Yeah, it's hard for me to find many redeeming qualities in that hardcore social conservatism of the republican party, and that seems the main complaint with most people from my generation and younger.
Off topic, but now that he has been out of office for awhile, how socially conservative do you think Bush Jr. Was? It seems most of that agenda was designed to secure the political support of the religious right, as opposed to being part of his core political values.
I have a lot of libertarian views, but I abhor the Libertarian Party. It is a sad joke, 43 years and they have not ever elected anyone to any high office, just the unopposed flood control boards and the like. They will never get anywhere because everyone in it is so fixated on their individualism that it makes any kind of agreements or compromise impossible.
what is FR?
Anyone who will demean the Tea Party Movement is HOJ's new found bud. :lol: John McCain along with the Republican Elites don't like the new candidates that were elected with Tea Party support who are younger, full of energy and ready to challenge the status quo. They haven't been there long enough to get tainted by Washington and the old foggies don't much care for them challenging them. The Tea Party Movement is a call to return to the Constitutional first principles, shrink the size of an over bloated Federal government and demand fiscal responsibility from Washington. Apparently that is too much of a threat to many.
I'm a Libertarian.. not a republican... not a tea partier.
please, learn the difference.
Free Republic. A political forum of the far right adolescent type. Put on a haz-mat suit before you visit.
I have a lot of libertarian views, but I abhor the Libertarian Party. It is a sad joke, 43 years and they have not ever elected anyone to any high office, just the unopposed flood control boards and the like. They will never get anywhere because everyone in it is so fixated on their individualism that it makes any kind of agreements or compromise impossible.
Free Republic. A political forum of the far right adolescent type. Put on a haz-mat suit before you visit.
If you are a Libertarian, what is your place in this conundrum?
The right equivilent of DU (Democratic Underground).
So, does the 'Tea Party' form a third-party option for the lunatic fringe or do they fade away without the Republican Party veneer of legitimacy? I'm saying they disappear as suddenly as they appeared.
Yeah, there's some pretty bad cesspools out there for political discourse, but Free Republic is one of the worst.
I have a lot of libertarian views, but I abhor the Libertarian Party. It is a sad joke, 43 years and they have not ever elected anyone to any high office, just the unopposed flood control boards and the like. They will never get anywhere because everyone in it is so fixated on their individualism that it makes any kind of agreements or compromise impossible.
That's precisely why I don't support the Tea Party. That youthful anti-elite, anti-establishment attitude reminds me of the New Left of the 1960s. I just don't like the right-wing version of the hippies. They are too naive, too intransigent, and too democratic.
Well, I'm not a "leftist", I voted for McCain in the Senate primary and general election, and for president. But, don't let facts get in the way of things.
their individualism isn't what will keep them out of high office....lack of money , lack of national infrastructure, and lack of a fair playing field will.
hell, we don't get invited to presidential debates, and we can't afford to put on our own multimillion dollar prime time spectacle either.... according to the media and most voters, nobody exists outside of Dems and Reps.
for now, libertarians are left to operate within the major parties... mostly the Republican party , as the Democratic party is very hostile towards us kind of folks.
That's precisely why I don't support the Tea Party. That youthful anti-elite, anti-establishment attitude reminds me of the New Left of the 1960s. I just don't like the right-wing version of the hippies. They are too naive, too intransigent, and too democratic.
I haven't seen the specifics of why the Libertarian candidate for governor in Virginia was kept out of the next debate but he is getting 8%hell, we don't get invited to presidential debates
Especially with the Koch letter distancing themselves from this TeaTechnique and what happened to T-Bills Tuesday nightand we can't afford to put on our own multimillion dollar prime time spectacle either.
Conservative posters simply will not walk back any of the stuff from these websites or TeaTalkTurds..
But watch them jump on the 1st Dem. politician..
This 6-week thing..
Do give TEAts credit for knowing it ends on the 50th anniv. of JFK.
same place as always...on the outside whining and bitching about the children on the inside ****ing things up.:lol:
If you don't buy the Tea Party swill hook, line, and sinker, you are a 'leftist'. Or a RINO.
If you don't buy the Tea Party swill hook, line, and sinker, you are a 'leftist'. Or a RINO.
it seems you have a number of conservatives criticisng the tea party in this very thread.
same place as always...on the outside whining and bitching about the children on the inside ****ing things up.:lol: