How much staying power does Tea Party have?
Tea Party
in Bossier City Louisiana Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:31:37 AM
Post Author PaulRevere
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/232934/page/2
Last paragraph of the Newsweek article from above.
The political volatility of the tea partiers also raises the question of how much staying power a movement based on "anti-incumbent, anti-Washington power" can have, particularly when such sentiments are so closely intertwined with the effects of the economic downturn. The current, near-unilateral opposition on the right to the Democrats' legislative agenda has at least given focus and direction to the tea-party agitations, making alliances easier to come by. Compare such efforts to the current state of the grassroots left: having lost Bush as their primary target, liberal activists have oscillated between conducting pressure campaigns to pass Democratic bills and joining the right-wing opposition against the Democratic agenda when they feel it has fallen far short of the reforms they desire. Should the tea- party activists lose their own oppositional momentum—if the economy turns around, or if the Democrats quickly lose their grip in Washington—the absence of a more constructive platform and a stable infrastructure could mean that the insurgent network could evaporate as quickly as it came. "I don't think you're going to see a big third party movement come out of this," says Erick Erickson, a prominent conservative activist and blogger. "If the big problems go away on spending and growing government, the tea-party movement may go away altogether."
The author of the newsweek article above raises an important issue. Tea Party Patriots have to be careful that they do not cannibalize themselves by being too narrow and focusing on the troubles of the here and now only.
Tea Party Patriots need to be focused on a long term objective so that if things were to turn around significantly so that the recession were over and spending got in line and they had all of the candidates they wanted, they can sustain the passion into political valleys (which is easy) and into the peaks (which is hard).
The objective should be that Tea Party Patriots does not care who is president or who is in the house or senate. They should be here to stay and be the watchdogs that they were supposed to be all along. Tea Party Patriots needs to find their purpose by asking this, if Ronald Reagan were re-elected and conservatives had control of the house and senate, would the Tea Party go away? My answer is NO. Tea Party Patriots should therefore build it's agenda around the eventuality that they are successful and find what their role would be if they were right now.
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TomJulianPatriot
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:21:53 AM
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EVERYONE -
PLEASE - USE THIS BULLETIN I'M POSTING HERE :
SPREAD THE WORDS OF TRUTH!
THE TIME FOR SOFT LANGUAGE IS OVER!!!!
THE TIME TO WAKE UP IS NOW!!!
STAND UP & TELL OBAMA TO GO SCREW HIMSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is SWEEPING SENIOR CITIZENS under the rug -
RUNNING RIGHT OVER THE ELDERLY WHO CAN'T BARELY DEFEND THEMSELVES -
ALL TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK GOOD IN THE HISTORY BOOKS!!!!!!!
He's going to TAX OUR LIVES by FORCING us
to purchase health insurance -
WHETHER WE WANT OR NEED IT!!!!!!
And in the process
- HE'S GOING TO DESTROY -
American Senior Citizens Benefits....
to pass a LACKLUSTER & LOW-BENEFIT government health program!
BUT WHY???
WHY IS OBAMA SAYING TO HELL WITH SENIOR CITIZENS
- & -
WHY IS OBAMA TAXING OUR LIVES WITH A MANDATORY MONTHLY HEALTH BILL?????
I'LL TELL YOU WHY :
HE WANTS TO BE REELECTED!!!!!!
HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR ME....NO MATTER CLASS, AGE, GENDER...
HE ONLY CARES ABOUT HIS POLITICAL AGENDA & HIS IMAGE!!!!!!!!!
BUT WHY? WHY IS HE SO SELFISH???
BECAUSE HIS PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN A FLOP -
ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS -
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN AS MUCH OF A FAILURE :
AS THAT OF OUR FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S PRESIDENCY WAS!!!!!
IF HE DOES NOT PASS THIS SHITNIFICENT "OBAMACARE" OF HIS...
HE WILL NOT WIN THE SUPORT OR BACKING OF HIS OWN PARTY...
HE WILL NOT HAVE ANY BACKERS FOR HIS CAMPAIGN FOR REELECTION :
AND HE WILL LOSE THE PRESIDENCY TO A LEADER MORE COMPETENT THAN HIMSELF!!!!
This is why EVERY POLITICAL PARTY -
EVEN A LARGE PORTION OF HIS VERY OWN PARTY -
Had the OVERALL - UNANIMOUS consensus that Obama -
DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO BE
A CONSTRUCTIVE & EFFECTIVE LEADER!!!!
AMERICA :
IT'S TIME TO TELL THIS BASTARD THAT THE HOPE HE OFFERED
WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A FAIRY TALE TO BUY AN ELECTION!
AMERICA :
IT'S TIME TO TELL THIS BASTARD THAT CHANGE THAT
NOBODY WANTS, CAN AFFORD OR THAT'S COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY -
IS BULLSHIT!!!!
AMERICA :
IT IS TIME TO TELL THIS SORRY SACK OF CRAP
THAT WE WILL NOT BE RUN OVER BY BIG GOVERNMENT
ALL FOR HIS POLITICAL GAIN!!!!
AMERICA :
STAND UP TO OBAMA RUINING OUR GREAT NATION,
HARMING OUR SENIORS, MAKING LIFE MORE EXPENSIVE
FOR FAMILIES, BAILING OUT HUGE AUTOMAKERS BUT OVERLOOKING US!!!!!!!!
AMERICA :
STAND UP TO OBAMA & HIS LIES!
ALL AMERICA NEEDS IS A SIMPLE LAW PASSED THAT
MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO DENY MEDICAL INSURANCE TO
PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS!!!!!!!!!
WE DON'T NEED CHANGE THAT PUTS US IN HARMS WAY!
OBAMA - STOP SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE!!!!!!!!
OBAMA - CREATE JOBS - NOT DEBT!!!!
AMERICA :
TELL THIS BASTARD -
HELL NO OBAMA :
HELL NO!!!!!!
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TomJulianPatriot
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:21:46 AM
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EVERYONE -
PLEASE - USE THIS BULLETIN I'M POSTING HERE :
SPREAD THE WORDS OF TRUTH!
THE TIME FOR SOFT LANGUAGE IS OVER!!!!
THE TIME TO WAKE UP IS NOW!!!
STAND UP & TELL OBAMA TO GO SCREW HIMSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is SWEEPING SENIOR CITIZENS under the rug -
RUNNING RIGHT OVER THE ELDERLY WHO CAN'T BARELY DEFEND THEMSELVES -
ALL TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK GOOD IN THE HISTORY BOOKS!!!!!!!
He's going to TAX OUR LIVES by FORCING us
to purchase health insurance -
WHETHER WE WANT OR NEED IT!!!!!!
And in the process
- HE'S GOING TO DESTROY -
American Senior Citizens Benefits....
to pass a LACKLUSTER & LOW-BENEFIT government health program!
BUT WHY???
WHY IS OBAMA SAYING TO HELL WITH SENIOR CITIZENS
- & -
WHY IS OBAMA TAXING OUR LIVES WITH A MANDATORY MONTHLY HEALTH BILL?????
I'LL TELL YOU WHY :
HE WANTS TO BE REELECTED!!!!!!
HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR ME....NO MATTER CLASS, AGE, GENDER...
HE ONLY CARES ABOUT HIS POLITICAL AGENDA & HIS IMAGE!!!!!!!!!
BUT WHY? WHY IS HE SO SELFISH???
BECAUSE HIS PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN A FLOP -
ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS -
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN AS MUCH OF A FAILURE :
AS THAT OF OUR FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S PRESIDENCY WAS!!!!!
IF HE DOES NOT PASS THIS SHITNIFICENT "OBAMACARE" OF HIS...
HE WILL NOT WIN THE SUPORT OR BACKING OF HIS OWN PARTY...
HE WILL NOT HAVE ANY BACKERS FOR HIS CAMPAIGN FOR REELECTION :
AND HE WILL LOSE THE PRESIDENCY TO A LEADER MORE COMPETENT THAN HIMSELF!!!!
This is why EVERY POLITICAL PARTY -
EVEN A LARGE PORTION OF HIS VERY OWN PARTY -
Had the OVERALL - UNANIMOUS consensus that Obama -
DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO BE
A CONSTRUCTIVE & EFFECTIVE LEADER!!!!
AMERICA :
IT'S TIME TO TELL THIS BASTARD THAT THE HOPE HE OFFERED
WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A FAIRY TALE TO BUY AN ELECTION!
AMERICA :
IT'S TIME TO TELL THIS BASTARD THAT CHANGE THAT
NOBODY WANTS, CAN AFFORD OR THAT'S COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY -
IS BULLSHIT!!!!
AMERICA :
IT IS TIME TO TELL THIS SORRY SACK OF CRAP
THAT WE WILL NOT BE RUN OVER BY BIG GOVERNMENT
ALL FOR HIS POLITICAL GAIN!!!!
AMERICA :
STAND UP TO OBAMA RUINING OUR GREAT NATION,
HARMING OUR SENIORS, MAKING LIFE MORE EXPENSIVE
FOR FAMILIES, BAILING OUT HUGE AUTOMAKERS BUT OVERLOOKING US!!!!!!!!
AMERICA :
STAND UP TO OBAMA & HIS LIES!
ALL AMERICA NEEDS IS A SIMPLE LAW PASSED THAT
MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO DENY MEDICAL INSURANCE TO
PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS!!!!!!!!!
WE DON'T NEED CHANGE THAT PUTS US IN HARMS WAY!
OBAMA - STOP SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE!!!!!!!!
OBAMA - CREATE JOBS - NOT DEBT!!!!
AMERICA :
TELL THIS BASTARD -
HELL NO OBAMA :
HELL NO!!!!!!
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Ben7989
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Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:59:56 AM
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This is an excellent point and i believe this needs to be seriously considered by all who stand for this . The tea party movement needs to be the silent watchdogs of our constitution . It should always have been this way and it needs to stay this way . Given, we're young and still forming this group but with time and patience and a lot of work 'we the people' , we'll bring it together . The times we live in , Its sad that we are being forced to do this , but its much needed. We are not politicians , we are not great orators , we are are just the people, the lives who want to get on with our lives and the lives of our children , in the greatest country in the world .
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tyleram
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Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:32:06 AM
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Nanette, we already try to do that. The problems with government are much more complex. Considering the country we live in, why are we so surprised by the state of our government?
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mstanderson
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Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:15:28 AM
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Listen, the truth is that no one is going to take our movement seriously unless we learn how to express ourselves with good grammar. We can't take back the White House without orators like the aforementioned Ronald Reagan, my hero since I was a young boy. Orators who know how to work a crowd, who know how to move the hearts of the masses to action in order to save this great country from the corruption of government. Orators who know how to spell, and how to put in apostrophes. And therefore, I think that this post (I won't cite the grammar errors- there are many. People at home, look for them all!) represents what we need to move our Tea Party Movement away from. Sure, we're trying to put the power back in the hands of ordinary people like you and me, but we won't be able to do it unless we are able to express ourselves in a way that is clear and persuasive. Not to harp on Reagan too much, but his successor, in my opinion, as the foremost conservative orator, is Scott Brown. The man simply knows how to put words together to inspire people to do great things.
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nanette7706
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:17:35 AM
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So stop electing the usual politicians. Elect everyday average people to Congress. People who really believe in this country. Not the usual, business as usual politicians.
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tyleram
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Monday, March 01, 2010 11:55:25 PM
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I think the 17th amendment at worst is ineffective (at eliminating corruption) At best, good intentioned (eliminating corruption) The problems with state legislators appointing Senators was an unintended consequence just as much as the amendment itself. I think the left and right power conspiracies are giving way too much credit to ordinary politicians.
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SusanBrowne
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Friday, February 26, 2010 7:55:26 AM
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Tyleram
You asked if anyone believed the Constitution should be changed?
When I became so discouraged this summer, I asked the same question, and found myself on a website of - "Oh, no say it ain't so" of Constitutional Lawyers. Worst yet, most all Blue State!
They were nice enough to discuss (argue) with me for about 150 pages-the word stupid was mentioned in reference to me several times, but heck, if the shoe fits . . . But after getting a wonderful education and trial by fire, I GOT IT.
We need to repeal the 17th Amendment if we want the Country back.
The SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States)- that is Constitutional Lawyer Slang (LOL)
The SCOTUS has taken three clauses: The General Welfare Clause, the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause and ridden rough-shod over the American People and States' Rights like the Four Horsemen of the Apoclypse -
That represents about .02% of the Constitution. The 17th we can Repeal, most of the other will take Legal Linebacker work with the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) (I think) I am putting on armour again and going back on the Constitutional site and will let you know.
Please, please, don't ANYBODY think about a Constitutional Congress. The last time they had one of those was when we had the Articles of Confederation. The Congressional Delegates were sent with strict instructions: DO NOT DO ANY THING BUT AMEND THE ARTICLES!! They came back with a new Constitution. Now, I know that turned out just fine. But would you trust the same result now?????
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SusanBrowne
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Friday, February 26, 2010 7:35:32 AM
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This is a very intelligent discussion. The tsunami of unrest seems to be of the last straw variety - not knee-jerk to current conditions. My epiphany came last summer when I saw Arlan Spector in the Town Meeting. I saw his contempt. I quit believing they work for us.
I went to the Constitution to find out how we had lost our influence with the Senate. I found out we lost it in 1913, with the Seventeenth Amendment. From then on, the Federal Government sucked the power out of the States and have used this usurped power to fuel the expansion of the Federal Government to the point that the States are little more than administrators of the Federal will and we are on the brink of becoming their slaves.
Until we restore power, influence and balancing control to the States there is nothing to brake the train of run away federal government. As Tocqueville said. "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money." We have all lived to see that sorry day arrive! (Louisiana Purchase; Nebraska Handout). We have to stop this now.
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tyleram
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Friday, February 26, 2010 2:49:50 AM
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This is a link to an article about reforming Congress through a two-thirds state convention amendment to the Constitution. Makes more sense than simply voting out the "bad guys".
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100222/lessig
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apatriot4ever
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:57:43 AM
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Life, Fortune and Sacred Honor...we have pledged these and will stay true to form if it takes generations.
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independentthinker
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:49:33 PM
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Unfortunately, ‘ebrown60’ has been mesmerized by the anointed one and has no voice of his own. Maybe he will come out of his trace soon and engage in worthwhile dialogue…………….
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garywg
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:44:27 PM
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I believe that one long term goal of the Tea Party should be the elimination of the "New Class of American Royalty". If the present politicians used titles such as "Duke of Finance" or "Earl of Federal Reserve", would they be any less of a politician or more royalty. Americans need to wake up and compare their present status as compared to any politician or government employee. Look at their retirement and other benefits. In the past only the "born to rule" blue bloods were decreed entitlements such as our "government servants" get.
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ebrown60
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:44:15 PM
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Obama is great
Obama is good
You are all a bunch of faggots
From da hood
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mrsippy1d
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:43:45 PM
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Long term is the way to organize. Influencing school boards, teachers, law schools, newspapers, university faculty to relearn the reasons for our original Constitutional design and learn again to uphold it will be a lifetime or work for TeaParty groups to add the wisdom of the citizens. The office holders will need our mentoring for as long as the U.S exists.
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UnderGod
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Monday, February 22, 2010 8:50:38 PM
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INDEPENDENT THINKER! DO NOT POST NEWBUT JUST POST INTHE COMMENTS!
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independentthinker
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Sunday, February 21, 2010 12:28:03 PM
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Okay, don’t laugh….new to computers and need some help. How is it you post an article on this website?? The ones that are on the site are somewhat old and I thought I would engage but not quite sure how. Anyone with any info……….please respond. Thanks
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johntharrington
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:09:05 PM
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The tea party will have staying power with the formation of the contract from America. I also believe that the tea party needs a leader who they can rally around. I know it has been one of the unique characteristics of the tea party movement to be spontaneous and from the people, but if any movement is to survive it needs a leader.
I would like to see this leader come form the tea party movement itself instead of a career politician, but it must be someone who espouses the values of the tea party movement.
John Harrington
conservative-news-now.blogspot.com
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ElRonaldo
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:04:28 PM
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We should all be emailing and posting the following to as many county, state, and national officials as we can each reach:
SUBJECT: Re-Registration As A National Meme and a National Party Priority
Liberal leaders all over the country are conveying the message that their ideas and values are barren and bankrupt by abandoning their base in deciding not to run for reelection. They are abandoning their base to a leaderless future. Why should their base tolerate that for a single instant?
We should invite their base to abandon their lack of leadership and effective action in turn by offering all rank and file party members a chance to re-register as voters.
By making 're-register' (and yes, I do mean 're-register' with a change in party) a national meme and a national priority that all of our leaders are encouraging, we are claiming ownership as the party of ideas that will advance our nation and halt the advance of bad ideas that so many are vocally deploring.
Such a national campaign can only serve our best long and short-term interests! Why?
First of all, at the street level, it's a very easy and quick way to help folks officially register their discontent with current and proposed policies. Although many of the elite will deplore and condemn such an action, it's really a choice up to the individual voter in the street, isn't it?
It will show demonstrably that our party has the confidence and commitment to our own ideas, that we can ask and expect other voters to change parties if they genuinely want what's right for their country. If we do any less in these times, we are really admitting that our ideas are as barren and as bankrupt as their ideas. If we sincerely offer them this simple method of registering their discontent, many, many will accept the offer.
Yes, it will be a little bit of fun to answer the outrage of the MSM and the opposing party leaders! We can expect to be accused of 'poaching' voters in a time of 'national difficulty'. It'll be a nice opportunity to talk about being 'pro-choice' and about 'unintended consequences' of the decisions of their national 'leaders'. Imagine national leaders running to the cameras to express their outrage over such a movement.
Imagine the outrage of the anointed elite and intelligentsia. By voicing their outrage over the issue they will be conveying the idea to the rank-and-file -- many of whom have a much lower level of loyalty to a given party than these so-called leaders have.
So for those of us who have half a dozen blank voter registration forms rattling around in the back floor or the trunks of our cars, let's dust them off and put them in front of some liberals we know in our lives.
Ask them to re-register.
Point out that their national leaders are abandoning them in droves and ask them why they should maintain loyalty to a party that is so obviously and demonstrably abandoning them! Point out that a simple change in registration is a simple, easy and quick way to officially register their disapproval of current and proposed national policies - and the 'leaders' who have been promoting those policies.
Then forward this post to as many county, state and national public figures as you possibly can identify. Copy and paste this article into as many comment and blog post blanks - anywhere - as you can!
For many of us who are canvassing our precincts or districts to join our local party committee (check the rules in your own locality) we are allowed to re-register any voter then allow them to sign our petitions to be seated on our county committee. We should be actively engaged in just this activity!
This is the perfect iron to strike now in the heat of the current political debate.
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independentthinker
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 3:25:34 PM
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In my opinion, the TPP must remain unaffiliated. If you have been following the news, it is now presumed after Nashville, we are willing to lock - step into the Republican Party.
We have much more political power if the candidates are unsure who we will support. They must honor their commitments and campaign promises or we vote them out………..Simple! And I have no doubt that in the future there may be a Democrat candidate, that might win the support of TPP’s.
(We sure could use a “give em hell Harry” again)
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tyleram
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:46:37 AM
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Does anyone believe the Constitution should be changed?
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CAFERACER58
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:09:43 AM
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MR ERICKSON OPERATES IN THE COMFORTABLE VACUMN OF THE MEDIA. HIE STATEMENTS ARE BASED SOLEY ON HIGHER EDUCATION THEORIES RATHER THAN FROM FACTS GATHERED FROM THE CITIZENS WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT. OUR OUT RAGE AND FRUSTRATION ARE NOT CAUSED BY THE CURRENT SITUATIONS, BUT HAVE BROUGHT US TO THE CONCLUSION THAT NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
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EagleTom
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:20:26 AM
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If we are going to suppose that Ronald Reagan were to be re-elected, then let's also suppose that the Iran-Contra affair was in the headlines right now. Does Mr. Erickson honestly believe that we'd all just say "OK"? I think not.
What Mr. Erickson doesn't seem to grasp (like so many others of the press) is the Tea Party is filled with people who have been too darn polite for way too long... myself included. Yes, it's about fiscal conservatism and limited government, but these ideals are backed by people who want the truth from our representatives and are tired of obuses of power... regardless of party affiliation. This started as a reaction against "Big Government", but I believe it will evolve into a very large group of watchdogs who have vowed to never be silently disgruntled again.
EagleTom
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Officerwoodhead
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Friday, February 19, 2010 10:26:37 PM
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The need for the Tea Party will always be there because it seems all political parties, whether democrat or republican spend money recklessly and with little concern for the long term.
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Ridger
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Friday, February 19, 2010 10:14:04 PM
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It's good we all have and can share opinions. But the U.S. Constitution is our common bond. Lets hold to it and polititions judged by it. There are enough of us with facts and sources to inform even the government educated(?)that Liberty and Self Relience is better than tyrany. OH! What the happened to the Contract From America? Who shanghied it? Should we just wait until April 15 and see who presents that crap? CONSTITUTION,CONSTITUTION,UNITIED STATES CONSTITUTION!!! Just call me American.
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1776TruePatriot
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:34:17 PM
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Well said 02blackjack and so true. I have read many of your comments,
and so far have agreed with you . You are a great patriot for America!
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02blackjack
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:23:34 PM
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thea2b: We're on the same page about repubs!
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02blackjack
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:10:38 PM
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Any celebrity on any news program will take any side, up or down, in or out that will simply create controversy, improve ratings, viewership,and advertising dollars. Beck & O'reilly appear to be in a friendly competive celebrity battle over ratings and who makes the most money and who's the most popular. I do believe the aura of their celebrity has overtaken both of them.
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1776TruePatriot
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:55:35 AM
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I lived through the violence of the Civil Rights Movement, when Malcolm X and the Black Panthers were sent into Alabama to cause violence and unrest. It was all created, and the liberal news media even back then fed the fire of propanganda. Our schools were suddenly integrated, forced by the government militia, and neither the white nor black students were happy. All of the trauma and unrest was caused by a few politicians forcing a nanny state type policy. Once again overreaching its power and upsetting everyone, white and black.
It is a joke to watch the old film liberal media likes to show of the blacks being hosed down, and the police with their dogs. What they are not telling you is the truth. Most of the blacks in that film were violent members of the Black Panthers, the same group that showed up in Philadelphia intimidating voters during the '08 Presidential Election, which has been pushed under the rug by AG Eric Holder.
For Dianne Capps to make those stupid statements is appalling. She is ignorant entirely on the subject so she just needs to put a sock in it. She betrayed herself when she revealed where she is originally from. That part of Washington State is a nest of radical lefties.
She is possibly a liberal plant to try and tear down the Tea Party Movement as we have all been warned the left will try to do.
I truly have been on both sides of this issue, and remember when the left so viciously attacked Clarence Thomas and tried to keep him from being seated on the Supreme Court. Anita Hill was marched out with all of her lies by the Communist Liberal Left to try and keep him from being appointed. Thank goodness she failed, because Supreme Court Justice Thomas loves America and is a true patriot for us all.
The list of this type of Saul Lewinsky tactics are too many to mention, however our most recent traitors are Beck & O'Reilly on Fox News aka Muslim Mafia Media.
They have involved themselves in attacking anyone who questions Obama's lack of a real birth certificate, and their ratings with the left wing radicals is climbing. This is where MSNBC's base has gone.
As soon as Beck started attacking all of us, George Soros posted on his website that he defended Beck's attacks towards the "birther" movement.
Beck and O'Reilly have lied countless times, and have betrayed all Americans on this issue. They are traitors of the worst kind, but their pockets are lined with Saudi Gold. They have no credibility left as everyone is waking up to these 2 Saudi puppets.
O'Reilly also came out on his show during his interview with Sarah Palin and bated her on issues that a percentage of the Tea Party Movement are right wing extremists, and possibly violent. He just totally is lying and attacking everyone for Obama, pretending he is Fair and Balanced.
He and Beck think Americans are stupid and they can spoon feed this propaganda and people will believe them. However if you question them
both of these traitors will attack.
Why are they so viciously attacking the "birthers" as they call them? Because their Saudi Boss is Muslim, and Obama is Muslim therefore the issue is off limits completely!!!
Well fellow tea party patriots, our U.S.Constitution is not off limits to all of us, and its laws should be followed as it always has in the past. However now the Muslims are infiltrating our TV Media, and you can see it in the arrogance and narcissism of our illegal muslim usurper Obama.
This is a most dangerous issue that stands before America, and we as Americans have the right to ask this question until Obama produces his real birth certificate. He will not do it because it will prove he is not a natural born citizen of the U.S. Pelosi has totally ignored this law or Obama never would have been seated in the first place.
We need to stay focused and vote all of these thugs out. They should all be tried for high crimes and treason against the U.S.
TURN OFF YOUR TV'S AS YOU WILL NOT GET ACCURATE NEWS ANYMORE.
I found a great website for truth www.theconservativemonster.com
He has just posted a scathing utube on damaging evidence on Obama!!!
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thea2b
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:16:14 AM
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Well said Coach.
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resumecoach
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:52:44 AM
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uh,
you people need to wake up--a big contributor on this site of your's--"SweetPea"--is all for Sarah-no brain-Palin. Sweet Pea also claims Ron Paul was not the founder of the orinial movement. In fact, he was, back in 2007--dumped tea into the harbor. Paul's movement was hijacked. It's the unedcuated, ill-informed comments of sweet pea, as well as Diane Capps at a recent tea party rally in WA--where she advocates Sen. Murray being hanged--is what will hurt this movement--when you start advocating violence after you rile the nation up with bird brains like Beck and Fox--then violence is the next stage--what Capp said--that is Nazi Germany before the war. Also makes teabeaggers look hypocritical--preaching family values, but advocating violence. Tebaggers are looking more and more like right-wing, neoconservative religious zealots who are racist. Don't think so--look at this other fine peice of work from Diane Capps:
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:_hpGNWe5p_8J:teapartypatriots.ning.com/profile/diannecapps+Dianne+Capps&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
which is:
At 10:19pm on October 3, 2009, dianne capps said… I moved to Nacogdoches Tx from Clarkston Wa, and growing up here I knew very few blacks, but those I knew were educated and not racist to whites. I worked in the High school at Nacogoches I was very nieve to Southern Black Tradition. We are not recieved the same by all black people, as they are taught from birth that we think less of them. I was actually threatened one day in the school because I asked some Black Teen- agers to quiet down while a performance was going on by a white singer. It is not white people that carrry the banner. It is a certian group of Blacks who want to keep Black and whites in this culter banter. I have been on both sides and have some very wonderful black friends. It is those who want to find a place in Black Hate gangs that find the most unhappy lives.
WE have seen some of that coming out of Black Preachers, have we not, in Rev Wright?
DeeDee
Proof is in the pudding--and she can have federal charges brought aginst her for threatening a federal official--maximum penalty 6-10 plus fine. Your Welcome.
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thea2b
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:57:26 AM
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hmm sorry bout that I refreshed the page and it double posted
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thea2b
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:56:30 AM
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We CANNOT be co-opted by the Republican party!!! These traitors wipe their butt with the constitution and then tell us they are with us, just make sure to vote R. Are you kidding me, we saw the largest transfer of wealth in this country over that last 10 years LEGISLATED, not from someones hard work or sweat, but by cronyism and special quid pro quo deals. Wall Street Banksters make bets on bets on bets and get paid 100 million dollars after losing those bets and crippling our economy and a REPUBLICAN president bails them out with our money~!!! Lets not forget the truth. The Republicans AND Democrats are BAD for the working man, they only care about their own pockets and the frauds that fill their campaign coffers. We need our own party. Thank Goodness that time is NOW!
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thea2b
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:51:32 AM
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We CANNOT be co-opted by the Republican party!!! These traitors wipe their butt with the constitution and then tell us they are with us, just make sure to vote R. Are you kidding me, we saw the largest transfer of wealth in this country over that last 10 years LEGISLATED, not from someones hard work or sweat, but by cronyism and special quid pro quo deals. Wall Street Banksters make bets on bets on bets and get paid 100 million dollars after losing those bets and crippling our economy and a REPUBLICAN president bails them out with our money~!!! Lets not forget the truth. The Republicans AND Democrats are BAD for the working man, they only care about their own pockets and the frauds that fill their campaign coffers. We need our own party. Thank Goodness that time is NOW!
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tyleram
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:52:47 PM
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As long as Sarah Palin doesn't get elected, I can live with the other forerunners in the Republican Party. Go Obama! Anyone else? :)
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joeautomotive
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:02:04 PM
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The individual who wants freedom and personal responsibility has all the staying power he/she needs. The power goes away when we go off into rediculus notions of a third party when we have major problems with the parties that we do have. Drop the lables already!! Anyone can say I'm a Republican, I'm a Democrat, I'm a conservative and on and on and on. Ok fine. You are those things. Great, but are you responsible? Are you for policies that give us our freedom and make us personally responsible for our lives? I am registered Independent because parties don't matter to me. I don't look at parties. Senators and Representatives are bringing forth legislation. Are those individuals responsible. Is the legislation they are proposing going to give me more freedom and personal responsiblity? That is all that matters.
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mordyoberstein
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:57:49 PM
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its a funny thing as there is not a unified movement, so its hard to qualify anything....some tea partiers are libertarians, some conservative, some anti war some even anarcho-capitalsists....so hard to really even describe the movement specficially.
http://autonomyandpolitics.blogspot.com/
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tyleram
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Monday, February 15, 2010 9:29:54 PM
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blackjack, I believe that is where good government comes into play. Unions in some cases (probably many) have become just as greedy and corrupt as the people they are supposed to protect us from. An arbitrator government solves (theoretically anyway) the inevitable labor/management diputes that will occur. Government intervention may be undesirable, but better than armed confrontation from the early days of unionization. Much of the sentiment at TPP seems to be that we can somehow vote all of the "bad ones" out of office and live happily ever after.
My favorite quote: "Government is like a hammer. It can be used to build things or it can be used to destroy things". That holds true for TPP, ACORN, UAW, SIEU and any other activist organization. Don't let politics and labeling get in the way of compromise and cooperation.
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ElRonaldo
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Monday, February 15, 2010 7:01:05 PM
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Tomorrow is the Big Day in CA: the 'Invisible' Tea Party
Tomorrow's Tea Party will only be visible to the folks who happen to be at the county Registrar's office in your local county. Yes, tomorrow, Tues. Feb 16, 2010 is the day the tea party rebellion begins in earnest in CA.
All across the state of CA, people like you will be appearing before the clerks at the registrar's office filing for a seat on your local Central Committee. You will be placing your feet on the path toward becoming the most powerful official in US politics.
Please be sure to visit http://precincts.ning.com and post a blog entry (every member has their own blog there which appears on the site's opening page) about your experience at the county registrar's office. Since there will probably be a line at the registrar's office, blog about your experience chatting with people (other candidates) in line with you! (We'd love for you to blog at nationalprecinctalliance.org however the blogging resources are not up and running there yet, so we invite you to blog at the CA specific site instead: http://precincts.ning.com).
Please share what you learn at the clerk's office! We need to hear about your victories, as well as any obstacles you may have encountered. What you learn in your county will go a LONG WAY toward helping folks in other counties, so be sure to post about your experiences.
Finally, be sure to have a few dollars in your pocket to purchase 'street indexes' of your area when you file and pick up your petitions. These 'street indexes serve two purposes: first, they lead you directly to the households of party members who can sign your petition. Second. they are a copy of the voter's individual voter registration - be sure that they sign with the same name and street address on the street index or the signature could get tossed and you will have to get more signatures to replace them.
Remember, the clerks use 'statistical methods' to check petition signature forms - if they identify only 2 or 3 invalid signatures on a given petition form, the entire petition form gets tossed out. Be accurate! To be safe, be sure to get 40 signatures, not the minimum 20 signatures.
Good luck, and here's to taking over the country, one precinct at a time!
Ron Robinson
CA Chair
National Precinct Alliance
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Manelion
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Monday, February 15, 2010 10:26:18 AM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/business/23labor.html
For the first time in American history, a majority of union members are government workers rather than private-sector employees, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday.
In its annual report on union membership, the bureau undercut the longstanding notion that union members are overwhelmingly blue-collar factory workers. It found that membership fell so fast in the private sector in 2009 that the 7.9 million unionized public-sector workers easily outnumbered those in the private sector, where labor’s ranks shrank to 7.4 million, from 8.2 million in 2008.
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02blackjack
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Monday, February 15, 2010 7:58:39 AM
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Corrupt unions, corrupt government, corrupt individuals. Everyone looking not for fairness in the field, but special treatment, special advantage, special position and applause and way more than their fair share of wealth created. And the only way to 'get' more than your fair share in a free market economy is to BE corrupt
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02blackjack
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Monday, February 15, 2010 7:56:48 AM
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Corrupt unions, corrupt government, corrupt individuals. Everyone looking not for fairness in the field, but special treatment, special advantage, special position and applause and way more than their fair share of wealth created.
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BornPatriot1776
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Monday, February 15, 2010 7:25:04 AM
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Amen to that Tyler. Part of our problem isn't just government, it comes from our employers gone out of hand...how many times have you heard "recession" as an excuse to cut back pay or benefits? Then the bosses go and buy new cars, trucks, and even homes! I know I saw it happen to me and my buddies at their jobs. Unions are the only protection some of us have, God bless those who can get in on one. I sure wish I could.
That isn't to say some unions aren't out of control too, but who would you rather see doing well, your neighbors or your bosses who don't care about you...I think unions are the best way to limit government, by making all regulatory state crap unnecessary when we, the people, have the power ourselves. Just a thought.
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tyleram
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Monday, February 15, 2010 1:36:19 AM
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Why is there so much anti-union sentiment within this movement? We want democracy in government, but settle for a dictatorship in our employment?
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BornPatriot1776
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Sunday, February 14, 2010 9:12:05 PM
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We are here because we are fed up with YEARS...DECADES...of government gone totally out of control! I'll tell you right now, there aren't too many people in government worth a dime right now. We need to recognize how strong we actually are and start empowering ourselves, rather than having faith in new jack politicians with something to prove in either ruling party. We are ABSOLUTELY strong enough to get ourselves a few seats in at least our strongest states. WE NEED TO ACT NOW. Otherwise, America as we once knew it might be lost forever...
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ReConstitution
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Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:46:52 PM
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The President the current Senate and Congressional leaders didn't start the corruption of our government or the erosion of this country's founding principles and Constitution. They've greatly accelerated the process because they believe the constitution and American principles such as freedom stand in the way of their agenda. The President himself said the constitution is flawed because it doesn't state what government musty provide for people, but instead protects people by stating what government can't do to people (he calls this "negative rights").
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02blackjack
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Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:25:26 PM
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No, I don't believe that.
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Bflag
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Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:10:48 AM
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Do so many people really believe the corruption started with the current administration or consists of only a few people?
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ReConstitution
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 5:26:00 PM
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The Tea Party began before the economy and unemployment got really bad. I'm not responding to the bad economy, I'm responding to excessive, expensive, unresponsive, amoral, and pathologically ineffective government.
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ReConstitution
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 5:07:42 PM
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The Tea Party began before the economy and unemployment got really bad. I'm not responding to the bad economy, I'm responding to excessive, expensive, unresponsive, amoral, and pathologically ineffective government.
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Manelion
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 1:30:19 PM
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It may be best for The Tea Party Movement to remain a loose Confederation of Local Tea Party Movements speaking out and acting on various issues.
It may be important ,to remain decentralized and Not allow " Control Freaks " to usurp the voices of The Tea Party Movements from the various rural areas,towns,cities and states.
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1776TruePatriot
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:33:48 AM
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The Nation.com is a communist rag publication. They refer links to the Huffington Post aka femi nazi news, MSNBC, CNN etc. So don't waste your time tea party patriots. They are communist libnuts!!!!
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1776TruePatriot
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:30:13 AM
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The Tea Party should be about free thinkers, just like our founding fathers. They were brilliant in in our laws under the U.S.Constitution to avoid tyrannical government and corruption. So here we are at a crossroad for America. We have been hijacked by a bunch of Communists. I keep hearing the word Socialists, however these thugs in the White House are outright Communists.
Our illegal usurper, and his illegally appointed Czars are out of control with this radical agenda to destroy America, so we have no time to waste. Obama must be unseated as he is not a natural born citizen. This is "the" issue before America in regard to our Constitution. You can work on all of the campaigns you want, but until we unseat this illegal usurper we will not be able to stop the bleeding. They are working at a frantic pace for the NWO and make it obvious.
Obama goes to Copenhagen even after the "Climategate" scandal was exposed. Obama has illegally appointed Czars which they liked to do in the USSR. Obama has taken over most of our car companies, many of our banks, insurance companies, and is still feeding the corrupt Wall Street, yet giving his disgusting speeches that he will hold them accountable. Yes accountable for how much he is giving each of them, not for what they have done to America. He wants them to destroy America.
So we can all talk about candidates as we should, and assist those that are working to bring America back, but until we get this illegal communist usurper unseated most of our work will be futile.
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overlytaxed
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 8:41:16 AM
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The Tea party will last as long as the GOP needs them, then they will fade away. The GOP is rebranding their name, because they know they are unpopular, and they are now using the Tea Party logo.
American needs a revolution, voting for a Democrat or a Republican is not revolutionary, it is big business as usual.
The self proclaimed "leaders" of the TP are telling you how to think, they are telling you to vote for a Republican. They are telling you that staying under the GOP umbrella is better than staying Independent and starting a third party, county by county, state by state. This is a losing strategy in the long run.
From a pure strategic point, insisting on staying independent and slowly building a party, would be the quickest way to make changes in the GOP - Simply rolling over and handing them the movement means they will use us, then go back to their NWO/globalist agenda. Well folks you need to wake up, Republicans represent Wall Street, NAFTA, ANorthAmerican Superhighway, North American Union, Communist China (hell the Republicans built modern day Communist CHina starting with Nixon) and the loss of the American manufacturing base. They are not a friend to the average Americans. And guess what, the Tea Party is almost entirely a movement of average hard working Americans.
The TP "leaders" state that they are listening to the people... HOGWASH, they are telling you that you WILL be a Republican. They are openly resisting the formation of a third party. By becoming a barrier to those who wish to form a third party (which is the majority in the movement according to a Rasmussen poll, which also includes 50% of Republicans that want a third party) They are the defacto dictators of the future of the movement. Well, no one elected them...they were mostly placed there by GOP strategists and GOP allied PACS, this is a fact.
Think about this - sure starting a third party will be tough, and in many liberal states TP candidates may not win. But in the conservative districts we can win. Even if were to get only 10-20 elected in the House and 2-4 elected in the Senate...we would most liekly be able to control the debate on important issues. The other parties would need to deal with us to pass legislation. In other words, we dont need to take over every GOP or Dem seat...just enough to shift the balance of power away from both parties. Once we made that shift, average Americans would flock to the party. We could eventually take the Whitehouse.
Otherwise...just do as your told, go back to your TV and vote for a Republican who will soon outsource your job or make you compete on the global labor market with third worlders who make less than a dollar a day.
facebook: Third Party Patriots
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Thomanned
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 7:18:50 AM
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You all need to read this and get behind it. This is our best hope.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100222/lessig
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overlytaxed
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Friday, February 12, 2010 7:51:35 PM
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The Tea party will last as long as the GOP needs them, then they will fade away. The GOP is rebranding their name, because they know they are unpopular, and they are now using the Tea Party logo.
American needs a revolution, voting for a Democrat or a Republican is not revolutionary, it is big business as usual.
The self proclaimed "leaders" of the TP are telling you how to think, they are telling you to vote for a Republican. They are telling you that staying under the GOP umbrella is better than staying Independent and starting a third party, county by county, state by state. This is a losing strategy in the long run.
From a pure strategic point, insisting on staying independent and slowly building a party, would be the quickest way to make changes in the GOP - Simply rolling over and handing them the movement means they will use us, then go back to their NWO/globalist agenda. Well folks you need to wake up, Republicans represent Wall Street, NAFTA, ANorthAmerican Superhighway, North American Union, Communist China (hell the Republicans built modern day Communist CHina starting with Nixon) and the loss of the American manufacturing base. They are not a friend to the average Americans. And guess what, the Tea Party is almost entirely a movement of average hard working Americans.
The TP "leaders" state that they are listening to the people... HOGWASH, they are telling you that you WILL be a Republican. They are openly resisting the formation of a third party. By becoming a barrier to those who wish to form a third party (which is the majority in the movement according to a Rasmussen poll, which also includes 50% of Republicans that want a third party) They are the defacto dictators of the future of the movement. Well, no one elected them...they were mostly placed there by GOP strategists and GOP allied PACS, this is a fact.
Think about this - sure starting a third party will be tough, and in many liberal states TP candidates may not win. But in the conservative districts we can win. Even if were to get only 10-20 elected in the House and 2-4 elected in the Senate...we would most liekly be able to control the debate on important issues. The other parties would need to deal with us to pass legislation. In other words, we dont need to take over every GOP or Dem seat...just enough to shift the balance of power away from both parties. Once we made that shift, average Americans would flock to the party. We could eventually take the Whitehouse.
Otherwise...just do as your told, go back to your TV and vote for a Republican who will soon outsource your job or make you compete on the global labor market with third worlders who make less than a dollar a day.
facebook: Third Party Patriots
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rsingh001@cfl.rr.com
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:15:15 PM
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pops...I partially agree with you. However, it is my opinion that one can trace 80% of our "broken gov't" to the actions of the Progressive Movement and the general laziness of the populace. We do need need a viable third party and unless we run Tea Party candidates, I am going to do what I did last two elections: vote independent and not necesarily anti-encumbent. I further believe that the Tea Party goal should be to find an support honest, bright, and respectable candidates that will foremost enforce our Constitution.
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stevenlaib
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:12:19 AM
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This is more media spin. The MSM wants us to look like a flash in the pan. As long as we remain active and in the face of the political establishment we will continue to have success.
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ClayRamsay
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:03:27 PM
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For one of the best commentaries on the importance of the Tea Party movement, take about 4 minutes to watch this video. Great points, good Tea Party footage, and a cool anthem written specifically for the Tea Party movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyzicHJ86pw
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embalsmeier
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:15:20 PM
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rsingh001 - It is my opinion that we ought to avoid trying to blame certain groups for the problems we have. In my mind the problem boils down to an electorate that is generally addicted to a political party whether it is left, right, republican, democrat, progrssive, or populist. It seems that our goal should be to establish a few basic first prinicples as identified by a number of people on this website and consolidate our strength to replace the broken system in Washington.
In my opinion there is not a worthy incumbent that should be re-elected. We need a fresh start with fresh faces and we need to keep the faces fresh to ensure we send citizens that understand their role to minimize federal power and maximize the People's power.
But alas, I am willing to predict that we will get more of the same from our electorate which will be nothing more than sending back to DC the great majority of incumbents.
Somehow we need to be able to do an intervention with America to break them free from the two party system so that we can vote for principle over party.
In any case you can be sure that my votes will be anti-incumbent regardless of the candidate's party affiliation.
pops
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embalsmeier
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:12:59 PM
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rsingh001 - It is my opinion that ought to avoid trying to blame certain groups for the problems we have. In my mind the problem boils down to an electorate that is generally addicted to a political party whether it is left, right, republican, democrat, progrssive, or populist. It seems that our goal should be to establish a few basic first prinicples as identified a number of people on this website and consolidate our strength to replace the broken system in Washington. In my opinion there is not a worthy incumbent that should be re-elected. We need a fresh start with fresh faces and we need to keep the faces fresh to ensure we send citizens that understand their role to minimize federal power and maximize the People's power.
But alas, I am willing to predict that we will get more of the same from our electorate which will be nothing more than sending back to DC the great majority of incumbents.
Somehow we need to be able to do an intervention with America to break them free from the two party system.
In any case you can be sure that my votes will be anti-incumbent regardless of the candidate's party affiliation.
pops
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WaltEly
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:06:11 PM
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I don't care what anti-Tea Party propaganda 'NewsBleak' puts out. The Tea Party will be long term and the politicians better take notice. We will point out 'what is being done that is wrong' and we will offer input on what is the RIGHT thing to be doing. Just like the Politicans and Unions, the Media is not sure what to do with us, but they perceive us as a threat. So the MSM will keep bashing Tea Party people until we start having victories, then 'all of a sudden' we will become very important to them because we will be THE STORY OF THE DAY.
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Fritz
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:35:53 PM
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I believe the Tea Party agenda is now pretty clear. But the 2010 elections will be our first major test- will Tea Parties make a difference in who goes to Washingon in 2011? We need to GROW the movement between now and November.
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shizuhiko
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:58:14 PM
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Patriots, step up and make your presence known!!! I'v had enough of all of this! Stop Socialism and Marxism dead in its tracks! Pelosi, Biden and all of their cronies out by November 2010. Sound the rallying cry!!!
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rsingh001@cfl.rr.com
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:56:48 AM
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@ShanusMaximus: well said with regards to Palin. This movement is NOT about Palin or Paul or the two main parties: IT IS ABOUT UPHOLDING OUR CONSTITUTION.
The other parties are being dominated by PROGRESSIVES. They will do anything to absorb the Tea Party. Unless we put forward our own people, we will NOT defeat the Progressives.
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pete519
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:53:58 AM
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I believe the tea party members are a vast majority of taxpayers and citizens of this country who have common interests, ideas, and solutions to the who are above party loyality. We believe our leaders are not listening to the voice of the people. Our leaders have put party and self serving interests above what is good for this country...That is why we are in the state of deterioration both moraly and financialy.
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mahlaya
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:53:48 PM
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The long term objective of the Tea Party Patriots ought to be to secure the constitution of this great country for now and forever. That objective will never go away and as we can see, will always require great citizens to remain vigilant.
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ElRonaldo
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:14:08 PM
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Were You Satisfied with Candidate or California Results in 2008? Then perhaps we should examine the possibility that online activism simply is not enough. Perhaps we should seriously examine the possibility that the only way to have strong candidates who can win, and the only way to have a party machine that serves our needs is to step up and assume the most powerful political position in the country: member of the Central Committee for the party in your area.
Chances are good that that position may be vacant in your area and you can easily be seated.
For the go-to how-to in California, visit http://precincts.ning.com Precinct California - you will find other activists who are taking over the party by assuming thei9r seat on their local committee. This is strictly workspace on how to do it - our very first link is a single page how-to document that will work in your county. Do more than just blog - take control.
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Manelion
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:46:47 AM
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The Tea Party may want to focus on Primarying The Republican Party and placing real conservatives into The 2010 Midterm Elections.The Republican Party shouldn't usurp control of The Tea Party Movement from the many Local and loosely confederated Tea Party Movements.
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02blackjack
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Monday, February 08, 2010 7:42:01 PM
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To stay vital, we must expend enough energy to counter around 1 or 2 centuries of being comatose couch potatoes.
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john11211
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Monday, February 08, 2010 4:18:48 PM
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Shanusmaximus
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Monday, February 08, 2010 3:36:13 PM
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Palin was used to throw the Presidential election and she is here to throw the Tea Party movement into the Republican amalgam. She even SAYS it and it gets washed over....Sarah Palin said, "The Republican Party would be very smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible."
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/80065-palin-urges-republican-party-to-absorb-tea-party-movement
Absorb as much of the tea party as possible. Absorb as much of the tea party as possible. I said it two more times because I think that statement is of the UTMOST importance. There is one guy who isn't beholden to his party. One man who actually has walked the walk and talked the talk, Ron Paul. Why not have him talk? Why is the Tea Party movement not joined more fully with Dr. Pauls Campaign For Liberty and/or with the Libertarian party? I guess because they have some solutions instead of a circus. Stop looking for a damn rockstar!!! This is what got us Obama people! THIS WOMAN IS AN EMPTY SKIRT and as far as I am concerned a subversive who's agenda is to temper the Tea party movement and as she says, absorb it into the Republican party.
Fellow Tea Party members, I beg you to really think about what you want. Do you want real answers or do you want mindless sloganeering? Are you truly an independent movement or do you want to be "absorbed by the Republican party"? If you haven't already, look into and/or join up with Campaign For Liberty and for god sakes....support people who have some answers. Reach out to Libertarians and Constitutionalists who have been SCREAMING about this stuff for years. You don't have to agree with everything, but the base beliefs of Liberty and Freedom for the individual is there and that is what is being taken from us.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
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Shanusmaximus
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Monday, February 08, 2010 1:08:02 PM
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Palin was used to throw the Presidential election and she is here to throw the Tea Party movement into the Republican amalgam. She even SAYS it and it gets washed over....Sarah Palin said, "The Republican Party would be very smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible."
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/80065-palin-urges-republican-party-to-absorb-tea-party-movement
Absorb as much of the tea party as possible. Absorb as much of the tea party as possible. I said it two more times because I think that statement is of the UTMOST importance. There is one guy who isn't beholden to his party. One man who actually has walked the walk and talked the talk, Ron Paul. Why not have him talk? Why is the Tea Party movement not joined more fully with Dr. Pauls Campaign For Liberty and/or with the Libertarian party? I guess because they have some solutions instead of a circus. Stop looking for a damn rockstar!!! This is what got us Obama people! THIS WOMAN IS AN EMPTY SKIRT and as far as I am concerned a subversive who's agenda is to temper the Tea party movement and as she says, absorb it into the Republican party.
Fellow Tea Party members, I beg you to really think about what you want. Do you want real answers or do you want mindless sloganeering? Are you truly an independent movement or do you want to be "absorbed by the Republican party"? If you haven't already, look into and/or join up with Campaign For Liberty and for god sakes....support people who have some answers. Reach out to Libertarians and Constitutionalists who have been SCREAMING about this stuff for years. You don't have to agree with everything, but the base beliefs of Liberty and Freedom for the individual is there and that is what is being taken from us.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
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Shanusmaximus
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Monday, February 08, 2010 12:12:57 PM
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Palin was used to throw the Presidential election and she is here to throw the Tea Party movement into the Republican amalgam. She even SAYS it and it gets washed over....Sarah Palin said, "The Republican Party would be very smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible."
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/80065-palin-urges-republican-party-to-absorb-tea-party-movement
Absorb as much of the tea party as possible. Absorb as much of the tea party as possible. I said it two more times because I think that statement is of the UTMOST importance. There is one guy who isn't beholden to his party. One man who actually has walked the walk and talked the talk, Ron Paul. Why not have him talk? Why is the Tea Party movement not joined more fully with Dr. Pauls Campaign For Liberty and/or with the Libertarian party? I guess because they have some solutions instead of a circus. Stop looking for a damn rockstar!!! This is what got us Obama people! THIS WOMAN IS AN EMPTY SKIRT and as far as I am concerned a subversive who's agenda is to temper the Tea party movement and as she says, absorb it into the Republican party.
Fellow Tea Party members, I beg you to really think about what you want. Do you want real answers or do you want mindless sloganeering? Are you truly an independent movement or do you want to be "absorbed by the Republican party"? If you haven't already, look into and/or join up with Campaign For Liberty and for god sakes....support people who have some answers. Reach out to Libertarians and Constitutionalists who have been SCREAMING about this stuff for years. You don't have to agree with everything, but the base beliefs of Liberty and Freedom for the individual is there and that is what is being taken from us.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
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Shanusmaximus
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Monday, February 08, 2010 11:21:00 AM
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Palin was used to throw the Presidential election and she is here to throw the Tea Party movement into the Republican amalgam. She even SAYS it and it gets washed over....Sarah Palin said, "The Republican Party would be very smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible."
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/80065-palin-urges-republican-party-to-absorb-tea-party-movement
Absorb as much of the tea party as possible. Absorb as much of the tea party as possible. I said it two more times because I think that statement is of the UTMOST importance. There is one guy who isn't beholden to his party. One man who actually has walked the walk and talked the talk, Ron Paul. Why not have him talk? Why is the Tea Party movement not joined more fully with Dr. Pauls Campaign For Liberty and/or with the Libertarian party? I guess because they have some solutions instead of a circus. Stop looking for a damn rockstar!!! This is what got us Obama people! THIS WOMAN IS AN EMPTY SKIRT and as far as I am concerned a subversive who's agenda is to temper the Tea party movement and as she says, absorb it into the Republican party.
Fellow Tea Party members, I beg you to really think about what you want. Do you want real answers or do you want mindless sloganeering? Are you truly an independent movement or do you want to be "absorbed by the Republican party"? If you haven't already, look into and/or join up with Campaign For Liberty and for god sakes....support people who have some answers. Reach out to Libertarians and Constitutionalists who have been SCREAMING about this stuff for years. You don't have to agree with everything, but the base beliefs of Liberty and Freedom for the individual is there and that is what is being taken from us.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
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rshainster
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Monday, February 08, 2010 10:30:27 AM
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What needs to happen in the Tea party Movement, is we need to choose a Presidential candidate and use our collective voting power to put that person in office. By doing this we can effectively control Congress and the Senate, any bill full of pork or just a bad bill can be vetoed. By having the most powerful position in Washington working for the people, we take back Washington with one decisive blow.
I personally choose Lou Dobbs, I believe he would do this for the American people and America. We still have the power to vote in the best Democrat, or Republican for other seats in Washington, yet the Presidency would be the crowning jewel.
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rrockey
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Monday, February 08, 2010 1:59:58 AM
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Did members of the mass. tea party donate funds to help get brown elected?? - I just heard he doesnt stand for pro-life.. I thought most tea party members were conservatives who believe in pro-life? I agree with the 5 key principles of the tea party, however is the abortion issue not as important? are we members of the tea party just trying to focus on the five principles, so we are not taking on too much at once?? ... please someone feel free to shed some light on this for me?? Im concerned if members of the mass. tea party donated money to their local party which in turn went to a representative who doesnt reflect their values. Maybe im off base.. did brown receive donations from his local tea party?? - if so, how does a tea party member have a say in where their donations go??? im my opionion, the tea party SHOULD NOT BE STANDING BEHIND ANYONE WHO DOES NOT REFLECT OUR VALUES!!! at such a critical time such as this, we should only stand behind those who do...right? Brown is against partial birth abortion - right on!! ...... but I would feel more comfortable if he at least stood for banning abortions after the first tri-mester...... something! i would like to know where tea party donations go and who determines where the funds are donated??? anyone?
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embalsmeier
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:26:16 PM
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If the TPP keep the Palins and Tancredos of the world as their role models I can assure you that my involvement with this group will be short lived.
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gerriest
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:13:55 PM
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The Tea Party has flourished for diverse reasons among Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, and disgruntled Democrats, because of the anger and outrage toward this president and congress for trying to give the government more power than our constitution allows them. Our forefathers put in motion a balance of powers which this president is trying to do away with. We, as a people, are not wishing to be ruled by an oligarchy, we want our rule of law, which should be a constitutional government. This is what this radical president with his radical Democratic congress is trying to change and do away with.
Basically, what we are saying as Tea Party Folks is that we want to stop the removal of our constitutional law and to stop the removal of our rights. We are also fighting for our USA Sovereignty and we seek to prevent a "Global" dictatorship of foreign powers. In order to get the pendulum to swing the opposite way than this president and congress are leading us, we have had to take a strong stand, and we will need to continue this strong stand. We need to back candidates that are close to a conservative way of thinking. At this time, our country is in such extreme trouble that a "middle of the road" nice guy is not going to give us the leadership that is required today to survive as a nation. We need to lay out certain guidelines for those we choose to support.
There has been and will be a lot of good come out of this pro-active stance that we are taking in communities all over the country. It has mainly energized people that have never questioned their government before and never really looked at the 535 people in Washington that are making the decisions that will rule our lives. Being "Watchdogs" must become our way of life and not just a temporary thing.
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gerriest
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:11:09 PM
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The Tea Party has flourished for diverse reasons among Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, and disgruntled Democrats, because of the anger and outrage toward this president and congress for trying to give the government more power than our constitution allows them. Our forefathers put in motion a balance of powers which this president is trying to do away with. We, as a people, are not wishing to be ruled by an oligarchy, we want our rule of law, which should be a constitutional government. This is what this radical president with his radical Democratic congress is trying to change and do away with.
Basically, what we are saying as Tea Party Folks is that we want to stop the removal of our constitutional law and to stop the removal of our rights. We are also fighting for our USA Sovereignty and we seek to prevent a "Global" dictatorship of foreign powers. In order to get the pendulum to swing the opposite way than this president and congress are leading us, we have had to take a strong stand, and we will need to continue this strong stand. We need to back candidates that are close to a conservative way of thinking. At this time, our country is in such extreme trouble that a "middle of the road" nice guy is not going to give us the leadership that is required today to survive as a nation. I see us shooting ourselves in the foot if we have to torn between a moderate and a more conservative right winger.
We need to lay out certain guidelines for those we choose to support.
There has been and will be a lot of good come out of this pro-active stance that we are taking in communities all over the country. It has mainly energized people that have never questioned their government before and never really looked at the 535 people in Washington that are making the decisions that will rule our lives. Being "Watchdogs" must become our way of life and not just a temporary thing.
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gerriest
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:09:43 PM
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The Tea Party has flourished for diverse reasons among Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, and disgruntled Democrats, because of the anger and outrage toward this president and congress for trying to give the government more power than our constitution allows them. Our forefathers put in motion a balance of powers which this president is trying to do away with. We, as a people, are not wishing to be ruled by an oligarchy, we want our rule of law, which should be a constitutional government. This is what this radical president with his radical Democratic congress is trying to change and do away with.
Basically, what we are saying as Tea Party Folks is that we want to stop the removal of our constitutional law and to stop the removal of our rights. We are also fighting for our USA Sovereignty and we seek to prevent a "Global" dictatorship of foreign powers. In order to get the pendulum to swing the opposite way than this president and congress is leading us, we have had to take a strong stand, and we will need to continue this strong stand. We need to back candidates that are close to a conservative way of thinking. At this time, our country is in such extreme trouble that a "middle of the road" nice guy is not going to give us the leadership that is required today to survive as a nation. I see us shooting ourselves in the foot if we have to torn between a moderate and a more conservative right winger.
We need to lay out certain guidelines for those we choose to support.
There has been and will be a lot of good come out of this pro-active stance that we are taking in communities all over the country. It has mainly energized people that have never questioned their government before and never really looked at the 535 people in Washington that are making the decisions that will rule our lives. Being "Watchdogs" must become our way of life and not just a temporary thing.
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gerriest
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:08:16 PM
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The Tea Party has flourished for diverse reasons among Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, and disgruntled Democrats, because of the anger and outrage toward this president and congress for trying to give the government more power than our constitution allows them. Our forefathers put in motion a balance of powers which this president is trying to do away with. We, as a people, are not wishing to be ruled by an oligarchy, we want our rule of law, which should be a constitutional government. This is what this radical president with his radical Democratic congress is trying to change and do away with.
Basically, what we are saying as Tea Party Folks is that we want stop the removal of our constitutional law and to stop the removal of our rights. We are also fighting for our USA Sovereignty and we seek to prevent a "Global" dictatorship of foreign powers. In order to get the pendulum to swing the opposite way than this president and congress is leading us, we have had to take a strong stand, and we will need to continue this strong stand. We need to back candidates that are close to a conservative way of thinking. At this time, our country is in such extreme trouble that a "middle of the road" nice guy is not going to give us the leadership that is required today to survive as a nation. I see us shooting ourselves in the foot if we have to torn between a moderate and a more conservative right winger.
We need to lay out certain guidelines for those we choose to support.
There has been and will be a lot of good come out of this pro-active stance that we are taking in communities all over the country. It has mainly energized people that have never questioned their government before and never really looked at the 535 people in Washington that are making the decisions that will rule our lives. Being "Watchdogs" must become our way of life and not just a temporary thing.
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sdunfee
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 4:51:16 PM
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"If the big problems go away on spending and growing government, the tea-party movement may go away altogether". Really? And how, Mr. Erickson, do think this 'if' will take place without us Americans taking the stand to change it? What a ridiculous statement.
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papa1946
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 4:14:02 PM
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Right on Independent Thinker.
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papa1946
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 4:11:51 PM
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"The cost of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance." This is one of the major reasons our Great Nation is in the shape it is. We have become too apathetic and just plane lazy. We must never let this happen again. We The People let our guard down. One of our Founders said it best. We must always keep eye on government that it never loose site of it's purpose; to serve the people. Not the other way around. We must stay "Ever Vigilant" and teach our children and grandchildren this all important duty.
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independentthinker
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 4:10:06 PM
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Did anyone tune into C-Span this morning? The first part of the show dealt with Palin, Tancredo and the convention in general. Not pretty. ……………….The overall perception from most of the callers was the Tea Party Patriots are racists, bigots and right wing nut cases. I took offense because I am none of the above but the media, with our help, has usurped our message. I say with our help because we are feeding right into this. Can we not find speakers with a message from outside the main stream? Would it be so awful if mom & pop from Toledo got up and spoke their mind? Am I missing something or is that not how we got started in the first place.................
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rhymn001
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:14:02 AM
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The Tea Party movement will only be effective it it maintains its independence. Aligning or affiliating itself with either of the major political parties in this country will only diminish its ability to change the outcome of elections. Communication among Tea Party constituents is vital. There will be efforts to discredit this movement by entrenched politicians and party loyalists. These efforts must be effectively challenged by judicious use of denying them a platform. This movement is in the cross hairs of people like Nancy Pelosi, who called the movement "Nazis".
In order to be effective we will have to choose our battles wisely. The 2010 elections are our first real battle. Our ability to change the outcome of a rigged voting process will test our resolve, our patience and our faith in what we are attempting to accomplish.
Our activism is the tool that will decide the effectiveness of our efforts. Choosing qualified candidates for local, state and Federal elections, and then remaining organized to effect their election, should be where our attentions must be focused.
Forget party dogma, vote for a real person who will not succumb to party politics or the allure of power, vote for people who will represent our interests and those of our Constitution.
Obama may be nominating new Supreme Court Judges soon. We must perfect our ability to block nominations of Justices who do not recognize our Constitution as the final authority on how our country is run. This is a big challenge and one we should be preparing for immediately.
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rhymn001
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:04:29 AM
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The Tea Party movement will only be effective it it maintains its independence. Aligning or affiliating itself with either of the major political parties in this country will only diminish its ability to change the outcome of elections. Communication among Tea Party constituents is vital. There will be efforts to discredit this movement by entrenched politicians and party loyalists. These efforts must be effectively challenged by judicious use of denying them a platform. This movement is in the cross hairs of people like Nancy Pelosi, who called the movement "Nazis".
In order to be effective we will have to choose our battles wisely. The 2010 elections are our first real battle. Our ability to change the outcome of a rigged voting process will test our resolve, our patience and our faith in what we are attempting to accomplish.
Our activism is the tool that will decide the effectiveness of our efforts. Choosing qualified candidates for local, state and Federal elections, and then remaining organized to effect their election, should be where our attentions must be focused.
Forget party dogma, vote for a real person who will not succumb to party politics or the allure of power, vote for people who will represent our interests and those of our Constitution.
Obama may be nominating new Supreme Court Judges soon. We must perfect our ability to block nominations of Justices who do not recognize our Constitution as the final authority on how our country is run. This is a big challenge and one we should be preparing for immediately.
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Linnell
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:56:44 AM
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The Tea Party Patriots will live on. We will never again let politicians, here or abroad, insult us and do as they please. We now have a place to speak openly.
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GER2BON
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:38:55 AM
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THE TEA PARTY MAY LAST IF THEY PUT FORTH A PLATFORM THAT MUST BE ACCEPTED BY ANY CANDIDATE, WHETHER THEY BE REPUB,DEMO, INDEPENDENT
SOCIALIST,COMMUNIST,ETC.... ACCEPT OUR PLATFORM,IN WRITING, AND WE WILL VOTE FOR YOU AND CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR CAMPAIGN. EVEN TWO RIVAL CANDIDATES ACCEPTING OUR PLATFORM WOULD BE BETTER THAN NONE AT ALL !
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GER2BON
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:34:04 AM
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parsonswayneright
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 8:17:53 AM
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The last paragraph sums it up best. We should not care if the President is a Dem, neo-con or republican as long as they do the job of upholding the Constitution. Let us not forget our role as Tea Party members.
Kudos to the author.
Greg Draiss
Brewer, Broadcaster, Poet,Farmer
Radical Revolutionary
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OusttheLawyersfromGovt
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 1:54:43 AM
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We Have one HUGE PROBLEM to Address in this Country, Removing all the Lawyers from the House and Senate.You will NEVER have Term Limits or Tort reform if our entire Government is run by Lawyers as it is now.
There should be a Rule that if a Candidate is a Lawyer then we're not interested.
Its SICKENING to see a Lawyer Billboard every 500 yards down most major thorofares in Every Major City advertising "Lets just Sue Somebody Today for Something, Even if theres No Merit to the Case,because they or thier Insurance Company will just roll over and offer to settle and I get 50 percent so its a Win for Me Either Way"
It is time for an Independent Party, a "Peoples Party" the works for the mainstream interests of the core of America, not for the Needs of those such as Illegal Aliens,Giant Oil Companies,Pharmaceutical Giants,Poorly Run Giant Automakers and Corrupt Unions.
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rmonesmith
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:56:53 AM
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I would submit that Mr. Erickson is underestimating the will of the people at this point. No doubt from being conditioned by the very institutions that the Tea Party grassroots movements are looking to address. The current status of our political environment is not new. This situation has followed the natural progression of any similar situation whereby those who have money enough to run for positions of power with a desire effect change, or maintain the status-quo, that is in their best interest. This situation has been further fueled by the apathy of so many remaining American constituents, who have been willing to allow the self-gratifying politician to run their course with the simple belief that the politician would recognize their limits. I would say to Mr.Erickson, that the current political status-quo is witnessing the demise of American apathy. Throughout world history, there is an abundant resource of examples whereby "the people" reach critical mass and political upheaval ensues. The good news for America, is that we Americans conduct our "political upheaval" through the election process. This single process is the means by which the Tea Party movement will effect change and that desire for change will not simply cease to exist when the job market increases or when prosperity returns. Conversely, the positive change that will certainly be realized by the consistent removal of the political thieves and those who are only interested in serving their own personal interests, will serve to solidify the Tea Party resolve. Simply put, as America improves, the Tea Party will become stronger. Our mission is not to merely change the hypocrisy of today, but rather to take back our country and reiterate our God given rights to freedom unhampered by the self-serving politician and elite. Make no mistake Mr. Erickson, I am not going anywhere; I am here to stay with the intent to effect positive change. And to the Political elite, rest assured that it will not matter if you are Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian, whatever, if you do not uphold your political responsibility to serve our Country with honesty, integrity, and an attitude of "Service before self" while supporting the Constitution of the United States and the intent of our founding fathers, you will become only another disgraced cog in the wheel known as the second revolution for these United States.
Ronald Monesmith
Colorado Patriot
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rhymn001
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:26:59 AM
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When the Democratic Party & Obama attempted to marginalize senior citizens by concocting erroneous economic statistics (CPI)they alienated over 60,000,000 (60million) potential voters. The Tea Party phenomenon is the result of American, not just seniors, losing their investments in their homes. All equity was consigned to extinction when the Democrats, under Clinton in 1993, passed legislation that sounded the death knell for the housing market. This legislation compromized Fannie Mae, Freddie Mad and FHA's ability to ween out unqualified borrowers. The free for all that resulted in the housing crash was exacerbated by securitizing mortgage backed paper that had a negative value when the unqualified borrowers who were not required to invest a down payment, qualify income wise, or have a responsible credit history were granted loans which they defaulted on. Government legislation caused the housing market crash. This same government is now making the situation worse by attempting to falsify statistical information that caused Medicare and Medicare RX premiums to increase, but did not increase the social security income of seniors dependent on the monthly income. The CPI index does not count gasoline prices, medication, groceries, home energy in its calculations of inflation.
These 60 million potential voters are now the base of the Tea Party organizations throughout the country.
Democrats will continue to lose Congressional seats until they realize that this awakened tiger is also the bulk of seniors dependent on social security income. 60 million potential voters are a huge block of voters. Denying them is suicide for any political party.
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danielyoung
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:03:23 PM
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I think the answer to 'how much staying power does the Tea party movement have' is entirely up to us. How fed up are we with pork-barrel politics? How sick are we of both the Republican and Democratic parties that got us into this mess over the last two decades? Are we finally ready to say enough is enough? Are we finally ready to say NO! NO To Socialism! NO To Big Gov't! NO To Higher Taxes! NO To career, self-serving politicians!
As for how long this movement will stick around, does it really matter if the government is put back on a leash? If taxes are lowered, the debt retired, and our faith in Washington restored, does it really matter if this movement remains?
It can always resurface anytime that socialist forces wax so bold as to attempt subversion of our great nation and the basic principles that made it great: Limited gov't, balance of power, and National Sovereignty!
Let the socialists worry about how long we are going to be around, because the fact is, we will be around as long as it takes!
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vicmedford
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:06:00 PM
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Patriots liberate which means they have a liberal point of view. I believe once you open the can of worms of liberalism, a yucky mess, it can't be closed, then the worms decompose, you can't use them for fishing and you gotta throw them outta your truck. SOrry for the ranty simile but its true. You need to find a new word other then patriot if its gonna work. Because I know most conservatives see that as disgressing. But I do agree with the spending cuts. 50% of our budget is SS, medicare etc. If you cut that for one generation, we will probly fix the whole system. Im a fair player, Ill take the hit, will you? Think about what next generations will think if we can fix it. And maybe we will get used to it again, we did not have this in the 19th century and people still lived fine. And with supply and demand. If less people can go to doctors, it will increase supply of doctors, they will get cheaper. With no SS some elderly will move in with there children. Family taking care of family with no government at all. But I went off subject again. Instead of a patriot revolution, maybe we can call it corporate revolutions, not revolution, it does not work either. Government-Corporation restructuring program. I like that. With a slogan of "the big man always looks out for little man".
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 8:07:10 PM
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I hope for and also would be willing to work toward building the following - a network of patriots that understand the need to initially have a laser focus on one objective. That objective is to support politicians that would agree to work for an across the board 1% spending cut at every level of government - all spending, including social security and medicaid- all spending. This wonderful country has many people of character and will be able to survive a few foolish policies, so just forget your pet complaint. Just focus - if we don't get spending under control we may not be able to survive. I have my ideas of what spending cuts we should have, but it is so important to just reverse the size of government spending especially since it's out children's future, that I think we should have no other objective. Hold all politicians to this one measurable objective. Cut spending 1% until our government is no longer stealing our children's future.
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vicmedford
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 6:15:10 PM
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Good point "nomorenonsense", no more welfare checks being cut. If a women gets pregnant and can't afford it, then she can water down the milk to make it last longer. then put the kid to work once he hits legal age, of course. We need to be carefull here though cause this will cause I rise in abortions if she feels helpless. If she joins a good church than Jesus can help her if she prays.Plus most churches have suppers once a week.
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vicmedford
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 6:10:25 PM
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Donpaul I like your idea of tarring and feathering. It should be open to children too though, noone under 9 of course. But that will be shot down by congress for sure, if we get some good corporate support to take congress, heck all three branches, then the little man will have more rights to tar and feather non-conservative, non-religious, media.
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NoMoreNonsense
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 6:07:13 PM
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My Fellow Tea Partyers... Please remember that without ACORN and a bunch of first time votes Obama would not have had a chance!! He actually thinks that the whole country wants his agenda rammed down our throats!! He still thinks that the REAL working class, not the ones that consider their welfare check hard earned money, agree with him!!! Well its time for real working people to speak up!! And be heard!!! We will not stand for Taxation with no proper representation!!!!! We are here Mr. Obama and we are not going away until our message is heard by EVERYONE!!!!
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vicmedford
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:49:21 PM
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Sarah Palin is a God of conservatism. Thats obvious. She will bring us back to the good ol days of Reaganomics. I honestly hope she finds away to get rid of taxes all together. Then our free markets will in good conscience take over defending our country. And think about the mooseburgers, yummy, Im from Maine so I can tell you they rock.
But all kidding aside, she will crush liberalism like a bug, and I will love to see it. Im hoping to be a CEO someday, and then I will reap the rewards, for if she can pull it off, I will then be the government.
Oh yeah by social services, I meant the expensive unsecured liabilities, SS, medicare, medicaid. You won’t need that stuff if you follow the American Way and get rich, or have a rich relative.
Is education unsecured too? We could also privatize schools. Im not sure if this is wize though. We might have to keep education on the backs of the government, maybe private contracts, or CD Rom teachers though to reduce costs. Sports should have gone long ago.
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donpaul53
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:54:17 PM
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The news media doesn't want to take the tea party movement serious. Maybe it's time to use another colonial tactic, TARRING AND FEATHERS and riding them on a rail to the Patomac River and dumping them in!
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fosterj717
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:48:31 PM
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It is imperative that the movement maintain its independence from both parties even though one may be better then the other in articulating a compatible philosophy. Smaller, more effective government and freedom from onerous taxes are now, and should remain the cornerstone of the Teaparty movement's focus. In the event that Republicans regain control in Washington, their feet must also be held to the fire because on many occasions unfortunately, once in power, Washington tends co-opt and pervert even those with the best of intentions. For that reason, we the people must constantly be vigilant and ever ready to forcefully remind these elected servants to whom the are still answerable. A patriotic movement such as this by remaining independent, provides the necessary leverage to help keep them on the straight and narrow. For what its worth!
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fosterj717
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:33:02 PM
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It is imperative that the movement maintain its independence from both parties even though one may be better then the other in articulating a compatible philosophy. Smaller, more effective government and freedom from onerous taxes are now, and should remain the cornerstone of the Teaparty movement's focus. In the event that Republicans regain control in Washington, their feet must also be held to the fire because on many occasions unfortunately, once in power, Washington tends co-opt and pervert even those with the best of intentions. For that reason, we the people must constantly be vigilant and ever ready to forcefully remind these elected servants to whom the are still answerable. A patriotic movement such as this by remaining independent, provides the necessary leverage to help keep them on the straight and narrow. For what its worth!
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PhillyPride
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:32:40 AM
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NO NO NO! SARAH PALIN SHOULD NOT LEAD THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT!!!!!!! SHES ANOTHER POLITICAN
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PhillyPride
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:30:56 AM
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NO NO NO! SARAH PALIN SHOULD NOT LEAD THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT!!!!!!! SHES ANOTHER POLITICAN
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Endersgame
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:06:24 AM
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The words of Patrick Henry
"Our chains are forged!" he declared. "Their clanking may be heard [in the halls of Congress] on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable – and let it come! I repeat, we must let it come.
"It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace – but there is no peace. … Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? … Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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Endersgame
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:05:59 AM
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Manelion
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:51:54 AM
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Consider that ,for the most part ,The Independent Democrat Big Tent Blue Dogs seem to be A Myth fostered by The Mainstream Media Agendists. Also apparently , Joey Lieberman and Ben Stupak haven't experienced that " Democrat Big Tent " warmth.
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Manelion
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:27:25 AM
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The Tea Party may want to form Committees of Correspondence and stay primarily issues oriented and localized , yet loosely federated . Local " Organized And Led " Tea Parties keep "The Control Freaks " from obstructing the free individual spirit and action of The Tea Parties from different Counties ,Townships, Towns ,Cities , and States.
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reagandemocrat
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:25:05 AM
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The post below, from Independent Thinker, is spot on. The Tea Party must stay focused on fighting socialism. If it goes toward right wing intolerance, it will become a joke. Also, splitting the Republican vote is a bad idea. See blog post at http://jeremiahblog.com/2010/02/06/moment-of-truth-for-the-tea-party/
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TomStark
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:17:05 AM
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This article is an outstanding analysis that perfectly dovetails with what I have been saying as part of my campaign in the 1st Congressional District of West Virginia. Many in the Tea Party Movement has focused their goal on removing the Dem. Congressman who has been in the seat for 27 years and has ignored his constituents. However, the movement must be and this election must be about so much more than that. We must look at the SYSTEMIC changed needed in Washington to FIX the problems and prevent the current system from controlling the agenda and the size of government. Further information on the solutions that I believe make most sense can be found at www.tstark2010.com and www.stark2010.blog.com. If you seek representation that is not committed to a party (running as an R because third party candidates don't get elected here), is committed to short duration occupation of the seat (max. six years if you want me that long) and honest, open, and principled reputation. Check me out. I am not seeking blind support. Compare, contrast, and make your decision on the facts. Tom Stark represents a "STARK CONTRAST" to all the other candidates running in the 1st District. If you agree, support my campaign and give me your vote. I will earn it every day I am in Washington and every day I live in WV. That is my commitment. That is my oath.
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independentthinker
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 8:30:05 AM
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One thing I hope all tea party patriots remember is TOLERENCE! If this organization becomes all about abortion and or gays etc. you will see the group fizzle. The Democrat party, in my opinion, portrays an all inclusive party. They understand that people have different views to express and allow for that. The Republican Party is shrinking because they have become known for intolerance of differing viewpoints. There have been so many quotes and references over the past year or so about our founders. As a suggestion maybe we need a review of American History 101. Had the founders not compromised on their principles and beliefs we would be a far different country today - if at all.
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republicof6
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 7:53:44 AM
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Here's a thought. Regardless whether the tea party is around and the people who believe in its just cause; the individual fighting for freedom, this GREAT REPUBLIC,A SOLVENT AND GREAT POWER AGAIN will rise; BUT IT WILL BE THE TEA PARTY who determine who has incumbency in the next election and those that follow. THE SLEEPERS are awake! The progressives/socialists/communists will fall. We will all witness lady liberties greatness again! Our founders guaranteed it and I'll be damned if we let her rot in the hands of treasonous, greedy, politicians of today. Obama will see the demise of the liberal party. We are proud AMERICANS..........YES....that's right AMERICANS.
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pHenryorelse
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Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:39:52 AM
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Sir, the "spending and growing government" problems have shown themselves to be "long term" problems. It's nice to think throwing tea overboard would balance any one years' budget or crank down on entitlements..but really! The gravy-train won't stop on a dime or a tea bag. It's just you and me in their face, on their heels, in their email, outside their door...reminding them of a constitution that demands we step in. That's our role now and the future. We have seized the day but they ain't going away without due diligence on our part. Debt ceilings get raised, supporters circle the firing squad and "they" live to spend another day while our troops die in not-quite abandoned rural outposts. EPA and carbon foot-print should be 4 letter words. PETA and MADD fit occasionally with their holier than thou mandates. Scott Brown may someday be president, but if his Mass-miracle falls on deaf ears...well play on. Maybe our grandchildren will see a balanced budget in 2020. Without a line item veto and ear mark abolishment, this cycle will repeat with the next bunch of career policy makers. All I can say is keep the faith, steady as she goes, and keep your eye on the liberty bell. Give me and Patrick "liberty or ..death"
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carvertheman
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Friday, February 05, 2010 10:20:01 PM
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I absolutely love that I found this tea party site. The tea party should become an offical voting and running party. I would jump ship from the republican party to the tea party in less than a heartbeat. This is where the true values of life, liberty, god and this country truly lies
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rhymn001
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Friday, February 05, 2010 10:15:31 PM
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There will be attempts to discredit the various Tea Party organizations throughout the country. By remaining independent of political organizations we can focus on the real issues confronting this country. Our strength is in our individual ability to identify issues and politicians who are destroying this country. We must all act independently to avert a national disaster. Like minded people sharing ideas and then acting upon those ideas independently and with purpose will allow Tea Party organizations to remain a force to be reckoned with at the polls. Politicians using the Tea Party movement will destroy it as they climb the career ladder. We must remain circumspect in who and what issues we embrace. One issues that we all have in common is our Constitution and what guarantees to us, and what it does not. Do not allow politicians to co-opt the power of our individual votes.
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ELNorris
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Friday, February 05, 2010 9:15:51 PM
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My Thoughts, I also have the same concerns, you always have those of the momment. The ones of Palin worry me in this regard. Those of the movement toward Constitutional rights will be around for ages. We have always been there, sitting watching, hoping for the best.Though we have voted our will, we have learned that those whom we elect are dead to our wishes. We have the time, we now have the resources,to keep the Tea Party Movement going forth,Recent elections have shown us that the True Power still lies with the People, No elected official on either side should feel that the positions they hold are forever. We will vote them out, We will not let them use us. Buisness as usual is a thing of the pass. To those that think this started with the election of Obama have missed the point. We all know that the Bush polices gave the congressional branch to the Democrats. If we were all Strict Consitutionalist the error of our ways would of been much less. The Trust of our Government Officals has long past us, and its time for action upon action til we get it right, then to keep watch over It. For Love of God, For Love of Country, For Love of my Children.
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NoMoreNonsense
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Friday, February 05, 2010 2:51:56 PM
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you are on the same page dstefani !!!!
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dstefani
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Friday, February 05, 2010 12:28:42 PM
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As a new Tea Party Member, I expected one candidate to be endorsed for every incumbunt that needs to be replaced. Then we can all put our energies into campaigning for an endorsed candidate no matter what party they belong to. Am I on the same page as the Tea Party Movement? I'm confused.
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rbobwhite
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Friday, February 05, 2010 11:15:43 AM
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As defenders of the Constitution, the TEA Party should have no end to the challenge.
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georgessake
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Friday, February 05, 2010 2:14:56 AM
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i hope and believe the essence the tea party is and will stay a simple collection of free INDIVIDUALS, who have lately realized that our precious LIBERTY is threatened by a minority of power-hungry statists, who have hijacked the democratic party (the party of my father and my first party before my eyes were opened). it's members can act alone or in concert when necessary to defend american liberty and oppose any force, group or individual that is anti-liberty. as such it will alwasys be simple to act. we need only find the thing that smacks of control that is unauthorized by the constitution. that is the think that must be stopped. this loose association should therefore have many leaders of necessity and all soldiers of their own choosing, and will continue for however long our ordered liberty is under threat from whatever guise or form that threat to freedom takes. if that takes 40 years or 100, so be it, make sure you train your children well, then.
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rhymn001
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:03:41 PM
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One immediate objective is to band together and vote out those members of the House and Senate who are bankrupting this country. Today, February 4, 2010, the following House members voted to increase their spending authority which further bankrupts and makes it impossible for the USA to survive. VOTE THE PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE! Render them unable to further detroy our beloved country.
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Adler (NJ)
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Gordon (TN)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kilroy
Kind
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kissell
Klein (FL)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Luján
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney
Markey (CO)
Markey (MA)
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McMahon
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (NY)
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
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1r40x1
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:05:48 PM
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the job is and always has been, accountability, and oversight. This knows no party or individual.
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NoMoreNonsense
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:12:22 PM
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I wish REAGAN was up for re-election!!
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NoMoreNonsense
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:10:56 PM
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Just want everyone to know FOX news is reporting tonite that government jobs, meaning all federally funded public service jobs has just hit 2.15 million jobs... This is the most since 1992... Now why are there so many GOVERNMENT jobs, which we all know are funded by our tax dollars, when we are smack dab in the middle of a recession??? All of us out here in the private sector cant find work but apparently all Obamas croneys are having a field day spending our tax dollars on new government jobs!! THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE PEOPLE!!! Tell THIS LOSER NAMED BARACK OBAMA TO STOP SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS!!
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Highpressteam
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:32:43 PM
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I became a member of the Tea Party Patriots in April of 2009 and I have supported rallies and local groups ever since. Around the same time I joined, I re-registered my voter registration as "no party affiliation" because I believed then, as I still do, that both political parties are badly broken. Fully aware that many intend to fix the Republican party, I strongly support efforts to build a legitimate 3rd party option. In case you missed it, the 3rd party just elected Scott Brown. Call them 'independents', or whatever, we already are here and are stronger than the Republicans or the Democrats. pleas note that I am a realist and understand that ther is no time to build the structure that is necessary for a national party. The Ross Perrott argument does not fly because this is a groundswell of conservative Americans of epic proportion. I am actively involved in the groundwork to begin a new party (not called tea party)which must first focus on local issues. We will also focus on selecting citizens willing to serve rather than the same old career politicians so practiced at telling you what you want to hear. If you allow yourself a moment to actually entertain this you may see that doing this does not preclude my participation in Tea Party support, or perhaps giving campaign support for a current conservative candidate, or even participating in "fixing" an existing party at the same time. Also, if you come to the idea with old attitudes you defeat your efforts before you begin. Again, refer to Massachusetts; "It could NEVER happen there!" If we believed that, it would not have occurred. In fact, it is the very existence of ME, and those who think like me, that suddenly has both parties in Washington thinking very carefully about their agenda and their positions. So, I will not meld quietly into the same old Republican machine just because YOU don't realize the POWER of what we have already done. It is merely another tool to give us more flexibility in achieving the goals of Constitutional conservatism. we no longer have to choose between liberal and liberal lite. We can present our own choice instead, Indeed, I am seeing support for this. Then, too, if it is not meant to be, this will become obvious soon enough.
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greywolf
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:39:03 PM
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I just joined, became a member today, the Tea Party movement is in it's infancy of building a strong foundation, that's now! I have children and grandchildren I want to see this great American grassroot building project passed on to them. We must be resolved to extend our ideals and views in generations to come, so every 16 years we are not faced with the disarray of politics as we have allowed at this moment in history. It's not the party, but the spirit of The Constitution of The United States of America that lives in us, that we give the party. Today, I became a "Patroit" of "The Tea Party."
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greywolf
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:16:58 PM
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JaneK13
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:15:01 PM
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Tea Party Patriots threw the tea into the sea in 1773...the tea floated away, but the Tea Party Patriots are still here....alive and well in 2010!
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JaneK13
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:13:28 PM
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spiko181
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:52:35 AM
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Remember the Marine motto- when the going gets tough, the tough get going !!!!! So lets keep up the fight for what is right for all of us.
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jasondippen
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:17:27 AM
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I see the Tea party movement as a statement of principles rather than an oppostion movement to any specific issue. As long as we keep those principles alive in our hearts and minds (and votes) the Tea Party will endure.
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WTPCT
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:35:04 AM
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I have a feeling the Tea Party will be going strong long after the demise of Newsweek. We will never run out of weasely politicians to reel in. They are running out of readers who beleive their bloviating.
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Sweet Pea
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:06:38 AM
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I'm ok with people thinking they have a handle on us; it just makes it easier to surprise them with our results.
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WalterScottHudson
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:16:38 AM
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The article describes Tea Party Patriots as a "broad spectrum of (mostly) conservative, anti-government malcontents." Assuming the author's choice of words was not arbitrary, describing us as "anti-government" betrays a gross misunderstanding. The Tea Party movement is not anarchist. We are pro-just-government, pro-proper-government, pro-constitutional-government. It is an important distinction this author fails to make.
It should be no surprise Tea Partiers will not automatically coalesce around a candidate. That much should be clear from a cursory examination of the messages coming out of the movement. We have ceased blindly following party affiliation or accepting rhetorical claims without a track record to back it up. Support from the Tea Party movement will be earned by candidates with demonstrable convictions or, in the case of Massachusetts, in a position to immediately halt the advance of socialism.
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