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...So, when Tea Party candidates can't even win heated races in Mississippi or Texas, there's an answer for voters who think Thad Cochran is Nancy Pelosi with a Southern drawl. Echoing Sarah Palin and others, the Chairman of the Mississippi Tea Party expressed his view of the movement's future in The Clarion-Ledger:
"The same guys who have ridiculed and mocked not just the tea party but true conservatives are calling for unity," said Roy Nicholson, founding chairman of the Mississippi Tea Party. "The same people who so villainously stabbed us in the back now call on us to elect the same person who they stabbed us over? ... In two to six years, (the tea party) will be at the head of some party or another ... We want smaller government, less taxes and more freedom. Since our Republican leadership refuses to listen to that, they have brought on the destruction of the Mississippi GOP."
According to Nicholson, the Republican establishment "ridiculed and mocked" the Tea Party and "villainously stabbed us in the back." He's not alone in this sentiment and in 2013, Ralph King of the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots stated, "They keep sticking their finger in the eyes of the guys who got them elected. A lot of people are feeling betrayed." Therefore, if the Tea Party must simultaneously contend with Democrats and back stabbing Republicans, it's time they started their own political party; one that at least takes its rhetoric seriously...
...A second, more ideologically conservative party might make it impossible for the GOP to win the White House, but stranger things have happened in the past. Sadly for Republicans, that's the consequence of pandering to what many consider the extreme right, and thinking it would never truly want a seat at the table. There's no need for Tea Party candidates to be "ridiculed and mocked" anymore by liberals, moderate conservatives, or GOP incumbents. Contrary to Karl Rove, who has been accused of declaring war against the Tea Party, a new political party should be created regardless of the consequences for Republicans. If it's true that "the American people" don't want to compromise on issues like immigration, entitlement spending, debt increases, or environmental regulations, then a new party -- not the GOP -- is needed to ensure staunch conservatives don't acquiesce to President Obama, and potentially President Hillary Clinton.
The GOP is terrified that once the Tea Brains abandon them, the moderates on the left and center will not come over in significant numbers.
Offer pragmatic solutions and I'm there.
Stop making progressive a bad word and I'm there.
Come up with ways to move the country forward without compromising our founding values, and I'm there!!
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I think we might actually be surprised at the result if this actually happened.
If the purists and absolutists left the GOP, the Republicans could probably attract a ton of people who think the Democrats' dreams of a Euro-social democracy are not what America should be about. Right now the GOP is just not an attractive party.
Not holding my breath on this, though.
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I think we might actually be surprised at the result if this actually happened.
If the purists and absolutists left the GOP, the Republicans could probably attract a ton of people who think the Democrats' dreams of a Euro-social democracy are not what America should be about. Right now the GOP is just not an attractive party.
Not holding my breath on this, though.
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I agree. Imo, the center no more supports a welfare state (and soc sec and medicare and UI are NOT muslim Kenyan socialist Ponzi schemes) than it does in saying the fed govt has no role in healthcare and education. But, I'd prefer that gop pols simply identify specifically what spending they'd cut.
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I think we might actually be surprised at the result if this actually happened.
If the purists and absolutists left the GOP, the Republicans could probably attract a ton of people who think the Democrats' dreams of a Euro-social democracy are not what America should be about. Right now the GOP is just not an attractive party.
Not holding my breath on this, though.
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I agree. Imo, the center no more supports a welfare state (and soc sec and medicare and UI are NOT muslim Kenyan socialist Ponzi schemes) than it does in saying the fed govt has no role in healthcare and education. But, I'd prefer that gop pols simply identify specifically what spending they'd cut.
Right.
And yes, it sure would be nice to know what people really would cut, instead of just hearing pablum.
(Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans narrowly passed a new balanced budget plan from Representative Paul Ryan on Thursday in a vote that will help shape the debate ahead of November's congressional elections.
The plan authored by Ryan, the influential House Budget Committee chairman, would eliminate deficits within 10 years, due largely to deep cuts to social safety net programs, grants for college students, and research and infrastructure spending. It also seeks to boost defense spending over the next decade without any increase in tax revenues.
The plan, which is not expected to be considered by the Democratic-controlled Senate, passed on a party-line vote of 219 to 205, with 193 Democrats and 12 Republicans voting against it.
