The Inconsistency in the Tea Party

[30ashopper]

NOTE: This Post Duplicated from the other Poli thread about Obama's trip...it applies here as well..

The Tea Party will be in total control of the Republican Party by 2012. They have now even set up a list of Republican "targets" that they want out of office, those whose election is coming up in 2012--includes the likes of Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown. They have no agenda for the next two years other than to continue to say "No." They're standards are low, and their morals even lower.

They are very transparent in their ways of going about things. Truly educated and rational people and politicians scare and intimidate them. They are more concerned about reversing the historic Healthcare Reform Act and personally damaging the reputation of the President of the U.S., then they are about creating the jobs of the future and balancing the budget. Not off to a real good start IMO.

The election is ooooveeerrrr..

 

[AlphaCrab]

The election is ooooveeerrrr..

Yes it has... but the "war" has just begun!

 

[Elephant Child]

Yes it has... but the "war" has just begun!

Are you playing the part of general or foot soldier in this war?

 

[30ashopper]

Yes it has... but the "war" has just begun!

Can't we all just try to get a long and work for the good of the country?

 

[Matt J]

The election is ooooveeerrrr..

Can't we all just try to get a long and work for the good of the country?

Apparently these are the only responses we're going to get. Notice the thorough references, thoughtful discourse, and use of smilies. :roll:

 

[AlphaCrab]

Can't we all just try to get a long and work for the good of the country?

My "good" and your "good" are quite two different things, I am affraid. I now liken myself as a progressive Mitch McConnell--I am not budging one inch.

 

[30ashopper]

Apparently these are the only responses we're going to get. Notice the thorough references, thoughtful discourse, and use of smilies. :roll:

 

[Matt J]

Oh look it's Walton County Tea Party Headquarters.

 

[wrobert]

NOTE: This Post Duplicated from the other Poli thread about Obama's trip...it applies here as well..

The Tea Party will be in total control of the Republican Party by 2012. They have now even set up a list of Republican "targets" that they want out of office, those whose election is coming up in 2012--includes the likes of Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown. They have no agenda for the next two years other than to continue to say "No." They're standards are low, and their morals even lower.

They are very transparent in their ways of going about things. Truly educated and rational people and politicians scare and intimidate them. They are more concerned about reversing the historic Healthcare Reform Act and personally damaging the reputation of the President of the U.S., then they are about creating the jobs of the future and balancing the budget. Not off to a real good start IMO.

Why Scott Brown? He was another on they said was a great conservative that never voted that way in the past. He now votes as I would have expected so why the change. He is about as conservative as you are going to get in that part of the country.

 

[AlphaCrab]

Why Scott Brown? He was another on they said was a great conservative that never voted that way in the past. He now votes as I would have expected so why the change. He is about as conservative as you are going to get in that part of the country.

This was one of several things I read regarding 2012....

Tea Party activist's 2012 hit list: Republicans



The Huffington Post:

Washington -- Tea Party activists didn't have to wait for the results of the 2010 elections to start conspiring about their targets for the next cycle. Sen. Orinn Hatch (R-UT) has long been considered a primary target, alongside Bob Corker (TN), Richard Lugar (IN) and Olympia Snowe (ME). All of the aforementioned are Republicans with a penchant for working in bipartisan fashion, some more than others.

One surprising name popping up on the 2012 target list, however, is an individual that the Tea Party turned into a cult hero of their movement. Scott Brown (R-Mass) has spent the past ten months in office building the framework for his reelection. He's worked with Democrats on a variety of economic initiatives while siding with the Republican caucus on other measures. He has been, as conventional wisdom goes, about as conservative as one can be in Democratic-leaning Massachusetts. But, for some, not conservative enough.

On Wednesday morning Red State's Erick Erickson put Brown on his list of "Potential Tea Party Targets for 2012."

Erickson's site is a hub for Tea Party theology and was one of the earlier indicators of the wave that would define the just-completed cycle. So his inclusion of Brown is noteworthy, not just in what it potentially foreshadows but also because it is an indication of how dispirited conservatives are with the man they helped elect.