Obsession with the Tea Party

[bedub1]

The Tea Party at one point was constantly in the news. Now they are a long forgotten group, like Occupy Wall Street. Some people seem to still be hell-bent on keeping them in the news. Why? What is peoples obsession with the Tea Party? Why can't we just leave it alone and drop it? What is it about the Tea party that exacts such strong emotion?

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I suppose because, it holds some sort of an ideal of society we all once held as children.
Even if we've since become disillusioned by the crushing realities, I know that at the time I could have sworn I saw that stuffed bear pass the sugar bowl to Superman.

[Phatscotty]

If you can understand why some people are so obsessed with hating America, and you understand the way the Left hates, and understand that the Tea Party IS Constitutional values and limited government and individual Liberty, then it's pretty easy to see why there is so much obsession. Hating the Tea Party an easy correlation for those who spend much of their time hating America.

[notyou2]

The teaparty in it's infancy probably had some noble ideals and objectives, but due to it's own popularity was infiltrated by vote seeking political hacks and repugnants and no longer has the ideals and morals it may have striven to achieve. It was a victim of it's own initial appeal.

[bedub1]

The teaparty in it's infancy probably had some noble ideals and objectives, but due to it's own popularity was infiltrated by vote seeking political hacks and repugnants and no longer has the ideals and morals it may have striven to achieve. It was a victim of it's own initial appeal.

Yeah it doesn't matter if you come up with a brilliant awesome humanitarian idea. Some asshole will come long and figure out how to subvert it for his/her own gain.

[Phatscotty]

The teaparty in it's infancy probably had some noble ideals and objectives, but due to it's own popularity was infiltrated by vote seeking political hacks and repugnants and no longer has the ideals and morals it may have striven to achieve. It was a victim of it's own initial appeal.

Yeah it doesn't matter if you come up with a brilliant awesome humanitarian idea. Some asshole will come long and figure out how to subvert it for his/her own gain.

That does not mean it was subverted. It just means things don't always go perfectly, and the world is full of greedy assholes IE humans. The media was 100 times more effective neutralizing the Tea Party than any infiltrators.

[notyou2]

So you agree?

[Phatscotty]

Unfortunately, the Tea Party to many people on the left is "Sarah Palin is stupid and Christine O'donnel is a witch. That's all we need to know about the Tea Party".

[notyou2]

Dodge.

[pimpdave]

False equivalency with OWS. The Tea Party got elected. Michelle Fucking Bachman got elected. The Tea Party is a much bigger deal than OWS because they're actively acting as puppets to the rich to allow them to continue to rob us blind. We need some trust busting too.

[warmonger1981]

Wondering if anyone can take off their blinders and see both parties work for the same cause. Its just that republicans try to keep more money for their rich friends while making new tax exempt loop holes for big money to funnel through. Democrats on the other hand say they are helping people to form some type of utopia that will in the long run make only two social classes, the rich and poor. Guess where both parties end up? Rich of course. Everybody is getting played and they dont even know it. Wake up people and start standing as independent thinkers instead of sheep branded with an R or D. Like governments work for the people. What a joke! Governments of this world work for corporations and your the money supply.. So keep buying more crap and keep marching to your death.

[Phatscotty]

False equivalency with OWS. The Tea Party got elected. Michelle Fucking Bachman got elected. The Tea Party is a much bigger deal than OWS because they're actively acting as puppets to the rich to allow them to continue to rob us blind. We need some trust busting too.

I live in her district. She isn't going anywhere. She got elected, and re-elected, despite the Democrats making her target #1 and spending more money against her than anyone else. They ran this Teryl Clark trick (owned by George Soros), she got her monkey ass whipped

[Phatscotty]

Wondering if anyone can take off their blinders and see both parties work for the same cause. Its just that republicans try to keep more money for their rich friends while making new tax exempt loop holes for big money to funnel through.

Are you sure Democrats don't do this???????????????

Yes, the Republicans are full of jackasses, but they are trying to address that and change the party (meeting resistance every step of the way, even from the most liberal democrats)

[warmonger1981]

They do but they disguise it better. Just like people will screw you then throw a charity event. OOHH the poor children.

[Phatscotty]

Generally, I am not down with the entitlement shop til u drop situation. Democrats keep trying to invent new special rights and privileges and monetary benefits in EVERY area possible, so I must oppose them, even when the main opposition is not perfect.

There are many good Democrats who care about issues deeply, but the Democrat party was taken over by the radical Progressives a long time ago.