Posted on 10/14/2011 4:45:44 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman
Now, this piece in the New York Times illustrates the obstacles Tea Party lawmakers are up against. All these Republican freshmen in the House, for example, this article makes it plain how difficult their job is. There's even a section in this story on compromise, the bad kind of compromise, the kind of compromise that Republicans have been known for, get along with the Democrats, please the media, show that we're not the unreasonable Tea Party types. That's what's shaking down here. The Tea Party is under assault from the Democrats and the Republican elite, and now the battle has been brought full fore in the pages of the New York Times Magazine.
There's some quotes from various people in this story. Bill Kristol on the Tea Party: "It's an infantile form of conservatism." Scott Reed, veteran strategist and lobbyist: "I think it's waning now," talking to the reporter of the story about the Tea Party's influence. "Party leaders have managed to bleed some of the anti-establishment intensity out of the movement, Reed said, by slyly embracing Tea Party sympathizers in Congress, rather than treating them as 'those people.' Did he mean to say that the party was slowly co-opting the Tea Partiers? 'Trying to,' Reed said. 'And thats the secret to politics: trying to control a segment of people without those people recognizing that youre trying to control them.'"
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Meet the remedy.
"The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever."
Freeper atc23
Really? Really? Let me assure you I had no intention of directing my comments to anyone other than Kristol and Reed the human cocktail weinies quoted by the NYT as declaring the Tea Party laughably at the heels of the RINO master. That Rush gave any time at all to the article is surprising. The Tea Party saved 2010 and that was only the first step among many. I’m proud to blow my horn for contributing to that success, but as with any step the rule is hold onto that step once it’s taken and that will take work.
My money to RNC - not now - going to happen.
Ummmm yeah...really
What is everyone doing
That seems to be directed at...well...everyone. Does the word 'everyone' have another meaning? I mean really, the language has been hijacked so maybe I'm wrong in my inference. Everyone...hmmm what else does that mean...please advise.
Rove, you nasty bastard! I read your book!
I’m thinking that Patton would have knocked that silly bast*rd Rove on his a$$; without warning. Sort of like slapping the yellow cowards.
Reading his book would have been beneath Patton.
Hey...thx for the pic. It is a good one. :) (I stealz your pic)
‘And thats the secret to politics: trying to control a segment of people without those people recognizing that youre trying to control them.’”
DC insiders who don’t think they will lose even more of their colleages next November are whistling past the graveyard. Let ‘em.
Amen.
Very cute and just adorable cartoon, but sort of overlooks the point that o’Donnell did ruin that race. They were indeed morons. Karl called it right on that freakshow.
Frankly, the media turned her campaign and her into a freak show. O’Donnell won the primary so...not everyone thought she was a freak.
Look, when it comes to candidates the thing we should be most concerned with is their vote. She would have voted with the constitution. Don’t really care about anything else do you?
>>> when it comes to candidates the thing we should be most concerned with is their vote. She would have voted with the constitution.
“Would have” being the operative phrase. Failed candidates get no vote at all in the Senate, and there was no more certain loser in the entire nation that election cycle. Those who pointed that out were doing no worse then telling the truth.
“I will not crawl across the glass. I will sit at home and watch them crash and burn.”
I agree. Me and my family will not vote if repubs offer up another rino. We are so sick of the political establishment.
Bill Kristol on the Tea Party: "It's an infantile form of conservatism." Scott Reed, veteran strategist and lobbyist: "I think it's waning now," talking to the reporter of the story about the Tea Party's influence. "Party leaders have managed to bleed some of the anti-establishment intensity out of the movement, Reed said, by slyly embracing Tea Party sympathizers in Congress, rather than treating them as 'those people.' Did he mean to say that the party was slowly co-opting the Tea Partiers? 'Trying to,' Reed said. 'And thatâs the secret to politics: trying to control a segment of people without those people recognizing that youâre trying to control them.'"
“the original FR threat on the NYT article”
How true.
We need a bag limit on bureaucrats.
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