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Old 06-23-2010, 10:37 AM
 
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It seems that if you want to be the driving force in American Politics, you should be fair game to the hard questions. Example: What would you like to cut when you cut the Federal Budget? Hmmmm, --anyone?

Why Doesn't the Media Interrogate Tea Partiers' Beliefs?

Why Doesn't the Media Interrogate Tea Partiers' Beliefs? - Newsweek

The media's enduring, and understandable, fascination with the Tea Party movement continues unabated, as this weekend's coverage demonstrates. Unfortunately, what appear to be false notions of objectivity—or perhaps a lack of interest in policy—is preventing that coverage from illuminating what the movement actually represents and what it would do if empowered.
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Old 06-23-2010, 10:43 AM
 
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How about the media asking Obama and his administration who is actually IN POWER the hard questions? Obama stays away from news outlets that would ask him tough questions, then when he does go, he has all questions pre planned and waffles for the entire 20 minutes without actually answering anything.
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Old 06-23-2010, 10:44 AM
 
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It seems that if you want to be the driving force in American Politics, you should be fair game to the hard questions. Example: What would you like to cut when you cut the Federal Budget? Hmmmm, --anyone?

Why Doesn't the Media Interrogate Tea Partiers' Beliefs?

Why Doesn't the Media Interrogate Tea Partiers' Beliefs? - Newsweek

The media's enduring, and understandable, fascination with the Tea Party movement continues unabated, as this weekend's coverage demonstrates. Unfortunately, what appear to be false notions of objectivity—or perhaps a lack of interest in policy—is preventing that coverage from illuminating what the movement actually represents and what it would do if empowered.
Sharron Angle meets the Nevada press, chokes - War Room - Salon.com
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Old 06-23-2010, 10:45 AM
 
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IMO, everyone in the Tea Party would give you a different answers.

Myself, I do not like the direction Obama is taking the county.
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Old 06-23-2010, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Lake Norman, North Carolina
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It seems that if you want to be the driving force in American Politics, you should be fair game to the hard questions. Example: What would you like to cut when you cut the Federal Budget? Hmmmm, --anyone?

Why Doesn't the Media Interrogate Tea Partiers' Beliefs?

Why Doesn't the Media Interrogate Tea Partiers' Beliefs? - Newsweek

The media's enduring, and understandable, fascination with the Tea Party movement continues unabated, as this weekend's coverage demonstrates. Unfortunately, what appear to be false notions of objectivity—or perhaps a lack of interest in policy—is preventing that coverage from illuminating what the movement actually represents and what it would do if empowered.
I don't know for sure but since jimah obama was never asked the hard questions by the liberal media either, helping jimah to win, maybe the liberal media just doesn't ask hard question anymore?
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Old 06-23-2010, 10:46 AM
 
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It seems that if you want to be the driving force in American Politics, you should be fair game to the hard questions. Example: What would you like to cut when you cut the Federal Budget? Hmmmm, --anyone?

Why Doesn't the Media Interrogate Tea Partiers' Beliefs?

Why Doesn't the Media Interrogate Tea Partiers' Beliefs? - Newsweek

The media's enduring, and understandable, fascination with the Tea Party movement continues unabated, as this weekend's coverage demonstrates. Unfortunately, what appear to be false notions of objectivity—or perhaps a lack of interest in policy—is preventing that coverage from illuminating what the movement actually represents and what it would do if empowered.
Whom would you ask? The so-called Tea Party is not a conventional political party with elected leaders and a cohesive platform. They are just people fed up with what has happened to our politics. What tees one person off may not be what tees another off. The only common denominator is anger and you can't really question anger.
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Old 06-23-2010, 10:47 AM
 
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maybe the liberal media just doesn't ask hard question anymore?
Good and fair question.
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Old 06-23-2010, 11:00 AM
 
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Personally I say cut

IRS
DOE (Education)
DOE(Energy)
CEA
CEQ
ONDCP
PIAB
ECCP
PEIA
OUA
DHHS
DHS
DOI
Within the DOJ get rid of these offices
ATF
Civil Rights Division
DEA
Tax division
Office of violence against women
Office of tribal justice
Get out of the U.N do away with any treaties we may have signed while in the U.N
Federal Reserve
Center for Minority Veterans
Center for Women Veterans
African Development Foundation
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Those are the ones I can think of right now go ahead and ask me why I want them done away with I will answer you. Just pick which ones you don't agree with.
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Old 06-23-2010, 11:04 AM
 
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Those are the ones I can think of right now go ahead and ask me why I want them done away with I will answer you. Just pick which ones you don't agree with.
Civil rights division.
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Old 06-23-2010, 11:06 AM
 
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Why do we need it? If someone commits a crime then prosecute them we do not need a special division to persecute people for so called civil rights violations. They killed someone then fine they deserve time there should be no special office for crimes committed bc of race or religion etc just prosecute them as you would anyone else.
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