Posted on 08/31/2011 8:24:37 AM PDT by Cheerio
Looks like it’s a little more popular to be a liberal or a progressive these days, although conservative remains the best political label you can put on a candidate for public office. Being linked to the Tea Party is the biggest negative.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
Must be doing something right....very few stuck with General George Washington but he and fellow patriots through determination and persistence rescued the Republic from British tyrrany. Soldier on patriots—Truth prevails eventually.
Does this mean George Thorogood for Secretary of Rock & Roll?
Not if a bad economy is the main issue.
People have been conditioned for a century to look to the federal government when times get tough. As the economy enters its next downleg, people fear the loss of those government checks and Dignity Cards, things that I refer to as "free government cheese". As believers in small government, the Tea Party is now starting to be viewed as a potential barrier separating worried Americans from their free government cheese.
It was one thing to oppose Obamacare, which is still unpopular. It's quite another to oppose, or put limits upon, the social safety net, which is now viewed as an entitlement and a necessity.
This is why the Tea Party has suddenly become unpopular.
If you're receiving flak ... you're over the target.
…it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds…
Samuel Adams
I blame the opportunistic attention whores for latching on the the authentic grassroots movement to make a name and a buck for themselves.
There are problems with people who have assumed they are the leaders of the Tea Party. They don’t speak for me. They also have endorsed a number of awful candidates throwing elections to some really hardcore liberals in the process.
In the first place... who trusts polls?
I’m thinking George as director of BATF.
Ted Nugent: Secretary of Wildlife
.7% of the US population is Muslim and probably 90% have a negative view of them.
1 or 2% of the US population is gay, and probably 60% or more have a somewhat negative opinion of them.
.03% of the US population is a lawyer and 99% have a somewhat negative opinion of them.
Yet, look how DAMN influential they are!
Tea Party IS bad!
And, as tenacious as the Honey Badger!
Don't take offense to this, because I mean it as a compliment. Alinsky would be proud of the Tea Party. As a group, they've applied his Rules for Radicals very effectively, and helped turn a popular national establishment figure (Barack Obama) into a subject of derision. I've read Alinksy's work, and no doubt he would be shocked, appalled and impressed that the right was in a position to one day use his weapons on the left.
43% don't like the Tea Party? Yeah? How bad are Obama's numbers? I have a funny feeling that Obama is going to fare much worse in the next election than the Tea Party candidates. So, enjoy that negative number rating. It just means you're making the right enemies.
Tea Party IS Conservative.
Democrat Party to me is now pretty much the Commie Party. They FEAR the Tea Party. Hussein fears the Tea Party. They have mounted an all-out attack on the Tea Party.
Rush said yesterday to look for the same to be ramped up in earnest on Justice Clarence Thomas.
Stand.
They’re polling sheep now?
the die is cast
the battle lines drawn
there are consequences
to the games media play
I’ll be willing to bet that they will go away bloody....
Oddly enough, the hate is singularly aimed at “undecided” voters, that small, ignorant bunch who totally ignore the news, as well as committed Democrats who are easily persuaded that every other white person is a Klansman.
It isn’t going to persuade any but the most gullible among the Tea Party, because nobody is going to be persuaded that Tea Party “leaders” are evil, mostly because there really aren’t any Tea Party “leaders”.
The Tea Party is the wave of the future precisely because it does not have a tradition hierarchical organization, but is instead more like a matriarchal organization, with “everyone a leader, and all decisions by consensus”. Members of congress supported by the Tea Party are supported only because of their individual words and actions, not because of party affiliation or empty promises.
Such an organization is based on the abilities of individuals, and their ability to persuade others with intelligent argument, not lock step on anything except general principles, like patriotism, and balance in both government and economics.
This makes it extremely hard to attack, vilify, or use the politics of personal destruction against. So the enemies of what the Tea Party stand for are resorting to nonsensical, bizarre and off-putting curses.
What this means is that the MSM and the DNC have made strides to demonize the Tea Party as dangerous extremists.
Doesn’t make any difference that it is Illogical and contrary to reality.
This is one of those things that can and I hope will backfire on the Liberals.
Laughter is the best medicine, but dose makes the poison.
Have some more "medicine" Barack.
Could be intentionally or unintentionally connected:
Rush->Tea Beverage>Tea Party.
Jus’ sayin’.
The delusion is strong...on all fronts.
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