Posted on 03/05/2014 7:11:33 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I was apalled to find 10% of Republicans vote in the Texas primary. THAT is the problem.
Won’t be well received here on FR, but the guy is absolutely right. The Tea Party was very influential in 2010 because its message on taxes, deficits and government’s role in the economy resonated with a broad section of people. That is no longer the message.
More GOPe hit pieces on the Tea Party from the water carrying National Review. Seems the Ones Cruz endorsed won or are leading in the runoff.
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Count me in on that. I agree.
That's big...
To get out the real "tea party" vote, a candidate has to be uncompromising about sending invaders home and keeping them out of the US.
Rick Santelli started the Tea Party with his rant about the housing meltdown and taxpayer bailouts. See a link here:
Rick Santelli Started The Tea Party With A Rant Exactly 5 Years Ago Today — Here’s How He Feels About It Now
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/rick-santelli-tea-party-rant-2014-2#ixzz2v6OIZUTk
I still have my homemade sign I used at on of the first gatherings:
Taxed
Enough
Already
The judiciary candidates endorsed by Texas TP groups won their primaries, too. It's a long march.
“I was apalled to find 10% of Republicans vote in the Texas primary. THAT is the problem.”
You shouldn’t be so surprised here. The race was never real. It got overblown and turned into something it was not and never was. Stockman was a cartoon character and Stovall et al were no names with no foundation.
I am sad today that Cornyn is back in as Senator (and he will be) but I’m also sad that so many outside the state invested so much hope in this race which never was.
Maybe from your experience or perspective.
You nailed it. Of course there are going to be some social conservatives in the tea party, but that is basically overlap. In general, they have focused on the big problem facing this nation: impending bankruptcy and all that will entail for the world. That is the big asteroid coming toward us at an accelerating pace.
One of the things Democrats do very well is establish lots of niche/speciality activist orgs that draw individuals into the larger coalition by focusing on specific issues while still providing mutual support to sister organizations that are focused on different issues.
That’s exactly what we need to do. And understand not only is it acceptable and even desirable/beneficial for a Conservative Org focused on fiscal issues to say “if you want to talk about gay marriage or abortion my good friend in the next booth over can help you more than I can.”
If it were just about economic issues, then the Tea Party would not be all that different from Occupy Wall Street.
Both born in raging anger over the Wall Street bailouts.
Clearly that’s not the case.
I was in DC for the giant rally and waded thru a million or so co-Tea Partiers. The conversations I was in and heard were not about "my taxes are too high".
Immigration is not an economic issue?
As I said, your experience.
I’m not saying that it has evolved into anything bad; I’m still involved with the Tea Party. But it did begin with the taxpayer bailout and economic issues.
Agree
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