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With Trump at the Helm: “Standby to Roll”

January 20, 2017 By steven-j-gulitti

Many years ago I was an enlisted man in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, often underway in the nearby North Atlantic, conducting fisheries patrols. When a change of course was required in rough seas the bridge would pipe the following … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #NeverTrump, #TheResistence, barack-obama, democrats, Donald Trump, hillary-clinton, Kelly-Anne Conway, mitch-mcconnell, progressives, Reince Priebus, republican-party, rush-limbaugh, tea-party-movement, Trump Inauguration, William Jefferson Clinton

The IRS Scandal and the False Hope of Tea Party Revival

May 31, 2013 By steven-j-gulitti

Amid all of the sound and fury bubbling up from the IRS examination of the various conservative organizations there’s hope among the Tea Party faithful that this controversy will somehow breathe new life into their movement. But will it be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, Conservative Values and Ideas, Federal Staffing Shortfalls, Federalism, Individual Liberty, internal-revenue-service, IRS Cincinnati Office, IRS Scandal, Limit of Government Authority, Nate Silver, Obama Approval Rating, Political Abuse of Tax Status, Political Harassment, Political Scandal, PollingReport.com, Richard M. Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Role of Federal Government, sam-tanenhaus, tea-party-movement, watergate

A Solidly Republican House Crashes Down on Grover Norquist

January 3, 2013 By steven-j-gulitti

At this point all I can do is laugh when I think about how some of my friends on the far right were naive as to think that sensible Republicans in Congress had failed to heed the message of the 2012 election and the current political … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, barack-obama, Charles Krauthammer, Deficit Talks, Eric Cantor, Fiscal Cliff, grover-norquist, john-boehner, mitch-mcconnell, Patrick J. Toomey, Paul Ryan, tax-policy, tea-party-movement, tom-coburn

Tea Party Turncoats

April 1, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

What happened to the steadfastness of Tea Party backed Republican Senators? We are all too familiar with how Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) ditched that state's Tea Party shortly after getting elected in 2010 and since then has been pretty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, Marco Rubio, mitt-romney, Republican Primaries, Ron Johnson, scott-brown, tea-party-movement

The Unintended Consequences of Citizens United?

January 17, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

Quoting Arianna Huffington:"Though the country is sorely in need of solutions, and the public hungry for real debate, that's not what was served up in Iowa [or in New Hampshire] -- either by the candidates or the vast pack of media covering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, barack-obama, citizens-united, conservatives, george-soros, koch-brothers, mitt-romney, newt-gingrich, progressives, Radical Right, republican-primary, Rick Santorum, super PACs, tea-party-movement

For the Radical Right, a Defeat in New Hampshire

January 11, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

Tonight's outcome in New Hampshire represents a significant setback for the fortunes of the Tea Party movement along with the rest of the radical right as Republican moderates have captured the bulk of the votes cast in the contest. When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012 Presidential Election, iowa-caucuses, John Huntsman, michelle-bachmann, mitt-romney, New Hampshire Primaries, newt-gingrich, Republican Primaries, republican-party, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, ron-paul, Tea Party Caucus, tea-party-movement, william-kristol

Is There Any Bottom To the Tea Party Decline?

December 1, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti

In the run up to the 2010 elections and in the aftermath, I theorized that the net effect of the Tea Party on the Republican Party and American politics in general, would be negative. Like many others, I detailed the turn in the tide in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: republican-party, tea-party-movement

More Tea Party Hypocrisy

November 26, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti

Now correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the Tea Party crowd supposed to come to Washington and do away with things like business as usual, excessive and wasteful government spending ad infinitum? I guess if you can grab some loot from those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: American Bankers Association, campaign-finance, Center for Responsive Politics, Congressman Dennis Ross, Congresswoman Diane Black, koch-brothers, Political reform, Tea Party Caucus, tea-party-movement

Time to Put a Fork in the Bachmann Campaign?

October 27, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti

Has Michele Bachmann become a Tea Party darling that forgot to heed the dimming of the stage lights? Well apparently that may in fact be the case. As it turns out: “Five of Michele Bachmann’s New Hampshire campaign team released a statement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012 Republican Presidential Contenders, michele-bachmann, tea-party-movement

Grass Roots vs. The Tea Party

October 13, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti

Some conservatives are desperately trying to besmirch the ever growing "Occupy Wall Street Movement" as something other than a grass roots movement and some have gone so far as to say that America's newest grass roots movement is trying to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: americans-for-prosperity, bill-clinton, FreedomWorks, G.W. Bush, koch-brothers, Marco Rubio, Occupy Wall Street, Social Protest, tea-party-express, tea-party-movement

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