How Much Has the Tea Party Infiltrated the GOP Convention? More Than You Might Think
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William Temple (C), in colonial dress, and other Tea Party supporters cheer at the Tea Party Unity Rally at The River at Tampa Bay Church ahead of the Republican National Convention, in Tampa, Florida, on August 26, 2012. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
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Today kicks off the 2012 Republican National Convention, inaugurating the final rush of what is likely to be one of the most contentious elections in American history.
This is a very different Republican National Convention than the one of four years ago, when infighting plagued the conservative base and the nominee conspicuously refused to speak the language of the party faithful. Now the GOP has thrown itself gleefully into the role of the morally righteous opposition. It is buoyed in that endeavor by a message that drove the largest shift in Congressional power since 1994 and a disciplined Presidential and Vice Presidential nominee.
And, of course, unlike the fractured base of 2008, this year’s Republican National Convention now faces a base that is increasingly defined by its identification with the still insurgent Tea Party – a movement that has proven itself in state after state as a driving force for electoral success, if the GOP has the wherewithal to tap into it.
Which raises the $14 trillion question – will the GOP embrace the Tea Party at this year’s convention?
The answer to this question is complex, and there is a decent amount of evidence both in regard to the RNC Platform and those invited to speakers’ list that could support it, depending on how terms are defined. In providing evidence that could point to an answer, we decided to focus on several smaller questions that can provide evidence one way or another, while asking a few experts to weigh in with their opinions:
1) Who counts as a “Tea Party” leader, and what counts as a “Tea Party” inspired position?
2) Have enough Tea Party leaders been tapped to speak at the convention?
3) Have enough Tea Party inspired positions been incorporated into the Republican platform?
You can watch the “Real News from The Blaze” crew preview the issue of the Tea Party at the convention below:
1. Who counts as a “Tea Party” leader, and what counts as a “Tea Party” inspired position?
Defining the Tea Party is tricky, as any pollster or media figure will tell you. Some media sources treat the group as functionally identical with the GOP’s conservative base, albeit with a slightly more populist tone and much more conservative positions, both on social and economic issues. Certainly, some self-proclaimed Tea Party leaders, such as unsuccessful Presidential contender Rick Santorum, fit this mold.
But is the Tea Party really a down-the-line conservative group? Some movement experts say “no.” Specifically, David Kirby and Emily Ekins of the Cato Institute have put out a 52 page report, as well as an op ed in Politico, suggesting that the Tea Party actually skews broadly libertarian, with a monomaniacal focus on economic issues and an ambivalence about social issues. From the op ed:
Conventional political wisdom for at least two decades has held that Republican primaries are won by emphasizing values issues to placate socially conservative voters. Observers point to Santorum’s strong showing in the presidential primaries. Exit polls, however, reveal Santorum never won a majority of the tea party vote in any primary.[...]
Tea party supporters are actually united on economics, but split on social issues, we find, compiling data from local and national polls with dozens of original interviews with tea party members and leaders. Roughly half the tea party is socially conservative, half libertarian: fiscally conservative, but socially moderate to liberal.[...]
In fact, 91 percent of tea party libertarians are more concerned about taxes and jobs than gay marriage and abortion, according to a New York Times poll. Religious bona fides will not win the tea party vote in primaries. The tea party’s strong libertarian roots help explain why more and more Republican candidates are running as functional libertarians—emphasizing fiscal issues such as spending, tax reform and ending bailouts, while avoiding subjects like abortion and gay marriage—and winning.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., takes the stage before his father Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks at a rally at the University of South Florida Sun Dome on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Credit: AP
In other words, as Ekins and Kirby put it, the Tea Party is more Rand Paul than Rick Santorum – a fitting comparison, given that both men are speaking at the Republican National Convention. So from the perspective of policy positions, figures like Paul can broadly be considered more “authentic” Tea Party leaders than can figures like Santorum, though both would incline more toward the Tea Party than outright establishment types like Arizona Senator John McCain.
However, there is another contour to Tea Party identification that goes beyond policy and speaks more to identity. This particular element was laid out by Myron Ebell, President of FreedomAction, who told the Blaze, “I think that the Tea Parties are really not about members of Congress who identify themselves with the Tea Party. There are some grassroots people who were instrumental in running state Tea Parties who ought to at least be recognized.”
In other words, being a Tea Party leader isn’t just about holding the correct positions, it’s also about filling the right function. In this framing, Tea Partiers are either grassroots leaders themselves, or at the very least, are politicians whose candidacies were propelled by the grassroots more so than the establishment. In fact, many major Tea Party figures (such as Utah Sen. Mike Lee or Florida Sen. Marco Rubio) earned their bona fides by leveraging grassroots support against the establishment.
This grassroots orientation is in keeping with the anti-establishment nature of many of the politicians who predated the Tea Party, such as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. However, stylistically, the Tea Party is not entirely made up of Palins. Despite holding an overall populist orientation that is suspicious of self-designated cultural or intellectual elites, some Tea Partiers come from an elite legal background, such as Texas Senate nominee Ted Cruz, a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, and the aforementioned Sen. Mike Lee, who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. There is, however, an easy explanation for this discrepancy – namely, that despite being part of elite legal circles, Cruz and Lee share an overriding love of originalist legal theory, which argues for reading the Constitution as it was intended to be read by the Founding Fathers. This places them neatly in line with what hostile sources describe as the Tea Party’s “radical constitutionalism.”
Sal Russo, cofounder of the Tea Party Express, puts this in more positive terms. “The constitution is the Tea Party’s lodestar,” Russo told TheBlaze. “Some of the debate that we see today is ‘should the government solve this problem or not solve this problem?’ This is the fundamental point that the Federal Government should not be solving these problems…Every wrong doesn’t have a government solution.”
So broadly speaking, Tea Party leaders are either grassroots leaders or politicians drawn from the grassroots, whose overriding political concern is with constraining the government using a constitutionally-focused theory. From a policy perspective, Tea Party positions will tend to be libertarian and favor decentralization of issues, in line with that constitutionally-oriented theory.
2. Have enough Tea Party leaders been tapped to speak at the Republican National Convention?
Readers will have to make up their own mind about this question, as the evidence is mixed. Certainly, no grassroots Tea Party leaders have been selected to give speeches from the podium at the RNC, a fact which Myron Ebell mentioned as an argument against the group being fully accepted. However, in terms of the politicians involved, Sal Russo disagrees. In fact, based on polling of the Tea Party done by his organization, Mr. Russo claims that not only was the convention well-organized, but the nominees themselves were actually people who Tea Partiers have every reason to support.
“We started polling our members back in June. We got over 100,000 responses over the course of time. What we found was that the top three were kind of closely bunched. It changed sometimes when Bachmann had his spurt, or Perry had his spurt, or Gingrich had his spurt, but Mitt Romney was in the top three from the beginning,” Russo said. “This idea that Romney is the antithesis of the Tea Party is just not true.”
He added, “Once Romney was our nominee, we started polling the VP thing, and we had two favorites among our people. One of them was Marco Rubio and the other was Paul Ryan. So we have one of our top three for President, and one of our top two for Vice President.”
And as for the speakers’ lineup? Russo pointed out that its overriding feature was inclusion of new blood. “I thought, boy, just about every person is a Tea Party person from Nikki Haley to Rand Paul to Ted Cruz. Almost everybody on there has been out front and supportive of the Tea Party.”
This sentiment has been echoed by Russ Walker, Vice President of Grassroots Campaigns, at Freedomworks. “Rand Paul is on there. Ted Cruz is on there. Mia Love is on there,” Walker told TheBlaze. “Those are all great picks for us. They’re all Tea Party people. We’re, I think, generally pleased about the speakers’ list so far.”
The Tea Party figures represented on the RNC‘s convention speakers’ list are among those widely considered to be its rising stars. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Texas Senate nominee Ted Cruz, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, South Carolina Congressman Tim Scott and Utah Congressional candidate Mia Love are all confirmed speakers, and almost to a man (or woman) are well-respected both within the Tea Party and within the GOP generally. In terms of speaker quality, the Tea Party arguably has quite an edge at the convention.
However, that’s not to say that the convention is entirely Tea Party focused, nor that all wings of the insurgent movement have received the same amount of sunlight. The RNC’s keynote speaker, Chris Christie, is well-regarded by some Tea Partiers for his blunt style, but generally considered too moderate ideologically to fit entirely in the Tea Party camp, suggesting that the GOP isn’t quite ready to throw its full weight behind the new movement as a public face.
Moreover, there are more than a few Tea Party-influenced figures who have been outright ignored on the Speakers’ list. First, there is Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.
Bachmann is known by some as the “Queen of the Tea Party” (though liberals calls her the “Queen of Rage”). She is also credited by many people as one of the chief architects of the 2010 “Red Wave.” It stands to reason, therefore, that the GOP might want to invite her, if only for her ability to rouse a crowd.
Former Alaska Gov. and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin acknowledges the audience after speaking at a campaign rally for Kirk Adams, left, a Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Arizona's 5th Congressional District, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Gilbet, Ariz. Credit: AP
But they didn’t. Probably because Bachmann’s recent accusations against Hillary Clinton staffer Huma Abedin have angered even her fellow Republicans, who see those accusations as undisciplined and intemperate, as well as a distraction from the wider cause of fighting terror. Bachmann has sworn up and down that she’s being persecuted for “raising questions,” but those may be questions the GOP doesn’t want to consider in Tampa.
So who else has been excluded? Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
Palin announced last week that she won’t be speaking at the convention, adding that she’s “excited to hear from this year’s candidates.”
Yet Palin’s announcement leaves out key details – for instance, whether she was invited to speak at all. Most press sources – even the Hollywood gossip sites – that have spoken to highly placed sources say she wasn’t.
Ignoring these two women doesn’t mean the GOP has ignored the Tea Party, but it does arguably signal that they are prepared to exclude the more populist, Midwestern “Mama Grizzly” variety of Tea Partier from the convention. More innocent explanations exist, but at least in the case of Palin, they are not particularly convincing, especially when you consider the aggressive push for Romney to choose an “anti-Palin” for his Vice Presidential nominee. However, reading tea leaves is a tricky business at the best of times, and there is no guarantee of any nefarious motivation regarding either Palin or Bachmann.
Moreover, Freedomworks doesn’t see the exclusion of these two women as necessarily emblematic of a hostility to the Tea Party. Again, to quote Russ Walker: “I don‘t think it’s hostile to the Tea Party at all. What I think they’re trying to do is craft a message.”
And as long as people like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz influence that message, Freedomworks is happy. Especially given their experience with the platform. Which, speaking of…
3. Have enough Tea Party inspired positions been incorporated into the Republican platform?
One measure of the growing influence of the Tea Party is the inclusion of nearly all of the recommendations from Freedomworks in the official Republican Party platform. From a Freedomworks press release:
The GOP’s official platform includes clear, specific language rejecting Cap and Trade, endorsing a strong Balanced Budget Amendment coupled with a two-thirds majority to raise taxes, and committing to an annual audit of the Federal Reserve as “the first step to achieving transparency.” The platform endorses full repeal of Obamacare and a solid list of patient-centered health care reforms including Health Savings Accounts interstate purchase of health insurance, and equalized tax treatment of group and individual insurance. Major reforms of Medicare and Medicaid are also included.
The platform committee also included support for a “flatter” tax to the tax reform section, softening the Freedom Platform’s language calling for a completely Flat Tax. “Our online survey told us the grassroots want a single-rate tax system,” FreedomWorks Vice President Dean Clancy commented. “With the addition of the word ‘flatter,’ the GOP platform opens the door to a Flat Tax.”
The only element of the Freedom Platform not adopted was the proposal to “Eliminate the Department of Education.” Clancy explained: “We did not secure approval for ‘Eliminate the Department of Education’ – which, to be honest, was always the plank we regarded as most difficult to achieve. But the document’s education section does contain good language on the need for local control and a very strong endorsement of school choice, including vouchers. So we rate this section as a partial victory.”
According to Freedomworks, 11.5 of the original 12 planks they proposed were included. Russ Walker is even more ebullient about this result.
“We got everything completely the way we wanted it, exactly,” Walker told theBlaze. “The RNC staff has been wonderful to work with. They opened their arms up to us when we went to work with them originally.”
The lovefest doesn’t stop there. Emily Ekins, the author of the study quoted above, told the Blaze that sources close to the Ron Paul campaign have expressed contentment with the platform over its inclusion of a plank to audit the Fed.
Granted, this doesn’t mean the platform goes full libertarian. There are probably still planks supporting the drug war, for instance. There also was reportedly some infighting among the platform’s writers over the question of how to handle same-sex marriage, and many pro-choice activists have expressed discontent over the platform’s stance on abortion. However, seeing as all but one of these issues are hotly contested even within the libertarian movement, these planks are more likely to complement the platform’s Tea Party-leaning slant than to contradict it.
Sal Russo of the Tea Party Express is also optimistic. “What I hear about the platform is it reflects the basis themes of the Tea Party,” he said.
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Comments (154)
capnjack
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:05amIt had better or next year they will be fighting us as the new Third Party, The TEA Party.
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:25amNext year is too late. You SHOULD have supported the Constitution Party’s Peroutka in 04. You SHOULD HAVE supported Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin in 08. You SHOULD BE SUPPORTING RON PAUL in 2012.
If you haven’t rejected the GOP (with the sole exception of Ron Paul) YET… AFTER DECADES OF THEIR IN-YOU-FACE, STEP-ON-YOUR-THROAT LAWLESSNESS… why threaten about tomorrow?
Report Post »TAXEVERYONE
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:33amAgreed and I also think there many Karl Rove types in the GOP who continue to underestimate the size and the passion of the Tea Party movement.
Report Post »TJeff1
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:11amThe Republicans will have to adopt a more liberty minded platform to survive. That is the only way they will keep the needed Paul votes to win. I think they are starting to realize this.
Paul may not have won the Nomination, but he HAS WON. He has split the party enough that they can only win with the adoption of his platform. His platform “IS” the future of the Republican party. GET USED TO IT. Look at the sheer size of his young base. The GOP old rank and file are dying (literally) and whithering while Pauls base is expanding.
Its a movement people get used to it. If you education yourselves enough on the principles you will become a part of it like the rest of us paulbots.
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:23pm…it’s past the time to think the republican party will “save” America…the (R) tent is too narrow to win elections in the future. too much hatred and not enough inclusion. the next generation of conservative and independent voters are, currently, being pissed-off by the closed-minded establishment…we will remember how we have been treated by the “party before country/constitution” republicans…
Report Post »Poorfessor
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:26pmThey are attempting to change the rules today that would kill off any Tea Party candidates in the future. What they are about to do will kill the RINO infested New World Order crowd from the GOP, and surrender to the Commie Socialists that already are in power.
God Help us.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:33pmI THINK HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE HYSTERICAL: YO! BLOGGERS, POLITICIANS, HUMAN BEINGS: THE “TEA PARTY” IS AN IDEA…it’s not an organization. ALL people who BELIEVE in FREEDOM, in AMERICA, in our CONSTITUTION, and our BILL OF RIGHTS, SOVEREIGNTY, FAMILY, GOD are TEA PARTY people.
Report Post »RON PAUL had 30 years to make a difference. All I can see that he’s ever done is run for President every four years; surrounded himself with a bunch of 20 something, hysterical boys who are about the most obnoxious people on earth…they give Debbie Wasserman/Schultz a run for her money.
SO go ahead kids….keep pretending that THE TEA PARTY is some mystical, mythical organization. WE’RE the same people that our Parents were when faced with WWII. WE’RE AMERICANS. Now grow up, stop with the insane, cult-like following of Paul (RON) and get behind Americans…otherwise you will get the Muslim/Cultist/ISLAMIC Animals.
dukielouie
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:34pmHaving been in the RNC and now a leader of a 912/tea party I am ready for a 3rd party.I have tried for 31/2 years to get the local party to wake up about the issues facing our country. The globalist in the party do not care about the constitution. Bush,Rove, and the Rino’s are about greed and crony capitalism. George H Bush and Clinton all working towards a one world government.The people are not stupid for this didn just happen because of Obama.The party will lie to our faces. Look at Marco Rubio Jeb’s boy who will give us amnesity . Enough is Enough!! I will not support these candidates for all the people around Romney/Ryan are the globalist Rino’s.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:56pmThe Tea Party must continue overwhelming the RINOs and continue getting their small government, decrease spending, deregulation message out to the people who are still oblivious to the ideas of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and equal justice and opportunity, not equal outcomes. A third party… George Washington would not approve. Remember President Washington warned us of the party system. He said it would be the death of us and it nearly was after Lincoln won the Presidency. “[the party system] agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one against another…. it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption… thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.”
Report Post »The party system has been used to magnify prejudices. Many Liberals have the insane idea that Conservatives are racially motivated, misogynists, and believers in Social Darwinism… these ideas SHOULD BE OBVIOUS as malicious propaganda since only a tiny percentage of the population thinks in these ways, (certainly not enough people to maintain a party) but they mindlessly eat up what their told. The Tea Party has a great stat in the GOP. It needs to continue. We can’t undo decades of damage in one term.
Randall Lynn Horn
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:12pmOur best hope is to cleanse as much of the G.O.P. as we can. Third parties will take to long. The infrastructure of the G.O.P. is there.The history of the abolitionist,the party that free`d the slaves.The early republicans who were hung for helping slaves vote and obtain office.Take back the Republican party, go Tea Party Go!
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:57amFor Myself The GOP Establishment has Pushed the
TEA Party an Conservatives in general off the Stage
at this years Convention.
I‘m not a Ron Paul Supporter but I think He’s being
Unfairly Treated an should have a promiment role an
Speach at the convention.You alienate his supporters
at your own Risk.We need every Vote to Beat Obama.
The Battleground or Swing States will be overrun with
Voter Fraud the only way to overcome that is
Landslide Numbers.enough that it can’t be Contested.
I will be voting for Mitt Romney in Nov. To Save This Country.
But my Allegiance is to the TEA Party not the GOP.
I’m Totally an Completely Conservative have been since
Barry Goldwater. This is not a new fight in the Republican Party.
The Establishment doesn’t Like Conservatives never Have.
The Miniority, Moderate Republicans control the Majority,
Conservative, TEA Partiers, Ron Paul Type Constitutionalist.
not Anarchists.
We have been playing this Game Far to Long.George Bush 1,
Bob Dole, George Bush 2, John McCain. now Mitt Romney.
Are they better than Democrates ?
(who have Basically been taken over by the Communist Party)
Yes. But they are Not the Best we can Do.
Mitt Romney is the Turnicate to stop the bleeding.
The Conservatives will save the Country in 2014 and
2016 with more TEA Party People.
The TEA Party is NOT Going Away.
But RINO’s may become an Endangered Species.
Romney / Ryan 2012
Report Post »Palin / West 2016
912network
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:29pm1) Palin is a ‘Progressive,’ and not a true Tea Partier. She had me fooled a bit, but then she started endorsing establishment RINOs like John McCain, Carly Fiorini, Orrin Hatch, and others. She’s not a Constitutionalist, but a retail Republican politician without the principles necessary to be our nominee. She’s no better than Romney.
2) Ron Paul’s refusal to endorse Romney is pure cowardice in the face of raging hatred of anybody not named Ron Paul (but the irrational, unjustifiable hatred of Romney is very telling as to who the Paulestinians really are), among his supporters. Their actions prove they’re less interested in booting the COMMUNIST than in worshiping Ron Paul.
Ron Paul’s true believers, you know, the PAULestinians who excuse his unconstitutional hypocrisy on Social Security, earmarks, etc., hate Romney more than they love America, judging by their actions. RONulans, PAULbots, whatever you call them, don’t confuse them with principled patriots, for only SOME Ron Paul supporters are.
Here’s one:
“BROTHER WINSTON SMITH
“Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:25am
“…You SHOULD have supported the Constitution Party’s Peroutka in 04. You SHOULD HAVE supported Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin in 08.” You SHOULD BE SUPPORTING RON PAUL in 2012.
If you haven’t rejected the GOP (with the sole exception of Ron Paul) YET…”
Mike Lee, Jim DeMint, Rand Paul…many good Republicans are rejected by such. Their actions PROVE they’re not about LIBERTY
Report Post »Marine25
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 6:47pmIf the tea party is given a voice at this convention they will lose this veteran’s vote. I want nothing to do with anyone who is anti-science, anti-women and thinks that Sarah Palin is intelligent.
Report Post »912network
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:11pmAnybody who chooses to believe the Tea Party is anti-science, anti-women, anti-military, or anything of the sort, is either a fool beyond compare, or a liar and a fraud.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:56amThe Obama drones are madly playing the “ Divide the Dumb Conservatives ” Card ! It is good to fight for more conservative policies as needed. It is even better for the future of this country to defeat the Far Left Obama Crowd “ Occupying ” the White House . We will have enough trouble trying to overcome their dirty tricks of voter fraud without also falling into their Divisive Game which is being played out here in the comments and in the phony Jason Levin styled delegates they have no doubt planted . The Far Left is capable of so much mayhem , tricks, and lies.
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:01amBABAR2 . . . “dirty tricks of voter fraud” . . . What voter fraud?
More hysterical paranoia from the Psycho of Seville.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:17am@ Wango
Just because it is not reported on or taken to court does not mean it doesn’t exist.
Last I checked, that is the whole point of corruption.
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:40amOHIORIFLEBOY . . . Well then we better get after all those Tea Party pedophilators. The young boys in Tampa are in grave danger.
Meanwhile consider this:
http://articles.kwch.com/2012-08-13/voter-id-laws_33188195
Yes, yes, I know, enlightening, isn’t it?
Report Post »Poorfessor
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:32pmThe Obama drones are madly playing the “ Divide the Dumb Conservatives ” Card !
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The Romney drones are madly playing the “ Kill of the Dumb Tea Party Conservatives ” Change the rules game.
BlackCrow
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:53amPaulbots and Media Matters trolls. The Tea Party is on it’s way to remaking the Republican Party into the vision of Ronald Reagan and there is nothing you or the RINOS will be able to do about it.
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:28amBlackCrow,
Which unconstitutional department/entitlement/agency did Ronald Reagan eliminate?
Report Post »TAXEVERYONE
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:38amThat is so true.
Report Post »Dcjones
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:27amLiberty is far too important to be dumbed down, conceded, or sold for a marginal victory.
I will not vote for RINO/ROMNEY/RYAN.
The case for freedom is to be unapologetic because it embodies the great desire for justice above all else.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:58pmBrotherWinston, I read an article a week or two ago that claimed Reagan expanded Jimmy Carter’s government.
Report Post »cykonas
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:01pm@JUSTANGRY
You needed to read an article for that? I was 25 y.o. in 1980 when Reagan was elected. He surely expanded government, not the least of which was the heinous Dept. of Ed.
“Conservatives” crack me up when they say that folks like me idolize Ron Paul. Then in the next sentence they lionize Ronald Reagan. RR was about as conservative as I am an Iraqi terrorist.
President Reagan was a lot better than many before him, and most after him, but he was far from conservative or a constitutionalist. Peace.
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:30amThe progressive GOP does not embrase the TEA party anywhere. They infiltrate the TEA party. I have seen it happen in my area, and now The West Michigan TEA party is useless in fighting the progressive movement.
Report Post »Independent4ever
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:42amTea Party could mean lobbyist. It is no longer a grassroots movement.
Report Post »freedomofspeech
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:54amThe local TEA party here more like elite Republicans, I still support the TEA party like Freedom works, taxed enough already is what I support, less government regulations, flat tax, balanced budget.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:04am“morally righteous opposition” Gotta love the godly flag waving and references to morality from a party who’s nominee knowing runs ads about Medicare and Welfare that are flat out lies. And those who report such here or repeat the lies are clearly the parties “moral” leaders. The $780 billion reduction in Medicare is over 10 years or roughly 8% of annual Medicare spending and was negotiated as reductions in provider payments due to the fact that the now uninsured will have insurance and can pay. So less need for Medicare and other insurances to cover the free riders. The pilot Welfare to Work programs approved for 10 states, including several Republican governors, actually require stricter work performance. So the work requirement was neither removed or lessened. All that was changed was approval of state pilot programs, including one for MA that was submitted under Romney. He knows he is lying and you know he is lying. Now tell me again about your solid christian values. LOL
Report Post »Carol1955
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:16amSometimes I wonder about if the shoe were on the other foot and Paul had won the primaries, would the conservatives who wanted someone else choose to support the chance to end the reign of terror of Obama or pout and whine about not getting their choice and refuse to vote at all? I believe that the majority of people, acting out of love for this country, will vote to end the Obama nightmare and commit themselves to working harder to build support for their positions for the next election. The Paul supporters who refuse to vote are like children holding their breath because they didn’t get their way. How does that help build their cause with the people they would need to win over to ever have a majority; are people going to be swayed by the party of pout?
Report Post »sonnetswan
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:44amAnd you my dear are like a luke warm Christian choosing the devil over satan. Romney’s support is mostly anti-Obama not For Romney. But it is too bad that you moral compromissers will not win if the true patriots in the country don’t vote.
Report Post »Independent4ever
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:45amToday’s conservative would probably NOT support Paul. They have more in common with Obama than Paul. Bailouts, N. D AA, pa. tr iot act, the expansion of government just to name a few things.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:40amRomney needs to give us a reason to vote for him. I know he is not a marxist but I need a better reason to vote for him. I want to vote for someone who will be President for All Americans. I want to vote for a person who is not scared of different views or critics.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:30pmPlease stop. We‘re not holding our breath because we didn’t get our way. We don’t recognize politicians that will not govern within the confines of the Constitution. If we lost to a candidate willing to abide by the law we’d hop on board and vote for the nominee.
Report Post »vaman
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:48amLet’s look at some of the glaring lies of this article and some things that should be disturbing for non radical Americans. The blaze of course attracts radicals, so the article is foolishly aimed at those individuals.
1) “morally righteous opposition” in reference to the GOP is patently untrue. Considering yourself righteous because you’re against abortion and gay marriage is ridiculous.
2) “Republican primaries are won by emphasizing values issues to placate socially conservative voters”. Nothing worse than people that need to be placated and socially conservative typically means someone is going to lose a basic right or have something taken away in their pursuit of happiness, because someone and their religion object to it.
3) “Santorum’s strong showing in the presidential primaries”. This is an outright lie and fraud. Santorum is seen as an out-of-touch religious radical and had abysmal showing on almost all primaries.
4) It’s interesting that so many of you consider yourself Tea Party members, considering the relative indifference the Party has to gay marriage and abortion.
5) Bachman is another extremist, totally out-of-touch with normal Americans.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:55amGOP establishment – Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill Oreilly, Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, McCain, Graham, Boehner. This group believes in party first no matter how bad it is. They believe in borrowing money to pay for militarism around the globe. They talk bad about the UN but support it none the less. They have no issue with trashing the Constitution to keep their agenda going. Overall they think (right wing)government knows whats is best for you.
GOP Tea Party – Bachmann, West, Rubio, Demint, Scott Walker, Palin, and Glenn Beck. This group talks about fiscal restraint yet when it comes to the military they are scared to touch it. I believe they do know what we face but now have power and afraid to buck the system too much in fear they will be rejected. Most of them supported the NDAA and used an excuse “we didnt know that was in there” with the indefinite detention clause. Overall though they are much better than what we had there. If they were the worst leaders we had, we wouldnt be great, but much better off.
Liberty Movement – Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Justin Amash, Thomas Massie, Tom Davis, Ben Swann. This group is the future if the United States is to survive. This group is for the Constitution first and foremost. They tell the truth and vote with principles. They are disliked by both parties and the media. People attack them personally and rarely offer facts to dispute them.
We are going to go bankrupt. How we come out of it is the key.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:59amMost Tea Party members are not fans of Glenn Beck and his new-nationalist fifth column agenda.
Nor are they fans of the Romney/Ryan plan to start a new economic bubble to hide their looting of the public coffers.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:10am@mary
I have to disagree. Most of the Tea Party is for Glenn Beck. This is also the group that though Bachmann and Santorum were good choices. They have been tricked and lied too. I am very disappointed with Glenn Beck since he left Fox. Glenn Beck opened by eyes to the problem. The disconnect I have with Beck now is he believes the problem is all Obama now and is focusing on getting rid of him. He is so focused on that, he is willing to support people who support the same things as Obama.
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:42amBachmann out of touch with “normal Americans”? Really? Well, if normal is “the norm” in your collectivist college teaching collecivism over Individualsim–I guess your right?
To this founding American mind (which is not normal any more–mind you), she represents our founding more than most.
The fact is—Many Americans have been taught to think more like a communist. So I unserstand your confusion.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:49amAll the trolls have crawled out of the woodwork.
Report Post »tropicgirl
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:22pmMUTINY and MARY ELIZABETH… Great posts. Sorry this stupid site does not allow me to reply to you.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:47amReading so many of these testy, nit- picking comments makes one keenly aware of difficult it is to be a ” joiner .” Some of these people sound as if they were locked in a closet, they would fight with themselves. Never happy. Always complaining. My way or the highway. They sound like Democrats ! Trolls ?
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:02amJust your own doing what they do . . . whine. Always the victim, never the fighter.
Report Post »Bohump
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:39amOboma is going To lose big time, ,…. Long live the TEA PARTY. I Fought for the flag In War, .. I will Wave If Till the day I Die !
Report Post »iampraying4u
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:28amDrink more tea eat more chicken
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:33amI hold NO CLAIM to this being true or not – BUT
I heard “ George Obama” (Ozero’s Half Brother) might be speaking at the RNC???????
We shall see, huh?
Report Post »PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:16amI can only hope! Saw that movie yesterday. I knew most of the information contained in it but was very surprized with George. No wonder Obummer doesn’t have anything to do with him. George could see the truth were our “president” can only decieve.
Report Post »LibsFIB
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:14ammeh
Report Post »Fla.Patriot
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:01amAll I know is here in Tampa Bay, It’s a beautiful morning. The clouds have disipated, the sun is shining and there is a soft breeze with an underlying wind…a wind of change. It is not so much a convention so much as a celebration of things to come. Romney had it right when he said “our best days are ahead”. There is an electric feeling in the air. A feeling of change. 2 more months and we can send the fraud in the White House packing. Might want to keep an eye on him though…make sure he doesn‘t take anything else that doesn’t belong to him. It’s a good day to be an American. God Bless
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:57amMeanwhile the Rhinos want to seize power locking out the Tea Party. Michele Malkin is sounding the alarm asking people to take action immediately. She provides the contact info as well.
http://michellemalkin.com/2012/08/27/floor-fight-grass-roots-activists-battle-attempt-to-rig-gop-convention-delegate-rules/
Report Post »dukielouie
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:46pmThe sun is shining!! This is about our Country. Have you read what policies Romney put in place when Governor or are you just beleiving the sound bite? The Rino globalist are running his campaign. read about Rove in the Vanity Fare.Romney is a globalist also.
Report Post »louise
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:58amAdd your comments
Report Post »jackact
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:57amNo, America (located between California and NY) is the national Tea Party Convention.
Report Post »And we are calling the shots regardless of the elite.
So move aside.
endgamer
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:51amThe Tea Party is being shut out! Grass roots activism on the local and state level with the NEW RNC rules proposed by Romney and his attorneys WILL allow him to unseat delegates that do not fall into party line or do not agree with the party boss.. This is the largest power grab in history by the RNC,, Dick Armey, from freedomworks is extremely upset over this. Here is the rule change. http://youtu.be/Llg-a8FamJg
Report Post »louise
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:57amEndgamer,
Report Post »Yes and not only for this election cycle, but for 2016 and beyond!
justangry
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:35amYeah, I’m done with the RNC. I don‘t even know why they’re working on rules they have no intention of following in the first place though. Seems like a waste of time.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:50amHere is the link to all the delegate chairs with email addresses for all 50 states! Write to them and tell them do NOT vote for the rules changes.. Mutiny if necessary! http://www.eagleforum.org/alert/2012/pdf/ConventionCommitteeonRulesOrdeofBusinessContactInfo.pdf
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:57amMutiny!!
Report Post »http://iroots.org/2012/08/27/true-conservative-mutiny-at-the-rnc/
TRILO
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:42amThe Tea Party has allowed themselves to be co-opted by the Republican Party. With the exception of Rand Paul I have not seen too many of the quest speakers or so called Tea Party politicians like Rubio vote against anything the establishment brings forward. They speak a good game but never follow through with consideration of the “founding principles” ; NDAA, continuing budget resolutions, CISPA, and a whole host of other bills that have passed the House and/or Senate come to mind.
The republican party is a mess thanks to the infiltration of progressive RINO’s such as McCain, Boehner and the vast majority of elected politicians. Add to that, the vast majority of the republican party constituents are just as eager to keep their government benefits and the out of control military spending. How any of these people realistically think the budget will get even close to shrinking without touching these sacred cows is beyond me.
Everything that they are talking about adding to the platform at the convention, over the past 3.5 years the republicans have either been complicit in pursuing or voted for something completely contrary to their new found beliefs, such as the balanced budget requiring 2/3 majority to raise taxes. If I recall the bill the republican liars passed last year did not contain that very important provision and extensions to the debt ceiling to just name a couple.
Lip service is what this whole show is about. Actions speak louder than words.
Report Post »toiletclogga
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:50amThe Tea Party has been around for what? 3 years? Awareness of the problems comes first, and implementation of the fix comes afterwards. Exercise some patience. This economy is not an easy overnight fix.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:49amThe economy isn’t an easy fix for the government because they screw up everything they put their hands on. If they just got out of the way the free market would fix itself pretty quickly though. But I suppose that wouldn’t preserve the status quo. The Dems and Reps voters seem to be busy fighting over the scraps while the fed robs everyone of their wealth.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:42amNo
Report Post »frogg
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:42amPlay games! If you thought that the Tea Party surprised everyone in 2010, just wait until this November!!!! This year will see Rommey elected and a lot more Tea Party menbers in both the house and the senate. If the Republican party doesn’t get serious and get our country back in order then they will be replaced by more Tea Party people in 2014! We aren’t going away and we mean to get our country back! So Wake up people and smell the coffee!!!!!! Vote the BUMS out this November! Please! Pretty Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Check out http://www.rescueourconstitution.com/
Report Post »Sosorryforyou
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:05amSorry but it’s only a pipe dream. The Republican establishment will only tolerate the Tea Party when it is to their advantage. Do not be fooled into thinking that they aren’t already working against you.
Report Post »AU Patriot
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:41amWatching the Factor last night, Juan Williams called the Tea Party right wing extremist. If it is now extreme to want to bring fiscal sanity to Washington, call me extreme.
Report Post »jadams1214
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:48pmi think he meant it is extreme to spew all this constitutional rhetoric then vote for romney/ryan.
Report Post »xxxPatriot
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:39amWe’re being played like a fiddle by the RNC
Report Post »See where the rules committee changed the rules against grassroots organization’s, including gun owner’s.
Read More Here: http://liberty.com/content/stacking-deck-shenanigans-are-happening-republican-national-convention
louise
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:49amPatriot,
you and others will also want to see Ben Swann’s interview with Romney and Ryan> here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llg-a8FamJg&feature=youtu.be
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:30amNo it’s not the TEA Party Convention. It is America’s Convention! We have been waiting for the opportunity to WAKE this country from it’s deep nap that it has been in for the last 4 years. The Sleeping Giant is awake and is very angry with the way we have been molested by this POTUS and his administration. We will not take it anymore and we will stand up for our Constitution, Founding Fathers, Founding Principles (Based on the Ten Commandments and Christian Values), Peace through Strength, Love for our Fellow Man. We want peace! We want Respect for all of God’s Children! We want to be able to Pursue Happiness!
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:27amNo it is not! Republican National Committee attempts power grab with tonight’s vote on Minority report.
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/08/texans-join-uprising-against-rnc-rules-change/
Report Post »louise
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:56amWilma, great article, thank you for posting it for everyone to read!
Report Post »toiletclogga
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:25amTime for all Conservatives to come together under a single banner: The Romney/Ryan ticket! There is one goal, and that is to rid the country of Liberal Progressive ideology, and to return the country to a sound footing. Republicans need to stay on point. Don’t engage about this fictional “war on women.” The economy is what people are most concerned about.
Report Post »bharris0
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:11amNot even a remote chance. Romney/Ryan would not make a pimple on a conservative’s butt.
They are about 1/2 step above Obama and that is the nicest thing I can say about them.
They wouldn’t recognize a conservative principle if it smacked them across the face.
Report Post »toiletclogga
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:36amGo ahead and waste your vote on Ron Paul! Sometimes you have to set aside principal ideology, and enter into reality. Reality is this: Romney/Ryan or Obama/Biden. There are no other choices.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:52amTOILET: Agree. The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions . The Road to a Marxist Big Brother America may be paved with Ron Paul supporters. ( am sure the Democrats are delighted with their Guy Fawkes / masked accomplishments on this issue )
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:59am@Turd
You call for unity yet the GOP had cheated and lied. They dont want the libertarian vote, and I am almost positive they wont get it. People are getting fed up with the games and the status que. You can vote for the status quo all you like, but remember you are just as much of the problem as the Democrats are.
Report Post »Nuncle
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:44amIf you are not in a battleground state, and are a fiscal conservative or a constitutionlist, I really recomend voting for Gary Johnson. A 10% showing for Libertarians will move the Republican party towards a more responsible postiton.
Report Post »toiletclogga
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:21am@ Mutiny. Who’s the liar? Ron Paul is a Libertarian who ran as a Republican. Get your head out of the collective Ron Paul behind, and enter into the real world. He‘s been an opponent of the Republican party as long as he’s been in Congress! He’s the real RINO!
Report Post »Locked
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:29am@Toilet
“Time for all Conservatives to come together under a single banner: The Romney/Ryan ticket!”
My issue is that Romney/Ryan is not a fiscally conservative ticket; it’s a socially conservative one. While I don’t disagree with those principles personally, I cannot in good conscience keep quiet when they try to keep a big government around to enforce them. What happened to “let the states and people decide?“ How can Romney say ”I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother“ but then the RNC makes the ”Personhood Amendment” a plank? How can we have people propose “civil unions” as an alternative to gay marriage, then have the RNC draft a plank that bans both?
Heck, how come we even have a plank against sharing pornography online?
Let the social issues be decided at the local level, and let’s focus on the fiscal issues. Romney/Ryan is playing the same game as Obama/Biden; ignore the economy and go for pure emotional Pavlovian responses.
That’s not a conservative view.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:43am@Toilet
” Ron Paul is a Libertarian who ran as a Republican…He’s the real RINO!”
… then why would a fiscal conservative vote Republican? You just said it yourself: he’s not really a Republican. A large portion of the GOP, as you’re dancing around but not mentioning, does not want small government or adherence to the Constitution. They don’t want fiscal solutions or long-term economic viability. They want their specific social views to be mandated through legislation, much as the Democrats want the same.
Meanwhile, true conservatives are looking at that view in confusion and terror. What about the economy? What about our children’s future? Who cares if online pornography is made illegal if our entire economy collapses within the next decade or two? What difference will gay marriage‘s legality make if our currency becomes worth less than the paper it’s printed on?
You’re right: Ron Paul is a RINO. Considering 80% of the country disapproves of the job our current politicians are doing, I don’t see being a Republican as much of a benefit though.
Report Post »TJeff1
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:00amThe republican party is going to have to embrace more libritarian principles for it to survive. That is a fact and it is the future of the Republican party. Get used to it!!
Report Post »louise
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:23amSorry Blaze, this article is poor reporting.
When the RNC set in place new rules to cut off the elected Ron Paul delegates, they (RNC and Romney Campaign) has lost all credibility. These “rules” will give the RNC the power to seat a nominee of THEIR choosing, not the peoples’.
Is this America or isn’t it? This is out and out election fraud.
The RNC gave Ron Paul delegates the nosebleed seats while giving the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico seats right behind Michigan…???
It would be nice to have some unbiased reporting not just from the blaze, but from all journalistic outlets.
The only way that the RNC is going to silence us is when all Americans are stripped of all Liberties. It is almost here folks. THIS was what Ron Paul warned about. The Republican Party has chosen it’s own path. I choose differently.
Report Post »toiletclogga
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:27amLibertarian candidate Ron Paul lost the Republican primary! It’s time for him to step aside, and accept defeat. Same goes for his followers.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:54am@LOUISE, with all do respect, if Ron Paul had a large number of support he would be at the convention. I‘m sorry you don’t except the fact that Mr. Paul is unelectable. I liked Ron Paul at first, his ideoligy seemed great on the surface, however, after digging deeper I and many Americans come to understand we could not accept nor live through his foreign policies. Now we are at a major point in our countries history and future. It’s very hard to comprehend how Ron Paul supporters intend to hand the election over to Obama by voting for a person that does not have a chance of winning. If Obama wins it will be partially you and the people like you that insured his victory. I have no ill will to Paul supporters I just want all of you to consider all of the realistic facts and our Country’s future before you exercise your all important right of the vote. America and her values can not survive another four yours of this Marxist direction.
Report Post »louise
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:22amJustanotheropinion,
Report Post »I am a life long registered Republican. I have always voted Republican. But when the Republicans no longer stand for Liberty and ignore the confines of our Constitution, I can not in good conscience vote Romney/Ryan. They are both in favor of the rules changes the RNC set in place to silence the voice(s) of Liberty. That is not the kind of president I want. All this game playing like children is disgusting to me. Do it the right way and let the best man win. If this new rule change is not done away with, the voice of Liberty will never be heard.
RepubliCorp
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:43amIt’s time to send Ron Paul to the trash heap of history…. his revolution failed. America rejected Paul. Texas rejected Paul. Paulbots need to figure out that no one is buying into their cult & the Chevy volt isn’t the car of the year.
Report Post »TJeff1
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:06amRepublicorp,
Paul has won because he has completely changed the landscape of politics. There is no way the Republicans will win without the Paul supporters. They will have to conform to at least some of the liberty policies that Paul has expoused.
So he has won big. Not the presidency but his goal has been achieved.
Report Post »jadams1214
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:51pm@JUSTANOTHEANOPINION Can you tell me what the romney/ryan foreign policy that you will be voting for is.
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:22amAnd what does FreedomWorks and TheBlaze have to say about the republicans and RULE CHANGES??? that essentially strips the grassroots of all of it’s representative power by ridding State Parties of their ability to choose whom they will send as delegates and alternates to represent their State to the Republican National Convention. The rules change would allow the Presidential nominee sweeping new power to override that process and choose their own National Delegates. The rule also allows the RNC (with only a 3/4 vote) the power to amend the party’s rules without a vote by the full Republican National Convention…. any question they want to rid the party of “tea”???
Report Post »louise
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:29amLisa, amen!
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:30amThe Blaze and Glenn Beck have been falling behind in their reporting lately.
Report Post »MikaelScot
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:30amHaha you guys beat me to it. Althought I wouldn’t call it “poor” as much as incomplete. The rules issues were being done behind the scenes with the world more focused on the hurricane than the convention. If any one is still curious what was going on there is a huge thread here that outlines it in detail as well as letters and messages from Palin FreedomWorks and others. http://michellemalkin.com/
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:57amNo, I think it’s DELIBERATE that they do not report on these issues.. I have sent them links numerous times and even dick Armey has a statement on freedomworks about it and the Blaze and Glenn IGNORES IT!! GLENN ISN’T ON OUR SIDE!! HE”S A SHILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT!!
Report Post »myptofvu
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:30amYeah I’d like to know why Glenn is not addressing this
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:17amI agree– this IS an absolutely deliberate blackout on the establishment attack on the grassroots Tea Party. There is no other explanation. I think we all know the conventions and the so-called angst/division between the parties is all a hoax; coordinated fraud against We the People. It’s harder and harder for them to hide the fact that are both closely aligned against us.
Report Post »Quixotic-911
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:44pmThe tea party cannot be stopped, not even by revolution. Progressivism has failed to rewrite or erase the unique and rich history of the United States that will continue to be the Tea Parties inspiration for generations , perhaps even for other freedom lovers the world over long after the U.S. no longer exists.
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