Friday, October 23, 2009
Politics Re: Today in Maverickiness
Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:42 PM
This idiot says "it's time for the Tea Party to become tangible." He says Democrats and Republicans used to have the same goals in mind, but...
That was before the Communist Party USA and Socialist Party USA formed the Democratic Socialists of America for the sole purpose of hijacking the Democrat Party. Today, the DNC is under the full control of the Democratic Socialists of America via their legislative teams in the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Congressional Black Caucus.Meanwhile, the Republican Party has been allowed to slip leftward as well, as Republican politicians have attempted to pander to so-called “moderates” (aka leftists lite) in an effort to retain some form of political power. This leaves the agenda of the extreme left unchallenged in Washington DC and this cannot continue.
Sadly, his solution isn't to form a third party but to consolidate Tea Party money and seize control of the Republican Party:
They do NOT need to form another third political party. But they do need to form something along the lines of a New Tea Party 527 organization through which they can raise money and seize control of the RNC.It’s a simple mathematical equation. Approximately 2 million American patriots recently descended on Washington DC on 9/12, in the biggest single Tea Party in world history. Each of them spent an average of $500 to be there.
So every Teabagger needs to send a hundred bucks to a 527 organization to take control of the Republican party. he concludes:
I will put up the first $100 if the people running the Tea Party movement are smart enough to make their movement tangible!If not, I’ll use the $100 to buy more ammo!
There is no way this will end well.
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If they would pool their fool money and put it into the Libertarian party... now that would have an impact.
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I love the fuzzy statistics that have been used during the last year or so...particularly during the health care debate. The daily show made a good jab at CNN for fact checking an SNL sketch while ignoring the made up statistics of a bunch of their interviewees.
That bit about "millions of teabaggers" on septermber 12th? Wasn't it confirmed it wasn't more than like 30 thousandish? And they even proved that the aerial pictures of "millions of teabaggers" posted by conservative bloggers were just pictures of an anti-war protest 5 years ago. There are also the blanket statements of "most Americans agree..." which is utter baseless bullshit.
And has anyone ever explained Godwin's law to the tea baggers? I think it holds up in real life just as much as on the internet ;-)
That bit about "millions of teabaggers" on septermber 12th? Wasn't it confirmed it wasn't more than like 30 thousandish? And they even proved that the aerial pictures of "millions of teabaggers" posted by conservative bloggers were just pictures of an anti-war protest 5 years ago. There are also the blanket statements of "most Americans agree..." which is utter baseless bullshit.
And has anyone ever explained Godwin's law to the tea baggers? I think it holds up in real life just as much as on the internet ;-)
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Their math is off. Way off. It's just priceless that the teabagger brain trust cast themselves as fiscal conservatives when they cannot put together a realistic budget projection to save their lives. That 2 Million figure is a complete fantasy, off from the actual figure by orders of magnitude.
I hope they go for it, though. It should be amusing to watch a group of fringe quasi-libertarian rage junkies try to throw enough donations at the Republican party to wrest control away from the corporate interests pumping billions of dollars into campaign coffers of the GOP. Yeah, that'll work.
I hope they go for it, though. It should be amusing to watch a group of fringe quasi-libertarian rage junkies try to throw enough donations at the Republican party to wrest control away from the corporate interests pumping billions of dollars into campaign coffers of the GOP. Yeah, that'll work.
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"No way this will end well?" Guess it depends on whether the success of these lunatics is the "end well" outcome you're looking for.
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I thought the 2million people actually ended up being closer to (liberal estimate) 30,000. That's not gonna buy them shit
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The system is utterly rigged against any third party. Look at WA state law, for instance -- third party candidates can't even get on the November ballot.
The only functional thing to do is to take over one of the two government-blessed special parties. The Republican Party is a reasonable target. Hell, in WA state they are awesomely ineffectual.
The only functional thing to do is to take over one of the two government-blessed special parties. The Republican Party is a reasonable target. Hell, in WA state they are awesomely ineffectual.
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no prob, if Ron Paul wants a concurrent monetary system, lets let them all finance this with their pog and Franklin mint collections.....
wait...NOooooOOooo.
ohhhh god, holy feck we're screwed. OMG a bunch of pasty middle aged pudgy dwight shrutes are going to rule us foreverz.
wait...NOooooOOooo.
ohhhh god, holy feck we're screwed. OMG a bunch of pasty middle aged pudgy dwight shrutes are going to rule us foreverz.
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"He says Democrats and Republicans used to have the same goals in mind, but..."
Well, in Congress they mostly still have the same dumb underdeveloped ideas, hence all the "centrism" and so little important, meaningful, and productive efforts coming to fruition.
"MikeC in YF 2
If they would pool their fool money and put it into the Libertarian party... now that would have an impact. "
A plane crash leaves an impact too.
Well, in Congress they mostly still have the same dumb underdeveloped ideas, hence all the "centrism" and so little important, meaningful, and productive efforts coming to fruition.
"MikeC in YF 2
If they would pool their fool money and put it into the Libertarian party... now that would have an impact. "
A plane crash leaves an impact too.
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