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It's tempting to see Bennett's loss as a sign of the GOP's demise and/or an exercise in "purging", but mostly it seems to be due to the quirky way that Utah's GOP chooses its candidates, which is disproportionately controlled by the most extreme & ideologically-driven in the party.
LOL, and the leftists still insist the Tea Party is a mostly conservative, right-wing group? They'll can't admit to themselves what we all see, that it's a grassroots movement made up of fed-up voters who hail from both parties that are sick to death of Big Government being in bed with Big Business.
"The latest Tea Party success story is the loss of Salt Lake City's Bob Bennett who came in third at the Salt Lake City Republican convention. Why did the Tea Party go after a Republican conservative? Because he voted fro TARP, the bank bailout."
I'm not surprised the mainstream media ignored this story because it totally dismantles their "Tea Party is full of right-wing rednecks" stereotype that they've worked so hard to create.
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LOL, and the leftists still insist the Tea Party is a mostly conservative, right-wing group? They'll can't admit to themselves what we all see, that it's a grassroots movement made up of fed-up voters who hail from both parties that are sick to death of Big Government being in bed with Big Business.
"The latest Tea Party success story is the loss of Salt Lake City's Bob Bennett who came in third at the Salt Lake City Republican convention. Why did the Tea Party go after a Republican conservative? Because he voted fro TARP, the bank bailout."
I'm not surprised the mainstream media ignored this story because it totally dismantles their "Tea Party is full of right-wing rednecks" stereotype that they've worked so hard to create.
Teabaggers may be alot of things, but "representative" ain't among them.
"For example: Just three out of every 10 Republican delegates are women, according to The Tribune survey. By contrast, 55 percent of GOP voters in the 2008 election were women, according to the Utah Foundation. For Democrats, 43 percent of delegates and 60 percent of voters are women.
"Why does Utah have the lowest number of elected female officials in the country?" Jowers asked. "Now we know a good clue. ... There are not enough women who are part of our system who are making these selections."
The Tribune poll found 87 percent of GOP delegates were Mormons. While statewide, about 60 percent of Utahns are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
And the Utah Foundation poll, conducted by The Cicero Group, found a wide disconnect between the views of the delegates from both parties, and voters from respective parties and at large."
Although the pattern is an excellent example of Teabaggers habit of insisting that "the few represent the many", even while as Bennett ironically puts it, "What you're doing is deliberately trying to eliminate the participation of the people in choosing a nominee."
Yep, another one bites the dust. This thread will surely be ignored by the GOP faithful as they would much rather remain in denial of the iminent demise of their party.
What are you talking about ? Its called our political process at work. For all of you that have been drinking off of olberman/maddows kool-aide bottle, I would challenge you to actually look at the facts, republicans have actually been doing quite well as far as getting elected since tfbpotus has been in office. Right now the republican candidate for congress in tfbpotus's birth place in Hawaii is doing very well.
What are you talking about ? Its called our political process at work. For all of you that have been drinking off of olberman/maddows kool-aide bottle, I would challenge you to actually look at the facts, republicans have actually been doing quite well as far as getting elected since tfbpotus has been in office. Right now the republican candidate for congress in tfbpotus's birth place in Hawaii is doing very well.
The only reason why Dijou is doing well in Hawaii is because two Democrats are running for the seat. He might win next week, but is not going to win in November.
LOL, and the leftists still insist the Tea Party is a mostly conservative, right-wing group? They'll can't admit to themselves what we all see, that it's a grassroots movement made up of fed-up voters who hail from both parties that are sick to death of Big Government being in bed with Big Business.
"The latest Tea Party success story is the loss of Salt Lake City's Bob Bennett who came in third at the Salt Lake City Republican convention. Why did the Tea Party go after a Republican conservative? Because he voted fro TARP, the bank bailout."
I'm not surprised the mainstream media ignored this story because it totally dismantles their "Tea Party is full of right-wing rednecks" stereotype that they've worked so hard to create.
They are indeed a mostly conservative rightwingers.
A quick breakdown shows that 75% of tea party people are conservative, 66% usually or always vote Republican and 53% say they have a favorable view of George W. Bush (the poster child for big government being in bed with big business).
Teabaggers may be alot of things, but "representative" ain't among them.
"For example: Just three out of every 10 Republican delegates are women, according to The Tribune survey. By contrast, 55 percent of GOP voters in the 2008 election were women, according to the Utah Foundation. For Democrats, 43 percent of delegates and 60 percent of voters are women.
"Why does Utah have the lowest number of elected female officials in the country?" Jowers asked. "Now we know a good clue. ... There are not enough women who are part of our system who are making these selections."
The Tribune poll found 87 percent of GOP delegates were Mormons. While statewide, about 60 percent of Utahns are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
And the Utah Foundation poll, conducted by The Cicero Group, found a wide disconnect between the views of the delegates from both parties, and voters from respective parties and at large."
Although the pattern is an excellent example of Teabaggers habit of insisting that "the few represent the many", even while as Bennett ironically puts it, "What you're doing is deliberately trying to eliminate the participation of the people in choosing a nominee."
According to Gallup and a few other polls, Tea Partiers fit right in with everyday, average Americans, across the board.
A quick breakdown shows that 75% of tea party people are conservative, 66% usually or always vote Republican and 53% say they have a favorable view of George W. Bush (the poster child for big government being in bed with big business).
So about 75% more conservative and 75% more republican then the rest of country "fits right in"?
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