Thursday, May 22, 2014

What the Media Miss About the Tea Party Movement

A counterpoint to yesterday's “How Mitch McConnell crushed the Tea Party” meme.

4 comments:

Shawn McEwen said...

I love this comment:
"US Republicans are the only elected government party in the world that denies global warming. Republicans are bought-and-sold stooges who treat Congress as a means to control their in-the-dark, low-info, largely racist electorate. Nothing the right in this country does is in the best interest of the country. It's always in the best interest of their bank accounts, though."

Now consider this slight revision of his comments...
"US Progressives are the only elected government party in the world that accepts global warming. Progressives are bought-and-sold stooges who treat Congress as a means to control their in-the-dark, low-info, largely racist electorate. Nothing the left in this country does is in the best interest of the country. It's always in the best interest of their Twitter accounts, though."

Yep, I think it fits... talk about psychological projection.

Oh and I wonder why McConnell is considered a Tea Party candidate. He seems pretty establishment to me. I wouldn't vote for him.

Paul X said...

The real Tea Party started with Ron Paul. But like every good idea in politics, it was certain to be co-opted by insiders. Politics is a game the peons can never win. Revolution, on the other hand...

William Flatt said...

Two thumbs up to Paul X! I agree.

"War is when the government tells you who the enemy is. Revolution is when you figure it out for yourself".

Anonymous said...

I think the thing that scares the crap out of the left and the right is the size of the Tea Party. Our ideology is so simple, down home and American, we draw from all quarters. And if the shit hits the fan, the 4GW guerrilla force will draw heavily from Tea Party ideology. We are so pissed about the slow demise of our beloved country that when the liberal, statists make that fatal error and fire that proverbial first shot, Tea Party inspired warriors will materialize from everywhere and from nowhere and the right heads will just start exploding.