what is the consensus towards tea party candidates here? are you okay with them doing shit that is considered crazy by other dems and repubs?
If they are considered as crazy by the Democrats and the establishment Republicans, then for sure they must be doing something right. Fiscal cliff resulted from the stubbornness of Democrats, who refused to compromise on anything.
if i remember correctly, democrats were willing to cut a deal if republicans would agree to a steady tax increase in exchange for budget cuts.. repubs/tea partiers were so vehemently against it that they wouldnt even agree to a $10 budget cut and $1 tax increase. i remember michelle bachman complaining about freeloaders, yet she gets a ton of farm subsidies for her business.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1209/Antisocialist_Bachmann_got_250k_in_federal_farm_subsidies.htmlbesides, tea partiers are crazy for the aforementioned reasons.. you didn't respond to my claims about teabaggers being crazy.
@beetcoin It is a huge story: you posted while I was typing/editing this post.
Has everyone heard about Eric Cantor getting beat in Virginia by a long-shot candidate?
It is a HUGE upset:
1) Cantor is/was a 'rare' house member with national name recognition.
2) He was widely viewed as the next Speaker of The House.
3) The 'tea party guy' wasn't expected to win.
When I have time, I need to check if the winner is a "real Liberty candidate" or just a "tea party" establishment phoney (i.e like Scott Brown, Marco Rubio, etc)
Down goes Cantor! I gotta hand it to the Repubs. I'm impressed! Now it's the Dems turn. If they can flush sleezeball Chuck Schumer down the toilet I'll be equally impressed. Not holding my breath for that one though.
And Brat's $200k beats Cantor's $5M! (NBC numbers)
That is the real story here. Clearly something is going terribly wrong with American style democracy. If this scary trend continues watch for a 'fix' of some type. This sort of thing is simply not to be tolerated.
you know who i don't like? harry reid.. that guy is ridiculous. i believe he was hating on the koch brothers, and when someone said compared them to sheldon adelson, he said "it's different with sheldon." that just means he's getting paid by 1 guy and not getting paid by another.
