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  1. There are two Tea Parties.  The first Tea Party consists of the remnants of Ron Paul’s supporters from 2008.  They are a minority and they get real excited about things like ending the Fed. The second Tea Party consists of disgruntled Republicans, generally they rallied around McCain for President.  They are tired of losing and want to win.

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    p>So, largely the Tea Party movement is no different than the Republican Party faithful.  This Arkady person you cite, however, is from the first Tea Party group.  She supports Joe Kennedy.  The rest of the Tea Party movement is excited about Scott Brown.

    • which is where esteemed people sit around with top hats and monocles, drinking earl grey and saying things such as “how droll…”

    • the ones who are represented on Internet forums by those who react with dripping disdain and howling fury as soon as they imagine that they see the letters “democ” or “libera” on their favorite haunts.* You know them; they are free with the label “Socialist” without any idea what it means, and usually advocate the expulsion of all members of the government being discussed. Currently, they are fond of predicting huge popular uprisings against the Obama and Patrick administrations, and against Pelosi and Reid, as well. The mention of any of those names also sets off their screed-reflex.

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      p>There is some overlap, of course.

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      p>* Not this forum, and not any of its members.

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      p>Well, maybe a couple.

      • Mostly from out of state posters, but also from poor Massholes who were obviously not paying attention in history class.

      • react with dripping disdain and howling fury as soon as they imagine that they see the letters “democ”

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        p>I’d agree…many “tea partiers” seem to detest the basic functions of democracy, such as civil discourse at town halls, or respecting the legitimacy of a democratically elected government.

        • The Texas State Board of Education is may change textbooks so they stop calling the US a democracy:

          The state board is considering changes to the proposed standards that would refer to the United States as a republic instead of a democracy and require students to be able to “identify prominent conservatives such as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Eagle Forum President Phyllis Schlafly,” the AP says.

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          p>It gets “better”:

          There could be tussles over the role of the Bible and Christian influence on the founding of the United States; debates on which historical figures warrant a spotlight role; and hand-wringing over students learning about the “republican process” – not the “democratic process” – because the U.S. is a republic as well as a democracy.

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          p>This is not just a Texas-local issue. Texas is the second-largest textbook market in the country, and California, the largest, is in turmoil because of their budget problems. If publishers are forced to make those rightward changes in Texas schoolbooks, they may also wind up in the books sold to other states.

  2. as putting an R would be the most excellent counter to Obama’s plans for globalized Marxism.

  3. His main objection is that both major parties share too much of the same mindset, and a true non-party consrvative would represent us better.  Of course, his argument would also extend to a non-party liberal.  He is tremendously conservative, Libertarian leaning, and a small government warrior (which is how we met – at shrink govt. groups, not GOP things).

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    p>Where he goes wrong is assuming that Scott’s ideas dovetail with the existing national GOP.  He derides Scott for having voted for a single override to build a school in his home town – but as somebody working on 2 1/2 when it was being created, the override provision was created to be the safety valve for EXACTLY that kind of major expenditure.

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    p>You should read more of his stuff, as he’s a smart guy with a point of view I don’t happen to agree with.

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