Tea Party Group Issues Warning to the G.O.P.

[pampango]

Source: New York Times

While heaping scorn on President Obama and the Democrats for overspending, more than 2,000 members of the Tea Party Patriots gathered here for a national conference also had strong words on Saturday for Congressional Republicans and vowed to vote them out of office next year if they did not move aggressively to cut the budget.

They offered up Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, locked in a standoff with his state’s public-sector unions, as a model of budget-cutting fervor. Mr. Walker remained in Wisconsin, but the mere mention of his name led to a standing ovation.

The Tea Party Patriots chose Arizona as the site of its first policy conference — a meeting that was part strategy session, part pep rally — to show support for a state that has been boycotted by many groups because of its crackdown on illegal immigration. And although border issues came up, the federal budget dominated discussions.

“If these politicians don’t get the message, they had better step aside,” said Carter Brough, a retiree from Whitney, Tex. “Right now, I can’t tell the difference between the parties. I’ve chopped my credit cards. I’m watching my spending. This country needs to do the same.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/politics/27teaparty.html?_r=1

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Jeebus...the sheeple will drink the kool-aid and believe anything, even if it is against their ...

own interests.

What is it w/these seniors being so f'ing angry and gullible?

[mwb970]

3. *Especially* if it is against their own interests.

I've never seen such an easily fooled group of people. It's like the French Revolution in reverse, with the peasants pouring into the streets to demand more power for the aristocracy. Where are their brains?

:shrug:

[Kolesar]

9. They want "their" social security pensions, but to cut pensions for the next generation

Then they can rationalize that they have made the country fiscally sound.

[CBHagman]

14. Yes, in news stories...

...I've often enough seen a reference to a tea party supporter who receives veterans' benefits or participates in Medicare. It's "Pull up the gangplank; I'm already aboard" thinking.

On edit: In addition, of course, too deep cuts could hobble and even reverse an economic recovery. David Leonhardt devoted his New York Times column to that subject last week.

[Kolesar]

24. NY Times editorial explains that the gop cuts would cause unemployment

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/opinion/27sun1.html?hp

[babylonsister]

2. I wonder if the gop will ever have enough of this b.s.? nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Batshit insane

And they do indeed define the GOP.

[siligut]

5. Sarah Palin said if there was a rift, the GOP was toast

This was on CNN, and the interviewer was following her around, the most I caught of it was him asking her if the GOP and the T-party didn't agree, which way would she go. She said she didn't see that happening, but if it did, in no uncertain terms, the GOP was toast.

[siligut]

39. Found the transcript in another thread

As we look toward the presidential election and the Tea Party's impact, Sarah Palin may greatly benefit from her Tea Party ties if she runs. She's even warned Republicans.

(on camera): Governor, what if the Tea Party movement winds up splitting the Republican Party in two? Who will you stand with?

SARAH PALIN (R), FMR. ALASKA GOVERNOR: You know, I don't think that it will, because I think more of the machine within the GOP is going to understand that this "We, the people" message is rising because it's just so full of common sense and time-tested truths that can put the economy on the right track, that heaven forbid that the GOP machine strays from this message. If so, the GOP is through.

She said it with such righteousness, these crazy TPs are very dangerous, they believe god is on their side. Hey! Tea Party = TP, it plays to the Koch connection.

[sulphurdunn]

6. Tea baggers are class traitors.

A unionized public employee, a teabagger and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, looks at the teabagger and says, "watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie."

[elias49]

7. Good one! nt

[Jokinomx]

33. yep... great analogy !

:toast:

[Jim__]

8. Fuck the teabaggers. They're a tiny, insignificant group.

more than 2,000 members of the Tea Party Patriots gathered... The progressive movement had more than 3,000 people at a rally in Denver alone yesterday. Did the Times report on that?

[RBInMaine]

16. BUT, they are heavily corporate funded and have been active enough to help put TeaRadicals in office

[Lastactiongyro]

20. Agree, the

reporting is completely lopsided. But we are talking corporate media. The great thing is that internet based reporting is taking off with the lack of real coverage. The Corporation Media is shooting itself in the head over the long term

[Doctor_J]

26. How can you say that after the November election?

Come back from the river in Egypt

[Kurmudgeon]

47. I'd say the winning party lost the midterm election, which is typical.

I only hope that the country wakes up and really drubs the GOP in 2012, tea party or no.
People joke about letting the inmates take over the asylum, but that's exactly whats happened to the GOP.

[onehandle]

28. They won in November and a sitting President is cooperating with them.

This is the price of bipartisanship.

[AlinPA]

44. The teabaggers control the republican party now. nt

[reformist2]

10. They have been scared into expecting less.

I think they've been scared by all the propaganda out there that "we're broke" and that economic collapse is around the corner unless we drastically cut back. By constantly using the words "broke" and "bankrupt", the propaganda cleverly sidesteps the fact that there are more billionaires now than ever. If a teabagger were ever forced to explain this contradiction, I think his head would explode.

[Kolesar]

11. No mention of the weapons and war budget...eom

[destes]

12. There's scorn enough to go around

DINO's too should fear for their cushy hypocrisy laden gig.

[Vinca]

13. The baggers are too stupid to realize their wages and benefits are what they are

because of unions . . . even if they don't belong to one.

[RBInMaine]

15. FUCK YOU TEA-RADICALS !

[Blacksheep214]

17. Asswipes!

They really believe the rich give a shit about them.

Without labor united, the corporations and rich bastards will take us back to the Pullman days and the Company Store.

Listen to Tennessee Ernie Ford fercryinoutloud!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfu2A0ezq0

This is what they want? Fucking asswipes!

On Wisconsin!

[BenzoDia]

18. The gop can only blame themselves for unleashing this monster.

Now we're all dealing with this destructive force.

Kinda reminds me of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.

[rpannier]

19. Carter Brough, a retiree from Whitney, Tex.

We can start by cutting Carter Brough's Social Security payments.
I'm sure being the concerned, patriotic American he is, that he'll be okay with it

[TxVietVet]

21. Carter Brough sounds like some of the goofy conservanazis around here.

"Give me my Social Security and Medicare and kep the government's hand out of it!'

Consevernazi douche bag Brough. :evilgrin:

[Faygo Kid]

29. "around here??"

Look, we may have our disagreements, but I don't see any a**holes like Carter around here.

I'm hoping that retiree adheres to his principles, and gives up his Social Security and Medicare.

Not likely.

[Turbineguy]

22. Threatening to remove

Republican office holder who are too smart to qualify as Teabagger material. Good plan!

[TheCowsCameHome]

23. Haha. Baggers to GOP - "I hate you Mommy" "I hate you Daddy"

Unruly brats is what they have become.

[deacon]

25. Um, Walker represents HUGE govenment. That is one group of screwed up people. n/t

[OHdem10]

27. When are the Adults in both parties going to stand up and explain

to the Tea Party: Folks balancing the country's budget
id NOT LIKE balancing our individual budgets at the kitchen
table.

It is not just Democrats, it is not the Dem.Activist but
it is GOLDMAN-SACHS who issued a WARNING this past week.

The Bill in the House (primarily, a Tea Party bill) will
cause our GDP to drop by 2points. This will bring Growth
so low more an more jobs will be lost.

Last quarter they had to REVISE DOWNWARD the growth rate
to just 2.8%. This rate creates nothing in the way of jobs.
All the cuts and layoffs at the state level brought this
baby down.

WILL GOP permit the Teaparty to take us into a double dip.

The Libyan Situation and the Madison Happenings have drowned
out this message.

DUers keep it front and center until Media is forced to deal
with it.

[gratuitous]

30. "I'll cut these strings!" screamed the puppet

The marionette master just chuckled.

[florida08]

31. these people are not patriots

patriots defend democracy not a corporatocracy. Right now I can't tell the difference between an American teabagger and a fascist oppressor

[fascisthunter]

32. dumb brainwashed misanthropes... pathetic examples of Americans

the worst this country has to offer.... jezus!

[RoccoR5955]

34. What a bunch of losers!

They don't know that their 5 day week, and a ton of other benefits that they enjoy, are all because unions stood up to corporations.

[Buzz Clik]

35. The concensus among DU posters is that Tea Partiers are friggin' nuts.

How does the world view their left wing counterparts?

[Iliyah]

36. LOL

the world don't know exactly what to make of the left wings b/c all they see and hear are the right wing constantly berrating them, and I can't wait to see the right destroy themselves which I can see in the tea leaves, and I hope it comes verrrrrrry soon.

[florida08]

37. and who might that be?

Unions are not the left fringe..the world stands with unions and so does most of the country

[Buzz Clik]

38. Unions are not viewed as extreme left. The ultra right hates them, but what's new.

It's not hard to imagine what the flip side of the Teabaggers might be.

[AndyTiedye]

41. The World Never Sees Their Left Wing Counterparts

The teabaggers get all the TV time they want, the left gets none.

[Buzz Clik]

42. Sure.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/26/earlyshow/saturday/main20036739.shtml?tag=stack
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13012327
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/41798037#41798037
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/26/wisconsin.budget.bill/index.html?hpt=T2
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/27/protesters-decry-wis-anti-union-efforts/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/27/protesters-decry-wis-anti-union-efforts/

Absolutely nobody sees it.

[Doctor_J]

49. I clicked onsome of these links, and didn't see anything

resembling "far-left" wingers. Nice try

[Buzz Clik]

50. Oh, I get it. You want socialists burning American flags on the news every night.

You win.

[Doctor_J]

53. Please post some links to "left wing teabaggers"

waving guns at town hall meetings, getting arrested on their way to blow up buildings, screaming at meetings, holding up signs threatening to shoot the president, etc. - you know, like teabaggers have been doing constantly for 18 months. If there WERE actually people on the left doing such things, you can bet the Big Media would not be cheering them on like they do the real teabaggers.
Your posts were stupid.

[Jim Lane]

45. We have left-wing counterparts of the Tea Partiers, but we don't run them for Congress (n/t)

[RedSock]

40. overspending

how about not wasting $10 billion every single month continuing two losing wars?

nahhhhhhhhhh ...............

[AlinPA]

43. The teabaggers are the GOP. They are not a different party. They are loud barking dogs in a

large pack called the republican party.

[Raine]

46. I thought they were against government, why do they cheer Walker(??)

that makes no sense at all. :silly:

[NeoConsSuck]

48. Teabaggers: French Revolution In Reverse

these people absolutely sicken me. One issue voters: Give me a bigger piece of the pie!

Unfortunately, I work with two of them. They think by listening to Glenn Beck nightly that they're up to speed on domestic and international events. They know nothing other than to hate Muslims, and demand a bigger piece of the pie by cutting the safety nets out from under those less fortunate. Selfish, slothful Republicans and Libertarians.

[krabigirl]

55. Libertarians that listen to Glenn Beck?

they are Republicans.

[xxqqqzme]

51. Hey dumbass - where have you

been hiding since 2001? I have absolutely NO patience w/ these people. They were not out on the streets when when dimson was invading a new country every other year; giving tax breaks to his base (the have-mores) or trashing the Constitution. They forfeited their right to say ANYTHING.

[Nossida]

52. Teaparty Sellouts

The Teaparty is a Construct created
by Big Business, For Big Business.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

54. Has any tea partier

ever uttered the words "stop the two wars we are paying for?"