Gallup Poll tells us what we knew already but Teabaggers deny - they are conservative Republicans

[LynneSin]

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2010/Senate/Maps/Jul07-s.html#1

While the media have given the impression that tea party supporters are angry independents who are very unhappy with the health care bill and the Obama administration generally, a new Gallup poll shows otherwise. The poll shows that 80% of the tea partiers are conservative Republicans, 15% are Democrats, and only 6% are independents. This is not entirely surprising since the initial organization and funding for the tea party rallies came from FreedomWorks, a group run by former House majority leader Dick Armey (R). In particular, comparisons between the tea partiers now and Ross Perot's supporters in the 1990s have no validity since Perot really did draw from supporters of both parties. It is probably a given that nearly all tea partiers will vote for Republican candidates in November, but that's hardly a surprise if they are indeed nearly all Republicans

Talk about a Captain Obvious moment with that poll. Those Tea Baggers weren't fooling any of us with their "We're Independant voters" bullcrap. Put a Fox in Sheeps clothing and you still have the Fox watching Faux News and spewing off mis-aligned talking points.

[arbusto_baboso]

1. I've been insisting this for months now.

It's like the C=Span callers who start with "I'm a life-long Democrat, BUT...."

Bullshit. You're not a life-long Democrat. You're a fucking liar is what you are. We need to call these fuckbuckets out for what and who they truly are.

[mediaman007]

8. They have to be Republicans. Anyone who has an inkling

of Democrat in their bones is frustrated with the lack of progressive action by this administration.

These "teabaggers" are the same people who wore the purple heart bandaids and chanted "drill, baby, drill." I would guess that less than one or two percent of them voted for Obama in the first place.

Where will they go when we kick their asses this fall?

[arbusto_baboso]

12. It's amazing to me that whenever I ask any "independent" teabaggers who they voted for...

They either have voted for republicans as long as they can remember, or they avoid answering my question and say "it's irreleveant".

No Fucko, it's completely relevant. You just don't want anything pesky like facts ruining your blanket generalizations and fear-mongering narratives.

[Lasher]

16. Some will say they haven't always voted Republican.

They say they voted for Ross Perot, which is supposed to prove they are independent free thinkers.

:wtf:

[EFerrari]

18. And before that Republicans were claiming to be independent, too,

much as Faux News claims to be fair.

[arbusto_baboso]

20. Which brings me to another point about 'baggers. If their cause is so righteous, why.....

do they have to almost constantly and pathologically lie about it? Shouldn't the merits of their cause speak for themselves?

[EFerrari]

21. Excellent point. They lie about their leanings, affiliations, numbers

funding. What do they not lie about?

I've never seen a tea klanner on camera relaxed and smiling and just recounting a story. :shrug:

[Hydra]

23. Righteous causes are seldom as well funded and never as media supported as this one is

The conclusions are obvious, for anyone without a dog in the race.

[arbusto_baboso]

24. Oh, you're not wrong. But the 'baggers all act like religious missionaries.

They think they're "lying for the Lord" or something. They have no problems resorting to any subterfuge or double-dealing in order to "win", as if this were a war or a football match.

[Hydra]

27. Oh, that's not unusual

Look at some of the people on "our" team doing the same.

I still think they're all bought and paid for, and their convictions are as strong as Stalin's devotion to communist ideals, and for the same reasons.

[malaise]

9. +1,000 n/t

[bbinacan]

2. 101%

80+15+6=101? What am I missing?

[jimlup]

11. they've rounded some of the numbers

79.9%+14.7%+6.4%=100%

even rational numbers can have an infinite number of decimals.

[bbinacan]

14. Thanks

That's plausible.

[YOY]

3. If by "conservative" you mean "so far right that they make Rush look like Mike Malloy"...yes.

n/t

[Deep13]

7. Anyone to the left of Joseph Goebbels is a "liberal," you know. nt

[Deep13]

4. ...who hate the idea of Black non-conservatives in charge. nt

[YOY]

10. Shit...they hate the idea of black conservatives too.

n.t.

[Deep13]

17. Oh yeah, I forgot about Steele.

[DJ13]

5. and if they're really cowards they claim to be independents

I've run into a few of those, always defending the GOP, but not being honest enough to admit they're Republicans after Bush ruined that as a badge of honor.

[arcane1]

6. A whole lot of proud republicans...

suddenly and mysteriously became "libertarians" overnight. The night in question was the night after election night in 2008.

[OHdem10]

13. No matter what they call themselves--they vote Republican.

[LynneSin]

15. I call them 'Selfish, Racist, Assholes who have no clue who Jesus really is'

:D

[lpbk2713]

19. Here's another factoid for Mr Gallup.

They are all avid BecKKK listeners. BecKKK is the poster boy for the TeaBag Party.

[Old and In the Way]

22. Teapublicans.

Poor enough to be middle/lower class; not bright enough to vote in their best interests.

[LWolf]

25. 15% are Democrats???

Does that mean we have to be tolerant of tea baggers on DU now?

It's no surprise to hear that most are conservative Rs. But Ds? :wtf:

[arbusto_baboso]

26. Hey, I have relatives who are "democrats" who have never voted for a democratic candidate

in their lives.

And of course, that 15% figure also assumes those people weren't lying their asses off.

[LWolf]

28. I'm sure some of them were lying.

I know that there are plenty of neoliberals in the Democratic Party, unfortunately. The idea that actual TEABAGGERS, though, would be Ds is a little hard to swallow, to say the least.

[LynneSin]

29. It wouldn't be a challenge to a Teabagger to vote for Blanche Lincoln or Ben Nelson

:shrug:

[LWolf]

31. Unfortunately.

:(

[Urban Prairie]

30. I also believe that most, if not all of those 15% who were allegedly Democrats

Were lying through their teeth in an attempt to make it appear that the teabaggers are comprised of members who are disgruntled voters from all political ideologies.

It doesn't make sense that their so-called Tea Party did not receive any notoriety until after Obama was elected president, as they claim it began during a Ron Paul rally in '07. So they just sat on their hands for two years, before coming out of the political closet??

[BlueIdaho]

32. White, old, racist, and republican. That about wraps it up.

[K8-EEE]

33. I think even the 15% Dem number is bullshit

Sure there are conservative dems but teabaggers are pure Palin/GWB/FoxNews type weirdos

I think when they're polled they are trying to make the "diversity" LOL argument by saying yes.

[ThoughtCriminal]

34. Yeah, it's like those radio callers

Who say they were lifetime "Democrat" voters, but are pissed at Obama and then spew 30 years of republican talking points.