So there's no organization and no real leadership...
There are groups of organizations that are loosely tied together than within those organizations have more localized groups, each with their own leaderes but no over all national leadership. Yes. That's why its a MOVEMENT not a political party.
So...you cant really tell whose a teabagger and who isnt?
No more than you can tell whose an anti-war ***** or not.
Isn't calling people names fun?
No, its a single bullet point because ... I know this may be shocking ... I'm following the rules of the forum and not cutting and pasting the entire thing thus violating our Fair Use rules. Since I'm actually trying to adhere to Debate Politics rules I simply posted the bullet point for each of the views and left out the actual statements concerning them. That is why I stated EXACTLY that in my post and gave a link to the full document. Perhaps you want to read it, or read my post, or read anything, but I'm sure you're just too busy wanting to spit out insults.
Slightly more specific, getting better.
As above.
Ok, how do you want to achieve that?
As above.
As above.
Yet AGAIN with the vague.
As above. You really don't bother to actually READ what people right do you? Its just a chant for you to run off and rant?
I'm sensing a trend here.
So am I. As above.
Guess what I'm going to say here
This doesnt even make sense.
I'm sure it doesn't to someone that doesn't bother to read anything that's written.
As above.
As above.
No, it's a frickin' grocery list. This isnt a platform, it's a list of vague ideas that are neither formed nor apparently very well thought out.
No, its bullet points from what I stated is "essentially" the only thing one could attempt to claim as a psuedo-platform for the POLITICAL MOVEMENT of the Tea Party.
Here, this is a political platform
Socialist Party USA
Agree with it or not, it goes into detail, spells out specific steps and goals to take to achieve an end goal. You have a rough draft, I write grocery lists more complicated than that. I love the enthusiasm, but lets see some specific plans
That's not a political platform, that's just a link! You're too Vague!
See, its annoying when people ignorantly respond rather than reading and becoming informed first.
Yes. Congratulations, you found a true "platform". Note also you found an actual POLITICAL PARTY! Notice that I've said...and I know that's difficult because it'd require you to have read through the various posts you're responding to...that the Tea Party, unlike the Socialist Party, is not a POLITICAL PARTY but a group that is a political movement. While a Political Party has to have an official and stated platform, a movement generally does not. They tend to have a general philosophy and ideological view point. As I stated, the Contract from America is the closest thing to that you can find for the Tea Party and the closest thing to an idea and policy statement that is near universally held by the loose grouping known as the Tea Party.
Theory is nice but it isnt a plan.
Correct, its why its in the realm of a political movement, not a political party. Its a generalized view and set of principles with generalized ideas regarding it that provide a baseline for politicians to see what it is that is important to those individuals that represent the movement and what they should use as a foundation to build their legislation and actual plans from.
