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Tea Parties Outside the Beltway Hold the Key to a Republican Comeback

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The best thing that has come down the pike in years is the tea partys. But, I believe that in order for it to grow and become effective is that you have to fight fire with fire. You can not sit back and think that a few tea party meetings once in a while will do the trick.It has to be far larger and on a daily basis in order to overcome the left wing massive press coverage of them. Propagander is the main ingrediant, it is powerful.It overcomes most people through repetition, and those that use it effectively always come out on top, and it always works regardless if its true or false. This is why Obama is on the leftwing news media every day. They are pounding him down everyones throat.Over and over,over and over,and over, and over ad nauseum it does'nt end. They have effectively made this guy the messiah while the people dont really know who he is. How easy it is to decieve by beating something into the general publics brains.As Hitler took over the German government by joining it and taking it apart from the inside,the leftwing along with the repubs that want total power alongside them is doing the same thing.We must become very aware of the tactics being used against all our people. They have been using our own beloved constituion against us.For years now they have been using Constitutional law by twisting what the fore fathers really intended.They have twisted and bent it so much that parts or it are hard to recognize. They pile up new laws and rules that they claim to be law and the propagandists take over and drumbeat it into the general populus. Far too many people dont question them because of many reasons. A few of which is that they are simply too busy caring for their own lives daily in working hard in order to stay ahead of the wolves.ie: they need to bake the daily bread,and it expends a lot of their time.After a hard weeks work they just want rest and want to believe that good honest people are taking care of Governing and doing the right things for them. The problem is that the Government people are only looking out for themselves, and are getting away with it because we dropped our guard and dont have a keeper of the gate.We all need to become keepers of the Gate in order to turn our present situation around.In order for the tea partys to succeed there has to be some honest,sincere leaders and a good written plan of attack.It has to work like any other political party with strong small groups through out every community in the country that can constantly pound out the message on a daily basis.We have the seed,we now need organization. Fox News and others of like mind can not do it by themselves.Only a strong determined well oiled orginization can overcome this mess that we still call our country.The push by the left is very close to taking over the whole system and if we dont act quickly and with determined conviction we will surely lose our country as we know it.

don palumbo of NJ 10:18AM May 03, 2009

We have the best goverment money can buy,not a goverment for or by the people.We lost in the last 20 years giving them the right to vote there own pay raises,best health care in america and even a better pension then all of us. We say why won't they listen to us a simple answer why should they they don't answer to the people anymore,and have nothing to worry about.They get busted only when they get caught outside the beltway.This will not end until the people of this country stand up and say no more,then maybe they will not leave office richer then when they went in

Larry Honn of WV 3:04AM May 02, 2009

We need to cut the blood supply (taxes)to the growing cancer (Washington DC.) Each state should start asking for a constitutional convention. Start talking about repealing the federal income tax and Washington DC will begin to listen. To few, telling the many what, where, and how to live.

Mike of MI 11:50AM May 01, 2009

tea parties are not about bi-partisan politics. they are a rebellion against ineffective government. strangled by its own rules, regulations, policies, statutues and laws, our government can only demand more of our money while in essence it is a dead entity. you cant have taxation with representation when your government is a corpse

sarah tobello of CA 7:39AM May 01, 2009

Tea parties are an embarrassment and a bastion of flag waving idiocy. Overheard at tea party :"I aint gunna pay them dammed taxes. We don't need no guvernment. Who needs a sewer system when you got a out-house"

Joh bo of AL 11:11AM April 30, 2009

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
William J. H. Boetcker, 1916 (often attributed to Lincoln)
Ronald Reagan used this in 1992 Convention speech

Joan C Dickerson of MO 9:18AM April 30, 2009

Virginia 6th District Representative Bob Goodlatte took the 1994 Republican Contract with America. He was supposed to do a voluntary 12 year term limit. I guess Bob Goodlatte had his fingers crossed, because he is still in office.
How can the Republicans restore dignity to their party with liars like Bob still in office?

Rufus Junior of UT 7:39AM April 30, 2009

democrats filled no such "middle" void. Look at their candidates:
Obama and Biden-- both far left (First and third most liberal Senators)
Kerry and Edwards--both far left
Clinton and Gore--left and far left
Dukakis and Bentsen-- both far left
Mondale and Ferraro--both far left
Carter and Mondale--both far left
Recent Republican candidates:
McCain and Palin--moderate and right
Bush and Cheney--moderate and right
Dole and Kemp--both moderate
Bush and Quayle--moderate and right
Reagan and Bush--right and moderate
Ford and Dole--both moderate
Then throw Pelosi and Reid in--both far left. Be educated on history before making such ridiculously untrue statements.

Curt of NJ 7:24PM April 29, 2009

I think some of my fellow American's on the right need to research a little more about what has happened over the last few years. While the GOP was headed to the far right the Democrats were moving into the central void they left. It was not the "Green Socialists" that changed the Washington power structure, it was the middle of the rode American's who may share many of the same beliefs as the far right but are much more tolerant about peoples differences and frankly have a more open view of the world. To open up your party to new people you must first open your eyes and admit the truth, most American's have moved on since the Reagan years. Maybe it's time your party did as well.

Scott of MO 2:56PM April 28, 2009

Yes, here in Fayette County TN we did not allow and politicians to speak. The GOP infiltrated tea pary in Nashville did allow Congressman Marsha Blackburn to speak. WHY? She is part of the problem.
Economic Stimulus. H.R. 5140, the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, passed 385-35 on January 29, 2008 (Roll Call 25). It would provide about $150 billion in economic stimulus, including $101.1 billion in direct payments of rebate checks (typically $600) to most taxpayers in 2008 and temporary tax breaks for businesses. Creating money out of thin air and then spending the newly created money cannot improve the economy, at least not in the long term. (If it could, why not create even more money for rebates and make every American a millionaire?) The stimulus has no offset and thus increases the federal deficit by the amount of the stimulus because the government must borrow the rebate money. A realistic long-term stimulus can only be achieved by lowering taxes through less government and by reducing regulatory burdens. Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.(Source: The New American – July 21, 2008)
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
She is no conservative.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://bluecollarrepublican.com/blog/?p=614
Mickey
Oh, I spoke at the Fayette county tea party:
http://bluecollarrepublican.com/blog/?p=1409

MickeyWhite of TN 9:56PM April 27, 2009