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The Tea Party Is.....

What is the Tea Party to America?


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but see that is of little importance. As soon as the Tea party starts talking about prayer in school, and gay marriage, you may have a point, but if you read what I wrote, its an economic movement, that's all. trying to typecast it as a republican movement is not accurate.

But the people the tea party have backed for political office, are social conservatives, and they are going to vote on things of that nature, so it needs to be acknowledged.
 
but see that is of little importance. As soon as the Tea party starts talking about prayer in school, and gay marriage, you may have a point, but if you read what I wrote, its an economic movement, that's all. trying to typecast it as a republican movement is not accurate.

Rev, the candidates the Tea Party supported did talk about those things.

The Tea Party is a bunch of people exercising their rights in the US and working to change the country in a way they see as better. In that fashion, it is a strong positive. Their vision of a better US is simplistic and unrealistic and they tend to support candidates who are the worst of the republican party. In that fashion, it is a strong negative. Things are rarely simply.
 
But the people the tea party have backed for political office, are social conservatives, and they are going to vote on things of that nature, so it needs to be acknowledged.

Heh, great minds...
 
But the people the tea party have backed for political office, are social conservatives, and they are going to vote on things of that nature, so it needs to be acknowledged.



rand paul is a social conservative?
 
see, instead of providing some sort of proof, you attack me. here's what i'm talkin' 'bout:

Tea Party Supporters: Who They Are and What They Believe - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

again, numersous is not how most people would describe black membership to the tea party.




Here are the black Tea Party members the media can’t seem to find | The Silent Majority

Black Republicans offer hope after Barack Obama's failures on race - Telegraph



And pointing out you called us a racist movement is not attacking you.
 
ha ha from liblady's link


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so only 18% are "always republican"....
 
He opposes Same Sex Marriage, he opposes abortion, he opposes medical marijuana, he has alot of social conservative beliefs.


So does Obama, except for abortion.


Also I believe abortion is not just a social conservative standpoint, but the ultimate libertarian one as life is the ultimate thing that needs protecting.
 
So does Obama, except for abortion.


Also I believe abortion is not just a social conservative standpoint, but the ultimate libertarian one as life is the ultimate thing that needs protecting.

How is saying "So does Obama" a sufficient rebuttal?
 
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I think the Tea Party is good. We need to have protests that tell our government that we are on a path of unsustainable spending.
 
How is saying "So does Obama" a sufficient rebuttal?




Well easy, it shows that your point is irrellevant as democrats and tea party detractors voted for a candidate who was against the same things you just mentioned. It shows this is an economic movement and not a racial or social one/.
 
YOU RACIST!!!!!! :2razz:

Just out of curiosity, why are you so hung up on the tea party being a white movement? So what? Why does that automiatically make it racist? Yeah, the Tea Party is mostly dissatisfied white people. Does the fact that a group of predominately white people got together to protest inherently mean that it is a racially motivated movement? Perhaps it says something else. Could you think of what else it could mean?
 
I think the rev is right on the idea that it is a combination of different things including a strain of libertarianism. The seem to combine right wing populism, right wing libertarianism, a hatred of unions, opposition to most progressive reforms and developments over the last fifty years and the Wal Mart brand of republicanism.

All of those things are despicable in and of themselves. When you mix it all together, you have the Long Island Iced tea party of politics. Their totality is much worse than merely the sum of each of its parts. I expect only of of two things will happen with it:
1) they pretty much take over lock, stock and barrel complete control of the Republican party nominating Christine O'Donnell type candidates all across the land including some wingnut for President,
2) being denied that by the Wall Street wing of the GOP, they begin to drift away and eventually form a third party only to see that fall apart in short order due to lack of funding and central leadership.
 
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