Tea partier calls Boehner a socialist......

[Sarah G]

Cavuto introduced the candidate asking about his general platform, which mostly seems to consist of opposition to Planned Parenthood and, by proxy, Speaker Boehner for having voted to fund it. “It is an organization that murders babies,” he told Cavuto dramatically, which led Cavuto to attempt to change the subject to any other platform issues. That resulted in Lewis noting, “I am the Tea Party candidate… John Boehner is a socialist.” Cavuto, flabbergasted, attempted to dispute that, with Lewis clarifying, “I’m not calling names– it’s an economic policy.” He didn’t particularly elaborate how this economic policy was visible in Speaker Boehner’s views other than saying “here’s someone that refuses to phase out Social Security.”

Tea Party Candidate: John Boehner Is A Socialist | Mediaite

Still think that the tea party is good for the GOP?

Boehner is less extreme than most of the others but a socialist? They sure love that word, don't they..

 

[eflatminor]

They sure love that word, don't they..

Hate it and everything it stands for actually. In the context to today's central planners however, I think "Bureaucratic Socialism" and "Crony Fascism" are more apt monikers...though "central planners" pretty much sums it up. You'll find them in both parties to varying degrees.

 

[ABikerSailor]

The theme of the Boston Tea Party, an iconic event in American history, has long been used by anti-tax protesters.[24][25][26] It was part of Tax Day protests held throughout the 1990s and earlier.[27][28][29][30] More recently, the anniversary of the original Boston Tea Party was commemorated on December 16, 2007, by Republican Congressman Ron Paul supporters who held a fund raising event for the 2008 presidential primaries advocating an end to fiat money and the Federal Reserve System, disengaging from foreign entanglements in Iraq and Afghanistan, and upholding States' rights.[31][32][33]

Fox News commentator Juan Williams says that the TPM emerged from the ashes of Paul's 2008 presidential primary campaign.[34]


A Tea Party protester holds a sign saying "Remember: Dissent is Patriotic" at a Nashville Tea Party on February 27, 2009.Others have argued that the Koch brothers supported the movement

Tea Party movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Texanmike]

Still think that the tea party is good for the GOP?

In that they’re good for the democrats.

Obviously Boehner’s not a ‘socialist,’ whatever that’s supposed to mean. But Boehner’s clearly not TPM material – he’s a slick, inside the Beltway wheeling, dealing career politician. And that will continue to be the major point of friction between Boehner and the TPM.

See........that's what the problem currently is with the GOP. They've spent the past couple of years increasing vitriolic rhetoric against Obama that it's become second nature to them.

Now? When they're forced to debate each other?

They don't come up with ideas about how things should work, they just call nasty names at each other like they've becomed accustomed to doing with Obama.

I agree, they have become so much like the democratic party that I had to leave them.

Mike

 

[Texanmike]

I'm starting to suspect the Tea Party may be suffering from an internal generation gap. Check this out:

Tea Party, liberals to play nice at Harvard - BostonHerald.com

“I’m not going to be voting for Sarah Palin,” admitted Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig, a self-described liberal who is co-chairing the event with a top Tea Party chief. “But a bunch of us across a range of political persuasions are convinced there are problems with the way our government functions.”

Fellow co-chairman Mark Meckler, a founder of the Tea Party Patriots, said, “I would bet you on policy we probably can’t agree on anything, but what we can agree on is that the country has gotten away from the people. There is a ruling elite that none of us feel represented by anymore.”

The roughly 400 people expected to attend will look for common ground in promoting a constitutional convention, where the states could mull amendments to overhaul the fundamental rules of government in the United States.

Speakers representing a broad swath of American political thought are coming from the Green Party, the Cato Institute, Progressive Democrats of America and the American Freedom Agenda, among others.

Agenda items will include term limits, expanding state rights and limiting private money in politics.

(Emphasis added.)

How many of you folks here who consider yourselves Tea Party supporters would approve of a constitutional amendment that reads something like this:

"The right of free speech does not imply an unlimited right to amplify one's speech or that of another through the purchase of media outlets, or through monetary contributions made to political campaigns."

This would solve a lot of the problems with corporate influence that prevents our supposed democracy from serving the people. It would do more to restore government of, by, and for the people instead of the special interests than any other single change.

I think you can limit private money invested by a particular candidate but I dont' think you can restrict the amount of money an individual spends on politics. If I want to take a million dollar loan out and expose the RINOs that drove me away from the Republican party I don't think we want to limit that kind of speech.

Mike

 

[Texanmike]

The theme of the Boston Tea Party, an iconic event in American history, has long been used by anti-tax protesters.[24][25][26] It was part of Tax Day protests held throughout the 1990s and earlier.[27][28][29][30] More recently, the anniversary of the original Boston Tea Party was commemorated on December 16, 2007, by Republican Congressman Ron Paul supporters who held a fund raising event for the 2008 presidential primaries advocating an end to fiat money and the Federal Reserve System, disengaging from foreign entanglements in Iraq and Afghanistan, and upholding States' rights.[31][32][33]

Fox News commentator Juan Williams says that the TPM emerged from the ashes of Paul's 2008 presidential primary campaign.[34]


A Tea Party protester holds a sign saying "Remember: Dissent is Patriotic" at a Nashville Tea Party on February 27, 2009.Others have argued that the Koch brothers supported the movement

Tea Party movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LOL@wikipedia

Mike