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Did the Tea Partiers Overstep in Maine?
The Lonely Conservative ^
| May 10, 2010
| The Lonely Conservative
Posted on 05/10/2010 8:11:01 PM PDT by NY Hockey Mom
Perhaps the Republicans could have talked to the Tea Partiers ahead of time, read the platform and come up with some sort of compromise. But they didn’t. Instead, the delegates adopted a platform written by folks who, to put it bluntly, aren’t experts in politics. I’m not knocking the Tea Partiers in Maine. I’m knocking the Republican Party for failing to work with them and adopting a platform that would be palatable to both the Tea Party movement and the general public.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; maine; platform; republican; teaparty; teapartyrebellion
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To: NY Hockey Mom
To: NY Hockey Mom
Compromise is what got us here in the first place. No more
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:12:55 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Founders revolted for less.)
To: NY Hockey Mom
Fair warning to the TP movement to not be claimed or hijacked by the likes of Ron Paulistas.
To: NY Hockey Mom
Way to go Maine TPers.
Could we but adopt that platform in the rest of the states
we could get this party started.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:14:52 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: NY Hockey Mom
I’m knocking the Republican Party for failing to work with them and adopting a platform that would be palatable to both the Tea Party movement and the general public. The elitists on both sides need to understand, the Tea Party movement IS the general public!
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:16:13 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
(Does not play well with others.)
To: NY Hockey Mom
Did they over-step? No. All states should adopt his.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:17:02 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
To: Grizzled Bear
The elitists on both sides need to understand, the Tea Party movement IS the general public! DING DING DING ... We have a Winner!
To: NY Hockey Mom
The moonbats have been doing this to democrat conventions for the last 10 years.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:19:09 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: NY Hockey Mom
Way to go, Maine Tea Party!!
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:19:21 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
To: Wilderness Conservative
Ron Paul is the one politician closest to the Tea Partiers. Not all Tea Partiers agree with everything Ron Paul believes, but on quite a few issues, it’s Ron Paul and the Tea Partiers vs. quite a few RINOs.
And the Maine GOP Platform wasn’t 100% Ron Paul - see “jihad”. That wouldn’t have come from the Ron Paul supporters in Knox County.
To: NY Hockey Mom
Good going Maine. Overstep my you know what.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:19:33 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: truthfreedom
All fair points no doubt. Thanks.
To: NY Hockey Mom
“But they do need to find a message that’s coherent and not so easily dismissed.”
I like “Less Government, More Freedom”
To: truthfreedom
To: NY Hockey Mom
To: NY Hockey Mom
Maybe this is why the Lonely Republican is lonely! What makes him/her think it isn’t palatable with the public?
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:26:11 PM PDT
by
gidget7
("When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." Thomas Jefferson)
To: Grizzled Bear
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:27:10 PM PDT
by
gidget7
("When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." Thomas Jefferson)
To: NY Hockey Mom
Perhaps the Republicans could have talked to the Tea Partiers ahead of time, read the platform and come up with some sort of compromise. But they didn’t. Instead, the delegates adopted a platform written by folks who, to put it bluntly, aren’t experts in politics. I’m not knocking the Tea Partiers in Maine. I’m knocking the Republican Party for failing to work with them and adopting a platform that would be palatable to both the Tea Party movement and the general public. The dripping, oozing, acid RINO conterattack begins, like one of those 50's scifi movies where the slime is eating through all the girders as it drops to the next level down and continues to eat away... only with RINOs it's their continuous fear, uncertainty and doubt campaign against clarity and determination.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:29:28 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: truthfreedom
Ron Paul is the one politician closest to the Tea PartiersNot on this planet. Ron Paul is an anti military fruitloop and nine eleven truther.
Aside from his opposition to taxation he is closest to Code Pink.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:37:16 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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