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Tully Mars · 10-18-2010, 04:04 PM

I won't say 2004 caused me to moved to Mexico but it played it's part and certainly got the ball rolling.

I think it's the short sightedness of the average US voter that will be the down fall of the tea party and the GOP in 2012. Nothing they've presented will make life better for the middle class or poor. People don't need to be observant to see life sucks more now then it did before. When people are down they vote with their wallets and everything the GOP and tea party types are trying to do will hurt their wallets. They scream about 2,4 and even 10% tax roll backs to pre-Bush Jr. The cost of keeping those cuts and the military spending will do nothing but add pain to the average working family.

The real sad news is we may have reached a summit point and the overall economic health the US has been forever hurt. If not forever a long term recovery might look like 30-40 years. Seriously two wars, corporate tax shelters/give aways and dramatic tax cuts all at once... might have been a bad idea.

The average US citizen hungers to hear what they want to hear. "We can fight two wars and it won't costs you a dime, they'll pay for themselves." "Probably be over in a few weeks, maybe months.. certainly not years." "We can drill our way out of dependence on foreign oil, all this "alternative energy talk is nothing but hokus pokus..." drill baby drill!"

Nothing the right has come up with has worked the way they said it would. Cantor was asked about spending this Sunday on one of the morning shows, specifically "after all the spending the right has done why should people believe you now?" His answer was nothing more then "but this time we really mean it." Call me skeptical. And if they do cut spending it won't be from the military industries or corporate hand outs it'll be from programs helping the poor and middle class.

So I don't see things getting better, certainly not by electing the likes of Paul, Miller and Angle.

Maybe by 2016 well get an honest third party option with real solutions. But I doubt it, people don't want the truth. They want to hear how easy it'll be and how it won't hurt them. So the GOP will have it's chance again in 2016. Wonder what will be left to govern by then?

10-18-2010, 04:04 PM	#19 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	I won't say 2004 caused me to moved to Mexico but it played it's part and certainly got the ball rolling. I think it's the short sightedness of the average US voter that will be the down fall of the tea party and the GOP in 2012. Nothing they've presented will make life better for the middle class or poor. People don't need to be observant to see life sucks more now then it did before. When people are down they vote with their wallets and everything the GOP and tea party types are trying to do will hurt their wallets. They scream about 2,4 and even 10% tax roll backs to pre-Bush Jr. The cost of keeping those cuts and the military spending will do nothing but add pain to the average working family. The real sad news is we may have reached a summit point and the overall economic health the US has been forever hurt. If not forever a long term recovery might look like 30-40 years. Seriously two wars, corporate tax shelters/give aways and dramatic tax cuts all at once... might have been a bad idea. The average US citizen hungers to hear what they want to hear. "We can fight two wars and it won't costs you a dime, they'll pay for themselves." "Probably be over in a few weeks, maybe months.. certainly not years." "We can drill our way out of dependence on foreign oil, all this "alternative energy talk is nothing but hokus pokus..." drill baby drill!" Nothing the right has come up with has worked the way they said it would. Cantor was asked about spending this Sunday on one of the morning shows, specifically "after all the spending the right has done why should people believe you now?" His answer was nothing more then "but this time we really mean it." Call me skeptical. And if they do cut spending it won't be from the military industries or corporate hand outs it'll be from programs helping the poor and middle class. So I don't see things getting better, certainly not by electing the likes of Paul, Miller and Angle. Maybe by 2016 well get an honest third party option with real solutions. But I doubt it, people don't want the truth. They want to hear how easy it'll be and how it won't hurt them. So the GOP will have it's chance again in 2016. Wonder what will be left to govern by then? __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club Last edited by Tully Mars; 10-19-2010 at 11:18 AM..