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Old 10-11-2013, 03:26 PM
 
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What I don't like about the Tea Party is they are an angry, uncompromising mob who think that obstructing government is a good thing, and that not cooperating with your ideological foes is the only way forward.
Oh, so you REALLY hate liberals... because they are 10X worse than a few cranks you've manged to find associated with the TEA Party movement.
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:29 PM
 
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Don't hide behind words where your true meaning is vague and wildly open to interpretation.
I don't think it was vague at all.
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:30 PM
 
Location: USA - midwest
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if they are self destructive then they would not need to be bashed and demonized.
Need it or not, I'm willing to lend a hand in the bashing they so richly deserve.

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I realize there are people against lower taxes and less spending.
The teabaggers didn't raise a peep over W's record spending/deficits/debt. They only have themselves fooled.

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The more the left demonize them the more the followers will grow.IMHO
Let's stay tuned and see how this plays out.
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:31 PM
 
Location: Littleton, CO
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What positions must the tea party take in order to be as you described?
Positions are not the issue. The capacity for compromise is.
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:34 PM
 
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The good news about the Tea Party is that it's pale, stale and male (white, old men). Thus, the likelihood of reproduction is low and slow, meaning it should disappear within the decade.

The main reason Liberals are against the Tea Party is because the Tea Party only represents about 18% of the nation (about 58 million people) and only hold about 18% of the House of Representatives (being generous in both totals). There are no Representatives in the Tea Party from New England, the mid-Atlantic or the west Coast. Yet, the Tea Party wants to force its political ideology on 100% of the nation, without compromise.

That is NOT the way our political system is supposed to work.

Last edited by seashell55; 10-11-2013 at 03:39 PM.. Reason: Typo
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:42 PM
 
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First and foremost, in the process of doing their damage to the GOP, they're doing damage to the nation as a whole, by fostering an environment where egoistic avarice is rationalized.

Second, many of us see a great value in having two legitimate parties that move the nation in a controlled matter toward progress. The destruction of the Republican party does not serve that. Rather, the building up of a strong, centrist Republican Party, repudiating the offensive nonsense of the TPs, does that.
"doing their damage to the GOP", "they're doing damage to the nation"

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I think just the opposite is what they are doing and am damn glad someone FINALLY woke up to the wasteful spending of the fed gov't. which is a GOOD thing for the country.

Considering you are neither a republican nor a conservative, why should we care WHAT you thin k about what we are doing?

To us, YOU are part the problem.
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:45 PM
 
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Smear campaign? You do mean like the smear campaign launched against Obama in the 2008 and 2012 elections, correct? With the teabaggers toting signs depicting Obama as a socialist, marxist, monkey with a bone in his nose/hair, nazi-signs showing Obama with a Hitler type mustache, and on, and on, and on, tell us please, that those people did not represent the teabaggers. Some even wore and brought firearms to Obama's and democrat town hall meetings, you mean, those teabaggers?

Yeah, is it any wonder why anyone would dislike a teabagger?

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Next thing people will claim is oh, those weren't tea party members, those were libertarians.
What you ignore is that many of those signs were the SAME ones used against W Bush.

If you can't take it, don't dish it out.
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:49 PM
 
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Don't hide behind words where your true meaning is vague and wildly open to interpretation.

Just say precisely what you mean with concrete examples. This way you have to admit your arguments are false and irrational.
We know what he means. Anyone with an opinion different from his is (fill in the blank) and should be silenced. to hell with the first Amendment.
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:51 PM
 
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I don't think it was vague at all.
Ok, then precisely nail down for me, the actions ( you must provide actual ones demonstrated by TP people en masse) which demonstrate egoistic avarice for me.
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Old 10-11-2013, 04:04 PM
 
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I see post after post in here decrying the tea party.
They are racist
evil
old
trolls
warlocks who hate woman
going to destroy the republican party.
He Liberals if it was all so true then why would you be so concerned in stopping them?
Seems you would understand if the tea party was everything you say they are then it would guarantee a liberal win in every election..
So Liberals why do you want them stopped and what is the point of the labels attacks and smear campaign?
I'm a liberal and I don't think the tea party is racist or any of those things you mentioned. There have been racist signs at Tea Party events but that doesn't mean the majority of tea partiers are racist.

I think they are pretty irrelevant to be honest. If the tea party was such a huge factor then why did Obama win re-election? Tea Party folks are just republicans that are upset with the republican party thus they don't identify as republicans.

I just think the Tea Party is wrong when it comes to just about every issue. They wanted austerity. But look what austerity has done to Europe.
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