Boston Tea Party on The Common

[JohnnyD]

Who went? There's a lot of outrage on these boards at the current state of the government, so I'm sure you aren't all internet whiners and at least a handful of you guys were there support the causes many of you preach so strongly about... I was.

[JohnR]

Wow. Doesn't look like a lot of unruly people spreading fear and racism. Wonder how it will look on the news?

So what is your take? Respectable people, respectable message?

I was watching Chris Matthews a few weeks ago stumbling all over hisself trying to vilify the Tea Partiers.

I'd considered going to RI's but alas, I must work and have missed too much time in the past few weeks from hydro-induced household issues.

[mekcotuit]

You betcha she be presidential material..not

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by mekcotuit

You betcha she be presidential material..not


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I'm pretty sure I'm not going to vote for S.P. but I approve of this message. Spend Less, Tax Less. We are spending FAR MORE than we take in and borrowing a lot to do that. Happened in the last administration and it is hitting ludicrous speed in this administration.

As a country, we are doing what we argued ad-nauseum about WRT the banks and guvmint for the past couple years. If we don't change course hard and soon we're SCREWED. Keep this up and we're only 80 years or so behind the UK in being meaningless.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by mekcotuit

You betcha she be presidential material..not


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She's making 12 million this year. I don't think she wants the pay cut.

[buckman]

Thanks JD, I couldn't make it but I sure appreciate those like yourself who did.

[spence]

The Tea Party, along with the Right Wing punditry will destroy the credible GOP reformers...

This doesn't make me happy.

-spence

[Joe]

They are mostly independents. I had read in the liberal media that they were wingnuts, but that was a big lie.

[Nebe]

Its a shame sarah palin has been chosen to be their voice..... I like their message too, but the messenger is a complete moron...

[striperman36]

I watched most of her speech live streamed today, she is a total moron, and her speech writers should be fired.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Its a shame sarah palin has been chosen to be their voice..... I like their message too, but the messenger is a complete moron...

Wow, PaulS is not going to like hearing this kinda talk

[justplugit]

New York Times Poll finds Tea Party members are wealthier, more well educated than the general public ,tend to be Republican, white ,male and married, and their strong opposition to the Obama Administration is more rooted in their political ideology than anxiety about their personal economic situation.

They have 3 main concerns:

The recent HC overhaul.
Government spending.
A feeling that their opinions are not represented in Washington.

So much for Pelosie and the "Astro Turfs".

[spence]

Originally Posted by justplugit

The recent HC overhaul.
Government spending.
A feeling that their opinions are not represented in Washington.

My father said the exact same 3 things when Presdient Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug bill into law.

-spence

[Nebe]

what did the republicans say about social security?

[striperman36]

do it yourself

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by spence

My father said the exact same 3 things when Presdient Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug bill into law.

-spence

Waay ahead of his time.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by buckman

Thanks JD, I couldn't make it but I sure appreciate those like yourself who did.

I had a meeting in Downtown Crossing. Figured I'd check out what all the commotion is about.

Listening to some of the people talk (not the speakers, spectators), many of them are completely out of their mind. It basically felt like I walked into a Fox News convention. People regurgitating the same baseless crap that you hear on Hannity or Beck on any average night.

A couple gems:
"Communist censorship like they have in China will come to America. You open a NYTimes here and it's 60 pages, in China it's about 7."

"We're all going to be working for Mexicans some day."

"Sarah Palin for President 2012!!"

The majority of people that I saw in attendance were probably over 50 and male. I noticed maybe 5 people that were a race other than white. At least half the people had "Don't Tread on Me" flags and I would bet $100 that most of them didn't have a clue the meaning of the flags.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

I had a meeting in Downtown Crossing. Figured I'd check out what all the commotion is about.

Listening to some of the people talk (not the speakers, spectators), many of them are completely out of their mind. It basically felt like I walked into a Fox News convention. People regurgitating the same baseless crap that you hear on Hannity or Beck on any average night.

A couple gems:
"Communist censorship like they have in China will come to America. You open a NYTimes here and it's 60 pages, in China it's about 7."

"We're all going to be working for Mexicans some day."

"Sarah Palin for President 2012!!"

The majority of people that I saw in attendance were probably over 50 and male. I noticed maybe 5 people that were a race other than white. At least half the people had "Don't Tread on Me" flags and I would bet $100 that most of them didn't have a clue the meaning of the flags.

Great report, expected much harsher BS .

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

I had a meeting in Downtown Crossing. Figured I'd check out what all the commotion is about.

Listening to some of the people talk (not the speakers, spectators), many of them are completely out of their mind. It basically felt like I walked into a Fox News convention. People regurgitating the same baseless crap that you hear on Hannity or Beck on any average night.

A couple gems:
"Communist censorship like they have in China will come to America. You open a NYTimes here and it's 60 pages, in China it's about 7."

"We're all going to be working for Mexicans some day."

"Sarah Palin for President 2012!!"

The majority of people that I saw in attendance were probably over 50 and male. I noticed maybe 5 people that were a race other than white. At least half the people had "Don't Tread on Me" flags and I would bet $100 that most of them didn't have a clue the meaning of the flags.

hehehe - so tell us, what did you like?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

I had a meeting in Downtown Crossing. Figured I'd check out what all the commotion is about.

Listening to some of the people talk (not the speakers, spectators), many of them are completely out of their mind. It basically felt like I walked into a Fox News convention. People regurgitating the same baseless crap that you hear on Hannity or Beck on any average night.

A couple gems:
"Communist censorship like they have in China will come to America. You open a NYTimes here and it's 60 pages, in China it's about 7."

"We're all going to be working for Mexicans some day."

"Sarah Palin for President 2012!!"

The majority of people that I saw in attendance were probably over 50 and male. I noticed maybe 5 people that were a race other than white. At least half the people had "Don't Tread on Me" flags and I would bet $100 that most of them didn't have a clue the meaning of the flags.

you should have done what you always do and walk around telling everyone else how ignorant and uninformed they are

so...which was it?

"Who went? I'm sure you aren't all internet whiners and at least a handful of you guys were there support the causes many of you preach so strongly about... I was."

or

"I had a meeting in Downtown Crossing. Figured I'd check out what all the commotion is about.


were you there to support limited government and low taxes and adherence to the Constitution...or to count how many non-whites showed up because you happened to be in the area on business?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

My father said the exact same 3 things when Presdient Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug bill into law.

-spence

he was either alligned with other conservatives who vociferously opposed that large expansion of government ...

or he was alligned with other liberals who were only oppose to it because it wasn't a large enough expansion of govermnment in their opinion...and who could not stomach the thought of a Republican president signing into law a huge government entitlement....that's democrap pandering territory exclusively

you constantly roll this out Spence and it's really weak....:

[stcroixman]

I guess the question to ponder is:

Is the Tea party doing more damage to the Republican party or is the Democratic party doing more damage to itself?

I think it's the latter. This edition of Democratic leadership is a joke.
Say what you will about the Clinton years, but the economy was strong and taxes weren't going up all around us.

Obama isn't anymore respected or liked around the world than Bush was.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by justplugit

New York Times Poll finds Tea Party members are wealthier, more well educated than the general public ,tend to be Republican, white ,male and married, and their strong opposition to the Obama Administration is more rooted in their political ideology than anxiety about their personal economic situation.

They have 3 main concerns:

The recent HC overhaul.
Government spending.
A feeling that their opinions are not represented in Washington.

So much for Pelosie and the "Astro Turfs".

Can you pls. post a link. I saw a Quinipiac college poll which said that they are less educated and make less money on average than Joe 6 pack.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by buckman

Wow, PaulS is not going to like hearing this kinda talk

Missed this - why the infatuation? That's not healthy.

[RIJIMMY]

I dont know if anyone listens to WTKK, but Jim Braudie (sp?) is one of the most left wing nuts on the radio and even he thinks the tea party is valid and that the members are not all nut jobs.
Part of the momentum is that Obama did a very good job communicating the problems George Bush (apparently) created. Obama has done NOTHING to reverse the problems other than some minor policy changes. We have 2 wars, an unpopular prison camp, a raging defecit and a divided country. Healthcare is not the biggest issue facing this country. He made it his biggest issue and it will be his downfall.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Can you pls. post a link. I saw a Quinipiac college poll which said that they are less educated and make less money on average than Joe 6 pack.

you are confused...that poll was Obama Voters in general... the ..."GIM-ME PARTY"

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Can you pls. post a link. I saw a Quinipiac college poll which said that they are less educated and make less money on average than Joe 6 pack.

Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated - NYTimes.com

[RIJIMMY]

these people are f'in NUTBAGS!! This is CRAZY TALK !!!!!

Their responses are like the general public’s in many ways. Most describe the amount they paid in taxes this year as “fair.” Most send their children to public schools. A plurality do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to be president, and, despite their push for smaller government, they think that Social Security and Medicare are worth the cost to taxpayers. They actually are just as likely as Americans as a whole to have returned their census forms, though some conservative leaders have urged a boycott.

Tea Party supporters’ fierce animosity toward Washington, and the president in particular, is rooted in deep pessimism about the direction of the country and the conviction that the policies of the Obama administration are disproportionately directed at helping the poor rather than the middle class or the rich.

[Joe]

The demographics of any group consisting mainly of white people over fifty is better educated and makes more in comparison to other groups. White males over fifty hold most of the wealth.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by scottw

you are confused...that poll was Obama Voters in general... the ..."GIM-ME PARTY"

It must be the area you live in. In my area, Fairfield county, all the Obama supporters are extremely wealthy.

Jimmy - thanks for the link.