[funny] Tea party candidate calls tea party "dumbasses"

funny slip-up.

you know, with the exception of sarah palin, who really seems to earnestly believe all of her own bull****, i bet you anything the majority of these GOP politicians say the same kind of stuff off camera.

same thing goes with the religion thing. i have a sneaking suspicion that obama is not religious, or a christian, (same goes for many congressmen/women), but there's just some stuff you have to say/do to get elected. is it the fault of these politicians? i don't think so...it's the only way to get votes.

this guy was running as the conservative and knew he had to cater to his base, even if he thinks they're "dumbasses." it's just amazing to me that people continue to buy into this "movement." it's a joke and even the tea party politicians know it.

 

This is what pisses me off the most about American politics. Voting is based almost entirely on emotion instead of logic. People seem to care more about what religion a candidate has or whether he is for/against abortion instead of whether he can actually improve the country. I'd imagine an anti-abortion activist would vote for a candidate who is anti-abortion even if the opposing candidate is better in every single other facet of presidency.

What's worse is that the truly good candidates have to pander to this demographic since it's such a large one. If they take a no-nonsense and honest approach to their candidacy, they won't get elected because of this emotional group of people. I hate that.

/tirade

 

I've long believed Rush, Coulter, Reilly, Beck and their ilk only take the positions they do for personal gain (fame, money). The sad part is their act has seriously detrimental effects on policy, and I think that's the most unpatriotic act of all.

 

What the 3 above me said.

 

I suppose I'll just reiterate what others have said, but here goes anyway.

I've always known that deep down the "Tea Party" is nothing more than a radical group of ignorant right-wing bigots hiding behind the guise of some archaic happenstances that occurred so long ago in our history they have zero relevancy today.

The silliest thing is that is has little to do with Obama's actual performance as president, which I think has been below average / sub-par to say the least, from an economic standpoint anyway. It has and always will be simply because he is not white and his name doesn't sound "American" enough (hence the even more ridiculous "Birther" troop), so surely he must be a radical.


In essence they have ****ed themselves, because by jumping the gun and creating this laughable response group to bash the President nonstop just for existing, now when President Obama's flaws can be actually based with some facts, nobody is going to want to hear a thing these eggheads are spewing.

Same goes for Rush/Beck/Coulter etc. They have traded away their voice to actually ponder relevant issues pertaining to the job the President is doing for some sort of ratings spike by saying the most outlandish things possible. This has been going on in journalism for a while now, the media has began to assassinate itself and destroy its credibility for the fame and the lulz.

President Obama, in the meantime only has to point out 100 idiotic statements made by -random conservative nutjob commentator- to disprove 1 actual, legitimate question. They have began to destroy what accountability the public office owed to the general public, and thats a bit spooky for the rest of us.

 

Really a good post Moe. I don't agree on Obama's economic policy record, but I definitely agree these guys are crying wolf, and they're not only crying wolf, they're crying illegitimate radical wolf born in kenya

 

There's just too much money involved in taking advantage of the ignorance.

 

and then there's that

 

This is a very succinct and accurate explanation.

 

I disagree with you about Sarah Palin. She is a classic example of "feed 'em what they want". She is a professional crowd-pleaser and is fantastic at it. I'm not denying her ignorance and lack of intelligence, but IMO she is clearly riding the wave and trying to make as much money as she can from it. Billy Bob put it very well. She's been criticized by some as a fake.

Michele Bachmann is an example of a wingnut that actually believes everything she says.

 

Are you saying that the foundational protesting of taxation without representation which launched the American Revolution is archaic and without relevancy?

 

the word is Grifter

 

Since no one in the Tea Parties is being taxed without being represented, yeah, it's pretty irrelevant here.

 

It's the spirit not the letter.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm emboldened when opponents to tea partiers call the Boston Tea Party archaic and irrelevant.

The same kind of frustration that those men and women felt hundreds of years ago is re-surfacing in a similar way. Nothing is ever identical or needs to be...

 

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

 

Just can't agree with this. The Teabaggers are supporting the same policies that are the cause of all their complaints. They complain about high taxes due to "government spending" like say the stimulus which included the making work pay tax cut as well as many more tax cuts for the middle class. That tax credit is set to expire which is hilarious because I can just see teabaggers lining up to say Obama is increasing your taxes if it is not renewed, plunging our children into debt if it is, and it sucked anyway because it was part of the stimulus package. Obama can't win because no matter what he does it will be spun as a negative.

Obama promises to let the Bush tax cuts expire for those making over $250k a year and he's demonized for it since now it will hurt small businesses. But yet small businesses are struggling to survive and to attract and retain talent because they cannot afford health insurance for their employees, and the Tea Parties are okay with that. The state run insurance pools through the Socialized ObamaCommieCare that will allow small businesses to get better rates are Hitleresque. Not to mention that terrible economic condition we are in due to the vast amount of resources concentrated in a very few hands. The rich pay less in taxes as a % of income than the middle class and yet the teabaggers support the continuation of this to their own ignorant detriment!

The Teabaggers are an abomination of misinformation and hypocrisy. They have no leadership because they have no message. If you want lower taxes then demand healthcare reform or a deep cut in the military budget because that's where all the money is going. Instead they think cutting back on TANF and kicking out all those job thieving illegals will suddenly balance the budget.

They have an AGENDA but just like trickle down, privatizing SS, and deregulation it doesn't work when applied to reality. Comparing Teabaggers to the original TeaParty is revolting.

 

what pisses me off most, is that there isn't **** any of us can do about this.