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

[Peephole]

I'm actually mostly a pancake guy. The thin kind, not the weird American ones.

Oops, there I go again!

Who the hell puts lemon on their pancakes? I think it's a Dutch pancake.

 

[cwalner]

To us, those are French, they aren't even called pancakes here. They are Crepes. Quite good, but we still give them a French name

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

And this thread started off all right. . .

 

[XBoxWarrior]

And this thread started off all right. . .

Yeah, I've been working.

The arguments have been good. The sign with the *****photo shop is good notice. The thing about these rallies that lead me to think racist, is the fact that they don't throw these racist sign holders, and image posters (on their site) to the curb.

It's kind of like the argument from the right that says, "If the Imams don't speak out against terror, they endorse it." With this I agree. If you allow the racists in your group, you support their beliefs. (more Imams should speak up)

I've decided NOT to go back to trolling on their site, but it's pretty god damn obvious there, that they preach the white is right way.

I need some pancakes.

Eta; I did invite the Tea Partiers to come discuss this here before I was banned. They don't want to chat it up...

 

[BenBurch]

I really hope these clowns DO attempt an armed insurrection. Then we can watch as the police and military gun them down in the streets, and then later as the survivors are hanged for high treason.

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

I really hope these clowns DO attempt an armed insurrection. Then we can watch as the police and military gun them down in the streets, and then later as the survivors are hanged for high treason.

I think it's more likely they'll continue to try to distance themselves from the more extreme elements and become more like a political party.

I still hope they succeed and, in so doing, effectively split the Republican Party. Sure, they've probably got their share of former Libertarians too, but I doubt there are *any* former Democrats in the Tea Party. (One of their websites claimed that--and claimed that they're non-partisan!)

 

[cwalner]

(One of their websites claimed that--and claimed that they're non-partisan!)

Um, they claim to be a non-partisan political party? Methinks somebody over there needs to get acquanted with Miriam Webster.

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

Um, they claim to be a non-partisan political party? Methinks somebody over there needs to get acquanted with Miriam Webster.

Yup. I kid you not (my bolding).

The Chicago Tea Party is a grass roots group of people — Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents — who share a love for their country and concern about the direction this country is being led. We are a non-partisan group that promotes fiscal repsonsibility and liberty.

Linky.

 

[cwalner]

Ah, I get it now.

They are not a political party, but an actual tea party, with biscuits and cucumber sandwiches.

My bad.

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

Ah, I get it now.

They are not a political party, but an actual tea party, with biscuits and cucumber sandwiches.

My bad.

And a guy with a gigantic top hat?
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[Ducky]

And a guy with a gigantic top hat?
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[Travis]

Strangely I think a split in the Republican party might be better for it in the long run. It would suck in the short term but with all the nutbags gone it could start opening itself up to more centrist Democrats.

 

[tyr_13]

It might drive politics in the US more to the right though. If you set up with a part with more than marginal pull that far to the right, then the right will appear to be the 'center' all of a sudden.

It's a trick that is sometimes used. You set your opponents argument as one 'extreme', even though it is the extreme, then you present an extremely exaggerated position as the other 'extreme', this one being the true extreme, and then you can present your position as the 'golden middle' ground.

 

[BenBurch]

Strangely I think a split in the Republican party might be better for it in the long run. It would suck in the short term but with all the nutbags gone it could start opening itself up to more centrist Democrats.

It would not be the same party any more, then. And might actually be a good thing for the country.

 

[dudalb]

Watch the Teabaggers go crazy with joy if the GOP pulls a upset in Mass.

 

[Brainster]

Watch the Teabaggers go crazy with joy if the GOP pulls a upset in Mass.

They probably will, but according to this guy, Scott Brown is liberal for a Republican in Massachusetts.

Brown’s score puts him at the 34th percentile of his party in Massachusetts over the 1995-2006 time period. In other words, two thirds of other Massachusetts Republican state legislators were more conservative than he was. This is evidence for my claim that he’s a liberal even in his own party. What’s remarkable about this is the fact that Massachusetts Republicans are the most, or nearly the most, liberal Republicans in the entire country!

But I thought the tea-party crowd was forcing the GOP to nominate straight-down-the-line conservatives?

 

[tyr_13]

Is there a strong Tea Party in Massachusetts?

And who made the claim that it would force the GOP to do that?