetts as governor only to downplay his singular achievement when Republicans turned against President Obama’s comparable law.

When Rick Perry criticized Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme.’’ Romney savaged Perry’s rhetoric as too extreme and pitched himself as a steady steward of the trust fund. But when it came time to choose a running mate - he pandered to the far right again (just like McCain) - and selected Paul Ryan who is determined to remake the nation’s safety net for the elderly and the poor.

It's amazing to me how the GOP takes moderates candidates who have a real chance of winning - and then they force them into a makeover that renders them unelectable.

The repubs will be wandering in the desert for more than 40 years if they keep nominating McCain's and Romneys.
 
Vinnie Vitalis's courting of the extremists in the Tea Party was enough to alienate the moderates who could have (and by almost any measuarable metric WOULD have elected him).

Tea Party candidates are only viable on a very localized basis and where there is a high concentration of homogenous (re: wasp) voters.

On the bigger stage extremist loses. Moderation wins. period.

Pretend whatever you need to in order to massage your ego. But if you're willing to admit the truth, there's a chance you can learn and grow as a human being.
I was right...You are deluded.

He alienated the TEA Party types, along with Ron Paul and Rick Santorum voters, by tossing them all overboard at the RNC....Those people recognized a Karl Rove neocon establishmentarian shoe salesman when they see one and stayed home in droves....

In case you didn't get the memo, your Boiking won by only 2 MM votes...A number that could've been easily overcome by those who sat out or went for Gary Johnson.

OH, BTW, both Cruz and Flake won in states with very large Latino constituencies, which blows your "WASP" meme clear out of the water.
 
Was Romney a TEA Party candidate or establishment candidate?

How did Ted Cruz and Jeff Flake do last Tuesday?

Mitt Romney had to reach out to the Tea Party in order to get the nomination. Romney used to be a moderate. But for eight years he courted the far right (same as McCain).

On abortion, gay rights, immigration and climate change and other issues, Romney at one time aligned himself with moderates, only to swing back to the right when the politics of the moment demanded it. On one key issue, he led not only his party but the nation – bringing universal healthcare to Massachusetts as governor only to downplay his singular achievement when Republicans turned against President Obama’s comparable law.

When Rick Perry criticized Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme.’’ Romney savaged Perry’s rhetoric as too extreme and pitched himself as a steady steward of the trust fund. But when it came time to choose a running mate - he pandered to the far right again (just like McCain) - and selected Paul Ryan who is determined to remake the nation’s safety net for the elderly and the poor.

It's amazing to me how the GOP takes moderates candidates who have a real chance of winning - and then they force them into a makeover that renders them unelectable.

The repubs will be wandering in the desert for more than 40 years if they keep nominating McCain's and Romneys.

Only if they keep forcing them to the far right.

McCain and Romney had reputations for being able to work with Democrats and Republicans when their convictons were in synch. Both were moderates.

But in order to get the nomination, both were required to serve eight years at hard labor turning hard to the right. Culminating in VP selections that cemented their positions out there in far right la - la land.

McCain and Romney could have both won. Had tey been left alone to run as moderates. But the GOP tolerates no maveroicks and no moderates. With "Rino" echoing in their ears, they demand members to sign pledges to vote the party line, they demand that even a good idea be filibustered if it originated from the "wrong" side of the aisle, and they empower wacky Tea Partiers to do their dirty work.

payback's a bitch, huh?
 

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