As I have stated before, many Tea Party activists support ending foreign wars for oil and Israel. There is no point to them. They are actually making us less safe, and burying our kids and treasure in the sands of the Middle East. We’re bankrupt and putting a trillion dollars a year into the war machine. It destroyed the USSR. It will destroy the USA.

Flat/consumption taxes punish the poor more than the rich. VAT/Cap & trade will devastate the poor and middle classes. Once upon a time there was no income tax, only business taxes and tariffs. Then the Federal Reserve and wars without end came along and we got an income tax that now eats up 15% to 49% of every working persons income. Every dollar pocketed by government is 90 cents less for our real economy. Yup, 10 cents make it back to our real economy in the form of military contracts, social security, medicare, etc. The rest is mostly spent on overseas or used to service debt to the Federal Reserve.

Judging from the amount of oil released into the Gulf, we probably should be using oil closer to home and give the finger to the Saudi’s. The whole Middle East only supplies 13% of the oil used by the USA. Our major oil and gas provider is Canada. Some of the first US businesses to enter Iraq were fast food chains. Weird right?

Sorry Mo, I wasn’t trying to be a jerk. I get pretty frustrated when the Tea Party is smeared. Let’s all try to be a little more investigative and less slanderous.

I can’t wait for the next couple of big elections. I’m just dying to see who will be the controlling houses of the Congiban and in 12 who will be the next Presiban.

The current day Washington soap opera is getting boring again. Political cognitive rigidity can only amuse so much.

As a result, I view them as predominantly against liberalism, and as a result against partisanship as well.

I agree that it shouldn’t be one way or another, but I think that it is, and it is because the majority are setting the path for the group to follow. As far as I know no Democrat’s have been officially endorsed by Tea Baggers; if I’m wrong please correct me.

As far as fiscal responsibility the only areas being discussed for savings seem to be social items. While there can be savings in those areas, what about cuts or savings in other areas too?

It’s always the social programs that conservatives want to cut, but what about child benefits? It has been highlighted by a Republican under Reagan that the steady increase of child deductions has been one of the prime reasons for a lack of taxes from the bottom 47%!

Why no push for flat taxes, same for all before pushing to get rid of social funds? Why is the war such a strong conservative issue? Why is off shore drilling such a big issue, especially when you consider the tax breaks that oil companies get? I see these issues as more important before social issues.

TP would not exist if we were all just peachy keen happy with the way things are going.

IP does attract a fringe element who seem to feel they get legitimacy by belonging.

All in all it will be a bad November for incumbents and probably the sitting party.

They are against partisanship.
They are against anything liberal, anything non-conservative or non-christian.

Classic doublethink in action. They can’t be against partisanship and against everything liberal. Quite a few of them are social liberals but fiscal conservatives.

I know plenty of Independent and Democrat tea party supporters. Don’t be so obtuse. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. Any and all believers in Constitutional rule are accepted amongst the Tea Party regardless of political party affiliation. Why don’t you talk to some of them sometime instead of repeating what you were told on CNN and MSNBC, or even this website?

Reality is often very different from media portrayal.

Let’s face it, Tea Baggers are not a group organized for political change; they would not be against partasinship if they were. What they are is against anything liberal, anything non-conservative or non-christian to be more precise.

After 8 long years of Bush I think most Americans now see the conservative / republican movement for what it is; destructive, devisive, and counter productive for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in America.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll showed the percentage of Americans who hold an unfavorable view of the movement has jumped from 39 percent in March to 50 percent.

Three months of smearing candidates with lies and half truth, claiming Palin to be their spokes-model, falsely calling them an “AstroTurf” group, and the government referring to the them as terrorists and racists in the mainstream media will produce this outcome.

What you should ask yourselves is why does the media and government do this?