When is a spade a spade?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Sorry but all the conservatives have left the Republican party.

Indeed. The Limbaugh/Hannity/Teabagger wing of the party seems to have confused nihilism with conservatism.

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Sorry but all the conservatives have left the Republican party.

and most republicans left as well.

They went and sighed up religious nuts and teabagers as replacements.

[CarlV]

Carl

[bobabode]

Typical...typos and all.

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by CarlV

Carl

Goodness....Someone should end her suffragin'.......

[merrylander]

Says a lot about the school system here.

[Brett A]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Says a lot about the school system here.

I believe the current state of politics in this country is a direct result of the failure of our public school system. The fact that a whole faction of proudly ignorant people (the Tea Party) have been able to gain any influence is quite an embarrassment as an American.

[icenine]

A Tea Party member is someone who votes against their own self-interest and does not know that the things they value the most may be destroyed by those they are electing.
As long as they get their Medicare and Social Security....they do not realize that they may be destroying those programs for their children. In my opinion there is racist undercurrent to the movement, and once their is another president in office the label Tea Party will dissolve and you will have the good old bad old right wing again. I guess this is what happens when a nation forgets to study its' own history.
I miss the good old Republicans that liked big business and banks...the same ones that built the interstate highway system and created the EPA.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by icenine

A Tea Party member is someone who votes against their own self-interest and does not know that the things they value the most may be destroyed by those they are electing.
As long as they get their Medicare and Social Security....they do not realize that they may be destroying those programs for their children. In my opinion there is racist undercurrent to the movement, and once their is another president in office the label Tea Party will dissolve and you will have the good old bad old right wing again. I guess this is what happens when a nation forgets to study its' own history.
I miss the good old Republicans that liked big business and banks...the same ones that built the interstate highway system and created the EPA.

Yep, but at least they feel patriotic while they're damaging the nation.

[Brett A]

Originally Posted by icenine

A Tea Party member is someone who votes against their own self-interest and does not know that the things they value the most may be destroyed by those they are electing.

That is the irony. The group that has taken on the mission of "saving the country" are in fact themselves the greatest threat to liberty and prosperity for American citizens.

It must be profoundly uncomfortable to fear minorities of all types (non-whites, gays, women) while becoming one yourself. The dominance of the white male Christian is waning for the first time in American history. We really can't expect them to accept their status as minorities without a fight can we? After all, we white people have set up this racially-based system for our benefit. Imagine if it was turned around on us?