Carter is in the race for governor!? (Decatur, Commerce: safety, financed)

[GeorgiaLakeSearch]

http://www.civicyouth.org/wp-content...ce_ForWeb1.pdf

This was the charting by race/sex of the 2012 election for 18-29 year olds in the US. It is kind of interesting. Not really related just something to do with demographics.

[JPD]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

I havent lived in Decatur for years.

Obviously, otherwise you'd know the tea party isn't as universally loved as you think it is.

[Saintmarks]

RE polls about the Tea Party:

The Tea Party has been maligned by the left ever since its inception. Others have joined the band wagon with other agendas. But the original thought was to bring people of different backgrounds together to protest the intrusion of the federal government into every area of American life and the monstrous tax burden the federal government puts on its citizens. Those that love the idea of more and more federal government intrusion have used their allies (main stream media) to marginalize it to the fringes.

I believe that a majority of Americans are sick with Washington and the burden and intrusion of the federal government in every arena. However, when anyone does something (like start a grass roots movement like the Tea Party), the left will demonize it. People of all stripes are angry with our government, but any change is met with disdain, labeling and marginalization. It is frustrating.

[JPD]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

RE polls about the Tea Party:

The Tea Party has been maligned by the left ever since its inception. Others have joined the band wagon with other agendas. But the original thought was to bring people of different backgrounds together to protest the intrusion of the federal government into every area of American life and the monstrous tax burden the federal government puts on its citizens. Those that love the idea of more and more federal government intrusion have used their allies (main stream media) to marginalize it to the fringes.

I believe that a majority of Americans are sick with Washington and the burden and intrusion of the federal government in every arena. However, when anyone does something (like start a grass roots movement like the Tea Party), the left will demonize it. People of all stripes are angry with our government, but any change is met with disdain, labeling and marginalization. It is frustrating.

Who was it that was demonizing Occupy Wall Street?

Let's not pretend it's only the left that demonizes things. It'd be extremely easy to list all sorts of things the right demonizes.

[Cameron H]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

But the original thought was to bring people of different backgrounds together to protest the intrusion of the federal government into every area of American life and the monstrous tax burden the federal government puts on its citizens.

And by "monstrous tax burden," you of course mean "among the lowest in the developed world," and by "different backgrounds" you mean "older, whiter, more conservative socially and politically, and less urban than the American population as a whole."

Anyway. As long as you stick to abstract principles such as "low taxes" and "less government intrusion," you'll find plenty of appeal with Americans. When you start backing crazed wingnuts in high-profile elections, push a budget plan that privatizes Medicare, threaten (twice) to default on the nation's financial obligations, and shut down the government...then you shouldn't be surprised when your popularity slips, even with people who like the idea of "low taxes" and "less government intrusion."

In other words, if anyone has demonized the Tea Party, it's the Tea Party.

[GeorgiaLakeSearch]

Originally Posted by JPD

Obviously, otherwise you'd know the tea party isn't as universally loved as you think it is.

And if you live outside of Decatur you will realize Obama is not our savior.

[GeorgiaLakeSearch]

Originally Posted by JPD

Who was it that was demonizing Occupy Wall Street?

Let's not pretend it's only the left that demonizes things. It'd be extremely easy to list all sorts of things the right demonizes.

The media barely criticized OWS, except FNC and some CNN anchors. There was also racism occurring at OWS, but that was not mentioned by the main stream media.

Did Tea Party events need a rape tent? Do Tea Party people sleep in a park for months? Did any Tea Partiers relieve themselves onto a police car?

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaLakeSearch

And if you live outside of Decatur you will realize Obama is not our savior.

No one said he is our "savior". I don't think anyone (okay, well maybe a few) thinks that. I know he's not our savior, but I appreciate his efforts in the face of terrific opposition from the very conservative crowd. Just too bad that he cannot program computers...

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by JPD

Obviously, otherwise you'd know the tea party isn't as universally loved as you think it is.

I never said it was universally loved. My implication was that there is grass roots support out there for it. That should be obvious.

[Cameron H]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

I never said it was universally loved. My implication was that there is grass roots support out there for it. That should be obvious.

Oh, sure, but that's a rather different claim from your blanket assertion that the Tea Party "resonates with the American people." Lots of ideologies have grassroots support in America. For example, at 39% favorable, Socialism has considerably more support than the Tea Party.

Democrats, Republicans Diverge on Capitalism, Federal Gov't

One thing I don't get is the Tea Party's reluctance to embrace its role as a radical minority. Why the insistence that they represent "the American people"?