Posted on 06/26/2014 11:27:27 AM PDT by rface
Is there such a thing as a tea party Democrat? The answer, it seems, is yes. Polls show the group exists, but determining its impact is difficult. [ snip ] ...
Recently, Republican leaders have gone out of their way to make the argument that the tea party is more than just a group of (somewhat) disaffected Republicans who are angry about government spending they perceive to be out of control and the large size of the federal government.
Republicans contend that the tea party movement ... includes not just Republicans but also independents and Democrats.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) described the tea party this way: “It’s made up of disaffected Democrats. It’s made up of independents. It’s made up of people who have never been political a day in their life.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Screw the GOPe and the DEMs....perhaps the Tea candidates should just run on both Dem and GOP primaries depending on the circumstances. I would vote a Tea Party Dem over many of the RINOs of which the list seems endless.
RUN TEA PARTY IN DEM PRIMARIES....
I know this is a 3 year old article, but I realy like the idea of Tea Party candidates running in Dem Contests....perhaps before the 2016 elections. That is enough time to figure out the details.
I haven’t had a chance to research Tuesday’s primaries. But my understanding is the Tea Party candidates lost across the board to incumbent Rinos. Is this true?
That’s like saying Communist or Socialist Tea Party do exist.
its like saying Reagan Democrats exist
I was a Reagan democrat in the 80’ landslide election, my first try as a voter, but my last vote as a democrat.
I don’t know, but there seems to be very little difference between GOPers and Dems. It may require formalizing the tea party as a true traditional conservative party and running our own slate of candidates.
Tea Party candidates are always outspent by large amounts....and they often poll as the favorite candidate....umtil Washington insiders get desperate and find they have to throw piles of $$ and truck loads of lies to pull a win out of their asses
Reagan Democrats........may have been such a thing in the 1980s......especially in the South where most people used to be registered Dem regardless of political philosophy....but today????
The last Democrat politician who was a true conservative that I can think of was the late Congressman Larry McDonald D-GA who was murdered by the Soviets on board KAL flight 007.
I think the Tea Party vs GOP establishment struggle as it characterized in the media could be a little oversimplified.
It could also be characterized as an incumbent versus challenger struggle. Anyone who knows anything about Poli Sci 101, knows full well that it is enormously difficult to take out entrenched incumbents. It always has been and always will be. The Eric Cantor defeat was more of the exception to the rule than anything else.
The Tea Party’s best chances going forward will be when they run high quality candidates in for OPEN seats like they did in Nebraska earlier this year.
The GOP has been extra cautious this year. In 2012 two US Senate seats were needlessly thrown away to the Dems in states that MR easily carried. This fact has weighed heavily in the minds of GOP primary voters this year coupled with the fact that incumbents tend to have enormous built in advantages and usually win.
Recently, RINO Socialist tools have gone out of their way to make the argument that the tea party is more than just a group of (righteously) disaffected patriots who are angry about government spending they understand to be out of control and the tyrannical size of the federal government.
There, I fixed it.
Recently, RINO Socialist tools have gone out of their way to downplay the argument that the tea party is a group of (righteously) disaffected patriots who are angry about government spending they understand to be out of control and the tyrannical size of the federal government.
Improving my translation from Libtard pressism.
Until the currency collapses and the guns come out. Let me know how it's going in down town Chicago when the welfare checks and food stamps are no longer worth anything.
My God, man! You're right! Why, only REPUBLICANS can be Tea Party members! THANK YOU! Thank you for this VALUABLE piece of information! Our country, nay, our WORLD...NO! The entire HUMAN RACE since the beginning of TIME! Owes you a debt of gratitude!
Oh, dear, where shall we start? This poor, ignorant soul...desperate for clear, pure, information...can we break through the wall of willful, stubborn unknowing? I'll try.
Ever hear of Zell Miller? Ring a bell?
Can’t say about other T-party groups, but our local group has several democrats and they are the most vocal radical conservatives.
Ronald Wilson Reagan won two huge victories especially the first one running on and embracing grassroots conservatism. The Moral Majority likely had as many DEM’s in it as GOP and Independents. One of the founders of it was a DEM at the time. Of course there are Conservative DEMS but the GOP-E doesn’t care because they hate Conservatism as much as the Left Wing Liberals of the Democrat Party.
“depending on the circumstances”.....lol.....Ain't that the truth...I know so many democrats that are mindless with their “feel good vote”....INTILL!..(wait for this)..it affects them!.....You wanna talk about wild people...They'll show up in droves at a town meeting when their ox is being gored....fun to talk with them after....
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