Comments on: Tea Party Protest: No Matter How Big A Net Plus For GOP

By: freeamerican

freeamerican — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:55:09 +0000

well i disagree with that the people in office and what they are doing is alot diffent. like they have gone way overboard like taking our rights away going against ever constit. rights useing the 9/11 as the sinkhole ;and litting that feed fears but realist is not buying in to that we want our freedom

By: Degrance

Degrance — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:04:03 +0000

Does anyone have an objective view of world events anymore or are we doomed to have everyone parrot whatever talking points are issued by the various cliques that make up our media now a days?

These protests have been going on for years every April 15th. This year's protests were not any different than last year, or the year before, or five years ago. The only thing different is that some idiot in the "news" business decided to highlight them because they thought they could boost viewership for a few days.

There is no story here. The protests were indicative of nothing but hype. There is no more, or less, grass-roots movement than in previous years. The "protesters" had no unifying idea that brought them together. April 15th is the traditional day for loonies to come out with any complaints about the government because that it the one day a year that is tied most strongly to taxation.

Anyone suggesting that these "protests" are in some way indicative of the national mind-set are deliberately misinforming their audience. As long as we accept these manufactured stories as real news we are contributing to the mess that is reporting today and postponing the time when we have a functioning press corp again in the US.

By: freeamerican

freeamerican — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:14:46 +0000

I belive they have gone too far also, and donot think the tea party was about the gop or dem, I just think it was just about alittle of every thing and the American people wants to be heard

By: Thebad

Thebad — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:48:44 +0000

"CStanley"

I'm with you, I have been wanting to see a new party for a number of years now, and I keep hoping. Maybe this is the straw that breaks the camels back. One can hope. I feel most of us in this country are more in the middle, and we are tired of the far left and rights agenda's being pushed upon us.

Our government is out of control on both sides with it spending. When this first started back in Sept./Oct., the polls were showing that 70-80% of Americans were against the bailouts, when President Bush was still in office, but now the President Obama is in charge, only the crazy right wingers care. It appears to me, that the right is being more honest here, as they have been against it no matter which side was in office.

By: Thebad

Thebad — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:31:46 +0000

I'm not a GOP or a Dem, but I do agree with a lot of what the TEA Party's stand for. I have been following them since the first one in Seattle. Being a single person, no kids, who rents and does not own a home, I get taken to the cleaners every year on taxes. I put the least amount of use on the system, but am expected to carry a larger burden of the taxes. I am a blue collar worker who is in a union and I work a lot of overtime when I can. I'm tired of people telling me I should pay more because I do not have kids, and that it was my life decision to not have them. Well it was their decision to have them and they should be the ones paying for them not me. The whole TEA Party movement started with the bailouts, and it is based on taken tax dollars to pay for someone bad decisions. I agree with the concept of capitalism, this companies should have been allowed to fall if need be. Other companies that did things the correct way, would have filled the vacuum, and grown and hired up most of the people who lost their jobs within a 2 year period. Instead our government decided, that it was election time, and both sides, yes both sides, have been involved in this from the beginning. I think the big question most people should want answered is how much money would our politicians have lost if some of these company's had been allowed to fall. That is a study I would like to see, just look at the investments of the Yes voters in the government on both sides, esp. the ring leaders, and I think we would see who needs to be replaces in their next elections.

By: CStanley

CStanley — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:36:12 +0000

I think it's too early to tell whether or not the GOP will respond to the message that the people at the tea parties are saying (which is pretty much a pox on both houses for the most part- with some obviously still taking a partisan proGOP stance, and the GOP leaders and pundits trying to encourage that.)

I've been doubtful that a new party would emerge but now I'm not so skeptical- I think it is possible, maybe even probable, unless some GOP leaders emerge who can capture the sentiment of the protesters and acknowledge the failure of the GOP to date to address it.

By: remembermywords

remembermywords — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:06:11 +0000

I went to the tea party ,because of the belives and values that I have might be taking away from me ,mine and everyone freedom is being taking away little by little and the taxes is a out rage in its self i payed over 20000 last year in taxes thate means almost half of what i made and i have to have a limit so should the goverment and let the states gov themselfs if big company fail yes its sad and good people go down too but this is America let the little man raise then see if they can do better the country has went thru a depress before and lasted pluss in my way of thinking and mine alone I donot believe that they are doing it the American way

By: catransplant

catransplant — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:50:14 +0000

For most of my life I was democrat, because the Republicans taxed just as much as the Dems, but we got nothing for it. You could say the GOP learned from the Dems, culminating in Pres W. Now the Dems learn from the GOP. They tax more and deliver less. I did not go to any tea party. I was working. Now if I could have worn an Indian costume–Maybe. The point is not wanting to be taxed to death is is not a GOP or right wing agenda. It is what this country was founded on.

I was first in line to complain about the outrageous bonuses of corporate America. But I am also right there when I see the huge conglomerate called the LA unified school district-or any government entity, that can't make any cutbacks. (I will cheer when the 1st teacher gets fired-because why should they be exempt?). How does this help the working man. If the Dems want to extinguish this rebellion they can choose responsible government rather than name calling. Taxation is currently taking money out of my pocket for corruption. Its a different entity–but my money is still gone with nothing to show for it.

By: jchem

jchem — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:21:18 +0000

"Newsweek’s Howard Fineman sees the demonstrations of a kind of blueprint for the GOP"

Well, something isn't working for the GOP any more than it is for the Dems. I went to a Tea Party protest last night in Greenville, SC where the estimated attendance was close to 10,000. Trust me, the folks are certainly mad at Obama and the Dems, but they don't have much love for the Repubs either.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/18/gresha...

You link to your previous post about independents leaving because of the imagery. I posted on another thread some of the crazies that they will be running to. So is this it? We just have to run to the side who is the least crazy? Here's a right-wing site to balance out your previous link to the HuffPo speculation about independents leaving:

http://race42008.com/2009/04/17/one-of-the-most...