[Colonel_Flagg]

Convert the Tea Party?

Like.

HELL.

[98ZJ USMC]

Convert the Tea Party?

You can only come up with that possibility if you have a completely erroneous view of the Tea Party. The base assumption is because racist. Nothing could be further from the truth and the whole supposition is shattered, after that.

They, truly, do not get it.

[tanknetter]

Lot of responses to choose from, hope you don’t mind that I chose yours.

;-)

“Convert the Tea Party” is code for “exploit then discard.” First saw this line stated by Katrina Vanden Heuvel a couple years back in a column or two she wrote about the KY Dem Party teaming up with the KY Tea Party to oust Mitch McConnell.

This isn’t to support McConnell or the GOPe, but what the Dems/Libs are selling is pure snake oil. They’ll partner with the Tea Party to knock off GOPe candidates, then win elections by portraying the Tea Party nominees as radical extremist who are taking the GOP off the far right nutcase edge.

That’s the base political mechanics of it.

Conservatives need to chart our own course here, understanding that as much as we despise the GOPe, the Dems/Progressives are just as bad, and magnitudes more sinister.

Cruz and the others, who seem to be charting out a Populist Conservative path are the answer. We need to play offense against the Dems/Libs first and always. And if we do, the GOPe will quickly find itself out of the driver’s seat as a consequence.