Posted on 03/09/2014 9:52:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Just wait until 2014 and 2016, Honey.
Never was, never will be.
I’d call the GOP DC establishment the swindlers. 2012 was a racket by the beltway consultants, who showed no inclination to win despite all their fundraising. They just wanted to cash in their percentage of all the media buys.
I tend to avoid “folds” as they tend to breed nasty fungi and bacteria.
Tea Party PEAKED = Tea Party NOW IN DECLINE...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, so what’s so surprising here?
If Karl Rove and the GOPe’s, keep trashing conservatives, conservatives won’t just stay home
they will send a message to the GOPe’s in an extreme way, if you know
what I mean.
No suport for GOPe candidates going forward...
Ditch Mitch, by any means necessary.
>> Sometimes movements end
As did the article.
Now it’s time to wash the hands.
I should say they have given up because they have the government after them and they are laying low till the government stops attacking the people that they work for.
The GOPe and me are done for good.
I rather fight a known enemy than have to watch my back against an enemy who pretends to be my friend.
Milton Wolf, running against Pat Roberts in Kansas, is a moron.
Yes I want the true RINO types to pay with a primary challenge, but Wolf is wasting valuable time and money that Conservatives should spend elsewhere.
Not me.
Might have a degree of believability to it if the GOP was actually doing anything to attract voters, but this article wants you to believe conservatives are motivated by spineless ineptitude. Anyone who thought we would topple all the rinos in one cycle need to remove their rose colored glasses. If we remove one or two, we will be doing good, and the establishment will have to start paying attention. Especially when it is depleting a substantial amount of their coffers just to get to the general election. Wars are not one on a single battle, and we are going to have to wear down the GOPe over time.
The reason is that there is nowhere to go! (party-wise)
So how can they return to the fold? The idea was to work though the party, not to replace it.
Now one thing that may have changed is donations...I know that I have not been very loose with my cash insofar as the party is concerned and prefer to support individuals only.
So....I don't see anything reversing it's self...and Texas is not a State that is of or was of concern to tea party folks..
And beating one of those old dog repubs with fat war chests and connections is probably not likely to happen there in the great state of Texas, without a scandal or two..
The article seems to be saying that the tea party has lost influence and is nothing but swindlers.
This isn’t how I see things at all.
I see the tea party folks like Cruz as the only grownups in the room.
I think one of the important points is the description of some as inflexible. This idea of a single issue focused litmus test for tea party or conservative candidates is a major failing.
Take the pro life groups as an example. Their sole focus is abortion issues and unless a candidate follows their path lock-step, they take their ball, their money, their vote, and go home. A person could have great leadership skills and a whole host of other qualifications, but they are dismissed and not considered unless they meet this groups singular need. Even worse, their groupthink mindset shuns and shames others away, even those with similar political beliefs. You get labeled and dismissed as the opposition.
This behavior, actively in display here in FR, is stupid, childish, and cult-like. It is the path of an extremist and inevitability leads to isolation and political failure. Much of the Lefts success politically is owed to their ability to seize on issues like this and exploit their oppositions unyielding stance. Abortion, legalization of cannabis, and gay marriage are good examples of singular issues that keep zealot voters home and allow Democrats victory.
Just my take in it.
I want to know who these deep-pocketed TEA partners supposedly are. I don’t think they exist
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