Republicans should pay very close attention to the Tea Party

http://richmondregister.com/ ^ | July 10, 2011 | Ronnie Ellis

[skinkinthegrass]

Then this week came rumors (accurate it turns out) that Jamie Comer, the Republican candidate for Agriculture Commissioner, had hired Lexington Tea Party leader and blogger Mica Sims to organize a grassroots get-out-the-vote effort in the fall campaign. As the rumor spread in Republican circles, phone lines burned up and David Williams, the Republican candidate for governor, reached for heartburn remedies.

Many believe the Tea Party is a temporary phenomenon. I’m sure of only one thing: at least for the present it’s especially dangerous for Republicans to underestimate them.

[skinkinthegrass]

one photo-shopped pic. said it all.

When Republicans Say Bipartisanship, They Mean Surrender

..If these two cave, it really hits the fan.

[skinkinthegrass]

A Kentucky Ping.

...for those interested. :D

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Just change the word "Republican" to "RINO" in the article and it is much clearer.

The RINOs haven't figured out that it's time for them to form their own third-party of milquetoast ruling-class swells.

[Paladin2]

RINOs have three choices:

Become an official 'Rat.

Get under the bus.

Go get a seat at the back of the bus.

[skinkinthegrass]

Just change the word "Republican" to "RINO" in the article and it is much clearer.

true....
but we (FReepers) know
their true nature

[Nateman]

The Tea party is as temporary as the first one was. It will become as bloody as the first one too if these elitists don’t take heed.

[skinkinthegrass]

there is a fourth...
Read / Understand / Believe In the U.S. Constitution / Bill of Rights...(esp. first 10)
nah....They would much rather attend the numerous (Elitists) Washington
D.C. Cocktail parties / Golf Outings....The Chic / Pretty People

[skinkinthegrass]

It will become as bloody as the first one too if these elitists don’t take heed.

so true....(from the Article) especially dangerous for National (D.C.) Republicans to underestimate them us.

[BobL]

“...the moderately conservative columnist for the New York Times and a protégé of modern conservatism’s founder, William F. Buckley”

Interesting tactic here. He says “moderately conservative” to get us hooked and saying RIGHT-ON. Then, in the same sentence, he links him to Buckley.

My friends, Buckley was THE inspiration for Rush...Buckley was not a “moderately conservative” person - he was a CONSERVATIVE.

...now I’ll read the rest of the piece.

[FrankR]

[BobL]

Screw it, I read enough.

The idea that Obama will give the Republicans the store, if the Republicans would only yield on a few, tiny, targeted, tax increases pretty much blew the credibility of this crap out of the water.

Ain’t going to happen...but the bigger question is: Why doesn’t the MSM ask Obama why these little, tiny, loopholes are so important - as to risk the solvency of the country on.

That seems like a more reasonable question to me.

[Moonman62]

The GOP just spent two decades purging Reaganism out of the party. I don’t think they care too much for the Tea Party.

[Cracker Jack]

I am starting to think that, if there is a third party, it will be the Republicans that are the smallest of the three.

Think of the Whigs after abolitionist Republicans got Lincoln elected.

[skinkinthegrass]

“...the moderately conservative columnist for the New York Times and a protege of modern conservatism’s founder, William F. Buckley”

I caught that, too.
anybody could "claim" that title, RUSH Is the only one delivering / deserving of it.
btw...WFB, Would "trounce" that little S.O.B. Ivy League twit and
leave that (Obama) stooge writing for this Provincial County Paper.

[skinkinthegrass]

Screw it, I read enough.

that's understood...
(IMHO) this guy, is just another so-called "mainstream" Journalist.
(read Obama Propagandist) working in Frankfort, similar to "Journalists"
who work for the Louisville Courier Journal and Lexington Herald Leader.

[skinkinthegrass]

Why doesn’t the MSM ask Obama why these little, tiny,
loopholes are so important

they're just "throwaways"...window dressing....