All Posts Tagged With: "Tea Party"
Elizabeth Warren Called “Socialist Whore” By Tea Party Supporter
Speaking in a packed VFW hall, Warren went on to address his question about her association with Occupy Wall Street. “I’ve been protesting what’s been going on on Wall Street for a very long time,” she said, but added that the movement has its own independent agenda and will proceed along its own course.
3Nov2011 | pandora | 2 comments | Continued
Survey Says . . .
What percentage of Tea Baggers believe that discrimination against whites is as big a problem as discrimination against minority groups?
8Sep2011 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
“The Tea Party Can Go Straight To Hell”
“This is the effort that we’re seeing of Jim Crow. Some of these folks in Congress right now would love to see us [African-Americans] as second-class citizens”
2Sep2011 | nemski | 1 comment | Continued
As The Tea Party Turns II
Tea Party battle shifts for the moment from Iowa to New Hampshire.
1Sep2011 | nemski | Comments Off | Continued
As The Tea Party Turns
O’Donnell v Palin – Melee in Iowa
1Sep2011 | nemski | 13 comments | Continued
Tea Party Authoritarians
John Dean puts the Tea Party in context of authoritarian conservatism.
1Aug2011 | Unstable Isotope | 13 comments | Continued
Tea Party Logic: Winning Is Losing And Losing Is Winning
Every time I read, or listen to, Republicans discuss the Debt Limit I immediately think of Alice In Wonderland.
“I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can’t quite follow it as you say it.”
Here’s an example of the Tea Party’s “Losing is Winning” logic: Christine O’Donnell.
Only in Tea [...]
What Is The Future For Republicans?
The Republicans are on the edge of the cliff regarding the debt ceiling. Will they all jump like lemmings or will some of them push the Tea Party off?
21Jul2011 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | Continued
Couldn’t Make This Up – Tea Party Summer Camp
OMG!
Via Gawker:
Max Read — Is your child’s summer camp a bit too… Kenyan, let’s say? Don’t worry! There’s still space at the weeklong “Tampa Liberty School,” a camp designed to help children aged 8-12 learn about important concepts like Freedom and The Gold Standard.
As the St. Petersburg Times [...]
Majority Favor Formation Of A 3rd Party
A new Gallup poll shows that 52% of Republicans and 60% of Tea Party Republicans favor formation of a 3rd party.
10May2011 | Unstable Isotope | 22 comments | Continued
Is The Tea Party Losing Steam?
Is the Tea Party losing power and influence? How will this effect the 2012 elections?
1Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 43 comments | Continued
Over The Cliff
A new poll shows that the Republican deficit solutions are very unpopular with the American public. The most popular solutions are raising taxes on millionaires, ending earmarks and cutting unnecessary defense programs. Cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are the least popular solutions, supported by 25% or less of the public.
4Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 3 comments | Continued
Comment Rescue: Andye Daley (Tom Kovach’s Campaign Manager) Sets The Record Straight
May I chime in here guys? I am not sure who Republican Dave is…But I know who I am, I was Tom’s Campaign Manager and I could not be further from the Tea Party. I (as is Tom) am a moderate Republican. We had very little support from anyone from the “Tea Party” and Far [...]
14Jan2011 | pandora | 27 comments | Continued
The Tea Party In Delaware And Arizona Have A Lot In Common
In the words of Mistermix, What The Hell Is Happening In Arizona?
A nasty battle between factions of Legislative District 20 Republicans and fears that it could turn violent in the wake of what happened in Tucson on Saturday prompted District Chairman Anthony Miller and several others to resign.
Miller, a 43-year-old Ahwatukee Foothills resident and former [...]
Tea Party Fundraising With Giffords Incident
The Tea Party Express is raising money off the Giffords tragedy.
11Jan2011 | Unstable Isotope | 29 comments | Continued
Debt Ceiling “Insanity”
Are there any grown ups left in the Republican Party?
Dealing with the debt limit “as adults” doesn’t appear to be going well. This morning, two right-wing lawmakers — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Rep.-elect Mike Kelly (R-Minn.) — reiterated their opposition to raising the debt limit on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Soon after, Sen. Lindsey Graham [...]
Tea Party Talks of Primarying Scott Brown
Turns out Obama isn’t the only Brown politician the Tea Party doesn’t like.
27Dec2010 | nemski | 3 comments | Continued
DE Tea Party Gears Up For Another Loss
The Delaware Tea Party shows its grasp of the future is based on extremely short-term thinking as it tries to fight Renewable Energy Credits.
27Dec2010 | nemski | 7 comments | Continued
End of Life Counseling Returns in Regulations
Conservative bloggers are getting the crazy on.
27Dec2010 | nemski | 7 comments | Continued
There’s Trouble In River City
As depressing as Tuesday’s election was, there is a silver lining. The Republicans will now have to deal with their newly elected Tea Partiers. It looks like they’re off to a bad start.
But GOP Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, the soon-to-be-ranking member of the House’s education and labor committee, dismissed talk that the new Congress [...]
The Tea Party Tries To Stir Up Controversy
Two Tea Party groups held a press conference in front of the Delaware Democratic Party headquarters to call for the resignation of an aide to Chris Coons. The aide, Marshall Spevak, helped get a Tea Party candidate on the ballot in New Jersey.
12Oct2010 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
The Best Description Of The Tea Party – Ever
As usual, Matt Taibbi nails it. I’ve highlighted certain points below, but you should really read the whole article!
A hall full of elderly white people in Medicare-paid scooters, railing against government spending and imagining themselves revolutionaries as they cheer on the vice-presidential puppet hand-picked by the GOP establishment. If there exists a better snapshot of [...]
A Little Birdie Told Me To Tune In To WDEL This Afternoon
Actually, the birdie sent me a copy of an email:
Common Sense Communities Society Executive Director Evan Queitsch [...]
What Is The Tea Party All About?
What does the Tea Party actually stand for?
29Aug2010 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
