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The tea party's exaggerated importance
Politico ^
| 04/22/2010
| JONATHAN MARTIN & BEN SMITH
Posted on 04/23/2010 7:53:09 AM PDT by Egregious Philbin
2009 was the year when many journalists concluded they were slow to recognize the anti-government, anti-Obama rage that gave birth to the tea party movement.
2010 is the year when news organizations have decided to prove they get it.
And get it. And get it some more.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36185.html#ixzz0lw2p6LOQ
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Egregious Philbin
aw, ain’t that sweet? TPs are exagerrated.
To: Egregious Philbin
They’re going to find out how exaggerated we are in November.
Just vote them OUT!
Rebellion is brewing!!
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posted on
04/23/2010 7:57:45 AM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
To: Egregious Philbin
In fact, there is a word for what poll after poll depicts as a group of largely white, middle-class, middle-aged voters who are aggrieved: Republicans.
Apparently, the idiots that wrote this piece don't know the true demographics of the Tea Parties. Why was this article even posted?
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posted on
04/23/2010 7:57:53 AM PDT
by
84rules
( Ooh-Rah! Semper Fi!)
To: Egregious Philbin
A fundamental truth that this propagandizer is missing is that the Tea Party movement is analogous to an iceberg; we are only seeing the tip of something vastly larger.
Unlike the professional shit-disturberrs on the Left, most conservatives lead busy and productive lives and cannot regularly attend Tea Party gatherings.
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posted on
04/23/2010 7:59:33 AM PDT
by
EyeGuy
To: Egregious Philbin
Yesterday a few stories started coming out from Dems who said the Tea Parties are being covered too much in the MSM (in other words the coverage is drawing in too many who want to join).
Expect to see more stories like this that say the Parties are over-rated. Dems don't like the coverage in the run-up to Nov.
To: Egregious Philbin
Yeah, the only thing of more exaggerated importance than the TP movement is Left wing journalists and bloggers.
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:01:33 AM PDT
by
throwback
( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
To: Egregious Philbin
Now isn’t THIS surprising....a lib “news” service considers the Tea Parties overrated. Well knock me over with a feather.
To: Egregious Philbin
Anti-Socialism is what should have been written. Socialism is suicide!
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:12:22 AM PDT
by
Paperdoll
( On the cutting edge)
To: Egregious Philbin
Hey ash holes! ask my puke Democrat in the 13th NY if the Staten island TEA Party’s influence is exaggerated. I guess he vote against Obamacare because he thought it was the best thing for the country - right?
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:15:39 AM PDT
by
jmaroneps37
(Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
To: Egregious Philbin
Yes and no.
Yes, the Tea Parties are being exagerrated in the sense that they really, truly, are not a new movement that just suddenly swept the country like a storm. The Tea Parties really represent the reinvigourisation of conservative activism that was similarly present in 1994 and 1976-1980, but which went moribund during the Bush years.
However, only an idiot would actually believe the MSM (and make no mistake, Politico is just a blog-arm of the MSM) line that the Tea Parties are much ado about nothing.
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:18:49 AM PDT
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
To: Egregious Philbin
The more the lefties piss and moan and try to minimize the tea parties, the bigger they get.
We keep it up until the left is crushed.
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:22:42 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: Egregious Philbin
Politico, wholly owned by the maoist.
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:23:46 AM PDT
by
Carley
(I'll keep clinging to the constitution, my guns and my religion, thank you.)
To: Egregious Philbin
There's now a republican governor in Virginia and New Jersey, and a republican Senator from Massachusetts, none of whom would be where they are without the groundswell fostered by the tea partiers. The two authors of this article are in denial.
The premise of the article is that the tea party's power is being overrated by the media, when the truth is the media tried to avoid reporting on them until they could no longer ignore them.
The tea parties are composed of private sector people who have had an epiphany, they finally realize that they can sleepwalk no more while being attacked, vilified, and openly declared as the enemy by government. The private sector is under seige, Obama just crystallized the fear and anger that was already there.
To: Egregious Philbin
I was at the DC ralley on 4/15. There were alot more than 10,000 under the Washington Monument. I heard numbers from 25,000 to 50,000.
I would guess you need to decide the number like a doctor who asks you how much you drink.
Take the answer and multiply it by 5
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:27:08 AM PDT
by
hans56
To: hans56
Ed Rendell said 1500.
He’s crazy (or scared). I was there and I’ll bet it was 10K minimum.
To: Egregious Philbin
Where’s the “BARF ALERT” ???
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:35:09 AM PDT
by
BradtotheBone
(Moderate Democrat - A politician whose voting record leans left and whose vote can be bought.)
To: wayoverontheright
There's now a republican governor in Virginia and New Jersey, and a republican Senator from Massachusetts, none of whom would be where they are without the groundswell fostered by the tea partiers. The two authors of this article are in denial.
I think Tea Party influence definitely played a part in getting them to the finish line, but were not the primary reason they were elected. I do agree with a few of the articles premises, this one in particular. I recall the "success" of MoveOn to motivate people against Bush, and in the end, you see how effective that was?
The majority is still out of touch and apolitical - even if exaggerated, 30% have never heard of the Tea Party!?
To: Egregious Philbin
Politico once again carrying water for the powers that be.
Whatever the daily scattershot narrative of the left is, you’ll be sure to find it in Politico. First it was that they Tea Party was just fringe. Then, they were racists. Next, they were a simmering kettle of barely-contained violence. Now, they’re nothing more than a over-hyped sect of Republicans.
What’s tomorrow’s spin going to be?
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posted on
04/23/2010 8:51:28 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(De-fund Obamacare in 2011, repeal in 2013!)
To: Jim Robinson
They sure are. And I get a real hoot out of the supposed support figures for Il Douche' Jr. We'll see how the November elections go.
Rebellion is definitely brewing.
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posted on
04/23/2010 9:09:50 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Be still & kneel before the know-nothing Omnipotent One, Il Douche' Jr., may fleas be upon him.)
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