http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2009/tea_party_tops_gop_on_three_way_generic_ballot
Maybe the tea sippers flunked the GOP purity test for hanging with them in the wilderness.
Bagging the Elephant: Tea Party Tops GOP
- Thread starter JollyRoger
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Maybe the tea sippers flunked the GOP purity test for hanging with them in the wilderness.
D'Artagnan59
The Gascon
Congratulations, lunatics are more popular than moderates in our country.
D'Artagnan59
The Gascon
Not surprising since this country's top cable news program is full of said lunatics.
Gilder
Deity
Moderates? I thought the Republicans kicked them all out awhile ago.
From FreeRepublic:
Of course, the guy casts himself as one of the unrighteous Psalm 109:8 blowhards, so I predict a smiting in his future rather than a chance to vote.
I know! 36% shocked me as well!
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
LOL, wut?
The fringe of the right wing is already the "mainstream" of the right wing.
PiMan
Deity
Wikipedia recognises the Boston Tea Party as a political party, but no plain "Tea Party".
Shadylookin
master debater
Wonderful. We have the commie party, the rugged individualists that conform 80% of the time party, and the Grandma doesn't know that it means placing your scrotum on somebody party.
That would have made such a wonderful LGBTQI party before the tea baggers went and stole it.
Miles Teg
Nuclear Powered Mentat
I trust Rasmussen implicitly for all of my polling needs.
I also trust Santa to get rid of all those minorities like I asked him to.
I also trust Santa to get rid of all those minorities like I asked him to.
snakeseare
No arms nor legs
See, here's where I have a problem. VRWC, I consider you out on the fringe. I also consider myself out on the fringe. The difference is that I know I'm a fringe loonie, while people on the right all seem to think they are the only sensible people in America.
So when I advocate the death penalty for littering (which I do, in principle) I know that's a pretty silly idea in practice. Meanwhile, right-wing nutjobs suggest equally ridiculous ideas with a straight face.
I often end my political diatribes with "and that's why it's a good thing that I'm not in charge." I think it's important to put the extreme ideas out there, even when I know perfectly well that a more moderate viewpoint is more reasonable. Radical ideas encourage thoughtful debate, and even spawn new and better ideas. I'm not married to my ideas, and certainly would never seriously campaign for the death penalty to be imposed on litterbugs, as emotionally satisfying as I would find that to be.
Meanwhile, right-wing radicals just entrench themselves in the same old stale hidebound ideas, and stifle any creative thinking. They take pleasure in shouting down open discussion, in the name of "preserving traditional values." What they are really doing is using fear to suppress any constructive discussion.
Refuse to be silenced.
Make your voice heard.
You are the future.
Complacency is submission.
Merry Christmas!
Kawalimus
Warlord
Good, I hope they keep doing well. But I don't think they'll last or get much support on election day.
I don't agree with what the Tea Party people want at all but it's better they get power than the financial interests. Though if the party actually becomes a threat they'll be swallowed up by those interests anyway.
I don't agree with what the Tea Party people want at all but it's better they get power than the financial interests. Though if the party actually becomes a threat they'll be swallowed up by those interests anyway.
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