Posted on 05/21/2014 7:39:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Idiocy. ...
His swing toward the RINOcratic center is making him more popular with those with their heads in the sand (or other places).
As Mark Levin said on this radio show tonight, “we’re still here”. And we will continue to increase in power and influence. I would like to see it move faster, but move it is. Ben Sasse will be a fantastic addition to help reinforce Ted Cruz and the other “good guys” in the Senate. We have more Tea Party nominees that will be winning elections this year. The balance of power is shifting and, at some point, the tipping point will be reached—likely sooner in the House of Representatives Republican caucus before the Senate caucus.
I can’t decide whether it is from Rand Paul, from democrats or from the mainstream GOP.
All I know is the Tea Party is alive and well.
At some point, look out.
I’m surprise they haven’t asked the same question of Sarah Palin!
Lets take a better look at the electronic voting process and we may find out why the Tea Party is taking a beating. He who counts the votes decides who wins.
Dead? Internal enemies will die B/4 freedom is dead. The T.E.A. party hasn’t even started to fight. It’s in its infancy. It CANNOT BE ABORTED, SCUMBAGS. It’s alive and growing. Baby steps right now. This kid is AWESOME.
SOAP box BUMP!
See something, say something ALERT!
At some point, look out.
Well-stated, Cringing Negativism Network! BTTT!
The only spending the Tea Party supported was Sequestration - which didn't touch Entitlements at all - but cut the military by 50% of every dollar.
Screw the Tea Party.
There is no tea party, there are many tea parties. And therein lies the problem...or perhaps the opportunity.
Huh? Sequestration is the product of Obama and boehner. Tea party had little to do with it. The tea party has supported the Medicare and Medicaid reforms proposed in the 2011 budget process.
The article writer, apparently...LOL!
Maybe "wishful thinking" on his/her part, too, that Paul would be the nominee for President. Presumably because Paul is a Republican.
There is no such thing as the "Tea Party" when you get to the voting booth. It will realistically be a choice between the Democrat or the Republican nominee, with a few third party/write-in options available just to make it interesting, and possibly split off liberal/conservative voters enough for the opposition to win (Nader/Perot)...I personally don't think Rand Paul will end up being the GOP nominee, but that remains to be seen.
IMHO, it's a very good thing that Tea Party people are having a strong influence on today's GOP. It's also very good that conservatives of all views do not let the liberal/progrssives "divide and conquer"...Obama was elected (twice!) with their collection of aggrieved, subsidized, and newly found/enabled "eligible" voters.
The MSM will do everything it can to magnify any speck in a conservative's eye, while they also do everything they can to minimize/ignore all the logs that are out there in the current administration, and so many voters are so ignorant that "what difference does it make?"
But it does make a huge difference...united we stand, FRiends! Let's US "rock the vote" for a change!
Jeb & Hill 2016 “What’s the difference?”
Unfortunately, the Tea Party is doomed because the majority of American people will never buy into it. They have been all but completely corrupted by free stuff. Oh sure, they pay lip service to Tea Party ideals, because it makes them feel good. But bottom line, you’ll never put together a mass movement for major reductions in government spending. People are all for reductions in programs which don’t affect them, or reductions in the abstract. But as soon as you start identifying specific programs on the chopping block, you’re doomed. C’mon, can you imagine millions of Americans demanding major reductions in Social Security and Medicare?
“Screw the Tea Party.”
I urge you to rethink your position.
Of course there will be no mass movement to cut back on Social Security or Medicare anytime soon, but what about the scandalous spending on fraudulent Social Security Disability benefits? MedicAid? Opposite side of the coin, maybe...but what about the complete and total debacle with the VA hospitals/benefits? Extra money going to employee bonuses/new "infrastucture"/remodelling, and not to care for the vets or providing sufficient doctors??
When push comes to shove on the bottom line budget, it's hard to quantify exactly what "benefits" anyone has actually earned or pre-paid/invested, and it's even harder to explain why the money's not going to be there for 30 years of retirement benefits (for examply) BUT, that's no reason to not work on it for the future, and certainly no reason to not investigate and remedy the fraud that's going on (which includes Federal employee bonuses, etc.)...
"A republic, if you can keep it"...bottom line! Requires strong leadership, not "cake" for the random ignorant collection of special-interest groups that are like the two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.
A "mass movement", probably not, because "cut Social Security and Medicare" isn't really a great "rallying cry", but you might be surprised at how many sensible voting people there are out here.
Someone will come along who will be the Reagan of the new generation...I just hope it will be very soon. Meantime, keep holding the current government's feet to the fire, across party lines...not to mention the media!
The ‘Tea Party’ is not an organized party like the GOP I'm sure you know. Rather, it is hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of red-blooded Americans who are not interested in the New World Order. We the People.
Not all TP candidates/elected officials are genuine. But most tea party folks want a strong America, including our armed forces.
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