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The Tea Partiers Are Anti-Reaganists
Why are the Democratic party and MoveOn not all over this? How stupid are they? Shouldn't they be at Tea Party rallies, speaking, leafletting, rushing the people -- mostly laid-off boomers, apparently, who are losing their houses and their jobs, without any real chance ever of working again? These are the ice floe candidates. If you've ever been to a Medicaid old folks home, or stood behind an old person in the grocery store buying a can of cat food, a can opener, an onion and a fork, you will comprehend their fear. They are rightfully distressed.
[Jeff McQueen, 50, laid-off auto parts salesman] blames the government for his unemployment. “Government is absolutely responsible, not because of what they did recently with the car companies, but what they’ve done since the 1980s,” he said. “The government has allowed free trade and never set up any rules.”
He and others do not see any contradictions in their arguments for smaller government even as they argue that it should do more to prevent job loss or cuts to Medicare. After a year of angry debate, emotion outweighs fact.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/us/politics/28teaparty.html?scp=1&sq=jeff%20mcqueen&st=cse
It's always driven me crazy that the poor people should have been swept away by the anti-health care bill arguments which are, bottom line, the tool of the man. I think also there's a significant degree of racism operating here as a black president seems to be machinating these changes. The nigs have raised our taxes, as one of my former neighbors put it before leaving D.C. for more salubrious venues (in his case, I think it was North Carolina).
This piece in the NYT suggests, quite rightly, that the Tea Partiers are not the monolithic flash mob whiteys the Gotcha freaks in the blogosphere would have you believe. They are a flash mob, they are white, but their politics are by no means a foregone conclusion. The Dems are wasting a huge opportunrity by not proselytizing at these gatherings. There should be truth squads, caseworkers from the Dems' offices offering assistance with the mortgages, etc..
God, they're stupid. I can't get over it.
[Jeff McQueen, 50, laid-off auto parts salesman] blames the government for his unemployment. “Government is absolutely responsible, not because of what they did recently with the car companies, but what they’ve done since the 1980s,” he said. “The government has allowed free trade and never set up any rules.”
He and others do not see any contradictions in their arguments for smaller government even as they argue that it should do more to prevent job loss or cuts to Medicare. After a year of angry debate, emotion outweighs fact.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/us/politics/28teaparty.html?scp=1&sq=jeff%20mcqueen&st=cse
It's always driven me crazy that the poor people should have been swept away by the anti-health care bill arguments which are, bottom line, the tool of the man. I think also there's a significant degree of racism operating here as a black president seems to be machinating these changes. The nigs have raised our taxes, as one of my former neighbors put it before leaving D.C. for more salubrious venues (in his case, I think it was North Carolina).
This piece in the NYT suggests, quite rightly, that the Tea Partiers are not the monolithic flash mob whiteys the Gotcha freaks in the blogosphere would have you believe. They are a flash mob, they are white, but their politics are by no means a foregone conclusion. The Dems are wasting a huge opportunrity by not proselytizing at these gatherings. There should be truth squads, caseworkers from the Dems' offices offering assistance with the mortgages, etc..
God, they're stupid. I can't get over it.
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i think there's a lot of class war arrogance in the demonization of the tea baggers, and that is yet another suicidal liberal attitude.
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I again question this idea people didn't try to engage the teabaggers with civility when Obama and every person who held a town hall meeting did until the made such things impossible by escalating their behavior. At some point you must acknowldege the screamers have an unshakable agenda an protect yourself.
Recognize those pro-lifers were polite out of self-preservation, as they were more at risk of being arrested if they weren't. If they really were such people of good conscience, there would be no need for clinic defense. It's easier to harass people with a facade of civility.
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