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The Tea Party frightens me (ZOGBY, Arab American Institute) BARF!
Gulf Daily News ^ | February 14, 2010 | JAMES J ZOGBY

Posted on 02/14/2010 3:50:08 PM PST by maggief

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To: maggief
They prey on the fears of the middle class with appeals to patriotism, and warnings against elites and foreigners - creating in the minds of their supporters a life/death struggle of "us" versus "them". Appeals to anger using chauvinism, xenophobia and racism are their trademarks. We've seen similar efforts rise up in recent times with Jšrg Haider in Austria, Jean-Marie Le Pen in France and Nick Griffin in the UK - and it has now come to America.

This shows me how out of touch with America and its history libtards are.

First, we are - and always have been - different than the rest of the world. That is why we have unprecedented growth, wealth, and longevity. The libtards want us to be the same as the failure of world history and world that repeats it.

Secondly, this didn't just reach our shores; this is merely a resurgence of our founding - getting back to basics if you will.

41 posted on 02/14/2010 4:50:09 PM PST by Engineer_Soldier (http://www.rlc.org/ (The Republican Liberty Caucus))
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To: maggief
Tea Party frightens me

Me, too! Are they doing enough?

42 posted on 02/14/2010 4:50:09 PM PST by Libloather (Tea totaler, PROUD birther, mobster, pro-lifer, anti-warmer, enemy of the state, extremist....)
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To: maggief

Left wing Moonbat socialist marxist commie loons scare me!!


43 posted on 02/14/2010 4:50:29 PM PST by timetostand (Ya say ya wanna revolution -- OK!)
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To: maggief

if THESE tea parties frighten you... might i suggest watching the first episode of the John Adams series.

tarring and feathering use to be all the rage. now, we’ve ‘evolved’ into sign waving and mumbling


44 posted on 02/14/2010 4:50:48 PM PST by sten
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To: maggief

Dateline Washington, D.C. - President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to increase the rate at which jobs are saved or created. “I have found a means to increase employment while at the same time providing comfort for those traumatized by the Tea Party. Effective immediately, I will provide emergency response teams to counsel communities suffering from the Tea Partiers outrageous attempts to force the negative and restrictive restraints of the Constitution on a frightened and unwilling government. No longer will innocent citizens have to be subjected to this type of seditious and unwarranted verbal violence without having recourse to trained Acorn counselors who will assuage the fear to which they are rightfully entitled. This service will be extended to both 2nd and 3rd generation descendents of immigrants who may still identify with those undocumented workers so vilified by the Tea Party”. President Obama concluded his statement saying, “As I have spoken, so let it be done”.


45 posted on 02/14/2010 4:51:01 PM PST by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: maggief
She is a dangerous populist...

It is rather ironic for a leftist to be characterizing Sarah this way. Don't most of those on the far left claim to be speaking "for the people"? What is a populist, other than someone speaking "for the people"?

46 posted on 02/14/2010 4:55:17 PM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: maggief
"She may not know history or geography, but to her enthralled base she speaks the truth. "

I'm conintually amazed at these elitists who assume they know all about Sarah. What makes Zogby think Sarah doesn't know history or geography? Has she demonstrated any appreciable ignorance in either subject? As for her 'enthralled base' who thinks she speaks nothing but the truth, I'm waiting to see if anything she's said is a lie. I can PROVE that Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and other liberal statists have lied like rugs, but I haven't seen any proof by anyone that Sarah has lied about anything.

I'm glad Zogby is frightened, and I hope all his MSM friends remain blissfully ignorant of Sarah's influence, until the day conservative Republicans have retaken the majority status in the House and Senate, and the folks in the MSM realize they have no more contacts to get their behind the scenes info, because they don't KNOW any of those new folks in Congress! ;o)

47 posted on 02/14/2010 4:57:24 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Star Traveler

He needs the Dr. title to give cover to his lies and distortions. It amazes me how afraid these socialist/communists are of our Constitutional form of government!


48 posted on 02/14/2010 4:58:11 PM PST by orinoco
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To: maggief
We'll see if the Gulf Daily News posts this response:

"With all due respect, Mr. Zogby is revealing his insularity. I presume he is a resident of and attuned to the "Beltway Culture". That is, the culture of Washington D.C.

Increasingly, the culture of Washington, D.C. has grown apart from the culture of the rest of the USA.

That the Tea Party movement strikes fear in the hearts of the Washington, D.C. culture is not surprising.

That it should be characterized as a "populist" movement of uneducated rednecks is a complete misconception -- borne of Washington's insularity.

Instead it is a popular movement (distinct from "populist") that is composed of ordinary middle-class Americans -- who are as educated as Washington and of all creeds and colors -- who are resisting the assumption of power by the political class.

Only if Mr. Zogby considers himself part of a "ruling political class" does he have cause to worry. And, even then, not for his life or limb. Solely, for his position of influence."

49 posted on 02/14/2010 5:03:46 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: okie01
That it should be characterized as a "populist" movement of uneducated rednecks is a complete misconception -- borne of Washington's insularity.

The media and the left are trying very hard to assign the negative word "populist" to our movement because they do not want the word "conservative" associated with anything good or positive in the public arena.

We need to intentionally use the word "Conservative" every chance we get, especially when responding to smear jobs against the Tea Party movement itself. Conservative American principles built this country and the regular folks know it. That will drive the message home to the decent folks who are following us and thinking of following us. We need them to vote with us and we need to stop the language pirates from stealing more of our good, American ideas.

50 posted on 02/14/2010 5:17:10 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality. (Hi Mom.))
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To: CharlesWayneCT

What verbal gaffes?

corpsman? oh wait...that’s Obama


51 posted on 02/14/2010 5:27:33 PM PST by ari-freedom (Gong hey fat choy!)
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To: maggief
She is a dangerous populist...

If anything happens to Sarah as a result of this mouth-frothing nonsense there will be such a response as the world has never seen in modern times.

52 posted on 02/14/2010 5:50:24 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: goat granny
This Zogby is the brother to the poll taker and involved in some muslim groups...democrat also...wouldn't trust him with my dog.

Your correction noted and the unfortunate thing is that the Zogby Poll, has become sort of "well respected". It proves accurate on many occasions. The only druther I have on Zogby Polls, are that if push came to shove, could he be trusted? This on a vital last minute poll, that might sway the undecideds.

I too, love my dog.

53 posted on 02/14/2010 6:27:00 PM PST by Peter Libra
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To: ari-freedom

Its funny to watch the libs with their feeble attemps to discredit everything us on the right side of the isle do.. 71% I just don’t know where that figure came from?


54 posted on 02/14/2010 6:54:50 PM PST by crazydad (What)
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To: maggief

Mr. Zogby you write Sara Palin frighten you, I say “stay frighten”.


55 posted on 02/14/2010 6:58:08 PM PST by oflyboy ("History is philosophy taught with examples." - Lord Bolingbroke)
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To: Peter Libra
When the Zogby polls first started he was quite accurate..but after a couple of years even Rush noticed the change, seems to over poll democrats on a lot of his polls but most do...that weights it against republicans. To me polls show trends and not much more, still interesting to read.....

I love my dog too. Great companions..

56 posted on 02/14/2010 7:16:33 PM PST by goat granny
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To: paulycy
The media and the left are trying very hard to assign the negative word "populist" to our movement...

Good point.

But it's ironic that "populist" is now a pejorative. Because when Algore and the media described his 2000 campaign as "populist", they meant it as a compliment.

57 posted on 02/14/2010 7:19:55 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: maggief
Damn strait! The Tea Party and the millions of Americans who are pissed off at the wanton destruction of the meager remnants of the former Republic and its now-defunct Constitution have a duty to be "dangerous" to the elitist marxist scum in both parties who now rule us.

obamao might have done the Nation a favor by getting elected and forcing a substantial portion of the serfs to finally recognize the dark tyranny that has been gradually engulfing us for the past 100 years.

58 posted on 02/14/2010 11:03:08 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: oflyboy

If Zogby is “frightened” by only 26% of the population liking Sarah for president, why is he throwing a hissy fit? Sarah would lose in 2012 to the Messiah. He should be pulling for her to keep up the good work. It’s the same as Reagan in 1984 acting “scared” of Mondale.


59 posted on 02/14/2010 11:47:59 PM PST by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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To: okie01
But it's ironic that "populist" is now a pejorative.

At least part of it is payback for making the term "liberal" so hated since the Reagan years, I think.

60 posted on 02/15/2010 3:33:01 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality. (Hi Mom.))
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