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To: cotton1706

The TEA party needs to become staunchly conservative, not just libertarian fiscal-only crap. Only then will it gain a viable life of its own that increasingly wins elections.


4 posted on 01/20/2015 7:05:42 AM PST by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: fwdude

“The TEA party needs to become staunchly conservative, not just libertarian fiscal-only crap.”

Its fiscal conservatism is a failure. Its elected candidates consistently vote with the RINO’s to rubber stamp Obama’s spending plans and gargantuan deficits.

Electing candidates who profess to be conservative during campaigns, then immediately vote with the big government establishment when they arrive in Washington, is not a victory for conservatism. Looking at the voting records of the most Tea Party elected officials it is easy to perceive the Tea Party has been neutered.


8 posted on 01/20/2015 7:11:16 AM PST by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: fwdude
The TEA party needs to become staunchly conservative, not just libertarian fiscal-only crap. Only then will it gain a viable life of its own that increasingly wins elections.

Yep. Reset to the original plumb line of godly American principle, and then you'll know how to build. Otherwise, you're just building crooked houses on shifting sand.

19 posted on 01/20/2015 7:26:01 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: fwdude

yo dude...

tea party stands for Taxed Enough Already, and at it’s inception had both pubs and democrats in it...

it is a fiscal, limited government movement, always has been, always will be..

go start your own damn movement, and leave this one the way it is...


25 posted on 01/20/2015 8:52:23 AM PST by joe fonebone (a socialist is just a juvenile communist)
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