Tag: Tea Party

Tea Party Takes Over the Maine GOP

Filed in National by on May 12, 2010 7 Comments

One of the continuing stories/themes these days is just what effect, short-term and long-term, the Tea Party movement will have on American politics in general, and the Republican Party specifically. Mock it all you want (please, mock it…it’s fun!), but the Tea Party is a real force right now. For proof, look no farther (further?) […]

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Delaware Teabonics

Filed in National by on April 16, 2010 20 Comments
Delaware Teabonics

A Delaware Liberal special correspondent sends us some pictures from yesterday’s Sussex Tea Party.

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Teabagger Round-Up

Filed in National by on April 15, 2010 5 Comments

There seems to be a lot of news about the teabaggers lately, probably because today is their big protest day. A new survey of Tea Party supporters found they are older, whiter, more male and more likely to call themselves “angry” than other Americans. Their political beliefs aren’t even internally consistent: Their responses are like […]

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Military Tea Party

Filed in National by on April 13, 2010 18 Comments

What could possibly go wrong with this? A new Tea Party group, Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots, has grown quickly since being launched last month by an active duty Marine Corps sergeant. The group, which vows to “stand up on the very soil we defended to preserve common sense conservatism and defend our Constitution that […]

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Anti Health Care Reform Activist Arrested For Death Threats

Filed in National by on April 7, 2010 27 Comments

Those tea partiers are just regular folks and when people accuse them of inciting violence they’re liar, right? Maybe not. Federal prosecutors have charged a Washington state man, Charles Alan Wilson, with repeatedly making threatening calls to Sen. Patty Murray’s Seattle office, threatening to kill her because of her support for the health care bill. […]

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Mike Castle Announces Support For Health Care Repeal Efforts

Filed in National by on April 6, 2010 9 Comments

Mike Castle tries to be all things to all people. His carefully worded statement about health care reform repeal fooled the News Journal editorial board into praising his sensible stance. “While this president is in office, repealing this full law is not realistic and not the best use of our efforts,” Castle said in a […]

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The Genie Is Out Of The Bottle

Filed in National by on March 27, 2010 39 Comments

The real problem we are facing today is not that the Tea Party is part of the Republican Party, it’s that the Republican Party has been absorbed by the Tea Party.  When the GOP lost the middle all it was left with was its fringe.  And like all fringe groups Tea Partiers aren’t willing to […]

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Republicans Decide They’re The True Victims, And We’d Better Believe Them… Or Else!

Filed in National by on March 25, 2010 26 Comments

Everyone else is simply “collateral damage” who need to understand how upset and angry they are, and how Dems brought all this on themselves. Via Roll Call: Tea party protesters are reportedly planning a protest at the home of Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin later this week, prompting Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer to work with local […]

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Palin Says “Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!”

Filed in National by on March 24, 2010 28 Comments
Palin Says “Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!”

Commonsense Conservatives & lovers of America: “Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!” Pls see my Facebook page. Sarah Palin Hop on over to her Facebook page and find her targets – Complete with cross-hairs. Conservatives are playing a very dangerous game. Some are even issuing instructions… On Friday, former militia leader Mike Vanderboegh called for anti-Democratic […]

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Where Do Republicans Go From Here?

Filed in National by on March 22, 2010 41 Comments

Republicans rolled the dice when it came to killing Health Care Reform.  And they lost.  My question is where they go from here?  Coincidentally, David Frum asked the same question: No illusions please: This bill will not be repealed. Even if Republicans scored a 1994 style landslide in November, how many votes could we muster […]

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Brown To Host First Beltway Fundraiser

Filed in National by on March 17, 2010 3 Comments
Brown To Host First Beltway Fundraiser

Ah, more of the same. Tea Party Senator Scott Brown will host his first beltway fundraiser — umm, tea party? — later this month. If you have $1000, you too can attend. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Is Graham a RINO in Recovery?

Filed in National by on March 17, 2010 4 Comments
Is Graham a RINO in Recovery?

Sen. Linsdey Graham, John McCain’s BFF, talking about health care reform on South Carolina radio inteview: Nancy Pelosi, I think, has got them all liquored up on sake and you know, they’re making a suicide run here. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat of Japanese-American descent, was not too pleased: I am disheartened that Senator Graham […]

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