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Peggy Noonan on ABC: Tea Party Aims to ‘Topple’ GOP, Not Take it Over
mediaite.com ^ | November 03, 2013 | Evan McMurry

Posted on 11/03/2013 8:58:51 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

On Sunday’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan argued that the tea party was a new fixture in American politics, a movement that doesn’t want to usurp a major political party but eliminate it.

The comment came during a discussion of electoral forces going into the 2014 midterms, with former Bush consultant Matthew Dowd arguing that demographics were shifting in the Democratic Party’s favor.

“Candidates matter,” ABC News’ Jonathan Karl responded. “They’ve nominated far-right candidates.”

“Lesson for the tea party?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“A lot of people may be cruisin’ for a brusin’,” Noonan replied. “Big difference for the tea party now and say ’64 and Goldwater and ’76 and Reagan—’64 and ’76, Goldwater and Reagan both wanted to seize and control and win over the Republican Party. The tea party now shows signs of not wanting to win it, but of wanting to topple it over, wanting to do away with it. That is something new in our politics. It’s going to get fought out over the next few years.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gop; peggynoonan; snuffalopagous; steponallofus; steponhisphallus; teaparty
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1 posted on 11/03/2013 8:58:51 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Whatever it takes, Peg. Whatever it takes.


2 posted on 11/03/2013 9:02:19 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Entrenched liberals getting fearful. Suddenly the Tea Party is relevant again, because Obama needed a straw man to blame the shutdown he caused on.


3 posted on 11/03/2013 9:03:44 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Tailgunner Joe

She’s right. The Republican Party is unsalvageable because the Statists have a hammerlock on the party leadership and won’t be dynamited out regardless of how many Conservatives win in the House or Senate.

Freedom loving Americans outgrew the Whig Party, we’ve outgrown the Republicans the same way. There is not a dimes difference between them.


4 posted on 11/03/2013 9:06:31 PM PST by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Matthew Dowd and Jonathan Karl are despicable trolls.
Noonan's best days are long gone.
TEA Party patriots will not be checking with any of those three for anything, let alone advice.

5 posted on 11/03/2013 9:07:51 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Peg’s got our number.
That’s right. Lead, follow or get the **** out of the way, GOP-e.
And they chose door number 3.


6 posted on 11/03/2013 9:10:10 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

ONE CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY.


7 posted on 11/03/2013 9:12:02 PM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

It may come to that, because the leadership of the Republican Party refuses to share power with a large number of middle class people who are demanding a share. Romney actually thinks they can win with a guy like Christie? He’ll be another Wilkie—to give him more than his due—who will support 90% of what the Democrat proposes.


8 posted on 11/03/2013 9:12:54 PM PST by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

And...?


9 posted on 11/03/2013 9:15:07 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I am at a loss, I see the Tea Party as a mixture of Repubs, Dems and Independents. They are not a Party, they are a movement seeking total change from the present status quo. Damn Media Press as usual have their head up their butts, and if they don’t, then its permanently stuck up Obama’s.


10 posted on 11/03/2013 9:15:18 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Remember Ty Woods? Glenn Doherty ? Forgot already?)
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11 posted on 11/03/2013 9:15:55 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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i guess the’re beginning to understand that the goals and principles of the tea party have absoulutely nothing to do with party and has everything to do with God, the Constitution and the country.


12 posted on 11/03/2013 9:16:57 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Tailgunner Joe

PEGGY NOONAN I HATE YOU, DROP DEAD.


13 posted on 11/03/2013 9:17:29 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Romney was reported just today as leaving Ted Cruz off his list of electables for President in 2016. Can’t be any more clear than that.

RINOS have got to go for the salvation of the Republican party. The moderates have got to move aside and make way for people who love America and its Constitution.

Whether that means topple, purge, eliminate, evacerate or fumigate, whatever it takes for Americans who love their country dearly to restore the values of freedom they hold so dear.


14 posted on 11/03/2013 9:17:31 PM PST by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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To: Hostage

FUMR, FUPN.


15 posted on 11/03/2013 9:17:57 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: onyx
Do yah think the pubbies / 'Rats are really losing it now, IF the TEA Party wins in '14
..the Entire Ruling Class / Establishment shall go into shock / comatose.. a good thing

16 posted on 11/03/2013 9:18:08 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Peggy was crowing about Christie over the weekend. et tu Noonan.


17 posted on 11/03/2013 9:18:19 PM PST by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The ‘tea Partiers’ are the Goldwater Republicans who eventually got Reagan elected.


18 posted on 11/03/2013 9:19:22 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Why Georgie and Pegs, it seems like just yesterday you were dismissing the TEA Party as a thing of the past, an ancient anomaly.

Now all of a sudden out of the blue it’s so awesomely powerful it’s going to topple the Grand Old Party.

Make up your simple little minds.


19 posted on 11/03/2013 9:20:39 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Well, Peg...I like the word “topple”. It brings many fond images.

Let’s all hope her next utterance is Tea Party TOPPLLED the GOPe.


20 posted on 11/03/2013 9:20:44 PM PST by berdie
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