Anyone out there willing to admit being a tea party member & Why?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People who take more than they get taxed should not be allowed to vote.

You sure? There will be a lot of White people in the South and the Midwest who would not be able to vote. Is that what you want?

Yes, that's what gets me. I think there are a lot of folks who are either unaware that they are "takers" or simply believe that such relief is different when a white person gets it. But maybe they are with the group of folks who don't realize that SS and Medicare are government programs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:just curious of the reasoning behind wanting to be a part of this mixed bag of nuts

I'm a Tea Party patriot. If I had to put it succinctly, I'd say it's a combination of things:

- I'm pretty angry, because let's face it, I thought I was going to be rich, or that my superior intellect would in some way be recognized by the universe, but that hasn't happened.

- Meanwhile, there's some guy running the country who's probably not even American, has done nothing in his life other than run the Harvard Law Review and organize poor people, and has never had to make payroll. Since our whole society is one big giveaway to racial "interest groups" the only explanation for this is affirmative action.

- I am definitely not a racist. I actually know black people and like some of them. Others I don't like. I just wish the good ones would talk to the bad ones and get them to stop acting in self-destructive ways (i.e. "pull your pants up" says Bill Cosby [who I *love*, btw])

- Politics is confusing, and it's really hard to follow a lot of what's going on. At the same time, I'm the kind of person who really likes to feel like I have expertise in all things. But since I spend all my time reading websites that are light on news, and heavy on fodder for resentment, I don't really have the facts necessary to understand what's going on. But ironically enough, the less expertise one has, the less ability one has to evaluate one's level of expertise.

- I see the country is going in the wrong direction (gay people getting married, VD vaccines for 12 year olds, swearing on TV). You can tell the country's going to Hell in a handbasket, and something has to be done to bring it back in line with values of Real Americans--which means me and my neighbors.

- If we have to make the economy crater to get things back on track, I'm fine with that, because America's already sinking into the muck. And besides, if we have another recession, it's the moochers and takers who are going to suffer. Not hard-working Real Americans like myself.

Oh, also, the people who do things I agree with are constitutional. Those who do not are un-constitutional. I just want them to follow the constitution. In fact, anyone who passes a law or governs in a way I disagree with should be impeached and jailed because they're against the constitution. In a situation where it comes down to either my gut-feeling about what's constitutional, or the decisions of the Supreme Court, clearly my personal gut feeling should take precedence.

OMG, this is hilarious. I love you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's take a welfare who gets $2,500 a month in all sorts of welfare goodies to support her and her four kids (all by different baby daddies of course).

That runs up to $30,000 a year.

Let's say you need one fatcat bureaucrat making $70,000 in total compensation to manage 10 welfare queens.

So each welfare queen sucks up $37,000 in taxpayer dollars a year. Hell, let's make it $45,000 just to be generous and account for the Obama phones and other things they are getting.

Even if there were one million welfare queens taking the max in benefits, that'd add up to $45 billion a year, or what, ~8% of the Pentagon's budget (if you count any lingering Iraq+Afghanistan costs)?

Yea, but this welfare queen stereotype is a small % of welfare recipients. AND there is a limit on benefits that has been in place since welfare reform during the Clinton administration. This is the stuff I am talking about! Tea Partiers latch on to one stereotype and extrapolate that to everyone needing assistance. Approx 39% of welfare recipients are White. 40% are AA. I would bet that when you say welfare queen, you are not talking about a White woman in Kansas with 4 kids. And those liberal "strongholds" of Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina have more people on welfare than people working.

Exactly re AL, MS, SC -- those who are working are disgusted by the #s on welfare & vote tea party.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of people don't believe in punishing children in order to punish their parents.

You can require welfare queen to work for the subsidies. That would also help the children

Who watches the children while the mother is working her $7/hr cashier job?

Oh, I suppose now you're going to be lavishing the welfare queen with free childcare! Just think of the corrosive effects this will have on her children. With food, health care, and adult supervision in their daily lives, what possible incentive would they have to make something of their lives!

You libs are sooo naive!

Can't tell if this is sarcasm....

[Anonymous]

I've never voted a Republican and I'm certainly not a Tea Party member, but most of these comments are making me wish I wasn't in the same party with all of you.

I grew up in what many of you probably refer to as "flyover country" and part of the reason people vote Republican or conservative in many if those areas is because of the derogatory comments many if you are throwing out. How exactly does any of that help?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never voted a Republican and I'm certainly not a Tea Party member, but most of these comments are making me wish I wasn't in the same party with all of you.

I grew up in what many of you probably refer to as "flyover country" and part of the reason people vote Republican or conservative in many if those areas is because of the derogatory comments many if you are throwing out. How exactly does any of that help?

Oh please, so did I and so I know that 40+ percent voted Democrat in the last election.

[Anonymous]

Oh please, so did I and so I know that 40+ percent voted Democrat in the last election.

Please explain then why 40% is a good number when you need 50 to win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never voted a Republican and I'm certainly not a Tea Party member, but most of these comments are making me wish I wasn't in the same party with all of you.

I grew up in what many of you probably refer to as "flyover country" and part of the reason people vote Republican or conservative in many if those areas is because of the derogatory comments many if you are throwing out. How exactly does any of that help?

I agree!! Evidently, these people have learned well from their congressional leaders and president. Name calling and derogatory language is what they do best!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People who take more than they get taxed should not be allowed to vote.

You sure? There will be a lot of White people in the South and the Midwest who would not be able to vote. Is that what you want?

This a non-starter, of course - we only deny voting rights to people who really deserve it, such as convicted felons and residents of the District of Columbia. That said, this is one of those situations where I am tempted to say, "You know what, assholes? You got it. See how you like it. It would come back to bite the TP on the ass, as long as we *honestly* assess those who "take more than they get taxed," and don't limit the "takings" to SNAP and Section 8 benefits received by the proverbial welfare queens.

Social security, Medicare, military tricare, VA benefits? All government assistance. That eliminates 50% of the Tea Party base right there. Mortgage interest deduction? A handout, as is the federal income tax deduction for state taxes. The capital gains tax is actually a tax break - that's a handout too. SBA loans and grants? Suddenly, none of those deified small business owners are voting citizens, they're recognized as the mooching takers they always have been. Feeling pretty good that you max out your 401k, are you? Well, the tax break you got on it just might tip you over the edge and make you a taker. The list goes on and on.

Many of the tea party supporters like to prattle on about "natural laws." Well, may I introduce you to my personal favorite - the law of unintended consequences. Suck on it.

And for the record, I am the archetype of a priviliged person in modern US society - a white, male, western European Protestant, who went to a private college and private law school and is not in private practice. But this notion that only poor people receive government assistance is so dishonest and hypocritical it makes me sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never voted a Republican and I'm certainly not a Tea Party member, but most of these comments are making me wish I wasn't in the same party with all of you.

I grew up in what many of you probably refer to as "flyover country" and part of the reason people vote Republican or conservative in many if those areas is because of the derogatory comments many if you are throwing out. How exactly does any of that help?

You know what? Tough. I am just so sick and tired of people who wallow in their own ignorance complaining that they are being disrespected by those of use who use critical thinking and logical reasoning. They're right, I don't respect them - if they used their heads for something other than a hat rack, I'd rethink my position. Plus, this comment: "part of the reason people vote Republican or conservative in many if those areas is because of the derogatory comments many if you are throwing out" makes them seem like petulant children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've never voted a Republican and I'm certainly not a Tea Party member, but most of these comments are making me wish I wasn't in the same party with all of you.

I grew up in what many of you probably refer to as "flyover country" and part of the reason people vote Republican or conservative in many if those areas is because of the derogatory comments many if you are throwing out. How exactly does any of that help?

I agree!! Evidently, these people have learned well from their congressional leaders and president. Name calling and derogatory language is what they do best!

It's funny because I keep thinking about the racist things that conservatives have said about Obama.

[Anonymous]

It's funny because I keep thinking about the racist things that conservatives have said about Obama.

please source

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:just curious of the reasoning behind wanting to be a part of this mixed bag of nuts

I'm a Tea Party patriot. If I had to put it succinctly, I'd say it's a combination of things:

- I'm pretty angry, because let's face it, I thought I was going to be rich, or that my superior intellect would in some way be recognized by the universe, but that hasn't happened.

- Meanwhile, there's some guy running the country who's probably not even American, has done nothing in his life other than run the Harvard Law Review and organize poor people, and has never had to make payroll. Since our whole society is one big giveaway to racial "interest groups" the only explanation for this is affirmative action.

- I am definitely not a racist. I actually know black people and like some of them. Others I don't like. I just wish the good ones would talk to the bad ones and get them to stop acting in self-destructive ways (i.e. "pull your pants up" says Bill Cosby [who I *love*, btw])

- Politics is confusing, and it's really hard to follow a lot of what's going on. At the same time, I'm the kind of person who really likes to feel like I have expertise in all things. But since I spend all my time reading websites that are light on news, and heavy on fodder for resentment, I don't really have the facts necessary to understand what's going on. But ironically enough, the less expertise one has, the less ability one has to evaluate one's level of expertise.

- I see the country is going in the wrong direction (gay people getting married, VD vaccines for 12 year olds, swearing on TV). You can tell the country's going to Hell in a handbasket, and something has to be done to bring it back in line with values of Real Americans--which means me and my neighbors.

- If we have to make the economy crater to get things back on track, I'm fine with that, because America's already sinking into the muck. And besides, if we have another recession, it's the moochers and takers who are going to suffer. Not hard-working Real Americans like myself.

I don't know who you are or what you do for a living, but you should be writing comedy for something. This is far funnier than most of what is passed off as comedy on TV and the web. Nicely done.

[Anonymous]

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It's funny because I keep thinking about the racist things that conservatives have said about Obama.

please source

How about I just bring out the photo montage?

http://www.defshepherd.com/2012/10/racism-is-alive-and-well-35-incredibly.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It's funny because I keep thinking about the racist things that conservatives have said about Obama.

please source

Or this:
http://www.phillymag.com/news/2012/01/31/top-9-racist-republicans-president-obama-office/