[2ndDivisionVet]

So the far left thinks that Ron & Rand Paul = Tea Party?

[erkelly]

I disagree, there are parts of the constitution which should not be supported as presently interpreted (such as as the way birth right citizenship has been interpreted in recent years.) And there is no reason why, WE THE PEOPLE, should not work toward rescinding those amendments to the constitution which we now know to be unwise, such as 18-year-olds voting.

[silverleaf]

I suppose they don't know that TEA means

“taxed enough already”

Do they think that TEA is not going to resonate with more and more encumbered overtaxed spied-on lied to Americans for whom guys lie Schumer and Reid no longer even try to hide their contempt?

Let's roll

(fwiw King George also considered his rebellious colonial subjects “domestic terrorists”)

[Excellence]

Support the U.S. Constitution—All of It.

You mean like prohibition? Oh. Wait. Wasn't that reversed because it didn't work out well?

[Dahoser]

We should Support the U.S. Constitution—All of It. If IREHR, or any other reasonable opponent of the Tea Party movement, had the funds and the access we would put that message on as many county music stations as possible, and it would surely hurt the Tea Party movement.

Two things, assclown Zeskind, president of whatever is IREHR:

1. Lack of proofreading is a beyotch.
2. You expose yourself and your group by thinking all Tea Party members are a bunch of Haystacks Calhoun types listening to old Merle Haggard records over the wireless. That is what you meant by "on as many county [sic] music stations as possible," isn't it?

Good to know our opposition is being scraped from the bottom of the stupid barrel.

[867V309]

July 11, 2010 I am going to talk briefly about the Tea Party phenomenon and why it is important for all of our branches to educate themselves and their communities about this dire threat.

The Tea Parties are a little bit like a poison apple--with three layers...

Another quote from the rat Zeskind.

[Billthedrill]

It is amusing to see this sort of miscalculation on the part of political "experts" - apparently they can't conceive of a movement that isn't top-down, funded by heavies, represented by professional public-relations specialists, and directed by a team of ruling-class elitists. Can't even imagine such a thing could be real. There must be a shadowy cabal behind it - the Koch brothers, yeah, that's the ticket.

These are going to be some very confused people in the months preceding the next election. No, boys and girls, it isn't Rush Limbaugh, Ron or Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, or even Sarah Palin. Best of luck arresting James Madison and Patrick Henry.

[uncitizen]

Bkmk

[alloysteel]

That's the thing about the T.E.A. party - it is not a formal organization, though there are several organized factions. Truly a grass-roots phenomenon, It has no overall national headquarters, it does not offer up candidates for elective office under its own banner, and it has no elected hierarchy. Neither exclusively libertarian nor conservative, and in fact containing a great many elements who are neither, but representing folks who have never before risen in protest of excessive usurpation of power by government at various levels.

Taxed Enough Already is more a protest of excessive taxation and excessive regulation than anything else, and their common uniting bond is a "leave me alone" attitude on the part of its members and devoted followers. It is not incidental that one of their prominent banners is the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flag, featuring a very hostile rattlesnake, symbol of American independence and freedom.

[Jim Robinson]

FUKR!! Hope the tea party cuts your nuts off.

[Graewoulf]

BRING IT !

[T-Bird45]

IREHR = SPLC with a more high-sounding name. The writer can’t even get Dick Armey’s name spelled correctly and the illogic about the Constitution just abounds: throw open the immigration and citizenship gates, no need to have any voter qualifications, and claims the US is democracy.

[PhiloBedo]

KInda funny, coming from Tokyo Rove. Good luck with that!!! ;)

[februus]

I think I can help Zeskind (and the rats and rinos) here since I know who my leader is and what I stand for.

My President is Charlton Heston.

I’m a bitter gun clinger and I vote.

[InterceptPoint]

Bump. Have to run but need to study this one a bit.

[polymuser]

"Schumer does not even accord it “movement” status, referring to it instead as “the Tea Party.” As such, he fails to acknowledge the fact that multiple national organizations, as well as state and local groups, all comprise this phenomenon."

And millions of individuals that hold to the principles and consider themselves a part of it, though not a formal member of any T.E.A. Party group.

They fail to acknowledge much of reality, hence the many unintended negative consequences from their efforts.

[tet68]

These people have NO understanding of the tea party
movement at all. All their descriptions are based
on their OWN structures, it’s right there in front of
them but they can’t allow themselves to see it.

[Vince Ferrer]

There is an easy strategy to defeat the tea party. Balance the budget and end then corruption. Then there would be no reason for it to exist.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

These fools all assume that the Tea Party has a typical hierarchical leadership, so all they have to do is decapitate these leaders and the movement will fail.

They don’t grasp, because they probably can’t grasp, that the Tea Party is *not* a hierarchical organization, but a non-hierarchical organization. Totally different rules of operation, and one they are impotent in fighting.

The differences are actually greater than those of a conventional and non-conventional war. Yet, there is General Karl Rove, with his regimented platoon of “soldiers” following his marching commands to fix bayonets and march in formation into the enemy lines. But there is no enemy line.

So they march in this direction for a while, then march in another direction for a while, and still, no enemy they can bayonet. So Rove throws another $50 million at them and yells at them to march and bayonet harder.

Meanwhile, the Tea Party has quietly encircled Rove’s platoon, and from a safe distance yells names at them, maybe punctuated with thrown road apples.

“March harder!”, he yells, “Bayonet harder!” “Break their lines and kill their leaders! Here’s another $100 million!”

Still no enemy lines. Still, no leaders. And as much money as he raises from his well-heeled cronies, he can’t squeeze a thin dime out of Tea Party supporters. They use their money to back the other guy in the primary.

And Karl Rove loses.

[WayneS]

Further, you cannot even claim to support democracy if you want to end the direct election of United States Senators, enabled by the Seventeenth Amendment. And there are thousands of Tea Partiers who along with Cong. Ron Paul want to rescind the Seventeenth Amendment, all in the name of “states’ rights.”

Actually, I do not claim to support "democracy" - I claim to, and DO, support representative democracy, or a republican form of government.

This country was not founded as a democracy; it was founded as a Republic, and our founders knew what they were doing when they did not include direct election of U.S. senators in the original Constitution.

[capt. norm]

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