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On Tea Parties and Republicans

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#1 ·
Neil MacDonald is on a roll lately...

That sort of language, of course, just gets the Tea Partiers angrier. And when they are angry, they frighten the Republican elite, including, apparently, Frum's boss at AEI.

With their confusingly contradictory demands, their goon tactics, and their ability to organize and channel spluttering visceral fury, they are truly the loose cannon of American politics, endangering any conservative politician who doesn't either ride with them or hide from them.

During the health-care vote last week, Tea Partiers behaved like the snarling white mobs that lined the streets of Selma, Alabama, 46 years ago.

They surrounded representatives John Lewis and Emanuel Cleaver, both civil rights legends from that era, as they entered the House to vote.

One protester spat in Lewis's face. Another called Cleaver a "******." This, in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol in 2010.

When Barney Frank, the openly gay congressman from Massachusetts, arrived on the Hill with his partner, he was mobbed, too. "******," someone yelled.

Inside the House, one protester made it into the public gallery where he began screaming curses and insults. Republican lawmakers applauded him, even as police struggled to haul him away.

There were several explanations put forward for the behaviour, but Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck, a Tea Party hero, provided the richest one: The Democratic lawmakers, he said, had deliberately provoked the crowd by walking around the grounds of the legislature in which they serve.
(CBC)
 
#211 ·
According to Gallup: "Tea Partiers are Fairly Mainstream in their Demographics."

Tea Party supporters skew right politically; but demographically, they are generally representative of the public at large. That's the finding of a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted March 26-28, in which 28% of U.S. adults call themselves supporters of the Tea Party movement.
While primarily Republican (49%) , 43% call themselve independent and 8% are Democrats:

Tea Partiers Are Fairly Mainstream in Their Demographics
 
#232 ·
composition, which was concluded to be mainstream.
No, the poll shows that they are mainstream in every respect except political party adherence. If you read the polling link you would know that. Again, I was pointing out that the Tea Party movement has many adherents who are independents and a sizable contingent of Democrats.
 
#253 ·
Dr. G:

I have a question for you, based on this paragraph in the article:

More broadly, we've grown almost accustomed to these overheated attacks on the presidency. Obama Derangement Syndrome on the right -- of which Gingrich's claim was a mild example -- was preceded by Bush Derangement Syndrome on the left, with protestors comparing W. to a Nazi and a terrorist.
Did you ever step up to the plate and defend "W" when it was claimed here on EhMac that he was a Nazi and a terrorist

(No, I haven't checked the EhMac records--I'm just curious).
 
#254 ·
Dr. G:

I have a question for you, based on this paragraph in the article:



Did you ever step up to the plate and defend "W" when it was claimed here on EhMac that he was a Nazi and a terrorist

(No, I haven't checked the EhMac records--I'm just curious).
I would not use the word "Nazi" in describing anyone other than those who were a member of the Nazi party in Germany. Being Jewish, and having lost one side of my family in the Holocaust, I don't throw around that term lightly. Thus, while I did not support Bush in any manner, I would never call him a Nazi.

I just found the listing of the five "more radical" presidents interesting. Paix, mon ami.
 
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