http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-264858 Rick Moran, Spineless squish « justbarkingmad.com Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:22:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=68364#comment-264858 [...] he’s all about the Tea Party Movement in his piece entitled “The Tea Party Narrative Just Jumped the Shark”. Naturally it is in “The Moderate [...] [...] he’s all about the Tea Party Movement in his piece entitled “The Tea Party Narrative Just Jumped the Shark”. Naturally it is in “The Moderate [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-264857 » Who Are Those Pesky Tea Partiers, Anyway — Oops, They Is Us - Big Journalism Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:12:31 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=68364#comment-264857 [...] Yeah, right. Here’s Rick Moran, taking a look at some recent polls: And it was all going so well for Democrats and liberals in the media. Display a picture or vid clip of angry, contorted faces of the tea partiers, add the race card, accuse the “core” of the movement of being birthers, and generally play to the idea that this vast, grassroots movement is a small, insignificant bunch of sour grape Republicans who hate Obama. Well, it worked for a while. But something funny happened on the way to smearing millions of ordinary Americans worried about the future; surveys of tea partiers show them to be as mainstream as a McDonald’s french fry. [...] [...] Yeah, right. Here’s Rick Moran, taking a look at some recent polls: And it was all going so well for Democrats and liberals in the media. Display a picture or vid clip of angry, contorted faces of the tea partiers, add the race card, accuse the “core” of the movement of being birthers, and generally play to the idea that this vast, grassroots movement is a small, insignificant bunch of sour grape Republicans who hate Obama. Well, it worked for a while. But something funny happened on the way to smearing millions of ordinary Americans worried about the future; surveys of tea partiers show them to be as mainstream as a McDonald’s french fry. [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-264853 Rick Moran Jumps the Shark « The Moderate American Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:19:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=68364#comment-264853 [...] The Moderate Voice decision to shut down comments is that people like Rick Moran can write their rubbish without having to defend [...] [...] The Moderate Voice decision to shut down comments is that people like Rick Moran can write their rubbish without having to defend [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-264852 Daily Pundit » Rick Moron Blabbling Again…. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:17:55 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=68364#comment-264852 [...] The Tea Party Narrative Just Jumped the Shark | The Moderate Voice I have been very critical of those in the tea party movement who seek to use anger and fear as a wedge to gain support for their cause. It is still my belief that reason wins a lot more converts than screaming, and fear mongering is self defeating – as seen by the failure to stop Obamacare. That vocal minority has done more damage to the tea party movement than most are willing to admit. [...] [...] The Tea Party Narrative Just Jumped the Shark | The Moderate Voice I have been very critical of those in the tea party movement who seek to use anger and fear as a wedge to gain support for their cause. It is still my belief that reason wins a lot more converts than screaming, and fear mongering is self defeating – as seen by the failure to stop Obamacare. That vocal minority has done more damage to the tea party movement than most are willing to admit. [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-264850 Survey: Four in 10 Tea Party members are Democrats or independents - Political Wrinkles Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:49:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=68364#comment-264850 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-264849 SHOCKER: Tea Partiers Are NORMAL Americans | The Magic Negro Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:38:34 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=68364#comment-264849 [...] Well so much for the hate speech from Olbermann, Matthews, Reid, Pelosi and TMN who have calling the... This November is going be nothing short of a Krakatoa political event. [...] [...] Well so much for the hate speech from Olbermann, Matthews, Reid, Pelosi and TMN who have calling the… This November is going be nothing short of a Krakatoa political event. [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-264848 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Who are the Tea Partiers? Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:11:21 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=68364#comment-264848 [...] Update: Joe Gandelman says that the Democratic and media narrative on the Tea Party just “jumped the shark.” [...] [...] Update: Joe Gandelman says that the Democratic and media narrative on the Tea Party just “jumped the shark.” [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/68364/the-tea-party-narrative-just-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-264847 Right Wing Nut House » THE TEA PARTY NARRATIVE JUST JUMPED THE SHARK Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:03:16 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=68364#comment-264847 [...] This article originally appears on the Moderate Voice. [...] [...] This article originally appears on the Moderate Voice. [...]

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