Has The Tea Party Hijacked The Republican Party?

You don't need a suit and tie to be classy. It's the way you ACT. Yelling out racial slurs is not classy in any way, shape or form.

 

Compare a CONSERVATIVE and a RADICAL IDIOT is the best way I can describe it.

 

I share this poster's perspective completely. The neocons hijacked the tea party, like the market socialists are doing with OWS. Sarah Palin speaking was the nail in the coffin for me as well. You said it perfect, MFID.

 

We must ask ourselves why the Tea Party came to be. You can look at it as a grass roots movement or the GOP creating it to try and build support from conservatives.

You have to remember, the creation of the Tea Party was in the aftermath of the "W" years where the GOP went waaaay left of center with insane fiscal policies and entitlement sprees while ignoring illegal immigration and wars abroad. Then came Obama. Nuff said. People simply could not take more of the same anymore and needed an outlet.

The question I have is this, if the movement is a grassroots movement then the establishment sees it as a threat and will endevour to crush it ultimately while milking as much support from it along the way as they can. Of course, if it is merely a creation of the GOP just to gain support then eventually these new conservatives with a glimmer of hope will become hardened and cynical as they see the GOP continuing the way they did during the "W" years. In fact, we have Romney and Gingrich as shining examples of more of the same from the GOP.

 

The Tea Party was the RADICAL RIGHT from the very beginning. These are not REAL REPUBLICANS. Stop trying to cover things up. If you don't see what I see, I apologize. But this is clear as day to me.

 

Rather liberals have hijacked GOP.

 

The radical right? They were, and still are, for the most part, a bunch of old people. The tea party is primarily pissed old people, while OWS is primarily pissed young people. The one consistency, no one is happy and/or feels represented. The old people being easily taken over makes perfect sense, as they are the generations who have been bamboozled for nearly a century. I give the originals A for effort, though.

 

God your comments are so stupid.

 

What's stupid? That a bunch of "fake Republicans" are trying to take over a Party that used to have the respect of some on the left? Now that's stupid.

 

Yeah, because their purpose was reelecting Obama? LOL. Way to not address one thing I said, by the way. At least this election cycle has exposed a bunch of shills on PF, if nothing else. Something tells me you are one of those we won't hear a peep from after the election. Regardless of who wins.

 

Trust me on this one. After Obama wins, they're going home. They might stick around for a possible impeachment (which will never come) but they're going to be gone after that.

 

They're all old people. Half won't be alive to vote for the globalist who will help run us into the ground in 2016. Regardless of which party that globalist comes from. You shills are still preaching the same old rhetoric as if anyone reading believes the status quo of either party is actually different. I give you all credit for sticking to your guns, but something tells me it is just because you all aren't clever enough to come up with new tactics.

 

No, that your threads and comments are by and large stupid to the point they are being closed down by mods b/c of how dumb they are.

Socialists don't respect capitalists. Ya see, nobody buys your nonsense here.

 

The Tea Party formed from momentum from the Ron Paul Revolution.

Your attempt at the race card is noted.

 

Lying twice in a thread doesnt mean you are telling the truth. Keep repeating the lie though. A simple wiki search would clue you in.

 

Trolling is more important then dealing with facts.

 

I think the Tea Party started out as a new phrase for Libertarians, but it eventually got co-opted by the GOP.

 

The Tea Party is there to make the Republicans be Republicans. Those in the GOP who do not fight big government must be purged out.

Dick Lugar was a good Republican at one time but 36 years in DC has made him a RINO.

He's gotta go.

 

Purge the establishment? Maybe in a revolution, your dream'in man!!

 

The tea party is cracking the whip on the Tanman big time right now. See...boner man is supposed to disagree with EVERYTHING Obama can approve of. The tea party is reminding him of it now. The far, whacked out right controlling the normally whacked out right wing. Pretty funny stuff actually. Good SNL material.

 

Hey, the right has the Tea Party.

The left had the Occupy Movement, until people got tired of cleaning up the dookie in the ATM machines in New York. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Occupy-Wall-Street-Human-Waste-Urine-Feces-Public-Stairs-Chase-ATM-Vestibule-Arrest-143723706.html

People also got tired of Occupy destroying businesses in San Francisco. [video=youtube;U2FD40-8GEE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2FD40-8GEE[/video]

But they didn't support the left, did they? Or, the leftist government didn't support them, did they? Trashing places, throwing rocks at cops, crapping everywhere?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/obama-occupy-wall-street-not-that-different-from-tea-party-protests/

So Obama says, "hey, look what those Tea Party people do".

Nice, Barry. You're a real role model.