On Sep 17, 10:46 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Euwe!!
>
> Good to see ya, and thank you for making my point!
>
> Far left, socialist-elitists are scared to death of the Tea Party movement,
> thereby slinging any and all derogatory remarks at the movement, in an
> attempt to discredit the movement.
>
> I am missing a molar by the way, but I did by a lovely crown for it back
> five or six years ago....(You'd never know that I had lost a part of my
> anatomy!!)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:37 AM, euwe <machgie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There isn't one full set of teeth in the entire tea party movement
>
> > On Sep 15, 2:50 pm, nominal9 <nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/2010/0915/What-is-the-tea-...
>
> > > By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer / September 15, 2010
>
> > > In recent months, the "tea party" movement has swept across the
> > > political landscape, sending shivers through both major political
> > > parties and shaking up this year's midterm elections.
>
> > > Skip to next paragraph View gallery: Tea Parties
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> > > 'Tea party' is polarizing, but has many 'closet admirers,' poll finds
> > > 'Tea party' Contract From America: Real plan or bumper sticker? Tea
> > > Party - All coverage What began as a minor insurgency featuring
> > > protesters waving signs of dubious syntax, followed by racially tinged
> > > conspiracies about President Obama's lineage and religion and
> > > ostentatiously displayed firearms – and cheered on by some
> > > conservative commentators and bloggers – is now winning elections that
> > > could determine the balance of power in the US Congress. (The main
> > > question here is, does the trend favor Republicans or Democrats?)
>
> > > There is no such thing as the "tea party." It is not organized as
> > > such, and in fact the movement in some sense is antiparty – even
> > > though most of its political pot-stirring has been within the GOP.
>
> > > IN PICTURES: Tea Parties
>
> > > Join our conversation about the tea party on Facebook.
> > > The "Taxed Enough Already" movement took initial aim at federal
> > > government attempts to bail out and then stimulate a faltering economy
> > > – attempts that had begun during the Bush administration – as well as
> > > at the Obama administration's push for health-care insurance reform.
>
> > > If the movement had a symbolic beginning, it was in January 2009 with
> > > stock-trader Graham Makohoniuk's call to mail tea bags to members of
> > > Congress. Conservative bloggers took up the theme, CNBC's Rick
> > > Santelli made his famous rant against government help for underwater
> > > home mortgages, and public protests around the country began.
>
> > > Since then, the movement has sprouted (although not been defined or
> > > controlled by) several major organizations.
>
> > > Tea Party Patriots says it has more than 1,000 community-based tea
> > > party groups around the country. The group's mission is to "attract,
> > > educate, organize, and mobilize our fellow citizens to secure public
> > > policy consistent with our three core values of Fiscal Responsibility,
> > > Constitutionally Limited Government and Free Markets," according to
> > > its website.
>
> > > FreedomWorks, chaired by former US House majority leader Dick Armey,
> > > claims "hundreds of thousands of grassroots volunteers nationwide."
> > > FreedomWorks goes back to 1984, but has become a major source of the
> > > tea party movement's promotion and activities. It was an organizer of
> > > last Sunday's Taxpayer March on Washington.
>
> > > Page: 1 | 2
> > > The Tea Party Express, based in Sacramento, Calif., was a major force
> > > behind the Republican primary victories of Sharron Angle in Nevada,
> > > Joe Miller in Alaska, and Christine O'Donnell in Delaware. It was also
> > > a major donor to Scott Brown's successful campaign for US Senate in
> > > Massachusetts.
>
> > > Skip to next paragraph View gallery: Tea Parties
> > > Related Stories
> > > 'Tea party' is polarizing, but has many 'closet admirers,' poll finds
> > > 'Tea party' Contract From America: Real plan or bumper sticker? Tea
> > > Party - All coverage There may not be a "tea party" per se, but its
> > > adherents' philosophy and aims are officially represented on Capitol
> > > Hill. In July, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) of Minnesota formed the Tea
> > > Party Caucus. Fifty lawmakers quickly joined the group.
>
> > > While national organizations and grass-roots groups have their own
> > > stated goals, there is a tea party manifesto of sorts, which
> > > candidates are being encouraged to endorse. It's the Contract From
> > > America, launched by Ryan Hecker, an attorney and activist in Houston.
>
> > > Meanwhile, a clearer picture of tea partyers is emerging.
>
> > > In March, the Sam Adams Alliance, a Chicago-based nonprofit, issued a
> > > report based on a national survey of the tea party movement, its
> > > leaders, and their motivations.
>
> > > Among the findings:
>
> > > • 86 percent oppose the formation of a third party.
> > > • 36 percent support a 2012 Sarah Palin presidential candidacy.
> > > • 81 percent have a website for their organization.
> > > • 90 percent cited "to stand up for my beliefs" when characterizing
> > > their initial reason for involvement.
> > > • 62 percent identified as Republicans, 28 percent as Independents, 10
> > > percent as "Tea Party."
>
> > > "Tea Party activists are for the most part new to this role," the
> > > report states. "They are neither practiced nor polished in activism;
> > > but having experienced a taste of the empowerment that comes with
> > > action, they feel more than ever that this is their time to act. Above
> > > all, they are motivated by a fear of NOT acting.... Their diversity is
> > > their strength, and they are not a movement that can easily be defined
> > > by those jumping up to lead them. They are powerful and, in this
> > > sense, they are the 'early adopters' of a new type of political
> > > involvement."
>
> > > More recently, the Sam Adams Alliance reports that significant numbers
> > > of newcomers to the tea party movement are dropping their affiliation
> > > with the GOP: Forty-seven percent changed their political affiliation
> > > to "Independent/unaffiliated," 20 percent changed to "other," 20
> > > percent to "Tea Party," and 13 percent to "Libertarian."
>
> > > That's exactly why Republicans as well as Democrats are very concerned
> > > about this new movement in American politics.
>
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