Posted on 09/09/2010 1:28:10 PM PDT by MrShine
Originally the message of the Tea Party seemed clear “Less taxes and spending”. Simple enough, Right? Somehow they have gotten distracted. Very, very distracted. I know that all Tea Parties and their participants are different, so it is not fair for me to throw them all under the bus.
So for those who are distracted; let me attempt to recapture your attention.
You wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of breaking glass, when you stumble out of your bed into the living room you find a man standing there with your TV in his arms. Of course your first reaction is to exclaim loudly and with all of your energy “Should gays be allowed to marry?” Wait, I am sorry, no you don’t, you scream “Should they build a Mosque in New York City?”, no wait, you say “What’s your stance on abortion?”
Of course not you scream “Stop stealing my stuff!”...
My point to this is simple, if 80% of the people in America believe that our government is corrupt, what is the point of dividing ourselves? As long as you are preoccupied with these other topics, you wont have time to focus on the real issues. You can argue about gay marriage, abortion and other religions, after we get these people out of office so they will “Stop stealing our stuff!”
(Excerpt) Read more at smallgovtimes.com ...
Hey Washington: STOP STEALING OUR STUFF!!!
As long as you are preoccupied with these other topics, you wont have time to focus on the real issues. You can argue about gay marriage, abortion and other religions, after we get these people out of office so they will “Stop stealing our stuff!”
####
Nope.
Murdering babies in the womb is as “real” as an “issue” can get.
Killing babies, destroying the concept of marriage and encouraging kids to have rampant sex is also STEALING... stealing our values and our futures.
NEWS FLASH!!!
Disconnecting Economics from Morals and Ethics doesn’t work.
We can get 80% of people to agree that we are Taxed Enough Already. TEA = Taxed Enough Already.
Throw in a bunch of other issues and that 80% starts going down, get down below 50% and that train isn't going over the hill anymore - but at least it carried your water for you! A little ways!
Obama is stealing my tax money to fund abortion worldwide.
The Ground Zero mosque is aimed to received tax free bonds.
Of course it is; but how you address the issue is job one.
Without first removing the enablers (you know, the ones with the power, the guns and the Department of Justice,) by whatever means is most effective, you can never actually do anything about it but pontificate.
Get real.
Please.
Sometime before November.
This is total, stupid nonsense.
First, there is the moral issue. Killing babies is wrong, and undermines everything else. Gay marriage is wrong, and undermines everythig else.
Second, there is the freedom issue. Unless people have religious and moral values, a truly free society cannot exist, because they are incapable of governing themselves. If they cannot impose self discipline, then you need the state police to do it for them.
Third, there is the issue of winning elections. You cannot win elections unless you build a conservative coalition, and that means appealing to the social conservatives, notably Evangelicals. If they stay home, you have lost the election.
That guy who just broke into your house isn’t just stealing your TV. He’s also killing your baby.
“Get real.
Please.
Sometime before November.”
####
Save your condescension.
You get real. And grow up.
Sometime before the end of your life.
Stop stealing my stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the issue of abortion a womans perogative to end life that she began is sacrosanct with the father and more importantly, the baby having no say whatsoever.
My solution?
Hand the baby a sword and let the mother and child work things out.
At least then there will be a fighting chance.
I haven’t really seen that the Tea Party movement has been distracted. What I have seen is the media calling anyone that disagrees with Obama and the dems as Tea Partiers, even when they are not. Big difference.
Nope. 50% pay no federal income tax. However, I know poor people who would normally vote for the person who will raise others taxes to support the programs they depend on but who will not vote for anyone who supports killing babies.
It's not single issue politics that will restore our Country but a collaboration of those who have strong support for traditional values, even if the emphasis on certain issues is different among them.
I must not have made myself clear.
It's not condescension. It's contempt.
Contempt at the almost total ignorance of the real world with many delusional, small, narrowly-focused people.
No single issue is going to restore our Republic, but is it OK if the TEA party is the “Taxed Enough Already” group, while the NRA does the RTKBA thing, and while the National Right to Life is the anti-abortion group?
Or does the TEA party have to be all things to all (conservative) people at all times?
Has the author ever heard of "multitasking"?
BTW, "other topics" ARE "real issues."
It’s OUR money. And we want it NOW!
It’s My Money
In this commercial, reminiscent of the 1976 film Network, individuals are empowered by a J.G. Wentworth commercial to take charge of their financial situation. As with any neighborhood, word travels quickly, and soon, the entire community is staking their passionate claim: “It’s my money, and I need it now!”
http://www.jgwentworth.com/about/advertising/#
I agree. Besides, if you fracture conservatives into single issue 'groups', then no one group will have enough votes. jmo
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.