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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:39 PM Original message |
Notice how fast the Tea Party was legitimized? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. And if you ask, they'll say they aren't part of the republican party, |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. "Smirk." - RepubliCons |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Olig-opoly. |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. PROPAGANDA WORKS AGAIN..... RUPERT MURDOCK SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR SEDITION |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. PLUS ONE...............nt |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Of course |
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Populist_Prole (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Right around then I began to get a lot of RW email forwards |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. He registered as a Dem in 1947 b/c he liked what Strom Thurmond |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I love it... it splits the vote on the other side |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Yeah, and adding Ron Paul to the mix splits it even more. n/t |
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wakemewhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Disturbingly, I'm not sure that's what happened in the mid-term elections |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. you're right--because they were hanging their hopes on it |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. "oust Obama and turn back everything he's put into action in the past 3 years." |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. That's just about perfectly accurate. nt |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
73. that, too... |
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david_vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yup. And that study a little while back showed that there are only |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. +1000 |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. 1500? Don't believe it. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. And though they earlier referred to themselves as "teabaggers' |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. thanks for reminding me |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. I had the same feeling, but I thought I was the only one. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. not at all |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
68. Which is why I heard a n interview with |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. So stop supporting the MSM. Stop reading the MSM. Stop watching the MSM. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. ?????????????????? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
61. They can destroy internet free speech |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. I am on neither of the above, neither Twittern nor Facebook. |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. sadly, there has not been an anti-war movement since 1975 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Iagree on the issue of the draft... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. "I am beyond fed up." |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. our media created them by treating them as a legitimate party |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Proof of that famous liberal media bias. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. It's proof.....nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. The M$M HAD to do that. The movement started out protesting bailouts |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Having the tea party within the GOP gives the GOP twice the influence |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
63. But they call the moderates liberals. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. The humor is no one is showing up to these things anymore |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. That's cause the evil librul media, uh, wait a moment. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Folks too busy to notice. Blaming Obama/Dems for everything rather than the corporations |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. We who criticize politicians of both stripes always blame the corporations |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. +1,000. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
53. The corporate funders of the Tea Party have also funded |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. yep. |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. But it's a big movement with real issues that we need to pay attention to. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. This photo destined to become a classic. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. They are Republicans, and not a "party" in their own right. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. I thought some Congressional reps actually ran on the Tea Party ticket |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
22. K & R n/t |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. Maybe because it served the PTB's interest and why they bankrolled the |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. They were on the ballot here in Florida. However, the State party headquarters |
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Mr. Jefferson (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. The Tea Party is not a "legitimate" political party. They are not on the list. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Wow! No idea there were this many . |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. The Tea Party of Nevada qualified with the Nevada Secretary of State and was on the ballot |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Ironically, that guy wasn't a teabagger. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
30. A lot of RW corporate establishment money went into the creation of that grassroots movement. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. They were pre-approved for a big loan of political capital by the MSM. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. It all seemed rather . . . well rehearsed . . . |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
65. Well rehearsed. nt |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. This really shows the power of Newscorp to push an agenda. Don't blame the 'MSM' |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. As did CNN and CNBC. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. as did National Pentagon Radio (NPR) |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. Legitimized? It was created from whole cloth by the media. nt. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
39. great point |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
42. We don't have a media |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. The tea party is....was a creature of Fox. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. and they are buring out just as fast...nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
55. It was clearly a massive |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
64. Very well put. n/t |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
66. All Sewers lead to the KOCH BROTHERS |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
67. about as fast as the anti-war movement was marginalized |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
69. And unions and public employees got transformed... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
71. Late +1 |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. It's "If it bleeds, it leads." |
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