Friday, February 5, 2010

Tennessee Democrats Lovin' the Tea Party

Posted by Jeff Woods on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:51 AM

click to enlarge Tom Tancredo bringing it at the tea party
  • Tom Tancredo bringing it at the tea party
Crazy talk has only just begun at the tea party convention (with the first-night speaker, Tom Tancredo, calling President Obama "a committed socialist ideologue" who was elected by "people who could not even spell the word 'vote' or say it in English"). But it's already putting a smile on the face of Chip Forrester. That's right, the state Democratic Party chairman loves it when the tea partiers go off, especially when they do it with lots of media watching. When ordinary people listen to the tea partiers for a little while, Barney Frank suddenly seems a lot more reasonable. The way Forrester sees it, one of two things can happen with this tea party thing, and they're both good for Democrats:
"If they form a third party, that would fragment and splinter the Republican Party. But at this point, it doesn't appear that they can get it together well enough to form a third party. So it looks like the Republican Party will wrap their arms around the tea party and bring them in. That will push the Republican Party further to the right, which also bodes well for us."
Already, according to Forrester, "The Republican Party in Tennessee, the way it's presently constructed, wouldn't have a warm seat for Howard Baker."

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YO TEA PARTY!!!! I'm a white Tennessee democrat and your racist pig of leader and your narrow minded views in no way speaks for me.
Let's not forget that Tennessee is the home of the KKK. Maybe these other folks from elsewhere should reconsider aligning them selves with such wolves in sheep's clothing.
This tea party movement might of been a nice idea, if it hadn't been spawned by a bunch of greedy ,racist, scared , religious cowards.
You all are lucky this is America, where even stupidity and bigotry are tolerated.
Since you all hate the way it is so much, why don't you ask your make believe god to take you all away now. Ask to be delivered from the big bad Obama administration. Can you Say Heaven's Gate?
Remember Jim Jones?
Do the rest of us a favor and follow their example and GO HAVE A GRAPE KOOL AID PARTY!!
Let's not forget how we got into today's mess. You pigs are the same folks that voted in that lying piece crap puppet George W. Bush.
Allow me to put in a way your little narrow pea brains can understand, YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW!! Now remember that as we continue to oil the jaws of the war machine with our babies.
Ya like that? I've got more, want some?
Sincerely,
Your mortal enemy, a free thinking American

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Posted by nunsyobiz on 02/05/2010 at 10:46 AM

"So it looks like the Republican Party will wrap their arms around the tea party and bring them in. That will push the Republican Party further to the right, which also bodes well for us."
This is known as whistling past the graveyard.

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Posted by Gilbert Martin on 02/05/2010 at 11:06 AM

Yo Nunsyobiz - your repeating the same hippie garbage that embarasses your party. Have an original thought and use proper English. It's much more effective.

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Posted by Andy on 02/05/2010 at 11:59 AM

Leave him be, Andy.
He's actually a double agent on an assignment to make leftists appear to be as wacko as possible.
He's doing an excellent job.

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Posted by Gilbert Martin on 02/05/2010 at 12:04 PM

Tea-baggers are just the idiot-wing of the GOP, and a bunch of ignorant racists to boot, giving their cheering of Tancredo. This is their basis for their foaming at the mouth hatred for Obama.

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Posted by Michael on 02/05/2010 at 5:06 PM

Andy says:
"Yo Nunsyobiz - your repeating the same hippie garbage that embarasses your party. Have an original thought and use proper English. It's much more effective."
Posted On: Friday, Feb. 5 2010 @ 11:59AM
Andy, if you're going to call someone out for 'proper English' you should probably check your own.
I'm referring to the misspelling of the word embarrass and the misuse of the word your when you meant to say the contraction of you are which is you're. I'm just saying.

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Posted by nashvillej on 02/05/2010 at 5:49 PM

Thats right moonbats, you just lost your super majority and we're coming for the rest of you in November. Remember this you wacko leftists, YOU are the minority of this great nation and we're taking it back.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.

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Posted by Nozz on 02/06/2010 at 12:31 AM

Us tea party people out number you leftwing nuts, BUSH OR OBAMA, we do not like big govt, we want honesty back in our govt, no more spending our children and grandchildren to the poor house, wake up you dump college educated ninnies. No more lies - the truth will set us free!

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Posted by joniraynor on 02/06/2010 at 2:31 PM

These idiots at the TEA PARTY don't even have a clue of what they are even raising hell about. The GAY OLE PARTY, just what do they stand for?

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Posted by Tom L on 02/06/2010 at 4:18 PM

Tea partys are for sissy's. You have Phil Valentine who would make a excellent Gay Poster Child, and poor Sarah Palin, who blamed Katie Couric for her demise. Kate Couric has a demise of her own. Last but not least the Tea Party is worshiping the same group of losers that got us in this mess.

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Posted by Mighty Mick on 02/06/2010 at 8:01 PM

MORE FUN than a Tennessee TEA PARTY... yeeehaaaa!
YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE EXCEPT YOURSELVES
I got this whole Tea Party cult figured out. You Conservative Tea Baggers all have yours, right? Screw the other guy (fellow American) Most of you are retired, non-union shop workers or small business owners and you think if the OTHER GUY goes down, IT WON’T HURT YOU! But that’s really not TRUE is IT?
Most of those loyal customers who used to buy your goods/services are not around anymore, ARE THEY? The value of YOUR home has dropped because of all the foreclosures in you neighborhood, hasn’t IT?
As a matter of fact, haven’t you been working for LONGER HOURS FOR LESS PAY, lately? The ONLY reason you think it’s COOL is because of all those reality TV shows where the boss is yelling at employees, making them stick to unreasonable deadlines or eat worms (lol) or something. (Hell’s Kitchen, American Chopper, The Apprentice, etc…)
You shop at WalMart to make up for the loss in pay. Your pet died from poisoned pet food, the kids have lead based toys, the sheet-rock & toothpaste are TOXIC and the Chinese are making things from BRITTLE METAL!
(notice all the collapsed cranes and bridge repairs)
Jeez, by the TIME you stupid mamajama’s FINALLY wake up... the good ole USA will be no better than a corporate owned police state.
consciousmc.blogspot.com

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Posted by SPO on 02/06/2010 at 9:01 PM

Hitler and the Nazi's were right wing. The Tea party is right wing. Hate the jews for the Nazi's. Hate anyone not white for the Tea partiers. The Oklahoma Tea party wants to form an armed militia - the new SS. Seig Heil!

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Posted by Lurch on 04/13/2010 at 10:51 PM

Wow, what a lot of spewing going on here. We've got the likes of "nunsyobiz" with his/her foaming at the mouth ranting and "spo" with his/her random words in caps making no sense, and "Lurch" comparing the teapartiers to the Nazis. Geeze, people, put a lid on it. While I find the tea party interesting and sometimes get a laugh at the nuts that attach themselves to the group (and get way too much media), I also recognize the reason the tea pary exists and I don't think it has anything to do with racism, or nazism, or Jim Jones, or whatever. There is a growing fear that government and wall street are out of control and that our national debt is beyond dangerous. People are beginning to feel they have no control over the bad situation they find themselves in and it scares them. When people are afraid, regardless of how legitimate that fear is, they become desperate and look for any straw to grab to keep from drowning. The tea party is not a disease, it is a symptom. To ridicule, ignore or denigrate this fear and desperation is a mistake.

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Posted by HorseSense on 04/14/2010 at 10:22 AM
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