Don’t declare Tea Party dead just yet
by Grant Evans
May 17, 2010 | 1504 views | 14 14 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Syndicated columnist Bill Press wrote an obituary for the Tea Party movement declaring that “it died a premature, yet welcome, death,” (Rome News-Tribune, May 16). That was wishful thinking on his part.

Just to set the record straight, the Tea Party movement (at least in Rome) is not dead; it is alive and more active than ever. Need proof? You are invited to join us in Rome for a Tea Party caucus at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at 710 E. First Street. There we will form action teams to find constitutionally sound solutions to the serious problems plaguing our great Republic.

GRANT EVANS, Armuchee
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RealEstateMystic
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May 21, 2010
CapitolG writes: "Animals work for themselves."

Why am I not suprprised that the first analogy you can come up with involves Nature Red in Tooth and Claw? Your brand of capitalism would have everyone living by the law of the jungle, as if civilization had never happened. Thank God, modern society isn't THAT crazy --hard as you conservatives are trying to make it so.

And capitalism as you know it has only existed since the Renaissance. The guilds of the Middle Ages and the Hanseatic League operated according to strict -- and complex -- regulations regarding quality, standards of practice, and innumerable guidelines that would be seena s intolerable by 21st century American manufacturers. Before that, people largely traded via bartering. Heck, "capital" wasn't even in wide circulation until national currencies could be sufficiently and consistently minted and recognized as legal tender, ca. the 1600s.

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RealEstateMystic
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May 20, 2010
CapitolG: Government takeovers? You can quote me. I am all for the government taking over vital industries that have shown themselves incapable of doing the job their customers hired them to do. That includes the insurance companies, who when it came down to serving the public and meeting their bottom line, chose REPEATEDLY to prioritize the latter. I would even argue that nationalization is what happens when capitalism fails society, as it does with increasing frequency in the post-Cold War era. Don't forget, capitalism is a relatively recent phenomenon. Conservatives like yourself like to pretend that it is as old as the Scriptures.

Human civilization gave capitalism life. It can take it back.
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gahalls
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May 19, 2010
Imagine that. People standing up for what they beleive in being thought of as a bad plan. Thats why you are just a "voter" AKA sheep. And TEA partiers are Americans AKA individuals.

USA USA USA
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FormerRoman
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May 19, 2010
Mip, the independents elected Obama and they'll help to soundly defeat him..Simple as that.
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FormerRoman
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May 18, 2010
Thank you CapitolG..The Republican candidate that was hand picked by Mitch McConnell was soundly defeated..Mipico thinks we're Republican puppets..Son, wake up!.We are kicking out Republicans who are part of the problem!.
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RealEstateMystic
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May 18, 2010
FormerRoman: I didn't realize how far off the deep end you were prepared to jump. You're certifiable.
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FormerRoman
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May 18, 2010
Mystic, The internet will be one of Obama's next projects..he was very saavy in using it during his campaign and I'll give him credit for energizing his base and getting out the vote..That being said, he now wants to make the internet a UTILITY..That way, he CAN CONTROL the content and criticism he's constantly receiving..All of this will be under the guise of "The Public's BEST INTEREST"!..It's been a lively discussion, but i have zinnias, verbena,lantana and sweet potato vine awaiting in my garden..check you later and we'll continue the banter.
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RealEstateMystic
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May 18, 2010
And while you're constructing your reply, FormerRoman, you might consider explaining why "socialism" is used as a pejorative? What, do you believe in an utterly unfettered free market and zero government? Law of the jungle? Nature red in tooth and claw? School of hard knocks for all? I'm more interested in the "social" part of the word; you seem preoccupied with the "ism." I think the well-being of society is important; those who don't are known as sociopaths.
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RealEstateMystic
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May 18, 2010
FormerRoman writes: "Mystic, the Socialist/Progressive movement is the Obama agenda.."

Oh, is that what it's called? Sounds like a misnomer, since only you and a small minority of conservatives are the ones labelling Obama's policies "socialist." If you can explain what is socialist about what Obama has done -- and how that amounts to a "movement" -- I might consider taking you seriously.

As for the bonus Rev Wright footnote, fella, you seem to be stuck mentally in 2008 (not to mention 1955). "Drill baby drill" was a popular slogan back then too.

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FormerRoman
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May 18, 2010
Mystic, the Socialist/Progressive movement is the Obama agenda..You probably can't see the forest for all the trees around you..The man will do anything to further his agenda including throwing his preacher of 20 years "under the bus"..makes you wonder why he worshipped there so long?
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RealEstateMystic
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May 18, 2010
FormerRoman: Oh, and by the way, what is the "Socialist/Progressive movement"?
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RealEstateMystic
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May 18, 2010
FormerRoman: "Mystic, you've been predicting the end for the tea party for some time.."

Link, thanks. I don't recall that ever being one of my hobbyhorses. And anyway, the Tea Party is still such a new phenomenon that everybody is going to have their own pet theory about it. What's yours?
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FormerRoman
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May 18, 2010
Mystic, you've been predicting the end for the tea party for some time..Thanks for granting us an extension and saying that we might stagger into 2012..We'll be stronger by 2012..The Rand Paul race in Ky., if he wins, will provide momentum and inspiration..The SCLC and the NAACP have been trivial for years..Civil rights laws ended their revelance..The Tea party will survive until we trump the Socialist/Progressive movement.
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RealEstateMystic
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May 18, 2010
If the Tea Party movement does survive beyond the November elections, and even staggers as far as the 2012 presidential election, I predict it will wind up like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference: an ad hoc entity splintered by factions and hampered by a lack of new ideas.
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