SA@TAC - Extreme Tea?

The debt ceiling debate did not prove the Tea Party "too extreme." It proved the movement should be more extreme.

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[outsider70gm]

First and foremost, we must dismantle the American Empire: cut the military budget in half and then get the US military out of the no-win wars they’re engaged in. We’d save billions, if not more.

[LibertyDownUnder]

Amen, Jack. From Australia.

Your tea party has injected some well needed sanity into your Government, and subsequently, ours too.

[itcanbecheezcaketime]

Right on, SA. Right on! Love your videos, man. And your announcer voice is easy to listen to. Thanks.

[BradNC11175]

What people like Maurine Dowd either do not understand or fear the most about the Tea Party is that the Tea Party does not have "leaders they have whipped into submission", it is that the rank and file of the Tea Party themselves are the leaders and are perfectly within their Constitutional rights to be so. For so long these establishment cronies like Dowd have tried to engrain into the hearts and the minds of the American people that they were the followers but the Constitution says other wise.

[Ponerology]

Devil's Advocate: Isn't it true that the only President in recent memory who had a chance at reducing the debt was, in fact, Bill Clinton? He had a surplus (possibly $200 billion) that should've been used to reduce the debt. Bush's tax cuts killed that off, and then a bunch of wars came along. If I'm right about this, shouldn't we look at what Clinton did and perhaps try it again?

[337noname]

Letting the rich get richer and bleeding the middle class has been the 'conservative' approach to government for the last thirty years and look at where it's gotten us. Handing Ron Paul or the Tea Party an axe to finish the job may make you feel good in the short term but it is not conservative or smart. We do need to cut spending and raise revenue. Anything else is extreme folly.

[33ZO13]

Let state these facts as to why people dont like the Tea Party. When you have FoxNews, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry all being spokesman for the Tea Party rubs alot of people the wrong way. Those people are all Establishment Conservative Republicans from the Bush era disguised as being different. The only one worth listening to is Ron Paul. He was the one during the Bush administration that was bashing both Bush and democrats.

[ChiefHoot]

One step at a time, people. The newly conceived of notion of a "Tea Party candidate" and election thereof is just the beginning. Rome wasn't build in a day, nor was the Roman empire destroyed in a day. The ball is now rolling, and support growing, for a return to American exceptionism. It will take time. All we can do is hope that they dont lose their way in the process of growing in power and gaining in influence.

[bbburton]

@perezDeSanFernando I watched that video, too. I was disappointed in the new TP republicans who were elected in my state. They talked the talk, and spent almost the entire session trying to pass the social conservative agenda. It was divisive and totally unproductive. To me it was just like the old GOP disguised in the TP revolution. That's why I don't subscribe to the TP - it really can't be trusted either. To build alliances, you have to be honest in your intentions. They weren't.

[perezDeSanFernando]

@bbburton

Indeed, I wish more social cons were concerned about the wars etc as well. However, I think their concern in matters such as abortion and marriage is well-justified. Anyway, whatever. The important thing is to try and make alliances wherever possible. Jack recently made a good video on how to influence people and grow the liberty movement in this regard.

[fvgdfbdokd]

Trying to prove they are conservative? Or trying to prove they are not idiot wackjobs like the nutters that compromise the tea party @southernavenger? I disagree fervently with the Republican Party on a lot of issues, but I always considered people like Boehner and McConnell to be at least competent and interested in running the country. The tea party is a different story, they are rabble and the "useful idiots" of this generation. Except they are not really useful and are killing America.

[eier]

@jasondsnow So what? The stigma against sci-fi geeks is steadily going away as events like Comic Con receive mainstream support. Oh, and it's more than just sci-fi geeks who are enamored with Miss Portman.