Tea Party Crowd in the Minority on Government Expansion, Poll Shows

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Why am I not surprised? Ktown is about as independent and objective as Rush Limbaugh.
As a voter who has voted for Republicans like Lincoln Almond and Don Cacieri and John and Lincoln Chafee, (I know I can already hear my far right colleagues crying RINO!) I'd like to point out that not everyone believes as Mr or Miss Ktown believes.
I applaud you, Robert, for standing up to the Tea Party, and letting them know that they do not represent America. Only the very far right, and the very selfish. Our economy is climbing back slowly but surely. It will take some time, I am under no illusions about that. This is a global meltdown, which means no one individual has the power to change it. it will take a global effort to get back to where we were.
As far as paying taxes, get used to it. That's how we pay for all the things we take for granted. Frankly I like having a fire department, and teachers for my kids, and police and sanitation workers. One of these days The Tea Party will learn a very hard lesson. There is no such thing as a free lunch. You want it? You pay for it. Nice work Robert. I will look forward to your articles in the future.

Chris P. of RI 2:42PM April 16, 2010

You are a perfect example of why fourth grade dropouts should keep their thought to themselves and not bore the rest of us with them. Your social programs you mention are the products of your Democratic party under the likes of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B Johnson, Jimmy Carter and now Barrack Hussein Sadam Obama. You find 100 times more democrats using these give away programs than you do Republicans. Do a little research my Liberal nut case. I grew up in an area that was 60% democrats and of those 60%, 80% were on food stamps, welfare, or managed to get disability when they were in better physical shape than I was. Social Security started out as a somewhat good idea, we paid separate taxes into it and hoped to eventually get it back. Now it has turned into a program that is on the verge of going bankrupt because your democratic legislatory can't keep their greedy hands off it.
I really like to think of myself as an independent but unfortunately, because of the sick individuals being run on democratic tickets, I have to vote mostly for either third party or Republican candidates. We need to get these sick ideas out of our head like you seem to possess in that if a candidate wears a certain party symbol, he has to be God sent. There are crooks and morons on both sides of the isle, just take a look at Nancy P.,(can't spell her nutty commie last name) Harry Reid, Barney the child molester Frank, Ted keep your daughters out of his car Kennedy, Chris soon to be retired Dodd, Chuck Shumer who never could get more than 5% of even Democrat votes when running for president. You've got crooks and cheats on both sides of the isle but there just seems to be a bigger selection of them on the left side. Now we have a bunch of Obama apointees who don't think they have the obligation to pay taxes as the rest of us do. These are the tax cheets and crooks who have now taken over Washington and if things don't change, we are doomed!! No wonder Texans are discussing the option of secession. Who wants to stay on a sinking ship like the rest of you doomed morons? Patriotism and anti-americanism has nothing to do with it. When you see your on the economic Titantic and your sinking, you get the hell off or you drown in a sea of failed socialistic policies. This is Change?? Our economy in this country is headed for doomsday and people like you had better wake up and see just who is the actual cause of this big problem. YOU DON'T TAX AND SPEND YOUR WAY TO PROSPERITY AND OUT OF RECESSION!! It has never in the history of mankind worked so why is it different now? Just because we have the anointed one in the whitehouse now? While Mr Obama is shaking hands and making friends with the likes of Hugo Chavez, Castro and every other little dictator around the world, Americans are loosing their homes and jobs and banks and businesses are going bankrupt. You can certainly see where his priorities are, huh? Expand One World Order no matter what the cost is to America.

Donald of TX 3:00PM April 19, 2009

The Republican base is a bunch of nut jobs with nothing to do but support the wealthy. I do hand it to the Republican machine...its genius how they turn low income rural hoosiers into mouth pieces for them. Especially since most of them are collecting some type of "socialist" aid. I know most Republicans are not smart enough to realize this but "social security" is a socialist program. as well as medicare, medicaid, etc. The fact is , most of them just mimic what they hear and wouldn't even recognize the definition of socialism. I look at these losers at these rallies and think how doomed this world is with all of these uneducated
people. Just think, If we still had the surplus that was there when Bush took over....we wouldn't of had to go into debt. Instead he spent it all and then some giving it to all the rich people of which you people support. The Republicans surely know how to lead a flock of idiots

Ktown of KS 11:11AM April 19, 2009

A Gallup poll out this week shows Americans generally approve of a temporary growth of government to handle the current crisis but only 13% want it to stay large permanently. "Figures don't lie but liars figure".
I have been subscribing to US News for years mainly because of its unbiased objective reporting and commentary. You are apparently taking the magazine into the tank for Obama.

Ed Johnson of TX 2:40PM April 18, 2009

Perhaps I would find Obama more beleivable if he were
honest enough to release his college records and real
birth certificate. Do the records show a Marxist
philosophy or perhaps show his true birth origin.
He is doing to our country exactly what The New Party
philosophy was in 1992-1996 when he was a member.
His friends Ayers, Rev.Wright and Louis Farakan are his
buddies....look at their shared agendas and philosophies. WAKE UP PEOPLE. This guy who gives a good speech only if he is reading the teleprompter is
a fake.

Lois Bratton of CO 1:31PM April 17, 2009

what a joke.
liberal backing crap media.
ok, let me just hand my paycheck to those who do not work and illegals...NOT !
I am embarrassed of this publication, the author of this article and the Sheeple of America in General...
Liberals are always on the defense and do not admit freedoms are being stolen. If you stand up you are an extreemist / wtf?
USN.....naitonal inquirer has about as much credibility.
shame on you for bashing those who stand behind our forefathers dreams....

me of PA 12:45PM April 17, 2009

Funny thing, but no one has ever polled ME! I think it's because they generally try to call while we "drones" are out working 15 hours a day to try to cover for the excessive spending of insubordinates/incompetents (Dems and Repubs alike) WE THE PEOPLE mistakenly hired to serve us.
Well, Mr. Schlesinger, I will do my personal best to disprove your poll information, starting in the 2010 elections. Don't be surprised if you learn that there are many more like me.

CLD of PA 10:56AM April 17, 2009

What has happen to journalism?
What a wake up call the propaganda the media
is sending. We are concerned citizens that have seen
this attempt to fix a problem has failed in the past. There is NO accountability!!!!!!!
any where. Institutions robbed us blind and we are to
in trust the same people???
(Don’t you fix the leaks in the bucket before you put more water in the pail?)
Certainly you feel that you do not have to be accountable on what is going on? So report the news on what you feel we should read,and I for one will get my source from somewhere else.

John Allison of CA 11:37PM April 16, 2009

This is a wake up call! You won't like what will follow --- either Atlas will shrug (producers will not longer produce) or you will find that the people will not go quietly into the night.
Keep believing your polls (statistics is like clay -- easy to mold to any shape)

Kestrel of MA 5:22PM April 16, 2009

Gotta say that although I don't like current fiscal policy and would prefer my taxes lowered, it seems rather unlikely that dressing up in costumes and mincing about the local park is going to help. It's the conservative equivalent of chaining oneself to a tree to prevent it being cut down. Tea Partiers: leave the theatrics to the the lunatic fringe. You're making fiscal conservatives look bad.

Todd of PA 2:35PM April 16, 2009