Thread: Tea Party: What is it/what does it stand for

Originally Posted by riooso

The Dutch can't afford the welfare system that they have.

Actually we can.....we just can't afford the government we have.

Interesting. Apparently the founders of the party are not too happy about the crazies taking over...

Tea Party ‘founder’: Palin, Gingrich a ‘joke’ | Raw Story

A financial blogger and ex-CEO credited with being one of the original "founders" of the Tea Party has come out against the movement, saying it has been hijacked by the very people it was protesting and is now obsessed with "guns, gays and God."

In a "message" to the Tea Party Wednesday, Karl Denninger declared that he "ought to sue" anyone who uses the Tea Party name "for defamation."

"Yeah, that's a joke," he writes. "But so are you. All of you. Especially Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Bob Barr, and douchebag groups such as the 'Tea Party Patriots.'"

Denninger writes: "Tea Party my ass. This was nothing other than the Republican Party stealing the anger of a population that was fed up with the Republican Party's own theft of their tax money at gunpoint to bail out the robbers of Wall Street and fraudulently redirecting it back toward electing the very people who stole all the ****ing money!"

Beck is a paid entertainer, so is Palin if they don't speak and stir up the masses Beck loses his spot , I think Palin just loves the attention. I think this country needs to meet in the middle agree on some issues then tweak it by reasonable discussion instead of media BS. Its easy to yell and holler and call opponents names to attract attention to oneself. How about we stop treating politics like hype from pro wrestling, take a more mature approach and get down to solving the problems this country faces.