Tea Party Movement has it right?

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In official Washington, some consider the Tea Party movement a fringe element in society, but voters across the nation feel closer to the Tea Party movement than they do to Congress.
Most Say Tea Party Has Better Understanding of Issues than Congress

Sunday, March 28, 2010

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of U.S. voters believe the average member of the Tea Party movement has a better understanding of the issues facing America today than the average member of Congress. Only 30% believe that those in Congress have a better understanding of the key issues facing the nation.

When it comes to those issues, 47% think that their own political views are closer to those of the average Tea Party member than to the views of the average member of Congress. On this point, 26% feel closer to Congress.

Finally, 46% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is more ethical than the average member of Congress. Twenty-seven percent (27%) say that the average member of Congress is more ethical.

 

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They are a wing of the republican party. If they can tell the Jesus freaks to sit down and shut up, that ight help

 

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They are a wing of the republican party. If they can tell the Jesus freaks to sit down and shut up, that ight help

The TEA party movement self identifies as small government conservative. They welcome any supporters who share that idea.

It's shill assholes that try and pigeonhole them into factions.

 

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The TEA party movement self identifies as small government conservative. They welcome any supporters who share that idea.

It's shill assholes that try and pigeonhole them into factions.

Exactly. Topper and crypiss do it at every chance.

Oh noes! he called me a teabagger!

Guess what assholes, the rest of us don't find it an insult, you pompous, ignorant, myopic fools

 

[Topspin]

Love it, the last conservatives were ginourmus spenders and invaders. The country is done with conservative douchebags.

 

[Cypress]

I was actually pretty stoked to learn about that Teabagger Woodstock event in Harry Reid's hometown this weekend. Much to my surprise, the Teabagger Woodstock didn't have anything in common with the 1969 Music Festival.


Yesterday’s Tea Party event in Harry Reid’s hometown, headlined by the likes of the Sarah the Quitter and Joe the Plumber, was billed as a “Conservative Woodstock” and was apparently supposed to be this huge gathering of Teabaggery.

Comparing the Hippie Woodstock and the Teabagger Woodstock:

Now, the actual Woodstock drew 400,000 people in 1969.... And Teabag Woodstock?

About 7,000 people streamed into the Teabagger Woodstock, bringing with them American flags and “Don’t Tread on Me” signs.

The 1969 Woodstock was attended by people mostly in their late teens and early 20s.

Wingnut Woodstock?

While the audience, which thinned out rapidly after Palin’s appearance, was largely white and middle-aged, [Teabagger Ryan] Gill said there are no official efforts to market the movement to a more broad-based demographic, which might make it more politically powerful.
“We don’t split people into groups,” Gill said. “We reach out to people by talking to them about America’s ideals. We don’t see how that appeals to you differently if you’re black or young.“

The original Woodstock was a defining moment for a new progressive generation of Americans.

The Teabag Woodstock?

Dan Weinland, a 59-year-old visiting California, drove with his nephew from Santa Clarita because “it’s time to overthrow the socialist regime.”

At the ballot box, he clarified, but added, “If they come for me, I’m clinging to my guns, my God and my Bible and my country.”

Finally, the 1969 Woodstock showcased the groovy music of Jimi and Janis and Joan and Jefferson Airplane.

The Wingnut Woodstock? — Victoria Jackson.

[Joe the Plumber/Teabagger/War Correspondant] Wurzelbacher urged the crowd to get politically active, while [Victoria] Jackson performed a song that described Obama as “a communist dictator who is taking us to hell.“

hat tip: firedoglake

http://firedoglake.com/2010/03/28/c...ly-little-in-common-with-1969-music-festival/

 

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I was actually pretty stoked to learn about that Teabagger Woodstock event in Harry Reid's hometown this weekend. Much to my surprise, the Teabagger Woodstock didn't have anything in common with the 1969 Music Festival.

Yesterday’s Tea Party event in Harry Reid’s hometown, headlined by the likes of the Sarah the Quitter and Joe the Plumber, was billed as a “Conservative Woodstock” and was apparently supposed to be this huge gathering of Teabaggery.

Comparing the Hippie Woodstock and the Teabagger Woodstock:

Now, the actual Woodstock drew 400,000 people in 1969.... And Teabag Woodstock?

The 1969 Woodstock was attended by people mostly in their late teens and early 20s.

Wingnut Woodstock?

The original Woodstock was a defining moment for a new progressive generation of Americans.

The Teabag Woodstock?

Finally, the 1969 Woodstock showcased the groovy music of Jimi and Janis and Joan and Jefferson Airplane.

The Wingnut Woodstock? — Victoria Jackson.

hat tip: firedoglake

http://firedoglake.com/2010/03/28/c...ly-little-in-common-with-1969-music-festival/

Wingnut Woodstock It does have a certain "ring" to it.