Posted on 03/01/2016 5:05:59 PM PST by Maceman
That describes me to a T. This article is garbage.
Important though they be, TEA was not formed around the 2nd amendment, planned parenthood, homosexuality, etc.
It formed around the dire financial issues of TARP, the Bailouts, and Obamacare.
Period.
And fix our financial problems, and suddenly watch the magic hand fix many other bad things we all worry about. The economic destruction of the middle class has lead tp many other evils. Take the Hobby Lobby story. Trump believes in business and deal making. Think he will have his Justice Dept waste time to make sure they are crushed down?
I don’t.
Trump is very good for TEA.
The tea party is not and never was a monolithic entity beyond one idea - cut spending and cut taxes. I would like to think most of us understood that it was not a party in the true sense of the word - it was a singular idea, but everyone treats it as part of the conservative movement. Yes, conservatives supported it, but many who consider themselves moderates concerned about spending also did. While many vocal supporters espoused other conservative views it is fair to say those views did not represent everyone under the “umbrella”.
When people started to claim spokesperson status or “leader” credentials it did not work beyond their own perceptions (see Glenn Beck for example).
This headline is logically flawed. People can claim the mantle all they want, but the central idea that sparked it appears to have been lost in the aftermath and the candidates thrust to power by the idea have not cut spending. I consider myself a disillusioned Tea Party supporter because of that fact and I firmly view the GOP and the Tea Party as separate entities. I would be willing to bet more time has been spent on Cruz’s Canadian citizenship than the reality of our fiscal nightmare. Sad.
Amen. This partier has his back.
Everyone who accompanied me to DC on 9/12/2009 voted for Trump today, we had a five car convoy totaling 19 people.
He has Tea Party support.
Trump, a big government progressive, wants to tax the rich more to pay for his spending plans (Universal Health care, increased subsidies, support for pp, Global warming, etc.), but Cruz wants to get rid of the IRS all together.
The TEA Party base is against Trump, but those who are opportunists are for Trump.
#NeverTrump
Today’s “maybe this will be why Trump won’t win” story. As sad as it is predictable.
Is it #NeverTrump for you or more like #ForeverHillary? Enquiring minds wish to know.
You said...
“They’ll be working for Hillary even if they don’t admit that to themselves or anyone else.”
Just because some of us won’t be voting for Trump doesn’t mean we endorse Hillary...lol
Wonder if you Cruz supporters will ever wake up to the fact this sort of infantile attack post is why your side is losing.
I’m Tea Party. Or was before some tried to co-op it.
I’m rooting for Trump.
I want a pitbull.
Clinton or Trump will be President. Actively working to sabotage Trump if your candidate loses the nomination is the moral and intellectual equivalence of voting for Hillary.
You can rationalize it all you want, that does not change the basic facts.
Wonder if trump supporters will stop attacking people who disagree and know nothing about people they are accusing?
I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Momma Grizzly met with The Donald before his run.
Clinton or Trump will be President. Actively working to sabotage Trump if your candidate loses the nomination is the moral and intellectual equivalence of voting for Hillary.
You can rationalize it all you want, that does not change the basic facts.
Reagan said it best. “A man 80% on my side is a valued friend and ally, not my enemy”
Yours is childish ego and spite in action, not an intellectually defensible, rational position.
I was Tea Party before the Tea Party even existed. I am fine with either Trump or Cruz. Either one will generate wails of despair from the GOPe. Sweet, sweet music.
Trump has called Gore-Bull warming a hoax.
Your lying does not help your candidate.
I’m not going to sabotage Trump.
Just choose to vote the down ballot races just not president if it’s between Hillary or Trump. That’s all
Clinton or Trump will be President. Actively working to sabotage Trump if your candidate loses the nomination is the moral and intellectual equivalence of voting for Hillary.
You can rationalize it all you want, that does not change the basic facts.
1 in 5 Republican voters say they'll defect from the Republican party if Trump wins the primaries, because they were smart enough to do their homework and they know Trump does NOT represent them.
We're being given a choice - nationalistic authoritarianism (fascism) vs. progressive socialism, and 1 out of 5 Republicans are neither.
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