Tea Partiers Mobilize To Take It 'To The Next Level'

[XBoxWarrior]

Ok, it appears the Tea Party is turning the crazy up to 11 in announcing their list of speakers for their first national convention.

Look out Opryland, the tea partiers are coming to town.

The Tea Party Nation is gearing up for its first ever convention, to be held at the famed Opryland Hotel in Nashville next month. It's a confab designed to help the tea parties from across the country organize, with an agenda that sounds a lot like an attempt to form an official third party.

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As we've reported, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the keynoter for the Feb. 4-6 event, and Rep. Michele Bachmann will be the highlight luncheon speaker.

Among them is the Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore, who also is running for governor of Alabama.

Speakers include World Net Daily's Joseph Farah and Fox News Contributor Angela McGlowan

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We are keeping a close eye on the tea party primaries percolating around the country, with candidates identifying with the movement to challenge incumbent or Washington-supported Republicans.

The group bills itself as "a user-driven group of like-minded people who desire our God given Individual Freedoms which were written out by the Founding Fathers."

"We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country!" they write in advertising the convention.

Will this be the beginning of a new national party? Will they just fall in line and vote R when the time comes? When, if ever, will they just change their name to the Christian National Party?

I would like to know how the conservative posters here feel about this. This doesn't appear to be a good move for the Republican party to me.

Tickets range from $349 to $549 per person

Crazy doesn't come cheap.

TPM Linky

 

[mhaze]

Ok, it appears the Tea Party is turning the crazy up...

"We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country!" they write in advertising the convention.TPM Linky

Wow...Yeah, that's pretty crazy, isn't it?

Hey, what part of that do you think is the craziest?

1. Limited Gov
2. Free speech
3. 2nd amend
4. military
5. secure borders
6. our country

Yeah, that's really crazy stuff there.

 

[Peephole]

Wow...Yeah, that's pretty crazy, isn't it?

Hey, what part of that do you think is the craziest?

As we've reported, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the keynoter for the Feb. 4-6 event, and Rep. Michele Bachmann will be the highlight luncheon speaker.

Among them is the Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore, who also is running for governor of Alabama.

Speakers include World Net Daily's Joseph Farah and Fox News Contributor Angela McGlowan

 

[Bikewer]

So the most-radical (well, maybe not as radical as some of the loonies that inhabit "compounds" out in the boondocks) of the right-wing are banding together to push their agenda.
Maybe the best thing to do is let 'em rant...Tends to expose them for what they are.

The above-stated nice-sounding goals are the "for public consumption" goals; many of these folks are much more extreme than that.

 

[XBoxWarrior]

Wow...Yeah, that's pretty crazy, isn't it?

Hey, what part of that do you think is the craziest?

1. Limited Gov
2. Free speech
3. 2nd amend
4. military
5. secure borders
6. our country

Yeah, that's really crazy stuff there.

Limited Gov't = Restricting women from getting abortions. Creating the DHS. Lower taxes for the rich.

Free Speech = "Don't let the government get into my medicare".

2cd Amend = "That ****** Obama is gonna take my guns"

Military = "Let's kill all the ragheads brown people in the deserts that have oil"

Secure borders = Keep out the wetbacks brown people from the southern border, but import drugs from Canada

Our country = The way it used to be when us white Christians ran the show. aka The Homeland


This Tea Party movement is Christian racism disguised as patriotic whargarbl, and the speakers they chose aren't helping their cause.

So mhaze, do you think this will aid the "conservative" movement, or split the Republican party into social vs. fiscal conservatives?

 

[Whiplash]

XBoxWarrior, that is the most strawmen I've seen in one post, ever.

It's pitiful the people on either side insist on defining what their opposition really stands for. It's dishonest. It's repugnant. Tell us what you will do, don't try to define what the opposition is really doing. You suck at it. And it's obvious.

What really bothers me is, some of you actually believe the tripe you constantly throw out.

 

[332nd]

Among them is the Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore, who also is running for governor of Alabama.

I misread that as Rudy Ray Moore (AKA Dolemite)

 

[tyr_13]

Whiplash, I believe I had an entire thread on what the 'Tea parties' actually wanted, and we couldn't figure out much. As far as I've been able to tell, XBoxWarrior's post describes them just as well as mhaze's, obviously excluding hyperbole and over simplification. If you're privy to some other information on the matter I'm still interested in finding out just what they want. I might even necro my old thread for it.

 

[XBoxWarrior]

XBoxWarrior, that is the most strawmen I've seen in one post, ever.

It's pitiful the people on either side insist on defining what their opposition really stands for. It's dishonest. It's repugnant. Tell us what you will do, don't try to define what the opposition is really doing. You suck at it. And it's obvious.

What really bothers me is, some of you actually believe the tripe you constantly throw out.

I was trying my best.

So have you ever been to a Tea Party rally? I went to one in Reno this past fall (for comic relief) and I think my observations are fairly on target. I noticed an all white, mostly gray haired, group of people trying not so hard, to hide their hate for the black president Obama. If these morons were so concerned about that "socialism is bad", then they would refuse the social security checks and cancel their medicare.

Are you a Tea Partier?

http://www.meetup.com/Reno-Tea-Party/photos/565514/#7713234

 

[KJB416]

Limited Gov't = Restricting women from getting abortions. Creating the DHS. Lower taxes for the rich.

Free Speech = "Don't let the government get into my medicare".

2cd Amend = "That ****** Obama is gonna take my guns"

Military = "Let's kill all the ragheads brown people in the deserts that have oil"

Secure borders = Keep out the wetbacks brown people from the southern border, but import drugs from Canada

Our country = The way it used to be when us white Christians ran the show. aka The Homeland


This Tea Party movement is Christian racism disguised as patriotic whargarbl, and the speakers they chose aren't helping their cause.

So mhaze, do you think this will aid the "conservative" movement, or split the Republican party into social vs. fiscal conservatives?

I thought this was very well said

 

[Upchurch]

It's pitiful the people on either side insist on defining what their opposition really stands for. It's dishonest. It's repugnant. Tell us what you will do, don't try to define what the opposition is really doing. You suck at it. And it's obvious.

What really bothers me is, some of you actually believe the tripe you constantly throw out.

And, yet, not only do both sides do it, you've done it. On this board. Often.

Physician, heal thyself.



XBox, you wanna back those up, with or without the hyperbole? Is that what the Tea Party movement is pushing?

 

[XBoxWarrior]

If you're privy to some other information on the matter I'm still interested in finding out just what they want.

I can tell you what they don't want; pesky lesbian liberal trolls!!11111

That's right, no Rachel Maddow types are welcome on their forums.

Organizers behind the upcoming Tea Party Nation convention we wrote about this morning told members today that MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tried to join the group and "we banned her 7 minutes after she joined."

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[XBoxWarrior]

XBox, you wanna back those up, with or without the hyperbole?

I stand guilty of political hyperbole, unless I can hotlink a bunch of random pics from tea party rallies from a google image search.

not enough time to move them over here

 

[XBoxWarrior]

Ok, here's a nice picture from their website (tea party nation) that I find to back up some of my hyperbole. (the link speaks to the 2cd amendment issue)

ETA: a pic of their idea of "Obama Fans Hmmm!"

http://www.teapartynation.com/photo/obama-fans-hmmm

nope, I stand corrected...these are not the party of racist white christians.

wait, one more.

yes, these are the pics that the TPN approves of...hyperbole much?

http://www.teapartynation.com/photo/redneckantiterroristtrainingca-1

I'm still not approved, and it's been over 7 minutes

 

[ferd burfle]

"We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country!" they write in advertising the convention.​

Someone needs to send them a copy of the John Birch Society letters-to-the-editor style manual. As wingnut newbies, they don't know that the IMPORTANT WORDS are supposed to appear in all caps---mere capitalization of common nouns just doesn't cut it.


ferd

 

[BenBurch]

"We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country!" they write in advertising the convention.​

...

"We believe in Limited Speech, Amendment Free Government, Military Security, and 2nd Borders."

There. Fixed it for them.

 

[mhaze]

I stand guilty of political hyperbole, unless I can hotlink a bunch of random pics from tea party rallies from a google image search.

not enough time to move them over here

But really, what this is about is you revelling in your own socialist beliefs.

Which most people in the USA do not share. So have fun!

 

[XBoxWarrior]

But really, what this is about is you revelling in your own socialist beliefs.

Which most people in the USA do not share. So have fun!

As a conservative, do you support the Tea Party? Are you going to reject the "socialist" fire department from extinguishing your fire? No "social" security for the mhaze?

DO YOU SUPPORT THE TEA PARTY?

HOW WILL IT EFFECT YOUR CONSERVATIVE VIEWS?

WILL YOU VOTE FOR TEH PALIN?

I'm curious how the R's interpret this Tea Party. Is it a good move for your values? A simple yes or no will NOT suffice. I find this movement in American politics to be amusing and insightful. What say you?

maybe caps will help?

 

[leftysergeant]

But really, what this is about is you revelling in your own socialist beliefs.

This is no more true than it is that your posts reflect a knee-jerk right-wing elitist bent.

Which most people in the USA do not share. So have fun!

So how come we just elected a president 189 degrees from what you espouse?

Confabulate much?

 

[tyr_13]

Wow, it's a real pain to try to get a reasonable discussion with, or about, the Tea Parties.

Who would have thought?