Tea Party - America's Last, Best Hope

[GStarz]

Since there are so many anti-tea party threads by ranting liberals under this classification, I figured I'd add some fairness and balance by being positive about the movement.

Huge, positive advances by the TEA PARTY:

1. Fiscal responsibility

2. Right to life

3. Grassroots organization and control, previously only engaged by the left. While ignored by the media and therefore rendered mostly invisible by horrible, corrupt leftist media controllers, on 9/12 a couple of years ago there were between one and two million tea party activists on the streets of DC in probably the biggest political rally DC has ever seen. While much of the nation never learned about this because of a general news blackout by the MSM, the tea partiers knew about each other and like-minded Americans. The right now understands that it has power, again, and can organize on a massive scale, and has put in place powerful and efficient mechanisms to do so, and this is entirely new and gigantically effective.

4. The tea party forced the GOP to lurch the right, while the GOP was previously being dragged to the left because the radical left has taken control of the democrat machine, moving the national political 'center' to the left. This action by the tea party has moved the political 'center" nationally back more to the right, substantially. To those of us on the right, this is a good thing.

5. Black and minority conservatives, otherwise stifled in their free speech by the white-controlled, entrenched GOP, previously run by guys with names like "Brad" and "Chip", now have a loud voice on the right side of politics, and the gigantic, not to mention ethically fair, positive here should be self-evident.

6. By moving as one in the tea party, conservatives managed the biggest congressional upset in 70 years, and there is no reason to believe that in the intervening two years, they won't do an even better job of it in 2012 - the watershed year Obama must show his citizenship records - finally - to several states or simply be omitted from the ballot. If he thinks he's popular enough to win in a write-in campaign as the sitting president just to accommodate his guilty-as-sin sense of paranoia, he's in for a very big shock. (to those who think birthers are a fringe who can effect no change, I cite the fact of the new laws themselves as manifest evidence that that notion is badly flawed)

Naturally, liberals will go crazy because of this thread. They'll try to shoot down the overall concept and the details, spin the minutia and make themselves feel as though their political wing isn't headed for the dust-heap of humanity after last November's elections. They'll post smarmy, dismissive, wiseguy hit-and-run remarks meant to marginalize this thread without addressing the facts. They'll replace intellectual honesty with attempts at being clever with a word, image or animated smiley face to try to beat substance with style. All that's fine. That's what liberals do. There isn't an intellectually honest one among them, because anyone who is intellectually honest eventually switches to the right (moi).

Have fun!

 

[Truthmatters]

Now look at wisconson and face where the real grass roots are

 

[Caligirl]

I don't know if wisconsin is real grass roots - it's amazing but there are huge national interests inflaming it.

I am sometimes a liberal and I don't hate the tea party. I LOVE that they made the right call on the patriot act, and I LOVE that they would cut defense spending and etc.

Oh but they aren't the last great hope or whatever, they are being diluted out already and dragged into the machine themselves.

The problems are the corporatioons - that's who the government apparently serves - but all the civil unrest all over the place now maybe some of our populace will 'rise up' too! And demand fairness for our citizens, not just for our CEOs.

 

[GStarz]

I don't know if wisconsin is real grass roots - it's amazing but there are huge national interests inflaming it.

I am sometimes a liberal and I don't hate the tea party. I LOVE that they made the right call on the patriot act, and I LOVE that they would cut defense spending and etc.

Oh but they aren't the last great hope or whatever, they are being diluted out already and dragged into the machine themselves.

The problems are the corporatioons - that's who the government apparently serves - but all the civil unrest all over the place now maybe some of our populace will 'rise up' too! And demand fairness for our citizens, not just for our CEOs.

A huge proportion of US corporations are run by hard-core leftist billionaires. Look at George Soros, ted turner, Oprah Winfrey, Speilberg, et all, all of whom are VERY politically active, fund leftist activist operations and who combined control the vast majority - around 90% - of all media.

The idea that corporations are a right wing devil is worse than mistaken. To most who know the truth, stating it is a lie. But I otherwise love your post. Very reasoned. Thank you.

PS; as far as the TP being dragged into the GOP machine, some intermingling of atoms is to be expected when two tidal forces collide. Conversely, there are those in the GOP who are being dragged into the tea party. Compromise is everywhere in nature. You can't escape it. but in the aggregate, the tea party is a fantastic thing!

 

[strollingbones]

if the title is true....

we are fucked

 

[GStarz]

if the title is true....

we are fucked

From my first thread-starting post; "They'll post smarmy, dismissive, wiseguy hit-and-run remarks meant to marginalize this thread without addressing the facts. "

Geez, it's tough being correct all the time!

 

[Old Rocks]

Given the events in Wisconsin, I doubt the Tea Party will be that viable in 2012.

 

[The Infidel]

Now look at wisconson and face where the real grass roots are

But they are all white

 

[The Infidel]

if the title is true....

we are fucked

From my first thread-starting post; "They'll post smarmy, dismissive, wiseguy hit-and-run remarks meant to marginalize this thread without addressing the facts. "

Geez, it's tough being correct all the time!

Its going to be a troll fest just because of the title.


Does that make me a troll ? *ghast*

 

[The Joe]

Now look at wisconson and face where the real grass roots are

But they are all white

Are you Asian?

They're all right

 

[GStarz]

if the title is true....

we are fucked

From my first thread-starting post; "They'll post smarmy, dismissive, wiseguy hit-and-run remarks meant to marginalize this thread without addressing the facts. "

Geez, it's tough being correct all the time!

Its going to be a troll fest just because of the title.


Does that make me a troll ? *ghast*

No because your remark made a general assessment about what you felt would happen, but did not disparage the thread. there. see how easy?

 

[beowolfe]

Tea Party - America's Last, Best Hope

Best hope for what? Returning to the 19th century?

 

[yota5]

The Tea Party is the voice of the American people. This movement has impacted our political scene in a very positive way. Politicians, are listening to the American people again. Action is being taken to put our fiscal houses in order, and create jobs in the private sector. Those are good things. I've been to several Tea Party events. They were all peaceful, and very positive experiences. All political parties were present: conservatives, democrats, and independents. All of those present were upset with the way that our country is being run by both sides of the aisle. The Tea Party movement scares the living dickens out of the left, and it should. Americans, are taking this country back from the socialist movement in our society. Now how nice is that?

 

[MJMavro13]

In the past 50 years there has been little to no fiscal responsibility shown by either the left or the right. Where we are today did not happen in the past 10 years or so. The TEA Party is the only reasonably large group thus far not just speaking to fiscal responsibility, but actually demanding it. None of the other political gibberish means anything, if we cannot survive and thrive fiscally as a nation, both on the national and state levels. At least the TEA Party is on point!

 

[noose4]

Organizations controlled and operated by the Koch brothers are not grass root.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Now look at wisconson and face where the real grass roots are

By definiton the movement in Wisconsin wasn't a grassroots movement. What happened in Wisconsin was driven by the unions which are traditional power structures.

Your stupidity knows no bounds.

 

[Baron]

The Tea Party is only true democratic Party in the U.S.

 

[infman4x]

the tea party are working mothers fathers sons daughters taxpaying americans who care about america and want to see america strong for all americans no matter what your race is they stand for fiscal responsibility for gov. operation they stand for freedom not growing big gov. and more gov. control over the people which in turn sets no limit to taxes when are taxes enough the problem today in washington is out of control spending are we happy that china practically owns us the tea party reminds gov. where they get the money from tax payers they remind them who put them in office the people the next time you hear tea party remember these people are true americans standing up for america the citizens and a strong way of life there is no free lunch folks you work and earn and manage what you get look at california 30 percent of the people are on welfare the democrats have condoned this and they condone illegal immigration and ca. is basically bankrupt their answer more taxes where does feeding the alligator end.

 

[yota5]

A lot of smut has been thrown at the tea party. We've been accused of some very bad things. Not one of these allegations were ever proven, because they never happened. So yes, let's look at Wisconsin. The left did everything that the Tea Party was accused of. They even had the communist party demonstrating in their behalf. Just like the agenda against Sarah Palin, the libs have fallen all over themselves trying to discredit the tea party. When you consider it that is really good news. If we were ignored by the libs that would mean that far left didn't consider us a threat. The truth is that the Tea Party, and Sarah Palin scare the living hell out of the socialist movement in this country. The voice of the American people is being heard. In 2012 we'll purge more offal from the halls of Congress, and the White House. If conservatives win 2012, and they don't keep their promises to restore fiscal responsibility, honor, integrity, and respect to Washington then they'll be gone too. I wonder if the EPA will give the Tea Party a reward for cleaning Washington up. One last thing. I think that before anyone can run for Congress of the White House they should submit to the same back ground check that anyone holding a top secret clearance would have to submit to.

 

[Cal]

The Koch-sucking Tea Potty is America's last hope? I guess we're screwed then, because their poll numbers are almost as low as Democrats and Republicans now!

In all seriousness, if the Tea Party was genuinely about fiscal imprudence, where were the when GWB was spending like a drunken sailer?

It's not that at all. They are a corporate funded group of mis-informed people that are being used to try to defeat Barack Obama. That's a true story . Nothing wrong with that, they just need too be honest about who they are.