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Originally Posted by Derwood
The Tea Party will only be a factor if the Koch Brothers continue to find them useful in pushing their pro-wealthy, low tax agenda.
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The Koch brothers don't need the Tea Party nor does the Tea Party need the Koch brothers. The pro wealthy, low tax agenda is good for America. The goal is to make more and more people wealthy, or improve the standard of living in this country. The life style of those dependent on government is not desirable, however, those who work, save, invest create wealth live pretty good and want that for future generations.
What is your message to young people? Work, save, invest to become wealthy? Or, work, pay taxes, depend on government, to live under the control of the folks in Washington?
Again, there is nothing wrong with a social safety net, but is government best positioned to create better living standards in this country? I say, no - Tea Party says, no. Koch brothers say, no. More and more are standing up and saying, no.
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Originally Posted by YaWhateva
I hope the Tea Party plays a big role in this election because it will all but assure the win for Obama. An independent or some other third party will run (that idiot Trump said recently he would run as a third party candidate or maybe Ron Paul). This will steal votes from the Republican nominee because these birthers and faux-libertarians will flock to the third party candidate.
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I think Obama needs issues like the "birther" thing in order to divert attention from all of his failures. I think the media will play into that need by requiring every candidate against Obama to waste air time addressing the issue at every possible opportunity.
Isn't it sad that a sitting President can not effectively run on his record? Isn't it sad that Obama needs extremists to get his base motivated? Isn't it sad that Democrats are running around saying that Republicans want starve the elderly, deny medical treatment to women, and not educate children? Does anyone really believe all that? The truth is that there are better ways to address some of our problems than throwing money at broken systems.
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Originally Posted by Derwood
I guarantee that if they tried, the GOP would absolutely bury them. Swift Boating and black babies will look like nothing compared to what they'd do. I'm sure they learned their lesson from the Perot debacle.
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Here is a thought, what if there is an anti-war movement the runs a credible third party campaign and is positioned to take votes from Obama? How do you think Obama and his party would respond? Look what he did to Hil-Rod and Bill, I never knew they were racists until Obama. Or, look at what Obama did in Chicago. Behind that big Obama smile is a guy who will figuratively stab you in the back if needed - and keep on smiling
