The GOP with Dick Armey heading up Freedom Works has funded the much of Tea Party Movement. Their goal make the frustration work for the GOP and retain them as a voting block. As with the Religous Right - Value Voters, the GOP may have a Tiger by the tail. The Tea Party Movement has vowed to purge the Moderates from the GOP.
Dale Robertson doesn't mince words. The tea party spokesperson and head of Teaparty.org in Houston issued a strong statement this week warning state GOP leaders that if they didn't support strongly conservative candidates, their jobs were at risk.
"We are turning our guns on anyone who doesn't support constitutional conservative candidates," Robertson said. "If they don't get that, and their party chairmen don't get that, they are going to be ostracized."
Jim Greer, Florida's GOP Chairman, was forced to resign earlier this week under similar pressure from far-right activists following his endorsement of Charlie Crist, a "big-tent" Republican who has been criticized by some conservative factions for being too moderate. Tea Party activists have backed Crist's opponent, Marco Rubio, in the upcoming Republican primary.
Crist has notably broken from the Republican party on a few key issues. He's supported green initiatives such as cap-and-trade legislation, and potential offshore drilling. Perhaps most markedly, Crist was a strong proponent of the stimulus bill, going as far as to hug President Obama while introducing him at a rally in Ft. Meyers.
"I think it's just all-around frustration with some in our party who have a very pure philosophy of how you should govern," Greer told the New York Times Magazine. "People want a common-sense approach to governing. And approaching it with purity won't get anything done."
Jenny Beth Martin, the national coordinator of Tea Party Patriots, explains the Tea Party's latest offensive. "People in America are very tired of the irresponsible taxing and spending that has happened in Washington. They want a return to fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government and free markets."
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A "moderate republican" isn't a republican but a warped politically correct bunch who have the gall to fly the Republican flag. I'm with the tea partiers.
Swaying from your parties values and becoming a so called "moderate" is what cowards do.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByMadmar11 (41.96) 
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"Party values"... Blah...
How about American Values. Or Constitutional values?
Posted Jan-7-2010 Bystitched83 (57.32) 
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Um, a liberals values or a blacks values certainly aren't mine, so that so called "American values" statement you made is laughable. We aren't 1 big bunch of friends. America is a land composed of enemies and I know my side. Its as simple as that. I will never ever stand for and except values that I don't like, period.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByMadmar11 (41.96) 
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And what Dictators do? Go the the extreme? How smart.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByDoctorPsyOps2 (48.66) 
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So what's "your side" exactly? I'm interested. People with no "blacks value"? What is a black man's value and what makes it different than a white mans.
Please emphasize.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByDoctorPsyOps2 (48.66) 
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It is smart when that dictator is on YOUR side, which is the goal of everyone. Face it, you are my enemy and yes, on a battle field I would kill you. I don't like canadians btw. Pussies.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByMadmar11 (41.96) 
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a house divided against itself cannot stand
-A. Lincoln
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByOngarou (48.14) Ongarou View Channel Send Message
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Not much of a builder was he.
Check out how the native Indians made their tents, thats right,was equal force on every side.
Lincoln was a cockfaggot.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByGlasswire (177.56) Glasswire Send Message
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Responsiblilty and Accountablilty for ALL elected/appointed officials PERIOD!
Carrer Politicians should become extinct!
The "gravy train" is over!
Posted Jan-7-2010 Byboomersooner (2093.14) 
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They want a return to fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government and free markets."
Thats all I ever asked for from my government, if they cant follow that then kick them out.
Posted Jan-7-2010 Byhlabrake (678.04) hlabrake View Channel Send Message
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Yep, good for them. Softy wishy-washy RINOs will be without jobs. People like Palin and Jindal and other young principled Conservatives will be taking over. People who hold strong fiscal and social principles.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByST0N3PONY (5025.22) 
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You mean people who stand no chance of being elected?
Posted Jan-7-2010 Bynotatheist (173.40) notatheist View Channel Send Message
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You're a good example of the mindless left who watched reality TV until election day and then votes completely ignorantly according to who Paris Hilton tells you to vote for.
Just ignore the polls, like you ignore everything else, and be prepared to rant mindless gibberish about "stolen elections".
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByST0N3PONY (5025.22) 
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Yeah, your idiots in office are laughing too, all the way to the unemployment lines. Reid is on his way out, as are many many other libs who thought they could get away with ramming legislation down our throats. Legislation the people don't support, in bills they hadn't even read before voting for it.
They're headed out, and Liebama is a one term president.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByST0N3PONY (5025.22) 
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And you're a good example of a partisan bigot who speaks out of his ass. I'm not a liberal and I don't watch reality TV.
If you're so concerned with polls you should know that Palin is one of the most disliked politicians in the country. Seeing as how a good chunk of the Tea Party movement is comprised of racists, I doubt Jindal is going anywhere.
There is a reason the extreme right touts a coming revolution. They won't ever win an election.
Posted Jan-7-2010 Bynotatheist (173.40) notatheist View Channel Send Message
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Goddamn right!
Posted Jan-7-2010 Bytrainwreckmetal (35.16) trainwreckmetal View Channel Send Message
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Cutting the nose off to spite the face, then shooting themselvs in the foot for good measure. If Ross Parott is still alive he should come out and rally these peeps away from the corporate entities that created the Tea Party faux movement stolen from Ron Paul.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByZardoz003 (1572.32) 
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hell yeah i think most of us are there!
Posted Jan-7-2010 Byomfgitshimagain (84.00) 
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Goddamn right!
Posted Jan-7-2010 Byobamadailynews (647.32) 
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WOW I missed him dieing..... really? I liked the little troll.
Posted Jan-7-2010 BySimpleSiren (786.74) SimpleSiren View Channel Send Message
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The "sin-as-much-as-possible-tans"?
The coco pops monkey?
Al Capone?
Walt Disney?
Come on, at least give us a hint.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByGlasswire (177.56) Glasswire Send Message
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Dont tread on me..
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByMaxisminion (7527.40) Maxisminion Send Message
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The Oozlum bird, is a legendary creature found in Australian and British legends. Some believe that the bird takes off and flies around in ever-decreasing circles until it manages to fly up its own ass, disappearing completely, which adds to its rarity.
Posted Jan-7-2010 Byshashi2005 (1164.92) shashi2005 View Channel Send Message
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Republican In Name Only
Posted Jan-7-2010 Bypiasa1 (12.64) piasa1 View Channel Send Message
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"Certain prominent conservatives have lately developed a distinct paranoid streak, accusing liberals of secret socialism and secret czarism as well as mind-bending plans to indoctrinate school children, build a private army, and so on.
For these Montagnards of the right, the enemy is always within, and none dare call it treason... except the brave entertainers of cable and AM radio.
But liberals are not the only impostors abroad in the land. Just as the free-market superstition holds ever More..
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByNurb (1005.12) 
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John McCain and Lindsey Graham have too go. Any more names out there?
Posted Jan-7-2010 By555chevy (1091.18) 
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this is the best news democrats could ever dream of.
if they wanted to concoct a genius scheme to get the republican party to continue its self destruction, this is it.
divide and conquer.
Posted Jan-8-2010 Bybacon (712.20) 
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This kind of thing has no end. If the leaders of the Tea Party movement want to push out "moderate" republicans, then who do they go after next? Once the moderates are out, then there will be a new definition of moderate inside the Tea Party Movement, than then they'll have to push them out. There is no such thing as "ideological purity". There is just conformism and bullshit. If the Tea Party wants the dems not to control Congress next year, then they better learn to g More..
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByAvgDude2 (451.52) AvgDude2 Send Message
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And, the head of the RNC is black dumbass. Stop spewing your retarded Reality-TV Paris Hilton political gibberish.
Posted Jan-7-2010 ByST0N3PONY (5025.22) 
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