The Tea Party: good or bad for Republicans?

You are a great one to be telling anybody to take their meds! .... the Tea Party...stands for smaller government, less spending, common sense, moral values, states rights, individual responsibility and those kind of things with which you do not seem familar. It also includes fair taxation. Talking to you, LS, Poppy, AC and a few others is like talking to a brick wall. There are many on SoWal who are liberal but can listen and evaluate during the discussions. Then there are others who cannot.

I have a hard time believing that masses of people who voted for Obama last time around would vote for Palin this time around because they are disappointed with him.

Talk to dems and independents who voted for Obama. I'd venture to guess the vast majority of them would cast their vote against Palin- which would count for Obama.

Andy, thx for pointing out that not all liberals are identical. And thx for saying the same of conservatives. There were too many generalizations flying around.

I have a hard time believing that masses of people who voted for Obama last time around would vote for Palin this time around because they are disappointed with him.

If the GOP puts a solid candidate in there- a moderate then the independents and many dems will follow and he or she will likely win.

Talk to dems and independents who voted for Obama. I'd venture to guess the vast majority of them would cast their vote against Palin- which would count for Obama.

Today, I read that Obama would lose the election running against any republican. Independents, men and many democrats are deserting the ship. No presidential election can be won without the vote from men.

Let me try this-

Think about Sowal posters. Think of the ones u agree with politically. Think of the ones you disagree with.

Think of the ones you disagree with but still like. They are respectful. They seek to understand and to be understood. They aren't snarky or sarcastic. They avoid disingenuous communication. They try to build bridges and seek common ground.

Think of the ones you disagree with that you don't particularly care for. They are mean spirited, snarky, sarcastic and communicate disingenuously. They believe those who disagree have something wrong with them. They want to make fun of folks who disagree with them. Label them.

If Sarah Palin was a Sowal poster, I believe she would fall into this last category. I could only get behind someone I don't agree with if they fell into the other category.

Does this make any sense, Andy?

You, like every other liberal on this board, have absolutely no inkling of what the Tea Party is all about nor how it functions......stands for common sense, moral values..... individual responsibility and those kind of things with which you do not seem familar..

You are a great one to be telling anybody to take their meds! You, like every other liberal on this board, have absolutely no inkling of what the Tea Party is all about nor how it functions. I am not going to try and explain it to you as I will assume that you are bright enough to research it for yourself. Suffice it to say that it stands for smaller government, less spending, common sense, moral values, states rights, individual responsibility and those kind of things with which you do not seem familar. It also includes fair taxation. Talking to you, LS, Poppy, AC and a few others is like talking to a brick wall. There are many on SoWal who are liberal but can listen and evaluate during the discussions. Then there are others who cannot. The same goes for conservatives but not so much because there are so few of them. I have kept quiet as long as I could regarding all the rhetoric that has transpired in this thread and at least one other regarding the Tea Party but I finally reached my limit. The Walton County Tea Party is called the Tea Party Patriots. If you really want to know what they are all about, instead of voicing unknowing opinions, attend one of their meetings at 6:00 PM at the South Walton Library annex on the 2nd Thursday of each month. You'll find people, much like you, interested in our community, state and federal government and how they are run.
One thing more. We are not racist. The Tea Party strongly supports Mike Hill, a candidate for the Florida House. He is a small business owner, an Air Force Academy graduate, a Conservative and he is black. He will make a wonderful representative.

Andy, seriously? Her campaign stump speech was so nasty. Very mean spirited. The whole "how's that hopey changey thing workin out forya" sarcastic attitude.

Yes, she's doing it to play to her base and mobilize folks who agree with her and seem to genuinely dislike those who don't. But it does nothing to win votes from those who don't-

which is my point. Just because folks who voted for Obama are fed up with Obama doesn't mean they would vote for someone who pretty much demonized them and their views.

Tea partiers should be able to find someone who is a bit more of a uniter who stands for the same cornerstones u mentioned previously.

Nuetral. The TP folk will neither help nor hinder. They are simply the base of the Republican Party with a trendy, catchy name to try and sound "new and improved"-- there is no difference from any other time in their history-- they are just now more clever at the way they are able to both accommodate and incite their more racist factions than ever before, although they are not willing to admit it publically.

These are the things that bother me about your post Andy. In particular the idea somehow that those who are not affiliated with the Tea Party have no common sense, no moral values and don't want to take any individual responsibility.

I'd like to know what you mean by those things in particular - common sense and moral values.

Do you get your "racist labeling verbage" from the defunct Journolist group?

Andy, seriously? Her campaign stump speech was so nasty. Very mean spirited. The whole "how's that hopey changey thing workin out forya" sarcastic attitude.

Mr. Geo, the above statement from Sarah, was right on. She knew her audience, she knew who she was speaking too, she knew that most if not all them were thinking the same think and she knew their answer. Your Obama has a mean spirited way with his words, he plays to the crowd and is always making digs at the Republicans, and loves to diss Bush and anyone else that ticks him off. I think that he has a real mean and get even streak under that cool calm person he tries to project. The man got where he is by playing dirty politics and you are calling Sarah out for her hopey changey comment?

My, my, Grammy, you're up late!

Well if nothing else, the Tea Party puts Republicans on the defensive. I don't see how that could possibly be a good thing.

Mr. Lucifer, surely this is a typo on your part...didn't you mean to say, the Tea Party puts Democrats on the defensive?
Had to control my keyboarding urge to not type run instead of defensive.

Just agree Miss Gidget, the Tea Party folks don't represent your political feelings...they stand for all you dislike. They want things for America that you don't, they don't like to be taxed to death, (maybe you do) or have their elected officials ignore they wishes or thumb their noses at them, but most of all they don't like the direction that Obama is taking the country under his leadership. They are looking for a change, just not the one that Obama has in mind.

Andy will you tell me more about your black friends and teach me to be non judgemental like you? Oh, and define all those things in bold type for me please.

The Democrats have plenty worth defending. The Republicans have zilch, and are in the unenviable position of having to brush aside deplorable and ignorant behavior of their spin-off cult group because they will need the electors in the next presidential election.

The Democrats have plenty worth defending. The Republicans have zilch, and are in the unenviable position of having to brush aside deplorable and ignorant behavior of their spin-off cult group because they will need the electors in the next presidential election.