Why is it, pray tell, that you think Republicans -- and by extension the far-right fringe the Tea Party represents -- are somehow going to make things better? Throwing bibles at problems or just screaming "no" without offering real solutions is just as ineffective as throwing money at a problem. They've failed just as miserably as Democrats have, and contributed an equal share to our country's problems..

 

I'm not a member of the tea party but I do support them. They're not about throwing bibles at problems. They're about tax less, spend less. They're about individualism, thats the idea of it when it was established and it has not gotten far from its starting point. There are more "right -winged" people supporting them because those right winged people are the ones that agree with them.

So it sounds like the lady from DE is a little odd. Here's a quote from a few years ago regarding her opposition to stem cell research:

 

O'DONNELL: They are -- they are doing that here in the United States. American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains. So they're already into this experiment.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/roughsketch/2010/09/christine_odonnell_on_human_mi.html

 

Now I'm no scientist but this seems out there.

I think the fact is most tea party folks are conservative therefore being labeled as Republicans. The Democrats would be smart to pick up on the general theme of what they are saying if they want to retain control of the house and senate. I don't care for all the labeling, but it is what it is. I think those with track records should be concerned. Very much odd to me is the track record of Christopher Dodd, Barney Frank, Mitch McConnell, etc. These guys are frauds and are only concerned with getting reelected. I think many of the folks that often vote have figured out this sham and decided it is time to do something about it. In the past 20 years, what has the legislative branch of the government done for the people?

I'm not a member of the tea party but I do support them. They're not about throwing bibles at problems. They're about tax less, spend less. They're about individualism, thats the idea of it when it was established and it has not gotten far from its starting point. There are more "right -winged" people supporting them because those right winged people are the ones that agree with them.

 

Glenn Beck sure seems to be going out of his way to marry the religious right to the tea party. From reading some of the reactions to his "revival" on this board, it sounds like it may have been pretty successful.

Honestly, I place zero, absolutely zero, credence in what Rove has to say on any thing. I blame him for a lot of the mis-steps and mistakes of the Bush presidency. In my opinion, he's a big part of the Republican establishment that is being taken to the wood shed by the Tea Party and is a major cause of it happening. Karl can wither up and blow away as far as I'm concerned. He's just another example of the "party first, country second" mentaility found inside the belt way.

 

I don't know one way or the other on the first sentence, but I couldn't agree more with the bolded. The Tea Party is being portrayed as a threat to the Democrats, but it's also a threat to the Republican establishment (guys like Karl Rove). No doubt there's more hope that they can "infiltrate" it and use it to their advantage...but, if they can't, then I'm sure they dislike it as much as anyone.

 

Rove may or may not be right, but he's a Republican political strategist. His primary loyalty is to the party and trying to assure that they win as much as possible. If the Republicans can't control the Tea Party, they'll join in with the democrats in an attempt to tear it down, IMO.

 

The Tea Party is a fascinating thing...to see how it all plays out. Is it a flash in the pan for one election period? Will it be absorbed into the Republican Party in some way? Or will it continue to gain traction moving forward and possibly change politics in America?

 

I could see any of the three happening.

So it sounds like the lady from DE is a little odd. Here's a quote from a few years ago regarding her opposition to stem cell research:

 

O'DONNELL: They are -- they are doing that here in the United States. American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains. So they're already into this experiment.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/roughsketch/2010/09/christine_odonnell_on_human_mi.html

 

Now I'm no scientist but this seems out there.

 

That is some good stuff there Clyde. SNL's new season should be just around the corner...I can't wait to see what they do with all this.

 

But here is what is really scary - she beat a strong, viable opponent in the primary. That is a problem that should scare us all a little. People, pay attention this fall and get out to the polls in November.

So it sounds like the lady from DE is a little odd. Here's a quote from a few years ago regarding her opposition to stem cell research:

 

O'DONNELL: They are -- they are doing that here in the United States. American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains. So they're already into this experiment.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/roughsketch/2010/09/christine_odonnell_on_human_mi.html

 

Now I'm no scientist but this seems out there.

 

I don't want to meet the mouse that can cross breed with a human! :scared::scared:

That is some good stuff there Clyde. SNL's new season should be just around the corner...I can't wait to see what they do with all this.

 

But here is what is really scary - she beat a strong, viable opponent in the primary. That is a problem that should scare us all a little. People, pay attention this fall and get out to the polls in November.

 

The problem is that there are nutjobs on both sides of the aisle.

The problem is that there are nutjobs on both sides of the aisle.

Yeah, but most of them don't have their party's nomination to the U.S. Senate ...

I'm just going to go on and say it here.

 

I am DRRREEEEAAADDDDINNNGGG this campaign season! I have heard so many clips of Sarah Palin, and despite the content of anything she has to say, listening to her voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me. And there's only more to come....

From the Politico:

 

Former aides criticize O'Donnell

Yeah, but most of them don't have their party's nomination to the U.S. Senate ...

 

That's because they are already in the U.S. Senate.

That's because they are already in the U.S. Senate.

And who are such nutjobs?

And who are such nutjobs?

 

Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Mitch McConnell are three that come right to mind....

Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Mitch McConnell are three that come right to mind....

Barney Frank isn't a Senator ... he's a Congressman.

 

Chris Dodd? Mitch McConnell? You or I may not like them, but what makes then nutjobs?