What is the Tea Party?

[Andy A]

Ponder this, what was the projected health of our economy ten years out when Bush took office? You Tea Party Patriots were the the ones who encouraged GW in his policies and put him in office a second time even though the signs were there he had no idea what he was doing. I'm not defending Obama here, I sticking with the subject of the thread and asking why the Tea Party movement didn't form during the Bush years?

Poppy, you are absolutely correct and those are the reasons we are going to make sure Obama is a one term president. Regardless how much you and others would like to make the Tea Party movement a totally Republican one, it is not true in the mind of this supporter, and I would like to think, many others who support many of our beliefs.

 

[scooterbug44]

IMO the fiscal agendas of the Tea Party are universal, but the social agenda is Republican.

Really wish the Social agenda could not have happened so that the Tea Party COULD achieve greatness as a major 3rd party and bring some much needed non-partisan finance discussion to debates, the ballot, and the capitals.

 

[Bob]

What is the Tea Party. Where did Gov. Skeletor Scott sign the Budget????? THE VILLAGES!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida#Demographics The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.4% White, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.5% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 1.3% of the population.

There were 400,393 households, of which 0.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.1% were married couples living together, 1.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.89 and the average family size was 2.05.

Age ranges in the population were 0.3% under the age of 18, 0.3% from 18 to 24, 1.5% from 25 to 44, 40.4% from 45 to 64, and 57.5% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 66 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males. As stated above, The Villages is an age-restricted community with only three neighborhoods designated for residences by persons under age 19 (absent a granted exemption).

The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,542, and the median income for a family was $45,078. Males had a median income of $58,173 versus $26,176 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,343. About 2.8% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those aged 65 or over.

Considered a heavily Republican community, The Villages is a popular election stop[9] and platform for personalities such as former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin,[10][11] former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee[12] and talk show host/author Glenn Beck.[13]...This is the Villages. retired white bread America, fat on pensions and social security checks and medicare benefits, longing for a return of racial, cultural supremacy with Mitch Miller playing in the background. The Tea party is the problem, not the solution. It's constituents are feeding on the majority of the federal budget.

 

[Bob]

Because a whole lot of republicans placed blind faith in a "republican" president working with a "republican" lead congress. That was a mistake. The Tea Party was born out of the economic crisis which kicked off in the final months of 2007. Clearly they are now looking back and learning a lesson or two. (IMHO, democrats are currently making the same mistake with Obama.)

The Tea Party was born of racial fear from having a black President.

 

[Bob]

Ponder this, what was the projected health of our economy ten years out when Bush took office? You Tea Party Patriots were the the ones who encouraged GW in his policies and put him in office a second time even though the signs were there he had no idea what he was doing. I'm not defending Obama here, I sticking with the subject of the thread and asking why the Tea Party movement didn't form during the Bush years?

They love Bubbaworld. No brownskins, only brownshirts.

 

[Bob]

No, it's a convenient excuse for the likes of you.

Yes, you are correct that Obama caused the deficits, Obama started the wars, and Obama can get a cab at night in Birmingham.

 

[Lake View Too]

Wars yes; Tax cuts? Only because of huge increases in spending that overtook the increases in revenue. Add in the hyper-stupidity of loaning anyone money for houses they could not afford through freddie and fannie and the regulations jungle that killed businesses or drove them overseas and you have the critical mass. That mass was created by both democrats and republicans. Bush deserves the blame for getting us into Iraq for no good reason and staying in Afghanistan to "nation build" instead of destroying Al Queda and getting out. He also deserves blame for the TARP and the bank bailouts. Obama deserves blame for the stimulus, trillion dollar deficits and Obamacare. Just because Bush was a disaster for Republicans does not mean the Democrats had to get even with a disaster in Obama.

The Iraq and Afghan wars were the only wars in US history to not be funded by a tax increase. Instead , they were coupled to major tax cuts, which is commonly known in economic terms as a double-whammy.

 

[Miss Kitty]

IMO the fiscal agendas of the Tea Party are universal, but the social agenda is Republican.

Really wish the Social agenda could not have happened so that the Tea Party COULD achieve greatness as a major 3rd party and bring some much needed non-partisan finance discussion to debates, the ballot, and the capitals.

My thoughts exactly.

The Tea Party was born of racial fear from having a black President.

For real? Do you have a link? Oh, wait...I see your other post.

 

[Bob]

My thoughts exactly.



For real? Do you have a link? Oh, wait...I see your other post.

aren't you a 3 wood from GW? Tea Party central in Florida is The Villages, few blacks, all white meat. Does The Lone star state have a similar hangout?

 

[Rita]

What most Tea Party members advocate are drastic cuts in spending to bring our fiscal house in order. True cuts have not been attempted in decades. What Washington calls a "cut" is simply a reduction in the rate of spending growth.

This is how I see the Tea Party also. Drastic cuts scare me but I would like to see them successful in forcing cuts and efficiency improvements. What I do not like about the Tea Party is the introduction of the cultural wars into their agenda. That is why I would have a very hard time ever supporting them. Look at the first actions many took around the country and in DC after the 2010 elections.... social issues - not jobs and budgets.

IMO the fiscal agendas of the Tea Party are universal, but the social agenda is Republican.

Really wish the Social agenda could not have happened so that the Tea Party COULD achieve greatness as a major 3rd party and bring some much needed non-partisan finance discussion to debates, the ballot, and the capitals.

Scooty nails it for me! The fringes/extremes with their social agendas really muddied the water for the Tea Party imo.

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