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Originally Posted by pan6467
THAT'S the problem, the Left does it and says it as much as the Right does.
I liked the tea party idea and went to a few but when I see nothing but right winged nutcases (Beck, Levine, Hannity, France (here in Cleveland area and so on) doing all the speaking and the people just stand/sit there and aren't allowed to speak or won't speak, it became obvious the Right was doing nothing but playing on negative emotions (primarily anger, paranoia, fear, etc) to win. (Which does win.) So the Right is smart in that aspect, short term.
The problem is, the Right better live up to the Tea Party's ideals or they will be in serious trouble in 2 years. Hell, if they don't, the whole political system is probably done in 2 years because people will not trust either party.
I think by now and November, IF the tea parties don't start showing true RESPONSE to the people and not TELLING people how to feel, you'll see a slight decline in their popularity which could seriously hurt the GOP in Nov.
PS... for a conspiracist like me, the tea parties show EXACTLY how BOTH parties are in it only for the power and to promote their own agendas outside while internally working for the same ends.... the destruction of all freedoms.
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While the sentiments behind many in the Tea Party movement are genuine....the movement itself is hardly a populist, grass roots movement.
Consider the money behind the Tea Party movement.... the organizations funding the events, the bus tours, etc.
They are astro-turf organizations - presented as grass roots, but fronts for Washington insiders and special interests.
Washington insider/lobbyist/former Congressman Dick Armey and
Freedom Works
Washington inside/lobbyist Grover Norquist and
Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Prosperity funded by the Koch Industries and the
Koch Family Foundation, with former ties to the John Birch Society, but now libertarian business interest org.
These are the powers behind the Tea Party movement.