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What is the Tea Party? Please explain!

I love people on message boards who see themselves as active participant, judge and jury. It makes it so easy for you to always WIN.

btw - did you analyze the other 159,999 google hits on the phrase?

And you keep trying to change the main point. If thse people are indeed "strict Constitutionalists" as claimed in this thread, why do so many simply not even know what is in the document. Tea partier O'Donnell looked like a complete fool asking what was in the first amnedment during her debate. For a "strict Constitutionalist' that tea partier had one empty tea pot.

Really - honestly Rev..... be truthful here..... are you really taking the position that you have never heard or read any conservative take the position confusing the contents of the Declaration with the contents of the Constitution?
 
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haymarket said:
I love people on message boards who see themselves as active participant, judge and jury. It makes it so easy for you to always WIN.

btw - did you analyze the other 159,999 google hits on the phrase?

And you keep trying to change the main point. If thse people are indeed "strict Constitutionalists" as claimed in this thread, why do so many simply not even know what is in the document. Tea partier O'Donnell looked like a complete fool asking what was in the first amnedment during her debate. For a "strict Constitutionalist' that tea partier had one empty tea pot.
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the partisan hackery is strong with you.......


face it you lost, give it up. The Tea Party turned this election on its head. You can make up all the lies and bull**** you want about us, but don't mistake that as you getting anywhere chief.


The onus is on you to prove you are not lying.
 
take off the blinders ref... er sorry, Rev. I gave you 160,000 references to the phrase which contain many articles on the confusion that the right wing has.

You were given your evidence. The "onus" is right back on you to accept reality.

Again I ask you in all seriousness, are you really taking the position that you have never heard or seen anyone confuse the two documents?

And who is this "us" you talk about with the Tea Party and their willing of elections? That is really confusing. I checked the official ballots of all fifty US states and guess what? There was not Tea Party to be found as being on the ballot as a party with candidates who won any election of any kind yesterday. There were Republicans who won. There were Democrats who won. But try as I might I just cannot find anybody who ran on a Tea Party and won.

So who is this "us" you take pride in from yesterdays elections?
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
the partisan hackery is strong with you.......


face it you lost, give it up. The Tea Party turned this election on its head. You can make up all the lies and bull**** you want about us, but don't mistake that as you getting anywhere chief.


The onus is on you to prove you are not lying.
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at least the tea party didn't sweep.......and the loons fell flat.
 
Anybody out there in any of the fifty states where there was a Tea Party on the ballot along with the Democrat Party and the Republican Party? Somebody tried to put them on in my state but it was thrown out in a lawsuit. Perhaps they were more successful in obtaining ballot space in your state?
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Pretty damn close to a sweep, if you were an incumbent in the house, you had a very bad night because of us. :thumbs:
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now we will have gridlock. ok. as i said i am just happy people didn't vote for the out and out whack jobs. i think palin might run in 2012, what do you think?
 
liblady said:
now we will have gridlock. ok. as i said i am just happy people didn't vote for the out and out whack jobs. i think palin might run in 2012, what do you think?
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I don't know. I am not a fan of Palin but she was impressive with her analysis on Fox last night.
 
haymarket said:
Anybody out there in any of the fifty states where there was a Tea Party on the ballot along with the Democrat Party and the Republican Party? Somebody tried to put them on in my state but it was thrown out in a lawsuit. Perhaps they were more successful in obtaining ballot space in your state?
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what in the world are you babbling about? :lamo
 
liblady said:
now we will have gridlock. ok. as i said i am just happy people didn't vote for the out and out whack jobs. i think palin might run in 2012, what do you think?
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she will definitely run....obama gets second term....OBAMA '12
 
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Because defense is the #1 job of the federal govt. Domestic spending is the responsibility of the states.
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if defense is the #1 job of the federal govt. and we spend more than the rest of the world combined on it then why do we have 16 million illegals in the country? it seems to me the money spent on "defense" isn't being spent very well if we have that many people in this country that just walked across.
 
randel said:
she will definitely run....obama gets second term....OBAMA '12
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Don't be so sure. I think she likes the role of king maker. The tricky part for her is, she can't say she is or is not running. Either would make her irrelevant in the party from a power position standpoint. The conjecture empowers her.
 
from the Rev - you know the guy who wants to talk about solid intellectual discourse

what in the world are you babbling about?
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I will ask you again since the previous message seems to have gone right over your head.

Was there anything called the Tea Party on the ballot in your state yesterday? In my state we had the Democrat Party and we had the Republican Party and a few others but none of them won anything except the big two. You keep banging on your own chest boasting about "US" and how you won so big yesterday. Fine. Was the Tea Party on the ballot in your state....... or any other of the fifty states for that matter? And did they win in that ballot race?

The real question is how long can you continue to play the smart aleck dumb role before the point is obvious to everyone else but you.
 
haymarket said:
from the Rev - you know the guy who wants to talk about solid intellectual discourse



I will ask you again since the previous message seems to have gone right over your head.

Was there anything called the Tea Party on the ballot in your state yesterday? In my state we had the Democrat Party and we had the Republican Party and a few others but none of them won anything except the big two. You keep banging on your own chest boasting about "US" and how you won so big yesterday. Fine. Was the Tea Party on the ballot in your state....... or any other of the fifty states for that matter? And did they win in that ballot race?

The real question is how long can you continue to play the smart aleck dumb role before the point is obvious to everyone else but you.
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It's not even worth trying to take you seriously.....


The tea party is a movement, all those incumbents thrown out was in part due to our movement.


If you need me to make it simpler for you, I can't help you.


You seem butt hurt today. :lol:
 
Again with the urge to keep announcing how great you are performing here Rev. We are learning a great deal about you.

Now you are simply being intellectually fraudulent. You previously were proud to use the phrase "Tea Party" with the capital letters as part of it. Then you now change it to lower case, which you may or not know changes the meaning of the term. So I guess you did get the point after all.

Let me make this clear for you. Tea Party is an oxymoron. There is no such thing. The tea party is part of the right wing of the Republican Party. Please not the use of both capital and non-capital letters in that statement to distinguish the difference between them.
 
haymarket said:
Again with the urge to keep announcing how great you are performing here Rev. We are learning a great deal about you.
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You don't know about the Awesomeness? :pimpdaddy:


Now you are simply being intellectually fraudulent. You previously were proud to use the phrase "Tea Party" with the capital letters as part of it. Then you now change it to lower case, which you may or not know changes the meaning of the term. So I guess you did get the point after all.
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How about you be honest for once and do a search on my tea party posts. I have always maintained it is a movement not a party, but if you want to play dumb, who am I to stop you? :shrug:


Let me make this clear for you. Tea Party is an oxymoron. There is no such thing. The tea party is part of the right wing of the Republican Party. Please not the use of both capital and non-capital letters in that statement to distinguish the difference between them.
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This is a lie. But you keep pouting over your loss chief. :thumbs:
 
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German guy said:
Good evening,

since I'm not American, but from Europe, I would like to ask you to explain to me what the Tea Party actually is. I believe I do not really understand it, and considering the trend in journalism to look for sensations and shrill voices and events, it's a bit hard to know if it does that movement justice.

I've seen reports about obvious radicals at Tea Party events, like people who made shrill polemic comments, like comparing Obama to Hitler, or suggesting he is a Muslim out to destroy the country. Some broad-brushed things Obama did as "socialism", without really defining what they think that is, and why that's always a bad thing. I've also seen reports when people used many labels, from "constitutionalism" over "libertarianism" to "conservatism", but these terms were not defined, so I was not sure I really understand what they mean. I saw when Sarah Palin made rather heated remarks, like "don't retreat, instead reload!", comparing their fight to military action.

I admit that for me, as a European, what I've seen of the Tea Party so far didn't strike me as very likeable, some things I found even ugly. But probably that's mostly just because this movement is alien to me, and I have only seen few sensationalist reports. Also, campaigns are traditionally shriller and more polemic in the US than in Germany, so maybe I have a mild culture shock too. We guys are sometimes too cramped when it comes to politics. So I am honestly interested in your ideas, sentiments and reports.

I assume in case of any relatively spontanous political movement or ralley from any side of the political spectrum, you find these rather shrill elements. But most of the time, they are not representative, and don't really tell you much about the real intentions and complains of that movement. For example, you found quite a few shrill voices and polemics in the anti-Bush and anti-war ralleys, like the Bush-Hitler comparison or the Bush-chimp theme, but that doesn't say much about the general character and concerns of this movement.

So what is the Tea Party? Has it somethin in common with right-wing extremists in Europe? Or is it a good thing, something to bring back enthusiasm to politics, changing it for the better? Do I need to be afraid of the Tea Party, or welcome it?

Probably that is not different in case of the Tea Party. Since I assume there are people here who sympathize with the Tea Party, some maybe even actively involved, I would like to ask you: Can you explain to me, a foreigner, what you believe the Tea Party really, essentially stands for, what you like about it, what you maybe dislike about it? Of course those who disagree with the Tea Party are invited to post their impressions as well. Neutral impressions are just as welcome as polemics.

Looking forward to your replies!
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the tea party, in essence, members of the Republican party trying to 're-brand' themselves, attempting to drop the 'baggage' associated with the republican party.
 
randel said:
the tea party, in essence, members of the Republican party trying to 're-brand' themselves, attempting to drop the 'baggage' associated with the republican party.
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this is a lie. This has nothing to do with what the tea party is about. It's simply more sour grapes from the loser side of the election.
 
I consider myself conservative, not republican.

i have never embraced the social conservatism platform at the federal level, so for a long, long time, I have felt like I had no voice in the republican party. This is starting to change ever so slightly. I hope it continues trending that way.
 
so Rev
you really do not know the difference between using capital letters on a title like Tea Party and not using capital letters on a term like tea party? Do the cute smilie faces on the posts make you feel better about your misstatements that precede them?

This is taken from YOUR post on page three of this thread

The Tea Party turned this election on its head.
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but now you have changed your usage once you have been called out for it

This has nothing to do with what the tea party is about.
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I guess we should all be happy that you are indeed learning from your mistakes.

But all this is just minor. The real issue is this: there is no such political entity as the Tea Party. They were not on any state ballot yesterday.
 
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