What will the GOP do with Congress in the next two years?

[DebateDrone]

I hope they repeal EVERY Eo that Obama has put in place and stop that little thug President from doing anything until he's out of office

Throw up lots of bill at him so he can VETO them and show the people just WHAT PARTY (Democrat party) is the real party of obstructionist, game players with your lives and filled with LIARS.

To "repeal" an EO, Congress would need to pass legislation correcting what the EO does. It is not as simple as a yes-no vote.

 

[007]

They will have to get past their own party in-fighting to "do" anything.

It's been really easy for them the last few years...doing nothing beyond throwing spitballs at the smart kids. Well, now they're at the front of the classroom. Let's see how the Boehner and Yurtle "lead". (with the Teabaggers still throwing spitballs)

Infighting. because they ALL don't march in lockstep and just rubber stamp anything and everything that is called, infighting. And the ones throwing spitballs is you on the left. take this post for example. BaCK To calling people TEABAGGERS.

spit isn't the right word for you losers, HATEFUL spittle is more like it

Infighting because the Teabaggers didn't go to D.C. to legislate and some people are actually there to serve.

It's no wonder the Boehner drinks too much.

Do you beg your boy friend to drop his big, sagging, greasy, sweaty ball sack in your mouth?

I mean my God... anyone as completely fixated with the act as you progtards are MUST love it.

 

[Redfish]

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I'd think the GOP's behavior and effectiveness over the next two years will largely be predicated on whether Boehner & McConnell remain in charge.

If Tea Partiers take over, all bets are off, and the Democrats will be sending them Thank You cards.

.

What specifically do you think the tea party wants to do? You, and others, denigrate them constantly. Do you have any idea what the tea party stands for?

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

I gave you 15 things the tea party stands for. none of those is on the list

It doesn't matter. Politics is about perception, image. This is stuff that is said in public. Now, it appears that the GOP may finally be realizing that, judging from the 2014 campaign, but the Tea Party clearly has not yet figured it out.

Maybe you'll get what you want, we'll see.

.

and when you quote it, you assist the liars in continuing the false rhetoric. The people who say that crap in public are those who fear what the tea party stands for, and you are helping them by repeating their lies.

whose side are you really on?

 

[DebateDrone]

The GOP is having a cumbaya moment.

As soon as it starts to come down to brass tacks... The divisions between the Tea Party and the establishment Republicans will re-surface.

 

[Redfish]

The GOP is having a cumbaya moment.

As soon as it starts to come down to brass tacks... The divisions between the Tea Party and the establishment Republicans will re-surface.

we'll see. the people sent the GOP a message------------stop obama and his socialist marxist policies. Either they will heed the message or they will lose in 2016.

 

[Two Thumbs]

You may select more than one answer.

They will pass bills and compromise with the President.

It's funny how you leftist think obama is some kind of great compromiser.

that lying pile of garbage has never given an inch

 

[Mac1958]

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I'd think the GOP's behavior and effectiveness over the next two years will largely be predicated on whether Boehner & McConnell remain in charge.

If Tea Partiers take over, all bets are off, and the Democrats will be sending them Thank You cards.

.

What specifically do you think the tea party wants to do? You, and others, denigrate them constantly. Do you have any idea what the tea party stands for?

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

I gave you 15 things the tea party stands for. none of those is on the list

It doesn't matter. Politics is about perception, image. This is stuff that is said in public. Now, it appears that the GOP may finally be realizing that, judging from the 2014 campaign, but the Tea Party clearly has not yet figured it out.

Maybe you'll get what you want, we'll see.

.

and when you quote it, you assist the liars in continuing the false rhetoric. The people who say that crap in public are those who fear what the tea party stands for, and you are helping them by repeating their lies.

whose side are you really on?

By "side", do you mean liberal/conservative?

Neither, I'm independent. My views and ideas are my own.

.

 

[Freewill]

.

I'd think the GOP's behavior and effectiveness over the next two years will largely be predicated on whether Boehner & McConnell remain in charge.

If Tea Partiers take over, all bets are off, and the Democrats will be sending them Thank You cards.

.

What specifically do you think the tea party wants to do? You, and others, denigrate them constantly. Do you have any idea what the tea party stands for?

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

The problem I think you have is either you don't look for information and make judgements on what you see on internet blogs or just jump to conclusions formed by watching the Daily Show.

Here is from the following site: Our Vision Tea Party Patriots

Our Core Principles
Tea Party Patriots stands for every American, and is home to millions who have come together to pursue the American Dream and to keep that Dream alive for their children and grandchildren.

What unites the tea party movement is the same set of core principles that brought America together at its founding, that kindled the American Dream in the hearts of those who struggled to build our nation, and made the United States of America the greatest, most successful country in world history.

At its root the American Dream is about freedom. Freedom to work hard and the freedom to keep the fruits of your labor to use as you see fit without harming others and without hindering their freedom. Very simply, three guiding principles give rise to the freedom necessary to pursue and live the American Dream:

• Constitutionally Limited Government or your Personal Freedom and Your Rights
• Free Market Economics or Economic Freedom to Grow Jobs and Your Opportunities
• Fiscal Responsibility or very simply, a Debt Free Future For You and Generations To Come

 

[Mac1958]

.

I'd think the GOP's behavior and effectiveness over the next two years will largely be predicated on whether Boehner & McConnell remain in charge.

If Tea Partiers take over, all bets are off, and the Democrats will be sending them Thank You cards.

.

What specifically do you think the tea party wants to do? You, and others, denigrate them constantly. Do you have any idea what the tea party stands for?

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

The problem I think you have is either you don't look for information and make judgements on what you see on internet blogs or just jump to conclusions formed by watching the Daily Show.

Here is from the following site: Our Vision Tea Party Patriots

Our Core Principles
Tea Party Patriots stands for every American, and is home to millions who have come together to pursue the American Dream and to keep that Dream alive for their children and grandchildren.

What unites the tea party movement is the same set of core principles that brought America together at its founding, that kindled the American Dream in the hearts of those who struggled to build our nation, and made the United States of America the greatest, most successful country in world history.

At its root the American Dream is about freedom. Freedom to work hard and the freedom to keep the fruits of your labor to use as you see fit without harming others and without hindering their freedom. Very simply, three guiding principles give rise to the freedom necessary to pursue and live the American Dream:

• Constitutionally Limited Government or your Personal Freedom and Your Rights
• Free Market Economics or Economic Freedom to Grow Jobs and Your Opportunities
• Fiscal Responsibility or very simply, a Debt Free Future For You and Generations To Come

Again, I'm talking about image.

I'm listening to what they actually say, not the benign words they write.

Every example I used was something I've seen them say many, many, many times. And I forgot "impeach Obama".

A couple of people defended those examples, see above. I was correct.

If they don't understand the importance of image, there's nothing else I can say.

.

 

[rdean]

They will figure out ways to screw over the middle class and the poor if the last 30 years are any indication. What else do they have? What else have they done?

 

[Redfish]

What specifically do you think the tea party wants to do? You, and others, denigrate them constantly. Do you have any idea what the tea party stands for?

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

I gave you 15 things the tea party stands for. none of those is on the list

It doesn't matter. Politics is about perception, image. This is stuff that is said in public. Now, it appears that the GOP may finally be realizing that, judging from the 2014 campaign, but the Tea Party clearly has not yet figured it out.

Maybe you'll get what you want, we'll see.

.

and when you quote it, you assist the liars in continuing the false rhetoric. The people who say that crap in public are those who fear what the tea party stands for, and you are helping them by repeating their lies.

whose side are you really on?

By "side", do you mean liberal/conservative?

Neither, I'm independent. My views and ideas are my own.

.

when your statements favor one side-----------you are on that side. Your false categorization of the tea party makes puts you on the side of the liberals and their lies.

if I have you wrong, my mistake, but your rhetoric makes me wonder

 

[Stephanie]

As long as you have Teddy, the Canadian, pushing for another government shutdown....you have the far right on your doorstep.

poor unhappy, frustrated partisan...

Ask yourself, Rot, why do Republican Waves only occur in off election years? The GOP is doomed and the math shows it. Enjoy your short lived power.

Uhhhh, Reagan and Bush were elected in off election years??????????????? really, must have missed that.

No one can accuse useful tools/sheep of being the smartest or brightest. spreading hate, smears and dirt is their job

 

[Redfish]

.

I'd think the GOP's behavior and effectiveness over the next two years will largely be predicated on whether Boehner & McConnell remain in charge.

If Tea Partiers take over, all bets are off, and the Democrats will be sending them Thank You cards.

.

What specifically do you think the tea party wants to do? You, and others, denigrate them constantly. Do you have any idea what the tea party stands for?

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

The problem I think you have is either you don't look for information and make judgements on what you see on internet blogs or just jump to conclusions formed by watching the Daily Show.

Here is from the following site: Our Vision Tea Party Patriots

Our Core Principles
Tea Party Patriots stands for every American, and is home to millions who have come together to pursue the American Dream and to keep that Dream alive for their children and grandchildren.

What unites the tea party movement is the same set of core principles that brought America together at its founding, that kindled the American Dream in the hearts of those who struggled to build our nation, and made the United States of America the greatest, most successful country in world history.

At its root the American Dream is about freedom. Freedom to work hard and the freedom to keep the fruits of your labor to use as you see fit without harming others and without hindering their freedom. Very simply, three guiding principles give rise to the freedom necessary to pursue and live the American Dream:

• Constitutionally Limited Government or your Personal Freedom and Your Rights
• Free Market Economics or Economic Freedom to Grow Jobs and Your Opportunities
• Fiscal Responsibility or very simply, a Debt Free Future For You and Generations To Come

Again, I'm talking about image.

I'm listening to what they actually say, not the benign words they write.

Every example I used was something I've seen them say many, many, many times. And I forgot "impeach Obama".

A couple of people defended those examples, see above. I was correct.

If they don't understand the importance of image, there's nothing else I can say.

.

much of the false tea party image has been created by the left and their friends in the media. Its also true that there are some far right fringe idiots who claim tea party membership, but they are a tiny minority. When you attribute the ravings of maniacs to the entire group you are nothing but a tool of the lying left.

 

[Mac1958]

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

I gave you 15 things the tea party stands for. none of those is on the list

It doesn't matter. Politics is about perception, image. This is stuff that is said in public. Now, it appears that the GOP may finally be realizing that, judging from the 2014 campaign, but the Tea Party clearly has not yet figured it out.

Maybe you'll get what you want, we'll see.

.

and when you quote it, you assist the liars in continuing the false rhetoric. The people who say that crap in public are those who fear what the tea party stands for, and you are helping them by repeating their lies.

whose side are you really on?

By "side", do you mean liberal/conservative?

Neither, I'm independent. My views and ideas are my own.

.

when your statements favor one side-----------you are on that side. Your false categorization of the tea party makes puts you on the side of the liberals and their lies.

if I have you wrong, my mistake, but your rhetoric makes me wonder

Well, on this topic, I guess I'd agree with the liberals. On some others, too. On yet others, I agree with conservatives, and on others I disagree with both.

I guess that's why I'm an independent.

.

 

[Redfish]

I gave you 15 things the tea party stands for. none of those is on the list

It doesn't matter. Politics is about perception, image. This is stuff that is said in public. Now, it appears that the GOP may finally be realizing that, judging from the 2014 campaign, but the Tea Party clearly has not yet figured it out.

Maybe you'll get what you want, we'll see.

.

and when you quote it, you assist the liars in continuing the false rhetoric. The people who say that crap in public are those who fear what the tea party stands for, and you are helping them by repeating their lies.

whose side are you really on?

By "side", do you mean liberal/conservative?

Neither, I'm independent. My views and ideas are my own.

.

when your statements favor one side-----------you are on that side. Your false categorization of the tea party makes puts you on the side of the liberals and their lies.

if I have you wrong, my mistake, but your rhetoric makes me wonder

Well, on this topic, I guess I'd agree with the liberals. On some others, too. On yet others, I agree with conservatives, and on others I disagree with both.

I guess that's why I'm an independent.

.

Ok, so you agree with the liberals when they lie about the tea party? does that make sense? I gave you a link to the tea party website, if you really are interested in the truth, read it. Or you could choose to remain ignorant and buy the lies from the left. your choice. A real independent would want all of the facts, makes me wonder what you really are.

 

[Mac1958]

It doesn't matter. Politics is about perception, image. This is stuff that is said in public. Now, it appears that the GOP may finally be realizing that, judging from the 2014 campaign, but the Tea Party clearly has not yet figured it out.

Maybe you'll get what you want, we'll see.

.

and when you quote it, you assist the liars in continuing the false rhetoric. The people who say that crap in public are those who fear what the tea party stands for, and you are helping them by repeating their lies.

whose side are you really on?

By "side", do you mean liberal/conservative?

Neither, I'm independent. My views and ideas are my own.

.

when your statements favor one side-----------you are on that side. Your false categorization of the tea party makes puts you on the side of the liberals and their lies.

if I have you wrong, my mistake, but your rhetoric makes me wonder

Well, on this topic, I guess I'd agree with the liberals. On some others, too. On yet others, I agree with conservatives, and on others I disagree with both.

I guess that's why I'm an independent.

.

Ok, so you agree with the liberals when they lie about the tea party? does that make sense? I gave you a link to the tea party website, if you really are interested in the truth, read it. Or you could choose to remain ignorant and buy the lies from the left. your choice. A real independent would want all of the facts, makes me wonder what you really are.

I'm just making an observation. I gave several specific examples of things they actually say, and they were defended by other posters. How can I be lying when that happens?

I can point at Sarah Palin and say that her "speeches" are chock-full of tedious, simplistic, shallow platitudes and that I sometimes wonder about Michelle Bachmann's sanity. I listen to Rush and Hannity and Levin now and then, a few hours a week, and it's abundantly clear that they're feeding this.

I don't need some left-winger to tell me that stuff, it's all right in front of my nose.

.

 

[Redfish]

and when you quote it, you assist the liars in continuing the false rhetoric. The people who say that crap in public are those who fear what the tea party stands for, and you are helping them by repeating their lies.

whose side are you really on?

By "side", do you mean liberal/conservative?

Neither, I'm independent. My views and ideas are my own.

.

when your statements favor one side-----------you are on that side. Your false categorization of the tea party makes puts you on the side of the liberals and their lies.

if I have you wrong, my mistake, but your rhetoric makes me wonder

Well, on this topic, I guess I'd agree with the liberals. On some others, too. On yet others, I agree with conservatives, and on others I disagree with both.

I guess that's why I'm an independent.

.

Ok, so you agree with the liberals when they lie about the tea party? does that make sense? I gave you a link to the tea party website, if you really are interested in the truth, read it. Or you could choose to remain ignorant and buy the lies from the left. your choice. A real independent would want all of the facts, makes me wonder what you really are.

I'm just making an observation. I gave several specific examples of things they actually say, and they were defended by other posters. How can I be lying when that happens?

I can point at Sarah Palin and say that her "speeches" are chock-full of tedious, simplistic, shallow platitudes and that I sometimes wonder about Michelle Bachmann's sanity. I listen to Rush and Hannity and Levin now and then, a few hours a week, and it's abundantly clear that they're feeding this.

I don't need some left-winger to tell me that stuff, it's all right in front of my nose.

.

you just don't get it. "they" do not say those things, some individuals say them. The whole is not represented by what a small part of it says.

Do Sharpton's foolish statements mean that all democrats and liberals agree with him?

you are being childish on this topic, I thought you were smarter than that.

 

[Mac1958]

By "side", do you mean liberal/conservative?

Neither, I'm independent. My views and ideas are my own.

.

when your statements favor one side-----------you are on that side. Your false categorization of the tea party makes puts you on the side of the liberals and their lies.

if I have you wrong, my mistake, but your rhetoric makes me wonder

Well, on this topic, I guess I'd agree with the liberals. On some others, too. On yet others, I agree with conservatives, and on others I disagree with both.

I guess that's why I'm an independent.

.

Ok, so you agree with the liberals when they lie about the tea party? does that make sense? I gave you a link to the tea party website, if you really are interested in the truth, read it. Or you could choose to remain ignorant and buy the lies from the left. your choice. A real independent would want all of the facts, makes me wonder what you really are.

I'm just making an observation. I gave several specific examples of things they actually say, and they were defended by other posters. How can I be lying when that happens?

I can point at Sarah Palin and say that her "speeches" are chock-full of tedious, simplistic, shallow platitudes and that I sometimes wonder about Michelle Bachmann's sanity. I listen to Rush and Hannity and Levin now and then, a few hours a week, and it's abundantly clear that they're feeding this.

I don't need some left-winger to tell me that stuff, it's all right in front of my nose.

.

you just don't get it. "they" do not say those things, some individuals say them. The whole is not represented by what a small part of it says.

Do Sharpton's foolish statements mean that all democrats and liberals agree with him?

you are being childish on this topic, I thought you were smarter than that.

So you're saying that when I see things with my own eyes and hear things with my own ears that I'm actually not?

And if "some individuals" say things that make a movement look bad, then that's the way it goes, it looks bad.

The movement would be helping itself if had a little conversation with those people.

.

 

[Freewill]

.

I'd think the GOP's behavior and effectiveness over the next two years will largely be predicated on whether Boehner & McConnell remain in charge.

If Tea Partiers take over, all bets are off, and the Democrats will be sending them Thank You cards.

.

What specifically do you think the tea party wants to do? You, and others, denigrate them constantly. Do you have any idea what the tea party stands for?

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

The problem I think you have is either you don't look for information and make judgements on what you see on internet blogs or just jump to conclusions formed by watching the Daily Show.

Here is from the following site: Our Vision Tea Party Patriots

Our Core Principles
Tea Party Patriots stands for every American, and is home to millions who have come together to pursue the American Dream and to keep that Dream alive for their children and grandchildren.

What unites the tea party movement is the same set of core principles that brought America together at its founding, that kindled the American Dream in the hearts of those who struggled to build our nation, and made the United States of America the greatest, most successful country in world history.

At its root the American Dream is about freedom. Freedom to work hard and the freedom to keep the fruits of your labor to use as you see fit without harming others and without hindering their freedom. Very simply, three guiding principles give rise to the freedom necessary to pursue and live the American Dream:

• Constitutionally Limited Government or your Personal Freedom and Your Rights
• Free Market Economics or Economic Freedom to Grow Jobs and Your Opportunities
• Fiscal Responsibility or very simply, a Debt Free Future For You and Generations To Come

Again, I'm talking about image.

I'm listening to what they actually say, not the benign words they write.

Every example I used was something I've seen them say many, many, many times. And I forgot "impeach Obama".

A couple of people defended those examples, see above. I was correct.

If they don't understand the importance of image, there's nothing else I can say.

.

Exactly. I am talking image also and you have let the MSM and the raving lunatics on the left define your reality for you.

 

[rdean]

.

I'd think the GOP's behavior and effectiveness over the next two years will largely be predicated on whether Boehner & McConnell remain in charge.

If Tea Partiers take over, all bets are off, and the Democrats will be sending them Thank You cards.

.

What specifically do you think the tea party wants to do? You, and others, denigrate them constantly. Do you have any idea what the tea party stands for?

My problem with the Tea Party is that they are the people most likely to be saying:

• Obama is a communist!
• Obama is a socialist!
• Obama is a Marxist!
• Obama is a Kenyan!
• Birth certificate! Birth certificate!
• Benghazi!
• Get rid of the IRS!
• Get rid of the EPA!
• Get rid of the DOE!
• 47%!
• Freeloaders!
• Medicaid bad!
• Social Security is a ponzi!
  
• Unions bad always!
• Income taxes are too high, regardless of where they are!

And they are the group most likely to be represented by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck.

It may well be that you're fine with all of the above, and that's great.

Bottom line, personally, I think they are a real problem for the GOP - they make the party look silly, shallow and simplistic, yet they represent most of its energy. A real conundrum.

.

The problem I think you have is either you don't look for information and make judgements on what you see on internet blogs or just jump to conclusions formed by watching the Daily Show.

Here is from the following site: Our Vision Tea Party Patriots

Our Core Principles
Tea Party Patriots stands for every American, and is home to millions who have come together to pursue the American Dream and to keep that Dream alive for their children and grandchildren.

What unites the tea party movement is the same set of core principles that brought America together at its founding, that kindled the American Dream in the hearts of those who struggled to build our nation, and made the United States of America the greatest, most successful country in world history.

At its root the American Dream is about freedom. Freedom to work hard and the freedom to keep the fruits of your labor to use as you see fit without harming others and without hindering their freedom. Very simply, three guiding principles give rise to the freedom necessary to pursue and live the American Dream:

• Constitutionally Limited Government or your Personal Freedom and Your Rights
• Free Market Economics or Economic Freedom to Grow Jobs and Your Opportunities
• Fiscal Responsibility or very simply, a Debt Free Future For You and Generations To Come

Again, I'm talking about image.

I'm listening to what they actually say, not the benign words they write.

Every example I used was something I've seen them say many, many, many times. And I forgot "impeach Obama".

A couple of people defended those examples, see above. I was correct.

If they don't understand the importance of image, there's nothing else I can say.

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Exactly. I am talking image also and you have let the MSM and the raving lunatics on the left define your reality for you.

• Constitutionally Limited Government or your Personal Freedom and Your Rights

Republicans fight gay rights, women's rights, practice voter suppression and bring up all kinds of bills to change the constitution they say they love so much.

• Free Market Economics or Economic Freedom to Grow Jobs and Your Opportunities

Of course Republicans are fine with moving millions of jobs to China. Look at what they did under Bush.

• Fiscal Responsibility or very simply, a Debt Free Future For You and Generations To Come

It was GOP policies that brought us all that debt to begin with.