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Yet the event was equally noteworthy for its absences, including that of Sen. Scott Brown. The fiscally conservative, small government, anti-Obama movement has claimed the Republican as its proudest accomplishment after he upset Democrats in this historically blue state and claimed the U.S. Senate seat held for nearly a half-century by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
Officially, Brown's staff says he's too busy with his congressional duties — but he also kept the movement at a respectful distance during his campaign last winter.
If he gets too close, the freshman senator, who's still getting used to his national profile, risks being aligned with the tea party's more radical elements, which have questioned the legitimacy of everything from President Barack Obama's U.S. birthplace to his college degree.
"His 'business in Congress' is getting re-elected in 2012, and to do that, he needs to present a moderate image. Going to a tea party rally is about the last thing he needs," said Jeffrey Berry, a political science professor at Brown's alma mater, Tufts University.
Tea party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, tend to be Republican, white, male, and married, and their strong opposition to the Obama administration is more rooted in political ideology than anxiety about their personal economic situation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated - NYTimes.com
Let me see, that must make the critics, democrats, minorities, poorly educated, female or maybe somewhere in between, divorced,in favor of Oboma, no knowledge of politics and a deep anxiety of their personal economic situation. Seems right to me!!
Tea party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, tend to be Republican, white, male, and married, and their strong opposition to the Obama administration is more rooted in political ideology than anxiety about their personal economic situation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated - NYTimes.com
Let me see, that must make the critics, democrats, minorities, poorly educated, female or maybe somewhere in between, divorced,in favor of Oboma, no knowledge of politics and a deep anxiety of their personal economic situation. Seems right to me!!
Let's see....I'm white, male, straight, with a doctorate, and make more money in one week than the typical Tea Partier makes in a year. And a Tea Partier I am not. The Tea Partier types that I know of clean my toilets in my office buildings though.
Let's see....I'm white, male, straight, with a doctorate, and make more money in one week than the typical Tea Partier makes in a year. And a Tea Partier I am not. The Tea Partier types that I know of clean my toilets in my office buildings though.
Well....this Teabagger hits between $800,000 and $100,000,000. I work about seven months.
Let's see....I'm white, male, straight, with a doctorate, and make more money in one week than the typical Tea Partier makes in a year. And a Tea Partier I am not. The Tea Partier types that I know of clean my toilets in my office buildings though.
Actually, most people with a doctorate don't make that much. How should I know? I am pursuing one and work with many.
Actually, most people with a doctorate don't make that much. How should I know? I am pursuing one and work with many.
Wanna compare our manhood sizes?
You are pursuing one? Does that mean you are not one? Give me a break. Go finish your schooling.
I don't know about doctorates not making much. I suppose cardiologists don't make that much money anymore. My net worth was helped by it, though most of it now comes from investments unrelated to my field.
You are pursuing one? Does that mean you are not one? Give me a break. Go finish your schooling.
I don't know about doctorates not making much. I suppose cardiologists don't make that much money anymore. My net worth was helped by it, though most of it now comes from investments unrelated to my field.
I still think Tea Partiers are stupid.
I know I make more than my neurologist. And work less too.
But, he isn't full of mud and drilling fluids at the end of the day...
The people who are collecting Socialism Security benefits today are receiving way more money out of it than they contributed. If this were not true then the program would not be paying out more than it takes in. Please explain how someone who contributed $300 or $400 per month to Socialism Security while they were working and are receiving $800 or $1000 a month today in Socialism Security benefits today are getting out what they put in?
Also explain how someone who is 62 years old, fat, diabetic with heart issues with emphysema from years of smoking; has had a triple bypass and is on dialysis is being treated under Medicare for the same $150 a month that they contributed while they were working? These people are bankrupting America far faster than giving general healthcare to 5 year olds ever would. But the anti-Healthcare Reform crowd is a bunch of greedy, selfish old s-o-b-s.
Further, the Tea Party did not protest the destructive policies and decision making of George W Bush. It was not until John McCain lost his bid for the White House that the Tea Party movement mobilized against what they feared most....a Black President of the United States.
The Tea Party people are the ones who have "no problem" with Black people as long as they stay in "their own neighborhoods", don't date/marry their daughter, and they don't have to hire them.
The social security system has been set up like this from day one. And people are forced to pay into these programs. And they were promised to get benefits. That was governments choice. Not theirs.
The Tea Party started in 2007. It was in response to the runaway spending of the Bush Administation. Bush was white. Maybe they feared a white man in office?
And they aren't protesting existing programs. They are protesting NEW taxes and NEW programs.
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