Oct 25, 2010 9:00 PM GMT
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/24/194237/64
Tea-baggers may be counter productive to their own cause and message?
Tea-baggers may be counter productive to their own cause and message?
Christian73 saidCertainly, the polls are closing in and mostly in favor of Democrats. That doesn't mean that they won't lose the House, but I do think they'll keep the majority. And, I think he is more prescient in terms of what will be the long-term view of those candidates (Angle, Bachmann, Paul) that may very well win, but that "silent majority" is going to expect them to govern. And they won't. Instead they will launch "investigations" into Obama's citizenship and they will vote the Republican Party line that will not benefit the majority of middle-class Americans who have been bamboozled by the Koch brothers and Dick Armey, but the corporations and rich folks that are the Republicans bread and butter. If that's the case, I think not only will Obama win reelection but the control of the House will also be short-lived.
riddler78 saidChristian73 saidCertainly, the polls are closing in and mostly in favor of Democrats. That doesn't mean that they won't lose the House, but I do think they'll keep the majority. And, I think he is more prescient in terms of what will be the long-term view of those candidates (Angle, Bachmann, Paul) that may very well win, but that "silent majority" is going to expect them to govern. And they won't. Instead they will launch "investigations" into Obama's citizenship and they will vote the Republican Party line that will not benefit the majority of middle-class Americans who have been bamboozled by the Koch brothers and Dick Armey, but the corporations and rich folks that are the Republicans bread and butter. If that's the case, I think not only will Obama win reelection but the control of the House will also be short-lived.
Coming from someone who is at the far end of extreme of the political spectrum? Sorry, the opinion just doesn't wash with the Tea Partiers who are coming out as far more mainstream and less extremist than their (sometimes violent) detractors in many cases.
Christian73 saidriddler78 saidChristian73 saidCertainly, the polls are closing in and mostly in favor of Democrats. That doesn't mean that they won't lose the House, but I do think they'll keep the majority. And, I think he is more prescient in terms of what will be the long-term view of those candidates (Angle, Bachmann, Paul) that may very well win, but that "silent majority" is going to expect them to govern. And they won't. Instead they will launch "investigations" into Obama's citizenship and they will vote the Republican Party line that will not benefit the majority of middle-class Americans who have been bamboozled by the Koch brothers and Dick Armey, but the corporations and rich folks that are the Republicans bread and butter. If that's the case, I think not only will Obama win reelection but the control of the House will also be short-lived.
Coming from someone who is at the far end of extreme of the political spectrum? Sorry, the opinion just doesn't wash with the Tea Partiers who are coming out as far more mainstream and less extremist than their (sometimes violent) detractors in many cases.
Please cite just one example of the extremist and violent Tea Party detractors. I don't recall Obama calling for "second Amendment" remedies. I'm hard pressed to find a Democrat who wants to force women raped by their father's to bear his child. I haven't seen a Democratic ad that plays obviously on racism against Hispanics. And I haven't seen someone on the left saying that there's no separation of Church and State.
Frankly, putting aside our differences, you're too smart to have actually drank the Kool-Aid of the Tea Baggers. You know it's mostly AstroTurf bullshit pushing the agenda of the rich and powerful corporations.
riddler78 saidSorry, I side with at least the ideals of the Tea Partiers as apparently a majority of Americans do in some opinion polls rejecting some of the largescale changes aimed at transforming the US economy like the healthcare bill which I presume you would acknowledge doesn't even solve any of the problems that initial supporters claimed it would.
GQjock saidThis is emblematic of the slew that they are trying to pawn on us
The 10 most terrifying would-be congressmen
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/10/25/under_radar_candidates/slideshow.html
Posiden saidriddler78 saidSorry, I side with at least the ideals of the Tea Partiers as apparently a majority of Americans do in some opinion polls rejecting some of the largescale changes aimed at transforming the US economy like the healthcare bill which I presume you would acknowledge doesn't even solve any of the problems that initial supporters claimed it would.
You teabaggers are so delusional. The majority of Americans agree with the health care bill and think it doesn't go far enough.
Nothing more than a cult of paranoia.
mocktwinkie saidPosiden saidriddler78 saidSorry, I side with at least the ideals of the Tea Partiers as apparently a majority of Americans do in some opinion polls rejecting some of the largescale changes aimed at transforming the US economy like the healthcare bill which I presume you would acknowledge doesn't even solve any of the problems that initial supporters claimed it would.
You teabaggers are so delusional. The majority of Americans agree with the health care bill and think it doesn't go far enough.
Nothing more than a cult of paranoia.
Yep, that's why Harry Reid and Pelosi are loved by the majority of Americans (the ones who wanted to go "all the way", mind you).
Posiden saidmocktwinkie saidPosiden saidriddler78 saidSorry, I side with at least the ideals of the Tea Partiers as apparently a majority of Americans do in some opinion polls rejecting some of the largescale changes aimed at transforming the US economy like the healthcare bill which I presume you would acknowledge doesn't even solve any of the problems that initial supporters claimed it would.
You teabaggers are so delusional. The majority of Americans agree with the health care bill and think it doesn't go far enough.
Nothing more than a cult of paranoia.
Yep, that's why Harry Reid and Pelosi are loved by the majority of Americans (the ones who wanted to go "all the way", mind you).
I hate democrats, but I hate republicans a lot more.
mocktwinkie saidPosiden saidmocktwinkie saidPosiden saidriddler78 saidSorry, I side with at least the ideals of the Tea Partiers as apparently a majority of Americans do in some opinion polls rejecting some of the largescale changes aimed at transforming the US economy like the healthcare bill which I presume you would acknowledge doesn't even solve any of the problems that initial supporters claimed it would.
You teabaggers are so delusional. The majority of Americans agree with the health care bill and think it doesn't go far enough.
Nothing more than a cult of paranoia.
Yep, that's why Harry Reid and Pelosi are loved by the majority of Americans (the ones who wanted to go "all the way", mind you).
I hate democrats, but I hate republicans a lot more.
Why?
Posiden saidriddler78 saidSorry, I side with at least the ideals of the Tea Partiers as apparently a majority of Americans do in some opinion polls rejecting some of the largescale changes aimed at transforming the US economy like the healthcare bill which I presume you would acknowledge doesn't even solve any of the problems that initial supporters claimed it would.
You teabaggers are so delusional. The majority of Americans agree with the health care bill and think it doesn't go far enough.
Posiden saidmocktwinkie saidPosiden saidmocktwinkie saidPosiden saidriddler78 saidSorry, I side with at least the ideals of the Tea Partiers as apparently a majority of Americans do in some opinion polls rejecting some of the largescale changes aimed at transforming the US economy like the healthcare bill which I presume you would acknowledge doesn't even solve any of the problems that initial supporters claimed it would.
You teabaggers are so delusional. The majority of Americans agree with the health care bill and think it doesn't go far enough.
Nothing more than a cult of paranoia.
Yep, that's why Harry Reid and Pelosi are loved by the majority of Americans (the ones who wanted to go "all the way", mind you).
I hate democrats, but I hate republicans a lot more.
Why?
If Republicans lost their socially conservative, bible thumping, backward, "the poor are poor because they're lazy" thinking I would vote for them in a heartbeat.
mocktwinkie saidPosiden saidmocktwinkie saidPosiden saidmocktwinkie saidPosiden saidriddler78 saidSorry, I side with at least the ideals of the Tea Partiers as apparently a majority of Americans do in some opinion polls rejecting some of the largescale changes aimed at transforming the US economy like the healthcare bill which I presume you would acknowledge doesn't even solve any of the problems that initial supporters claimed it would.
You teabaggers are so delusional. The majority of Americans agree with the health care bill and think it doesn't go far enough.
Nothing more than a cult of paranoia.
Yep, that's why Harry Reid and Pelosi are loved by the majority of Americans (the ones who wanted to go "all the way", mind you).
I hate democrats, but I hate republicans a lot more.
Why?
If Republicans lost their socially conservative, bible thumping, backward, "the poor are poor because they're lazy" thinking I would vote for them in a heartbeat.
But we have to help them move in a socially tolerant direction to be consistent with their own ideas about freedom and liberty. Otherwise, they are more aligned with the true principles of liberalism. I think many republicans are making progress on issues such as gay rights and they will continue to move more in that direction.
mocktwinkie saidPosiden said
I hate democrats, but I hate republicans a lot more.
Why?