You Can Blame The Tea Party For The Current Inept State Of Our Federal Government

[Kerry Won Ohio]

Still Tea Party on the brain, eh? Living there rent free, apparently. :shrug:

The influence of the Tea Party has waned. Tea Party movement - current status.

Are you sure you just don't need a boogie man to blame things on?

The Republican Party absorbed them. The Republican Party is now the Tea Party. Which is why the Republican Presidential candidate from 8 years ago is now an outcast and a traitor.

 

[CaughtInThe]

What a crock.

The Tea Party was about fiscal responsibility

without a doubt...

 

[eohrnberger]

Dude, if people believed your libertarian nonsense then there would be a viable libertarian party in this country. But there's not, unless you count the stupid ass Republican Tea Party.

The fundamentals hold true regardless of if there's a political movement supporting it or not.

More unwarranted leftist and liberal arrogance for all to see. 'Everyone that disagrees with me is stupid'. :roll:

The Republican Tea Party claims to believe a lot of this **** that you're spouting, but they don't. They believe in government handouts to rich Repugs, that's all they really believe in. Well, they also believe that Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya, because they are racists. That is also one of their fundamental beliefs.

And still no answer for why the Tea Party started after Obama's election. But you know why -- because they are racists.

What does 'TEA' in Tea Party actually stand for?

Taxed
Enough
Already

Oh, yeah, that's 'RACIST!' in your book isn't it? Because some people disagree with you, that makes them stupid and racist.
Stupid and racist because your ideas can't stand up on their own when challenged.

'Shut Up and Obey!' is the cry from the left to those that disagree with them.

Well nuts to that.

 

[CaughtInThe]

What a crock.

The Tea Party was about fiscal responsibility

obviously...

 

[eohrnberger]

The Republican Party absorbed them. The Republican Party is now the Tea Party. Which is why the Republican Presidential candidate from 8 years ago is now an outcast and a traitor.

Can't be bothered to actually look at a citation?

Current status


Tea Party activities have declined since 2010.[SUP][164][/SUP][SUP][165][/SUP] According to Harvard professor Theda Skocpol, the number of Tea Party chapters across the country slipped from about 1,000 to 600 between 2009 and 2012, but that this is still "a very good survival rate." Mostly, Tea Party organizations are said to have shifted away from national demonstrations to local issues.[SUP][164][/SUP] A shift in the operational approach used by the Tea Party has also affected the movement's visibility, with chapters placing more emphasis on the mechanics of policy and getting candidates elected rather than staging public events.[SUP][166][/SUP][SUP][167][/SUP]
The Tea Party's involvement in the 2012 GOP presidential primaries was minimal, owing to divisions over whom to endorse as well as lack of enthusiasm for all the candidates.[SUP][165][/SUP] However, the 2012 GOP ticket did have an influence on the Tea Party: following the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate, The New York Times declared that the once fringe of the conservative coalition, Tea Party lawmakers are now "indisputably at the core of the modern Republican Party."[SUP][168][/SUP]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#Current_status

I see: Declined. Minimal in 2012. I'm not seeing any of this 'absorbed' you've claimed. :shrug:

 

[CaughtInThe]

What a crock.

The Tea Party was about fiscal responsibility

and only fiscal responsibility...

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

The fundamentals hold true regardless of if there's a political movement supporting it or not.

More unwarranted leftist and liberal arrogance for all to see. 'Everyone that disagrees with me is stupid'. :roll:



What does 'TEA' in Tea Party actually stand for?

Taxed
Enough
Already

Oh, yeah, that's 'RACIST!' in your book isn't it? Because some people disagree with you, that makes them stupid and racist.
Stupid and racist because your ideas can't stand up on their own when challenged.

'Shut Up and Obey!' is the cry from the left to those that disagree with them.

Well nuts to that.

Why did the Tea Party start after Obama was elected President? Just a bull**** coincidence in your mind, I take it?

 

[Bullseye]

I bet he got a lot of Heinz Ketchup in his stocking.

Actually, he got into Heinz' stockings.

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

Can't be bothered to actually look at a citation?



I see: Declined. Minimal in 2012. I'm not seeing any of this 'absorbed' you've claimed. :shrug:

This is what the New York Times states in your citation:

The New York Times declared that the once fringe of the conservative coalition, Tea Party lawmakers are now "indisputably at the core of the modern Republican Party

Which is 100% correct for any intellectually honest person.

 

[eohrnberger]

Why did the Tea Party start after Obama was elected President? Just a bull**** coincidence in your mind, I take it?

References to the Boston Tea Party were part of Tax Day protests held in the 1990s and before.[21][72][73][74] In 1984, David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch of Koch Industries founded Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE), a conservative political group whose self-described mission was "to fight for less government, lower taxes, and less regulation." Congressman Ron Paul was appointed as the first chairman of the organization. The CSE lobbied for policies favorable to corporations, particularly tobacco companies.[75]

In 2002, a Tea Party website was designed and published by the CSE at web address www.usteaparty.com, and stated "our US Tea Party is a national event, hosted continuously online and open to all Americans who feel our taxes are too high and the tax code is too complicated."[76][77] The site did not take off at the time.[78] In 2003, Dick Armey became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress.[79] In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into FreedomWorks, for 501c4 advocacy activity, and the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. Dick Armey stayed as chairman of FreedomWorks, while David Koch stayed as Chairman of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. The two organizations would become key players in the Tea Party movement from 2009 onward.[80][81] Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks were "probably the leading partners" in the September 2009 Taxpayer March on Washington, also known as the "9/12 Tea Party," according to The Guardian.[82]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement#History

Need to get your facts straight. The Tea Party movement predates Obama. I believe 1990s was before Obama came onto the national political scene.

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

Need to get your facts straight. The Tea Party movement predates Obama. I believe 1990s was before Obama came onto the national political scene.

Yeah. And nobody among the Repug racist masses gave a **** until Obama was elected.

 

[CaughtInThe]

What does 'TEA' in Tea Party actually stand for?

Taxed
Enough
Already

you've nailed it...

 

[eohrnberger]

This is what the New York Times states in your citation:



Which is 100% correct for any intellectually honest person.

Funny. the congressional GOP is on the runaway spending freight train the same as the Democrats, just not nearly as bad. :shrug:

Still, the citation does show the Tea Party's fortunes are falling. That would probably make you ecstatic.

 

[veritas1]

This is what the New York Times states in your citation:



Which is 100% correct for any intellectually honest person.

Good Lord. Did you miss the $2 TRILLION dollar bill just passed? Why would these committed tea partiers do that? Your claims aren't supported by reality. Go figure.

 

[aociswundumho]

Dumb ass Right Wing White People... is why they can rip off the system, over and over and over... These types still try to cling to promoting some Ignorance as if "white is right'... and most of them don't know a damn thing about the Constitution and Certainly Have NO Respect for the Preamble... They are like "Savages", unable to know how to live in a multi-ethnic and multicultural society..... They push what was groomed into them over generation after generations of racist and ethnic Stupidity. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go our in public and look around, its like they wear a flashing beacon. One thing Slavery taught black people, and that was how to see "WHICH" white people promote the racist and bigoted and biased, self consumed money worshiping madness.... It was necessary for survival of black people to know how to discern which white people they could trust.... Its showing to be more true everyday....

The honest and true to principle Liberal White People, have no issue with Respecting Multicultural Society and they have no issue with respecting Multi-ethnic society.

lol, if that's true why then are the most progressive cities also the most racially segregated? Detroit, Chicago, Boston, etc, are filled with white liberals who absolutely refuse to live among blacks and Hispanics and will not rent to them. For example, below is a racial map of Detroit, blue dots represent black people and green dots are whites:



Democrats were the party of slavery, Jim Crow, and the KKK and nothing has changed. They are just as racist today as they've always been, they've just learned how to hide it better.

The Racial Dot Map shows the world just how segregated metro Detroit is | News Hits

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

Good Lord. Did you miss the $2 TRILLION dollar bill just passed? Why would these committed tea partiers do that? Your claims aren't supported by reality. Go figure.

That's the point. It shows how bankrupt the Tea Party bull**** philosophy of government is. They hate government until they desperately need it.

The Tea Party never really believed most of this stuff, but they have been destructive to our government, nonetheless. They were primarily racists opposing the first black President, that's all.

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

lol, if that's true why then are the most progressive cities also the most racially segregated? Detroit, Chicago, Boston, etc, are filled with white liberals who absolutely refuse to live among blacks and Hispanics and will not rent to them. For example, below is a racial map of Detroit, blue dots represent black people and green dots are whites:

Democrats were the party of slavery, Jim Crow, and the KKK and nothing has changed. They are just as racist today as they've always been, they've just learned how to hide it better.

If this were 1865, you may actually have a point. But, alas, you do not.

 

[veritas1]

That's the point. It shows how bankrupt the Tea Party bull**** philosophy of government is.

The Tea Party never really believed most of this stuff, but they have been destructive to our government, nonetheless. They were primarily racists opposing the first black President, that's all.

Great. So, if they aren't really making the government any smaller, you can stop hyperventilating. So, you really have nothing whatever to show that anyone has been destructive to our government. It's just more kneejerk TDS at work.

 

[aociswundumho]

If this were 1865, you may actually have a point. But, alas, you do not.

I provided evidence of extreme racial segregation caused by white liberals. Detroit isn't MAGA country.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Good Lord. Did you miss the $2 TRILLION dollar bill just passed? Why would these committed tea partiers do that? Your claims aren't supported by reality. Go figure.

dude.

re-read your post. do you not see how corrupt that makes these Tea Partiers look? i mean really? you don't see that?

 

[veritas1]

dude.

re-read your post. do you not see how corrupt that makes these Tea Partiers look? i mean really? you don't see that?

I'm seeing lots of whining about them shrinking government but they aren't shrinking anything. Being hypocritical is NOT the topic of this thread.

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

Great. So, if they aren't really making the government any smaller, you can stop hyperventilating. So, you really have nothing whatever to show that anyone has been destructive to our government. It's just more kneejerk TDS at work.

Nope. It's the Tea Party's whole ****ty attitude about government that is a major problem. As I explained in post #1. And they have also reduced funding to core emergency services, which is another fundamental problem:

In 2014, NIH chief Francis Collins said there likely would have been a vaccine for the Ebola outbreak if not for a 10 percent cut in NIH funding between 2010 and 2014 that included halving Ebola vaccine research. Republicans jeered.

In 2016, when President Barack Obama requested $1.9 billion to fight the Zika virus, Republicans in Congress sat on the request for seven months and then cut it nearly in half.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d:homepage/story-ans

Well, and the fact that the Tea Party are unabashed racists as well. That is also obviously a problem.

 

[CaughtInThe]

I'm seeing lots of whining about them shrinking government but they aren't shrinking anything. Being hypocritical is NOT the topic of this thread.

so you don't see how bad you just made them look.


alrighty then.

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

dude.

re-read your post. do you not see how corrupt that makes these Tea Partiers look? i mean really? you don't see that?

Introspection is not a strong point among Repugs. But hypocrisy certainly is.

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

I'm seeing lots of whining about them shrinking government but they aren't shrinking anything. Being hypocritical is NOT the topic of this thread.

Quite the contrary. The Republican Tea Party has gotten rid of a lot of critical non-defense spending:

Overall, entitlement programs continued to grow, and the Pentagon’s many friends protected its budget. And Trump has abandoned responsible budgeting. But in one area, the tea party types, with their sequesters, debt-limit standoffs and other austerity schemes, did all too well. Between 2011 and 2018, nondefense discretionary spending fell by 12 percent — and, with it, the government’s already iffy ability to prevent and ameliorate public health emergencies unraveled.