New CBS News Poll: Americans blame the Republicans for not averting the cuts

[YoungRepublican]

21 years old?? Sonny, you can't piss hard against the ground yet.I gave up on "parties" when I got back from Vietnam. I have been a registered independent since 1972.

"Uneducated"?? How dare you. "Learn something about politics"?? Are you kidding me? I served in 5 different Counsulates in 5 Warsaw Pact countries including the Soviet Union.

"Modern accepted social policies"??? What the hell does that mean?

Look, I realize that you have a great "zeal" for your "party". Nothing wrong with that. But you need to temper that "zeal" with the knowledge that politicians, whether they be republicans or democrats, take care of themselves FIRST and the country SECOND.

I truly wish that it weren't so, but so it is. If you haven't yet realized it after Barry Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Boehner, John McCain and the rest of the "servants" of the people; people who go to Washington with minimal means and leave as multi-millionaires, then you are in for a rude awakening. Washington DC is a snake pit.

I am saying that the Tea Party is soley responsible for the current decline of the GOP. I know you are an older guy so you need to see where this country is going, not where it has been. Modern accepted social policies are gay marriage and abortions, things that will no longer be an argument by the time I reach your age. If we want to win another election ever again we need to adapt. If we do not I can assure you that the Republican Party will be just another chapter in a history book. D.C. is a snake pit and you need to know how to play the game, but these men are responsible for representing my desires and we must hold them accountable for that. The GOP will get no where while the Tea Party rides its coattails, just like it did into the 112th congress which was a miserbale failure at best.

Look, I mean you no ill-will. Honest to God, I don't. The "Tea Party" is no more responsible for the decline of the Republican Party than you are for the fall of the Roman Empire. Unfortunately, you appear to be falling into the very trap that the tea party predicted would happen. Young folks, such as yourself, are allowing the Democrat party to dictate, to you, what is acceptable and what is not.

The democrat party is made up of miscreants; each and every one of them. They operate under the premise that America is inherently a bad place that tramples the rights of every group in the country. The democrats enslave and keep addicted to their "candy" that is "entitlements".

I am a black man. I have seen democrats for what they are since I was a child. Democrats destroy. They do not build up. They offer nothing. So, that having been said, why would you allow a democrat to "set the agenda" for the Republican Party? Unfettered abortion on a whim. Legalization of drugs. Same sex marriage. Reliance on welfare. Disarming the public. unrelenting taxation. On and on and on until they reach the communist utopia that they believe awaits their sorry asses.

If you ever expect to win another election, you have to realize that these clowns have been allowed to run those open sores that they call "mouths" for far too long. America is NOT "pro-liberal". She never has been and never will be. Unfortunately, when the democrats have the vast majority of the media on their side, we only receive ONE SIDE of any story. Americans are confused right now, nothing more.

The Republican Party needs candidates that are willing to speak the truth and hold to the truth. Republicans MUST be willing to confront these communists; to get down in the mud and smack them in the mouth. John McCain needs to carry his tired, accommodating, old ass back to Arizona and stay there. Mitch McConnel needs to carry his old ass back to Kentucky and sit in his rocking chair. John Boehner needs to either crap or get off the damn pot.

These republicans need to face the FACT that democrats are out to destroy this country and confront them head on. Quit being nice. I'm an old man with more years BEHIND me, than in front of me. YOU are the next generation of republican. Either FIGHT these clowns, or become one of them. You can NOT have it both ways......

Nor do I to you sir and i think this is a great time for an open discussion between Republicans. I agree with you that the dems ultamite goal is a government that is relied upon by its people and that is no way to run a country.
However, what I believe is not me falling into a trap that the democrats have set, it is a calculated examination of the evidence I see.
We need Conservatives that will stand up to Democrats, but they also must know when they are a necessary evil to deal with. The fact is we have forgotten that, while these guys and gals have oppsing views, we are still on the same American side. I am the future generation of the party and I want to be told by my grandkids some day that "this is where the GOP is heading." My views on Gay marriage isnt founded in right or leftwing ideology, but its just me accepting what modern culture has already. I personally could not care an iota less what two people do behind closed doors, and the rest of the GOP should fall in line with that mantra. Fact is, America is socialy liberal but they also want to save money. We have elections set up for us until we put our foots in our mouths, I just want to stop that and carry on the tradition of the GOP.

 

[YoungRepublican]

stop pretending you are a Republican, Tea party Try-hards...
give us a break, go join the Democrats

No, YOU stop pretending to be a Republican. You and the rest of the "Tea Party" are the embodiment of what you so affectionately refer to as RINOs. Ya know, that period when you arent stuffing your faces with chips and cheap beer. You are killing the party and you dont even know it. let me show you..Rasmussen reported Monday that the Tea Party’s popularity has plummeted and the organization is now, in fact, less popular than ever. According to the poll, only 30% of likely voters view the group favorably and nearly half categorized their opinion of them as unfavorable. Yes, That Rassmussen Poll, the last real conservative haven for polling. What were those numbers like in 09 before people knew who you really were?
You are killing the GOP and the country with a smile on your face. We have no time for the uneducated in todays politics, either learn soething on Foreign policy, economics or modern accepted social policies or go back to your NASCAR race. Either way I dont give a damn what you think you are entiteled to. (Sorry I had to do it for all you JAck fans out there)

Your ignorance is great, Grasshopper. You should definitely ponder the question of whether or not you know what is good for the Republican party. Unless the Republican party has something to offer the American people that is different from what the Democrats offer the American people, it doesn't matter whether we win or not. Power, for the sake of power, is not the goal. That is a left wing concept.

As a conservative, I am a Republican because it is the lesser of two evils. The tea party is a conservative subset of the Republican party, and is not to blame for the state the party finds itself in. They advocate for limited government, and fiscal responsibility, and they stand firm on those principles. Anyone who wishes to assign them blame for the current impass is either an ignorant ass, or a partisan Democrat.

Compromise is not a one way street. It means that both sides of the impass must be willing to concede something to reach an agreement. One side, the Democrats, cannot make unreasonable demands and then expect the Republicans to meet them halfway between unreasonable and reasonable.

Only reporting the empirical evidence I can gather with my two eyes. I too am a Republican because it is the lesser of two evils, and I could not tell you how many times I have told someone that I am a Republican only to explain for the first 5 minutes that "Im not that kind of Republican." their impact reaches further than limited government and low taxes, thats just the cover they use to spill their nonsense into actual real life issues. They are the radicals of our party, much like abby hoffmans group was for the dems back in the 60's. The only difference is that for some unknown reason people decided to elect these guys and gals into office. the Tea Party is a subset of the republican party and I am as ashamed to say that as any democrat should be when saying that the occupy movement was and is a subset of their party.

 

[YoungRepublican]

Your ignorance is great, Grasshopper. You should definitely ponder the question of whether or not you know what is good for the Republican party. Unless the Republican party has something to offer the American people that is different from what the Democrats offer the American people, it doesn't matter whether we win or not. Power, for the sake of power, is not the goal. That is a left wing concept.

As a conservative, I am a Republican because it is the lesser of two evils. The tea party is a conservative subset of the Republican party, and is not to blame for the state the party finds itself in. They advocate for limited government, and fiscal responsibility, and they stand firm on those principles. Anyone who wishes to assign them blame for the current impass is either an ignorant ass, or a partisan Democrat.

Compromise is not a one way street. It means that both sides of the impass must be willing to concede something to reach an agreement. One side, the Democrats, cannot make unreasonable demands and then expect the Republicans to meet them halfway between unreasonable and reasonable.

When the tea party advocated default on the debt, they ceased to be any part of compromise.

The Tea Party never advocated that, you dishonest little tramp.

Ha solid vacab my man. Well, if you listened to anything other then Rush or Levine you would know that they did. Mostly because the concept of economics freaks them out. All those numbers can get scary!

 

[Stephanie]

When the tea party advocated default on the debt, they ceased to be any part of compromise.

The Tea Party never advocated that, you dishonest little tramp.

Ha solid vacab my man. Well, if you listened to anything other then Rush or Levine you would know that they did. Mostly because the concept of economics freaks them out. All those numbers can get scary!

no one taught you to respect your elders or manners did they?
go infest the Democrat party with you snootiness

 

[bripat9643]

heres a tip for you.

The founders sis not design a system in which the minority of the minority get to make the laws for everyone.


Does Democracy mean anything to you?

Your ignorance is showing again, TM...

What the Founding Fathers designed was a system in which the rights of the minority were protected. They did so by making it difficult, even for a majority, to change the Constitution. That isn't a bad thing...that's a good thing.

Not at the expense of the will of the majority, they didn't.

Yes they did, turd.

They wanted the minority to be protected against being run roughshod. Against being run out of existence.

Every word of the Constitution was designed to protect the minority.

It wasn't designed so that a spiteful minority could hold up a nomination for some meaningless position, or play politics with national security.

"Playing politics" is just a euphemism meaning "voting against a Democrat," and that's exactly what the Founding Fathers intended.

 

[bripat9643]

When the tea party advocated default on the debt, they ceased to be any part of compromise.

The Tea Party never advocated that, you dishonest little tramp.

Ha solid vacab my man. Well, if you listened to anything other then Rush or Levine you would know that they did. Mostly because the concept of economics freaks them out. All those numbers can get scary!

No they didn't, you sniveling twit.

Why are you a Republican? You don't have the slightest idea what they stand for.

 

[Oldstyle]

heres a tip for you.

The founders sis not design a system in which the minority of the minority get to make the laws for everyone.


Does Democracy mean anything to you?

Your ignorance is showing again, TM...

What the Founding Fathers designed was a system in which the rights of the minority were protected. They did so by making it difficult, even for a majority, to change the Constitution. That isn't a bad thing...that's a good thing.

Not at the expense of the will of the majority, they didn't.

They wanted the minority to be protected against being run roughshod. Against being run out of existence.

It wasn't designed so that a spiteful minority could hold up a nomination for some meaningless position, or play politics with national security.

I take it that you've now labeled wanting answers about what really happened in Benghazi a "meaningless position"?

The Founding Fathers were intelligent enough to understand that the "will of the majority" wasn't always the best thing for the country...hence their determination to purposely make it difficult to change Constitutional rights.

Think long and hard about making changes to that, Synth...what you want simply because this Administration is running into opposition to it's policies, is to alter something that has made sense for several hundred years. Wouldn't it make more sense for Barack Obama to simply be a little more forthcoming about things like Fast & Furious and Benghazi?

 

[Oldstyle]

When the tea party advocated default on the debt, they ceased to be any part of compromise.

The Tea Party never advocated that, you dishonest little tramp.

Ha solid vacab my man. Well, if you listened to anything other then Rush or Levine you would know that they did. Mostly because the concept of economics freaks them out. All those numbers can get scary!

First of all the "Tea Party" is a loose collection of political organizations spread across the country with different agendas and different goals. You for some reason seem to think they are an organized group with spokesmen and a written charter of what "they" believe in, when that's simply not true.

As for the concept of economics freaking someone out? I think the average American that understands basic math understands that we can't continue on our present trajectory of debt without dire consequences. They are scared because the "numbers" that you sarcastically refer to ARE scary! They should be scared and so should you be scared...as should anyone with half a brain.

 

[YoungRepublican]

The Tea Party never advocated that, you dishonest little tramp.

Ha solid vacab my man. Well, if you listened to anything other then Rush or Levine you would know that they did. Mostly because the concept of economics freaks them out. All those numbers can get scary!

no one taught you to respect your elders or manners did they?
go infest the Democrat party with you snootiness

My manners? I guess no one ever taught you to respect women.. Dont ever question my manners while you drivel insults about women on a message board. I think the retirement home is looking for you.

 

[YoungRepublican]

The Tea Party never advocated that, you dishonest little tramp.

Ha solid vacab my man. Well, if you listened to anything other then Rush or Levine you would know that they did. Mostly because the concept of economics freaks them out. All those numbers can get scary!

First of all the "Tea Party" is a loose collection of political organizations spread across the country with different agendas and different goals. You for some reason seem to think they are an organized group with spokesmen and a written charter of what "they" believe in, when that's simply not true.

As for the concept of economics freaking someone out? I think the average American that understands basic math understands that we can't continue on our present trajectory of debt without dire consequences. They are scared because the "numbers" that you sarcastically refer to ARE scary! They should be scared and so should you be scared...as should anyone with half a brain.

Ever here of the Koch brothers? Loose collection of political organizations is laughable at best. They are a highly funded, highly motivated radical wing of the GOP that preys on the elderly and frightened.
Do you remember the debt ceiling debate? I mean these guys wanted to let it fall on us. talk to any 100 economists and 99 of them will say thats economic suicide and the other one just got a fat check from AFP.

 

[Oldstyle]

Ha solid vacab my man. Well, if you listened to anything other then Rush or Levine you would know that they did. Mostly because the concept of economics freaks them out. All those numbers can get scary!

First of all the "Tea Party" is a loose collection of political organizations spread across the country with different agendas and different goals. You for some reason seem to think they are an organized group with spokesmen and a written charter of what "they" believe in, when that's simply not true.

As for the concept of economics freaking someone out? I think the average American that understands basic math understands that we can't continue on our present trajectory of debt without dire consequences. They are scared because the "numbers" that you sarcastically refer to ARE scary! They should be scared and so should you be scared...as should anyone with half a brain.

Ever here of the Koch brothers? Loose collection of political organizations is laughable at best. They are a highly funded, highly motivated radical wing of the GOP that preys on the elderly and frightened.
Do you remember the debt ceiling debate? I mean these guys wanted to let it fall on us. talk to any 100 economists and 99 of them will say thats economic suicide and the other one just got a fat check from AFP.

Get serious. The Koch brothers are a "bogeyman" used to scare little children and naive progressives. They in no way control the Tea Party movement.

As for the Tea Party being a "radical wing" of the GOP? First of all the Tea Party isn't comprised only of Republicans. There are a good number of Independents, Libertarians and even coservative Democrats that have joined with the Tea Party movement. Why? Because the Tea Party's main goal...government that lives within it's means...is such a simple common sense notion that it appeals to a broad spectrum of Americans.

The debt ceiling debate centered around whether or not we will continue to borrow huge amounts of money to fund entitlements that it's been shown conclusively we can't afford or whether we will start to FINALLY address the problem of our spending. The Tea Party is demanding that REAL cuts to spending be made. The Obama Administration did what they have always done...they kicked spending cuts as far down the road as they possibly could for someone else to deal with.

You're right that defaulting on our debt would have dire consequences just as not doing anything about our debt would have dire consequences. What most economists agree on is that we need to reform entitlements or the whole house of cards will come tumbling down. We got downgraded by S&P not because the Tea Party was clamoring for spending cuts but because the the ratings agencies were calling for meaningful spending cuts and none were delivered. They are cautioning us again that we need to make significant cuts or we may face another downgrade. So unless you think the ratings agencies are now controlled by the Tea Party and the Koch brothers, don't you think it's time to get serious about our debt and reform entitlements?

 

[YoungRepublican]

First of all the "Tea Party" is a loose collection of political organizations spread across the country with different agendas and different goals. You for some reason seem to think they are an organized group with spokesmen and a written charter of what "they" believe in, when that's simply not true.

As for the concept of economics freaking someone out? I think the average American that understands basic math understands that we can't continue on our present trajectory of debt without dire consequences. They are scared because the "numbers" that you sarcastically refer to ARE scary! They should be scared and so should you be scared...as should anyone with half a brain.

Ever here of the Koch brothers? Loose collection of political organizations is laughable at best. They are a highly funded, highly motivated radical wing of the GOP that preys on the elderly and frightened.
Do you remember the debt ceiling debate? I mean these guys wanted to let it fall on us. talk to any 100 economists and 99 of them will say thats economic suicide and the other one just got a fat check from AFP.

Get serious. The Koch brothers are a "bogeyman" used to scare little children and naive progressives. They in no way control the Tea Party movement.

As for the Tea Party being a "radical wing" of the GOP? First of all the Tea Party isn't comprised only of Republicans. There are a good number of Independents, Libertarians and even coservative Democrats that have joined with the Tea Party movement. Why? Because the Tea Party's main goal...government that lives within it's means...is such a simple common sense notion that it appeals to a broad spectrum of Americans.

The debt ceiling debate centered around whether or not we will continue to borrow huge amounts of money to fund entitlements that it's been shown conclusively we can't afford or whether we will start to FINALLY address the problem of our spending. The Tea Party is demanding that REAL cuts to spending be made. The Obama Administration did what they have always done...they kicked spending cuts as far down the road as they possibly could for someone else to deal with.

You're right that defaulting on our debt would have dire consequences just as not doing anything about our debt would have dire consequences. What most economists agree on is that we need to reform entitlements or the whole house of cards will come tumbling down. We got downgraded by S&P not because the Tea Party was clamoring for spending cuts but because the the ratings agencies were calling for meaningful spending cuts and none were delivered. They are cautioning us again that we need to make significant cuts or we may face another downgrade. So unless you think the ratings agencies are now controlled by the Tea Party and the Koch brothers, don't you think it's time to get serious about our debt and reform entitlements?

Thinking that AFP doesnt fund major Tea Party candidates is just not correct. AFP put 36 million into the 2012 election cycle, a lot of that money being put in TP candidates pocets. I can assure you that the younger Republicans do not see the Tea Party as an eclyctic group of people who just want to reign in spending. I dealt with a lot of the tea party types over the past election working for the Romney Victory Center and let me tell you, those economic policies arent the only things they want to talk about. I'd say the top things they said to me (thinking that i believed what they did) that were not related to economics, was all about Obamas birth certificate, his nationality, gay marriage, abortions, Michelle Obama being a racist and my favorite, Obama's dad being a kenyan murderer.
As Republicans we will get nowhere with this line of thinking. Its crazziness and its the reason the majority of my friends do not wish to join me on my conservative endevours. They tell me that I make sense when I talk about Republican ideas, but the minute they turn on a conservative talk show they cant listen to it. It is the type of people like the tea party republicans that turn off women, minorities and the youth from voting for us. Imagine if we could have gotten just 10 more percent from those groups? it would have been a landslide.

 

[Billo_Really]

Get serious. The Koch brothers are a "bogeyman" used to scare little children and naive progressives. They in no way control the Tea Party movement.

As for the Tea Party being a "radical wing" of the GOP? First of all the Tea Party isn't comprised only of Republicans. There are a good number of Independents, Libertarians and even coservative Democrats that have joined with the Tea Party movement. Why? Because the Tea Party's main goal...government that lives within it's means...is such a simple common sense notion that it appeals to a broad spectrum of Americans.

The debt ceiling debate centered around whether or not we will continue to borrow huge amounts of money to fund entitlements that it's been shown conclusively we can't afford or whether we will start to FINALLY address the problem of our spending. The Tea Party is demanding that REAL cuts to spending be made. The Obama Administration did what they have always done...they kicked spending cuts as far down the road as they possibly could for someone else to deal with.

You're right that defaulting on our debt would have dire consequences just as not doing anything about our debt would have dire consequences. What most economists agree on is that we need to reform entitlements or the whole house of cards will come tumbling down. We got downgraded by S&P not because the Tea Party was clamoring for spending cuts but because the the ratings agencies were calling for meaningful spending cuts and none were delivered. They are cautioning us again that we need to make significant cuts or we may face another downgrade. So unless you think the ratings agencies are now controlled by the Tea Party and the Koch brothers, don't you think it's time to get serious about our debt and reform entitlements?

The Koch Brothers fund the "bagger nation"; American's for Prosperity and Freedom Works organizes them and Fox promotes them. They're nothing but a shill for corporate America and they are not serious about reducing government spending. They want to cut entitlements, yet say nothing about the bloated defense budget.

 

[Oldstyle]

Ever here of the Koch brothers? Loose collection of political organizations is laughable at best. They are a highly funded, highly motivated radical wing of the GOP that preys on the elderly and frightened.
Do you remember the debt ceiling debate? I mean these guys wanted to let it fall on us. talk to any 100 economists and 99 of them will say thats economic suicide and the other one just got a fat check from AFP.

Get serious. The Koch brothers are a "bogeyman" used to scare little children and naive progressives. They in no way control the Tea Party movement.

As for the Tea Party being a "radical wing" of the GOP? First of all the Tea Party isn't comprised only of Republicans. There are a good number of Independents, Libertarians and even coservative Democrats that have joined with the Tea Party movement. Why? Because the Tea Party's main goal...government that lives within it's means...is such a simple common sense notion that it appeals to a broad spectrum of Americans.

The debt ceiling debate centered around whether or not we will continue to borrow huge amounts of money to fund entitlements that it's been shown conclusively we can't afford or whether we will start to FINALLY address the problem of our spending. The Tea Party is demanding that REAL cuts to spending be made. The Obama Administration did what they have always done...they kicked spending cuts as far down the road as they possibly could for someone else to deal with.

You're right that defaulting on our debt would have dire consequences just as not doing anything about our debt would have dire consequences. What most economists agree on is that we need to reform entitlements or the whole house of cards will come tumbling down. We got downgraded by S&P not because the Tea Party was clamoring for spending cuts but because the the ratings agencies were calling for meaningful spending cuts and none were delivered. They are cautioning us again that we need to make significant cuts or we may face another downgrade. So unless you think the ratings agencies are now controlled by the Tea Party and the Koch brothers, don't you think it's time to get serious about our debt and reform entitlements?

Thinking that AFP doesnt fund major Tea Party candidates is just not correct. AFP put 36 million into the 2012 election cycle, a lot of that money being put in TP candidates pocets. I can assure you that the younger Republicans do not see the Tea Party as an eclyctic group of people who just want to reign in spending. I dealt with a lot of the tea party types over the past election working for the Romney Victory Center and let me tell you, those economic policies arent the only things they want to talk about. I'd say the top things they said to me (thinking that i believed what they did) that were not related to economics, was all about Obamas birth certificate, his nationality, gay marriage, abortions, Michelle Obama being a racist and my favorite, Obama's dad being a kenyan murderer.
As Republicans we will get nowhere with this line of thinking. Its crazziness and its the reason the majority of my friends do not wish to join me on my conservative endevours. They tell me that I make sense when I talk about Republican ideas, but the minute they turn on a conservative talk show they cant listen to it. It is the type of people like the tea party republicans that turn off women, minorities and the youth from voting for us. Imagine if we could have gotten just 10 more percent from those groups? it would have been a landslide.

You're amusing...I'm active in Republican politics here in Florida and also had many dealings with people who identified themselves as Tea Partiers. The top things they wanted to talk about were NOT Obama's birth certificate, his nationality, gay marriage, abortions, Michelle Obama or Obama's dad...the top things that they were concerned with were tje deficit and jobs.

Are you really a Republican? No, offense but you come across like a progressive trying to pass himself off as a Republican. The nonsense that you're posting here about the GOP and the Tea Party is based more on silliness being put out by The Huffington Post and Think Progress than reality.

 

[YoungRepublican]

Get serious. The Koch brothers are a "bogeyman" used to scare little children and naive progressives. They in no way control the Tea Party movement.

As for the Tea Party being a "radical wing" of the GOP? First of all the Tea Party isn't comprised only of Republicans. There are a good number of Independents, Libertarians and even coservative Democrats that have joined with the Tea Party movement. Why? Because the Tea Party's main goal...government that lives within it's means...is such a simple common sense notion that it appeals to a broad spectrum of Americans.

The debt ceiling debate centered around whether or not we will continue to borrow huge amounts of money to fund entitlements that it's been shown conclusively we can't afford or whether we will start to FINALLY address the problem of our spending. The Tea Party is demanding that REAL cuts to spending be made. The Obama Administration did what they have always done...they kicked spending cuts as far down the road as they possibly could for someone else to deal with.

You're right that defaulting on our debt would have dire consequences just as not doing anything about our debt would have dire consequences. What most economists agree on is that we need to reform entitlements or the whole house of cards will come tumbling down. We got downgraded by S&P not because the Tea Party was clamoring for spending cuts but because the the ratings agencies were calling for meaningful spending cuts and none were delivered. They are cautioning us again that we need to make significant cuts or we may face another downgrade. So unless you think the ratings agencies are now controlled by the Tea Party and the Koch brothers, don't you think it's time to get serious about our debt and reform entitlements?

Thinking that AFP doesnt fund major Tea Party candidates is just not correct. AFP put 36 million into the 2012 election cycle, a lot of that money being put in TP candidates pocets. I can assure you that the younger Republicans do not see the Tea Party as an eclyctic group of people who just want to reign in spending. I dealt with a lot of the tea party types over the past election working for the Romney Victory Center and let me tell you, those economic policies arent the only things they want to talk about. I'd say the top things they said to me (thinking that i believed what they did) that were not related to economics, was all about Obamas birth certificate, his nationality, gay marriage, abortions, Michelle Obama being a racist and my favorite, Obama's dad being a kenyan murderer.
As Republicans we will get nowhere with this line of thinking. Its crazziness and its the reason the majority of my friends do not wish to join me on my conservative endevours. They tell me that I make sense when I talk about Republican ideas, but the minute they turn on a conservative talk show they cant listen to it. It is the type of people like the tea party republicans that turn off women, minorities and the youth from voting for us. Imagine if we could have gotten just 10 more percent from those groups? it would have been a landslide.

You're amusing...I'm active in Republican politics here in Florida and also had many dealings with people who identified themselves as Tea Partiers. The top things they wanted to talk about were NOT Obama's birth certificate, his nationality, gay marriage, abortions, Michelle Obama or Obama's dad...the top things that they were concerned with were tje deficit and jobs.

Are you really a Republican? No, offense but you come across like a progressive trying to pass himself off as a Republican. The nonsense that you're posting here about the GOP and the Tea Party is based more on silliness being put out by The Huffington Post and Think Progress then reality.

Im a fiscal conservative and socially a progressive. I just get really worked up over these tea party types because all I have seen from them is a constant slandering of the party I love. I am being completely honest when I tell you I am the president and co founder of the Young Republicans chapter at my college and worked as an intern for the Romney Victory Center of PA. We are just different types of Republicans and I want the older generation to see how the younger one views their political ideologies. The dems have the youth because they dont concern themselves with social issues, that much I can garuntee you.
Look i am 21 years old and while I may type like my shit doesnt stink I am probably too inexperienced to understand why you have your views. I just want people to know that we wont win another election if we keep letting people like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Mark LEvine be the faces of our party.

 

[RoadVirus]

It's official kids... Republicans ARE the bad guys.





Poll: Most feel sequester will personally affect them - CBS News

All i see is that Obama's lies are being bought by most Americans.

Shut the fuck up. The adults are talking.

So why are you here then?

 

[Oldstyle]

Thinking that AFP doesnt fund major Tea Party candidates is just not correct. AFP put 36 million into the 2012 election cycle, a lot of that money being put in TP candidates pocets. I can assure you that the younger Republicans do not see the Tea Party as an eclyctic group of people who just want to reign in spending. I dealt with a lot of the tea party types over the past election working for the Romney Victory Center and let me tell you, those economic policies arent the only things they want to talk about. I'd say the top things they said to me (thinking that i believed what they did) that were not related to economics, was all about Obamas birth certificate, his nationality, gay marriage, abortions, Michelle Obama being a racist and my favorite, Obama's dad being a kenyan murderer.
As Republicans we will get nowhere with this line of thinking. Its crazziness and its the reason the majority of my friends do not wish to join me on my conservative endevours. They tell me that I make sense when I talk about Republican ideas, but the minute they turn on a conservative talk show they cant listen to it. It is the type of people like the tea party republicans that turn off women, minorities and the youth from voting for us. Imagine if we could have gotten just 10 more percent from those groups? it would have been a landslide.

You're amusing...I'm active in Republican politics here in Florida and also had many dealings with people who identified themselves as Tea Partiers. The top things they wanted to talk about were NOT Obama's birth certificate, his nationality, gay marriage, abortions, Michelle Obama or Obama's dad...the top things that they were concerned with were tje deficit and jobs.

Are you really a Republican? No, offense but you come across like a progressive trying to pass himself off as a Republican. The nonsense that you're posting here about the GOP and the Tea Party is based more on silliness being put out by The Huffington Post and Think Progress then reality.

Im a fiscal conservative and socially a progressive. I just get really worked up over these tea party types because all I have seen from them is a constant slandering of the party I love. I am being completely honest when I tell you I am the president and co founder of the Young Republicans chapter at my college and worked as an intern for the Romney Victory Center of PA. We are just different types of Republicans and I want the older generation to see how the younger one views their political ideologies. The dems have the youth because they dont concern themselves with social issues, that much I can garuntee you.
Look i am 21 years old and while I may type like my shit doesnt stink I am probably too inexperienced to understand why you have your views. I just want people to know that we wont win another election if we keep letting people like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Mark LEvine be the faces of our party.

Not to point out the obvious, YR but Mitt Romney was the face of the Republican Party...and he's about as moderate a Republican as you can find. The constant "slandering" of the GOP wasn't done by the Tea Party folks it was done by progressives with full cooperation from the main stream media. You should know that from WORKING on the Romney campaign. Mitt wanted to have a discussion about the economy but instead had to waste time defending himself from charges that he was waging a "war on women". The GOP isn't close to being as "extreme" as you mistakenly think it is. I'm very active in Republican politics here and I'm pro choice and have zero problem with same sex marriage. Granted there are those Republicans here that vehemently disagree with me on those issues but our views on economic issues trumps that because economic issues are what's most important to people right now.

The face of the GOP going forward will be people like Chris Christie...Paul Ryan...Marco Rubio...Nikki Haley...Mitch Daniels...it will not be Sarah Palin, or any political pundit like Hannity or Rush Limbaugh.

I have two pieces of advice to you, young man...first stop being so negative towards the GOP. We are on the right side of the issues when it comes to fiscal policy and that will only become more apparent as we move forward. Secondly...you're in college! Learn to present your ideas in a polished manner. You obviously know your spelling and grammar are atrocious...so do something about it!

 

[YoungRepublican]

You're amusing...I'm active in Republican politics here in Florida and also had many dealings with people who identified themselves as Tea Partiers. The top things they wanted to talk about were NOT Obama's birth certificate, his nationality, gay marriage, abortions, Michelle Obama or Obama's dad...the top things that they were concerned with were tje deficit and jobs.

Are you really a Republican? No, offense but you come across like a progressive trying to pass himself off as a Republican. The nonsense that you're posting here about the GOP and the Tea Party is based more on silliness being put out by The Huffington Post and Think Progress then reality.

Im a fiscal conservative and socially a progressive. I just get really worked up over these tea party types because all I have seen from them is a constant slandering of the party I love. I am being completely honest when I tell you I am the president and co founder of the Young Republicans chapter at my college and worked as an intern for the Romney Victory Center of PA. We are just different types of Republicans and I want the older generation to see how the younger one views their political ideologies. The dems have the youth because they dont concern themselves with social issues, that much I can garuntee you.
Look i am 21 years old and while I may type like my shit doesnt stink I am probably too inexperienced to understand why you have your views. I just want people to know that we wont win another election if we keep letting people like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Mark LEvine be the faces of our party.

Not to point out the obvious, YR but Mitt Romney was the face of the Republican Party...and he's about as moderate a Republican as you can find. The constant "slandering" of the GOP wasn't done by the Tea Party folks it was done by progressives with full cooperation from the main stream media. You should know that from WORKING on the Romney campaign. Mitt wanted to have a discussion about the economy but instead had to waste time defending himself from charges that he was waging a "war on women". The GOP isn't close to being as "extreme" as you mistakenly think it is. I'm very active in Republican politics here and I'm pro choice and have zero problem with same sex marriage. Granted there are those Republicans here that vehemently disagree with me on those issues but our views on economic issues trumps that because economic issues are what's most important to people right now.

The face of the GOP going forward will be people like Chris Christie...Paul Ryan...Marco Rubio...Nikki Haley...Mitch Daniels...it will not be Sarah Palin, or any political pundit like Hannity or Rush Limbaugh.

I have two pieces of advice to you, young man...first stop being so negative towards the GOP. We are on the right side of the issues when it comes to fiscal policy and that will only become more apparent as we move forward. Secondly...you're in college! Learn to present your ideas in a polished manner. You obviously know your spelling and grammar are atrocious...so do something about it!

I saw Mitt start out as a great candidate who had a serious chance at winning, but something happened to him in the midst of this election. He was forced to pander to the base because he was afraid he would lose their votes. He had great ideas on gun laws, same sex marriage and healthcare, but he was forced to be something he was not, a true conservative. I was ok with that, I didn’t need a hard line conservative candidate for him to garner my support. Ideas like the Romney healthcare plan in Massachusetts was the Republican answer to the ACA,a brilliant plan to insure the poor on a state level. It was genius .However; he couldn’t maintain that image because of the fundamental conservatives rejected anything that even remotely reminded them of universal healthcare. It’s that type of attitude that lost this election.
I agree with you that those people are the face of the party as it relates to Washington, but they are not the ones out there spreading the message. It is the “Journalists” if you can even call them that who speak for the party, whether we like it or not. They are the people that the general public looks to when they want to get information on the party, and that is a shame. We are on the right side of the issues fiscally, but we need to be able to articulate it to a wider range of people.
P.S. I apologize for the grammar, it was a shorthand writing

 

[RandallFlagg]

Im a fiscal conservative and socially a progressive. I just get really worked up over these tea party types because all I have seen from them is a constant slandering of the party I love. I am being completely honest when I tell you I am the president and co founder of the Young Republicans chapter at my college and worked as an intern for the Romney Victory Center of PA. We are just different types of Republicans and I want the older generation to see how the younger one views their political ideologies. The dems have the youth because they dont concern themselves with social issues, that much I can garuntee you.
Look i am 21 years old and while I may type like my shit doesnt stink I am probably too inexperienced to understand why you have your views. I just want people to know that we wont win another election if we keep letting people like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Mark LEvine be the faces of our party.

Not to point out the obvious, YR but Mitt Romney was the face of the Republican Party...and he's about as moderate a Republican as you can find. The constant "slandering" of the GOP wasn't done by the Tea Party folks it was done by progressives with full cooperation from the main stream media. You should know that from WORKING on the Romney campaign. Mitt wanted to have a discussion about the economy but instead had to waste time defending himself from charges that he was waging a "war on women". The GOP isn't close to being as "extreme" as you mistakenly think it is. I'm very active in Republican politics here and I'm pro choice and have zero problem with same sex marriage. Granted there are those Republicans here that vehemently disagree with me on those issues but our views on economic issues trumps that because economic issues are what's most important to people right now.

The face of the GOP going forward will be people like Chris Christie...Paul Ryan...Marco Rubio...Nikki Haley...Mitch Daniels...it will not be Sarah Palin, or any political pundit like Hannity or Rush Limbaugh.

I have two pieces of advice to you, young man...first stop being so negative towards the GOP. We are on the right side of the issues when it comes to fiscal policy and that will only become more apparent as we move forward. Secondly...you're in college! Learn to present your ideas in a polished manner. You obviously know your spelling and grammar are atrocious...so do something about it!

I saw Mitt start out as a great candidate who had a serious chance at winning, but something happened to him in the midst of this election. He was forced to pander to the base because he was afraid he would lose their votes. He had great ideas on gun laws, same sex marriage and healthcare, but he was forced to be something he was not, a true conservative. I was ok with that, I didn’t need a hard line conservative candidate for him to garner my support. Ideas like the Romney healthcare plan in Massachusetts was the Republican answer to the ACA,a brilliant plan to insure the poor on a state level. It was genius .However; he couldn’t maintain that image because of the fundamental conservatives rejected anything that even remotely reminded them of universal healthcare. It’s that type of attitude that lost this election.
I agree with you that those people are the face of the party as it relates to Washington, but they are not the ones out there spreading the message. It is the “Journalists” if you can even call them that who speak for the party, whether we like it or not. They are the people that the general public looks to when they want to get information on the party, and that is a shame. We are on the right side of the issues fiscally, but we need to be able to articulate it to a wider range of people.
P.S. I apologize for the grammar, it was a shorthand writing

"Mitt Romney was forced to pander to the base because he was afraid he would lose their votes"

Tell me young man, if a candidate doesn't answer to his base, then who EXACTLY does he answer to? His competition's base? Who EXACTLY would Romney expect to vote for him, if not his "base"?

I truly suggest that you go to your local election board and change your party affiliation to democrat. You're no more "republican" than George Soros is.

 

[Oldstyle]

Im a fiscal conservative and socially a progressive. I just get really worked up over these tea party types because all I have seen from them is a constant slandering of the party I love. I am being completely honest when I tell you I am the president and co founder of the Young Republicans chapter at my college and worked as an intern for the Romney Victory Center of PA. We are just different types of Republicans and I want the older generation to see how the younger one views their political ideologies. The dems have the youth because they dont concern themselves with social issues, that much I can garuntee you.
Look i am 21 years old and while I may type like my shit doesnt stink I am probably too inexperienced to understand why you have your views. I just want people to know that we wont win another election if we keep letting people like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Mark LEvine be the faces of our party.

Not to point out the obvious, YR but Mitt Romney was the face of the Republican Party...and he's about as moderate a Republican as you can find. The constant "slandering" of the GOP wasn't done by the Tea Party folks it was done by progressives with full cooperation from the main stream media. You should know that from WORKING on the Romney campaign. Mitt wanted to have a discussion about the economy but instead had to waste time defending himself from charges that he was waging a "war on women". The GOP isn't close to being as "extreme" as you mistakenly think it is. I'm very active in Republican politics here and I'm pro choice and have zero problem with same sex marriage. Granted there are those Republicans here that vehemently disagree with me on those issues but our views on economic issues trumps that because economic issues are what's most important to people right now.

The face of the GOP going forward will be people like Chris Christie...Paul Ryan...Marco Rubio...Nikki Haley...Mitch Daniels...it will not be Sarah Palin, or any political pundit like Hannity or Rush Limbaugh.

I have two pieces of advice to you, young man...first stop being so negative towards the GOP. We are on the right side of the issues when it comes to fiscal policy and that will only become more apparent as we move forward. Secondly...you're in college! Learn to present your ideas in a polished manner. You obviously know your spelling and grammar are atrocious...so do something about it!

I saw Mitt start out as a great candidate who had a serious chance at winning, but something happened to him in the midst of this election. He was forced to pander to the base because he was afraid he would lose their votes. He had great ideas on gun laws, same sex marriage and healthcare, but he was forced to be something he was not, a true conservative. I was ok with that, I didn’t need a hard line conservative candidate for him to garner my support. Ideas like the Romney healthcare plan in Massachusetts was the Republican answer to the ACA,a brilliant plan to insure the poor on a state level. It was genius .However; he couldn’t maintain that image because of the fundamental conservatives rejected anything that even remotely reminded them of universal healthcare. It’s that type of attitude that lost this election.
I agree with you that those people are the face of the party as it relates to Washington, but they are not the ones out there spreading the message. It is the “Journalists” if you can even call them that who speak for the party, whether we like it or not. They are the people that the general public looks to when they want to get information on the party, and that is a shame. We are on the right side of the issues fiscally, but we need to be able to articulate it to a wider range of people.
P.S. I apologize for the grammar, it was a shorthand writing

With all due respect, "the message" isn't getting spread because conservatives don't control the media as progressives do at the moment. Mitt Romney lost that election because Barack Obama was allowed to shift the focus from his mishandling of the economy and the stimulus that left millions of Americans still either looking for work or working part time. With those kinds of problems how did we end up wasting so much time talking about Sandra Fluke not being able to afford her birth control pills and Mitt Romney having "binders" of women? Look at the debate format. Four moderators and all of them leaning to the left? Who set that up? Candy Crowley? You've got to be kidding me!