At all the Tea Party rallies I have been to, social issues aren't even on the map. What you are seeing now is the rise of the libertarians and South Park conservatives.
Guess I've been to a different type of Tea Party then.
What you are seeing now is the rise of the libertarians and South Park conservatives.
Way to fragment the Reagan coalition there, bucko!
Your issue is clearly with conservatives and conservatism.
You are one of the small percentage of secular/liberal voters that wants to vote Republican for economic reasons but you despise who they are.
If you think those grandmas in sneakers and women pushing carriages are libertarians or South Park conservatives you’re crazy. Stop letting the media determine your mind. They want to fool you into thinking these people don’t believe in social conservative ideas. It’s the media’s dream that the TEA parties hate social conservatives and you have crawled into bed with them.
Just because the TEA Party movement decided to focus on one area does not mean when the individuals go into the voting booth they have forgotten what this country is about. TEA party members are even more conservative than republicans. More fiscally conservative, more constitutionally aware, and more socially conservative. Any liberaltarians coming along for the ride are fine but quit dreaming that old liberal dream about ridding the world of godly people because liberaltarians do not run the TEA party movement, god loving individuals who believe in the Constitution and personal responsibility do.
Sit back and enjoy the ride and let the real conservatives do all the hard work.
They're also the ones who will cut and run the first time the opposition slings a bit of mud. Don't take my word for it; one of the most staunch socons on this board said so back in Msg#54:
Recall that Bush almost lost in 2000 when on the eve of the election they Democrats sprung their little drunk driving trap. Lots of people who saw Bush as a “church” types stayed home because they felt betrayed.