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    ^How much?...

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    Heh, check this out. Democrat Pollster Is Shocked, Shocked To Find No Racism In Tea Partiers & Determines That They Must Be Hiding It!

    The Democratic pollster Democracy Corps, commissioning research from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, recently dug into that foreign species commonly referred to as “the conservative voter.” In a dispatch that reads like the curious field notes Charles Darwin scribbled while observing the natural wonders of the Galapagos, the Democratic pollsters have found that the family Republican is made up of a variety of genera, including moderates, tea partiers and socially conservative evangelicals.

    Perhaps unsurprisingly, the pollsters discovered that these factions are distinct and not especially friendly towards one another; but the report is not without surprising findings.

    The top of that list is the discovery that the majority of Republican voters are fed up with litigating social issues via the electoral process. A wave of pragmatism is overtaking the GOP’s subgroups, setting up a collision with the last remaining holdouts within the GOP who view politics as the last weapon in a dwindling arsenal aimed at halting what they view as a debasing of the culture.

    “We know that Evangelicals are the largest bloc in the base, with the Tea Party very strong as well,” the memo reads. They feign shock at the notion that Republicans view President Barack Obama as a “liar” and a “manipulator,” two designations that the majority of American voters would agree with but to which the Democratic base’s Pavlovian response is to point and shriek “racism.”

    Indeed, the pollsters even confess that they “expected” to find more racism among Republican voters. “We expected that in this comfortable setting or in their private written notes, some would make a racial reference or racist slur when talking about the African American President,” they confess. “None did.”

    Dem Pollster Shocked to Find No Racism in Tea Partiers, So They Invent Some | Mediaite
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    ^ More bullshit. The guy who wrote this hit piece also writes for the website "conservatives4palin". There is no credibility here. If you read the report you will see that it makes no mention of looking or finding racism in the Republican party. That comes solely from the author of the article.

    This is completely manufactured nonsense designed for the braindead right wing reader who doesn't dig for information and accepts any dribble that is spoonfed to them.

    No racism in the Republican party? Riiggghttt..

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    A Tea Party Darling, who just might be too crazy for Texas

    Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas), the weirdest member of a Congress that also includes a Santa-impersonating reindeer herder and this guy, is challenging Sen. Cornyn (R-Texas) in next year's US Senate primary. In an interview with WorldNetDaily, a birther website that once reported that President Obama had perhaps hidden his gay life in order to run for president, Stockman explained that he was entering the race—just before the filing deadline—because Cornyn had "undermined (Sen.) Ted Cruz's fight against Obamacare" and was guilty of "stabbing fellow Republicans in the back."

    If his very short career in Washington is any indication, Stockman will at least give us a reason to tune in. Some highlights from his second term in Congress:

    His campaign bumper sticker: "If babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted."

    This tweet: "The best thing about the Earth is if you poke holes in it oil and gas come out."

    And this one: "Democrats are playing the knockout game with your health insurance."

    The time he raffled off an AR-15 as a campaign fundraiser.

    The second time he raffled off an AR-15 as a campaign fundraiser.

    His interview with Ted Nugent, in which he wondered whether victims of gun violence who advocated for gun control were "useful idiots"?

    His decision to bring Nugent as his plus one to last year's state of the union.

    His (empty) threat to impeach President Obama over gun control.

    The time he compared Obama to Saddam Hussein.

    The time he explained he would vote against the Violence Against Women Act because it helps "men dressed up as women."

    The $350,000 in income that's unexplained in his personal financial disclosures.

    And that was just his second act. As I reported last January, Stockman has mellowed some since the days when he was caught smuggling 30 mg of valium into jail by hiding it in his underwear. Or the time he showed up at the airport to go to his sister's wedding wearing nothing but a speedo. Or the time he publicly fretted that his interest in ceramics would cause voters to "think I'm a fag." But if Stockman can't beat Cornyn, he'll have to wait a while to get back to Washington; by Texas law, he can't run for re-election and seek a Senate seat at the same time.
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    since it's an off year election that nutjob just might be able to keep the race close.... particularly because it's texas we're talking about

    how do i make a donation to his campaign?

    all kidding aside, i've been considering a donation to mitch mcconnel's primary challenger....i would love to see him lose to a teabagger

    https://mattbevin.com/donate/

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    Boehner Blasts Tea Party Groups Over Budget Deal Criticism

    Some moments feel like turning points. Speaker John Boehner's rhetorical takedown of his party's Tea Party faction seems like one such moment.

    For two days running, Boehner, R-Ohio, has made clear that he's heard just about enough from conservative advocacy groups such as the Heritage Foundation, Americans for Prosperity and Freedomworks.

    On Wednesday, he called them "ridiculous." On Thursday, he said "they've lost all credibility."

    Stoking Boehner's anger was their rapid-fire opposition to the modest budget deal reached by fellow Republican Rep. Paul Ryan and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, Congress' respective budget committee chairmen. The measure was passed by the House Thursday evening.

    But he seemed even more ticked off by what he said, in so many words, was an unserious approach to governing demonstrated by those groups and their allies in Congress.

    All of it resulted in the normally buttoned down Boehner delivering a GIF-ready performance as he showed his disgust for the attitude hard-liners took toward the government shutdown.

    Recalling how an individual with one of the just-say-no conservative groups conceded just before the shutdown ended that they had never thought the approach would work to defund Obamacare anyway, Boehner exclaimed: "Are you kidding me?" He punctuated his words with so much head and torso movement you would've thought you were watching Lebron James executing a crossover.

    We may be witnessing the new Boehner, the fed-up Boehner, the Boehner who's done with having his leadership and even his manhood questioned.

    And it comes not a moment too soon, as far as the speaker's allies are concerned. "To me, it's like Christmas came earlier in December than it normally does," said Steve LaTourette, a former Ohio Republican congressman and Boehner friend who runs a Washington lobby shop.

    "It's really just a byproduct of the fact that he's a very patient fellow and his fuse was a lot longer than a lot of other people's, including mine, that he's run out of patience," said LaTourette, who also heads the Republican Main Street Partnership, a group of establishment Republicans for whom compromise is not a dirty word but a necessity for a governing party.

    LaTourette's reading of the situation is that Boehner, wanting to let his caucus express its will, allowed the hard-liners to steer the ship of state for a while even though he disagreed with their full-steam-ahead approach — an approach that led to a government shutdown. He hoped they would learn from the experience of crashing into an iceberg.

    This week suggested they hadn't. But Boehner's not going to let them get their hands on the wheel again so long as he has a say in the matter.

    By calling out his party's hard-liners and showing he's willing to brawl with them, Boehner may have actually enhanced his status and hold on power.

    Members of Congress, like voters and people generally, tend to respond better to leaders who project strength. Some have perceived Boehner's past deferral to hard-liners as weakness. He is giving people a chance to reconsider that perception.

    "The audience for what the speaker had to say isn't the 25 chuckleheads who are going to vote 'no,' no matter what happens," LaTourette said.

    Instead, the audience is the roughly 100 of the 144 House Republicans who voted against the reopening of the government but are persuadable.

    "Will this be a good enough sign to the 100 men and women who really want to be good conservatives but govern at the end of the day, that the speaker has their back and so they're going to have his?" LaTourette asks. "That's the script that has to be written yet."

    And Boehner seems intent in writing that script in ALL CAPS.

    Boehner Blasts Tea Party Groups Over Budget Deal Criticism : It's All Politics : NPR

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    Why Boehner, fed up, blew up

    Republican party going the way of the Whigs....

    Last spring, as President Barack Obama was beset by IRS scandals, Benghazi backlash and second-term blues, he was reported by The New York Times to be privately talking about "going Bulworth."

    The phrase is a reference to a satirical 1998 Warren Beatty movie about a Democratic senator who risks his job by telling the public what he really thinks.

    In real life, it was House Speaker John Boehner who finally went Bulworth. In two news conferences this past week, the Ohio Republican spoke out forcefully against the outside conservative groups that repeatedly have undermined his agenda and pulled Republican lawmakers into unwinnable situations, including the October government shutdown.

    Defending a federal budget deal brokered by Rep. Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, and Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, Boehner called the outside groups "ridiculous" for "using our members" and "using the American people for their own goals."

    "I think they're pushing our members in places where they don't want to be. And frankly I just think they've lost all credibility," he told reporters.

    "They pushed us into the fight to defund Obamacare and shut down the government. … And the day before the government reopened, one of these groups said, 'Well, we never thought it would work.' Are you kidding me?"

    Actually, if you have seen the video of that sound bite, you know that Boehner abruptly exclaimed that last sentence with a surprising fury that normal writing rules fail to convey or, as author Tom Wolfe might put it: "Are yo-o-ou kiddin' me?!!!"

    Boehner's crack was a direct shot, without naming names, at Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham, who said on Fox News in October, "Well, everybody understands that we're not going be able to repeal (President Obama's health care) law until 2017 and that we have to win the Senate and we have to win the White House."

    Yet, repealing the Affordable Care Act was the main stated goal of conservatives in the standoff that led to the partial government shutdown and a near-default of the nation's credit obligations.

    In the end, the shutdown needlessly damaged congressional approval ratings while ironically distracting public attention from the Obama administration's biggest self-inflicted wound: the health care law's botched Oct. 1 rollout.

    Even so, Heritage Action, Club for Growth, Americans for Prosperity and other similar outside groups continued their relentless pressures on Republican lawmakers to cause even more damage to themselves.

    The bill brokered by Ryan and Murray sets a budget for the federal government for the next two years, taking away the threat of a shutdown in January — and ending the cycle of budget crises that has plagued Washington for the past three years.

    Predictably the outside right-wingers howled that the budget deal didn't cut taxes and spending enough, but Boehner had heard enough from them. After his strong public stand, the House passed the bill 332 to 94, including a 169-to-62 majority of Republicans.

    Could Boehner be biting the hands that feed him and his party? Maybe. But what aggravates GOP lawmakers more these days is how much support outside groups have been feeding or threatening to feed to their challengers in Republican primaries, if the incumbents don't toe the right-wing line.

    Conservative pressure groups have taken on exaggerated importance as more GOP lawmakers fear challenges from insurgent tea party candidates in Republican primaries more than they fear Democrats in general elections.

    Some have compared Boehner to Howard Beale, the deranged network news anchor in "Network," who urges his audience to shout, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!"

    But unlike Beale, Sen. Bulworth has long been a part of the system that he decries. He speaks out partly because he is disgusted with how much he has let the system corrupt him. I heard more Bulworth than Beale in Boehner's frustrated voice.

    Boehner apparently decided that trying to appease outside groups no longer was worth the price to his party or the nation. It would be nice to hear more real-life lawmakers show such Bulworth-worthy courage, if that's not asking too much.

    Boehner on right track to chide ultraconservative wing of GOP - chicagotribune.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub
    Even so, Heritage Action, Club for Growth, Americans for Prosperity and other similar outside groups continued their relentless pressures on Republican lawmakers to cause even more damage to themselves.
    It's simple math. Boehner's anger can be measured by dividing Fartbongo by Boehner, plus herp.
    This gives us Boehner's derp quotient. If his derp is less than potato, then he is a lib. And clearly, as any astute fan of math can see, his derp quotient is precisely .984 potato. We here at the Family Association of Truth and Values of American Greatness have determined, through our in-depth mathematical formulae, that Boehner is indeed a left-wing lib Marxist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by quimbian corholla View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub
    Even so, Heritage Action, Club for Growth, Americans for Prosperity and other similar outside groups continued their relentless pressures on Republican lawmakers to cause even more damage to themselves.
    It's simple math. Boehner's anger can be measured by dividing Fartbongo by Boehner, plus herp.
    This gives us Boehner's derp quotient. If his derp is less than potato, then he is a lib. And clearly, as any astute fan of math can see, his derp quotient is precisely .984 potato. We here at the Family Association of Truth and Values of American Greatness have determined, through our in-depth mathematical formulae, that Boehner is indeed a left-wing lib Marxist.
    Post of the day.

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    Still Peddling The Lie

    Liberals are still trying to peddle the lie that the Tea Party is a racist organization.



    Talk radio host, Blaze contributor and conservative activist Dana Loesch went on Hannity tonight to debate Tea Party critic Richard Fowler. Loesch destroyed Fowler who claims the Tea Party is racist but couldn't think of a single incident of Tea Party racism. Dana ate his lunch. Then she sent him home hungry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boon Mee View Post
    Liberals are still trying to peddle the lie that the Tea Party is a racist organization.
    Meanwhile back on earth

    Just 14 percent of Americans now hold a favorable view of the tea party


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    ^^^^
    don't you think a real marine would beat the shit out of this guy? Holding up the flag of the proud and faithful US Marines with a flag of rebellion? I mean lets face it the US Marines defeated that flag on the battle field 150 years ago.

    I am pretty sure this guy was never a marine.

    and yes the tea party is made up of a bunch of racists who "want their country back". Back from who? seeing the signs at their rallies about going back to Kenya I think we know who they want it back from....
    Last edited by Pound Hound; 19-12-2013 at 12:44 AM.

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    One problem with the teabaggers is they don't seem to have any concept of cause and effect.

    For example, they want to outlaw abortion. Ok, so where is the money going to come from to take care of all these unwanted children? Huh?

    Oh, let the charities take care of them? No, they become wards of the state and as such the state will ultimately require more money to take care of them.

    Texas is apparently dealing with this very issue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pound Hound
    the tea party is made up of a bunch of racists who "want their country back"
    They often lament the lack of afromerkins in the TP, but I reckon there's gotta be a few native amerkins.

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    As we all know, the Tea Party is all for smaller government, right? Well, check out this latest Gallop Poll, Libs! It now appears that a record 72% believe that Government is America's biggest threat.

    C'mon Tea Party!

    Seventy-two percent of Americans say big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor, a record high in the nearly 50-year history of this question. The prior high for big government was 65% in 1999 and 2000. Big government has always topped big business and big labor, including in the initial asking in 1965, but just 35% named it at that time.

    The latest update comes from a Dec. 5-8 poll. Gallup has documented a steady increase in concern about big government since 2009, rising from 55% in March 2009 to 64% in November 2011 and 72% today. This suggests that government policies specific to the period, such as the Affordable Care Act — perhaps coupled with recent revelations of government spying tactics by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden — may be factors.

    Currently, 21% name big business as the greatest threat, while 5%, a record low, say big labor. The high point for big labor was 29% in 1965. No more than 11% of Americans have chosen big labor since 1995, clearly reflecting the decline of the labor movement in the United States in recent decades."
    It's Polls Like This That Make Liberals Nauseous

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Pound Hound
    the tea party is made up of a bunch of racists who "want their country back"
    They often lament the lack of afromerkins in the TP, but I reckon there's gotta be a few native amerkins.
    ya... remember the real tea party guys were so brave they dressed up as Indians in case anybody actually saw them dump the tea in the harbor.

    there has to be a metaphor for that and the modern day tea party.... I'll get back to you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pound Hound
    As we all know, the Tea Party is all for smaller government, right?
    no they don't... its just things THEY want our tax dollars should be spent on...

    subsidies for oil companies
    tax breaks for the wealthy
    bigger defense spending ($2200 hammers for Boeing)
    War
    More corporate welfare
    etc..

    so lets not pretend that you or any of your ilk would spend less money... (see US government spending 1998 to 2008 and tell me how fiscally responsible the conservatives are in this country) at least try to with a straight face

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    Govt Wasted $400,000 To Study Intelligence Of Tea Party…Found Had Better Scientific Comprehension Than Non-Tea Party



    Are The Tea Party People Dumb?

    Govt Spent $900K To Study Love On The Web!

    Wastebook: Government Spent $400K On Tea Party Intelligence Study - Allen West On The Record

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pound Hound
    so lets not pretend that you or any of your ilk would spend less money... (see US government spending 1998 to 2008 and tell me how fiscally responsible the conservatives are in this country) at least try to with a straight face
    1998-2008? that's when they were calling themselves 'republicans'.....they don't call themselves 'republicans' anymore because they destroyed the republican brand by wrecking the economy and starting 2 failed wars....now they're 'libertarians'.....and when they inevitably destroy the 'libertarian' brand, they'll start calling themselves something else....my guess is that they'll recycle back to 'conservatives'.

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    ^ the liberal moonbats managed to crucify Barry Goldwater much the same way.

    Quite likely they'll succeed again. Problem was they elected JFK who was a liberal's worst nightmare and they had to put him down. Then they had to put Bobby down too, cuz he represented some backbone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boon Mee View Post
    As we all know, the Tea Party is all for smaller government, right? Well, check out this latest Gallop Poll, Libs! It now appears that a record 72% believe that Government is America's biggest threat.

    C'mon Tea Party!

    Seventy-two percent of Americans say big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor, a record high in the nearly 50-year history of this question. The prior high for big government was 65% in 1999 and 2000. Big government has always topped big business and big labor, including in the initial asking in 1965, but just 35% named it at that time.

    The latest update comes from a Dec. 5-8 poll. Gallup has documented a steady increase in concern about big government since 2009, rising from 55% in March 2009 to 64% in November 2011 and 72% today. This suggests that government policies specific to the period, such as the Affordable Care Act — perhaps coupled with recent revelations of government spying tactics by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden — may be factors.

    Currently, 21% name big business as the greatest threat, while 5%, a record low, say big labor. The high point for big labor was 29% in 1965. No more than 11% of Americans have chosen big labor since 1995, clearly reflecting the decline of the labor movement in the United States in recent decades."
    It's Polls Like This That Make Liberals Nauseous
    Big Labour and big government have merged in the marxist tyranny which is the Obama administration. Big business is the only remaining pillar of freedom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Earl View Post
    ^ the liberal moonbats managed to crucify Barry Goldwater much the same way.

    Quite likely they'll succeed again. Problem was they elected JFK who was a liberal's worst nightmare and they had to put him down. Then they had to put Bobby down too, cuz he represented some backbone.



    yeah earl, it was 'the liberals' who killed the kennedy brothers.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Boon Mee
    C'mon Tea Party!
    Fred Saberhagen wrote some SF books about a race that creates weapons, Berserkers, designed to destroy their enemy. But they didn't define the enemy specifically and the Berserkers took their instructions to mean "destroy all life". Ultimately, both sides were wiped out and the Berserkers continued on their mission of destruction.

    That's what he GOP did. They created a weapon, teabaggers, to destroy their liberal enemy, the Democrats. But they defined the enemy in terms of "liberal" and since conservatives think only in terms of absolutes, everything is to the left of "absolutely conservative". Teabaggers are simply poorly programmed, mindless, destruction machines that have finally and inevitably begun turning on their creators.

    Stewart Blasts GOP: If Not Boehner Or Ryan, Who IS Conservative Enough?

    How's That TEA Party Monster working out for you, Dr. GOPenstein?

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    Never mind the Messiah's SOTU. Utah Senator Mike Lee’s official Tea Party response was less slick but infinitely more worth listening to — and is guaranteed 100% free of mindless Democrat applause:




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    This response by Sen. Mike Lee is just more abstract "nothing" talk.

    Like Obamas.

    2 peas in a pod.

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