Comments on: Finally: a fair depiction of the Tea Party movement

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:20:59 +0000

CV, what an important point, I liken it to the cockroach saying, no disrespect intended at all, for each person out there with a sign there are 50 to 100 more who are working or taking care of kids and cant make it but are sure as hell on board, the movement is seriously underestimated.

By: CV

CV — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:54:04 +0000

IMO the thing that nobody seems to get about the tea party movement is that it is the tip of a very large iceberg.

You could see the roots of this movement in the extremely concerned and/or ticked off folks who went to the town hall meetings of their elected representatives right after Obama’s Stimulus behemoth, followed by the ramming through of another behemoth: the health care bill. And even if they didn’t go to town hall meetings they may have written letters to their legislators (like me, and that’s something I’ve never done before).

Those folks who show up wearing red white and blue and carrying signs are merely the extremely motivated and/or those who have a schedule flexible enough to allow them to do so. Behind them are MANY others who are sympathetic to their passions and views.

By: camojack

camojack — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:06:18 +0000

Yeah, what Darrell said… 🙂

By: Simon Vander

Simon Vander — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:25:28 +0000

Nice article, but still, there were some rather critical comments (as well as some ugly ones) posted below it.

By: Hold Fast

Hold Fast — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:20:42 +0000

Great article! Sign of the times: To have to cross the pond to see an accurate, fair article regarding the Tea Party movement. . . without the sexual inuendo usually added by the msm…

By: Sgt. Mom

Sgt. Mom — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:57:06 +0000

By George, I think he’s got it! I’ve been active in a local Tea Party since early 2009, and I have experienced a kind of intellectual whiplash, whenever I contrast what I know first hand of the Tea Party and Tea Partiers with what I read in the media. I don’t know how many times I rolled my eyes and sighed a deep sigh, upon reading one more time that the Tea Party was finest-kind Astroturf created by GOP strategists … and all the rest of the calumny heaped upon us by the mainstream press.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:04:53 +0000

Thanks Paul.

By: Bob from Virginia

Bob from Virginia — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:54:00 +0000

Its come to this, an objective article on the Tea Party movement. Oh the humanity!!!

By: Paul_In_Houston

Paul_In_Houston — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:45:59 +0000

I made this the subject of my latest post and gave neo-neocon full credit.

I suspect she rightly figured that the original post said it all, but I’m me, and I just couldn’t stop myself from quoting a bit of it.

Darrel: I put your reaction in there, simpkly because you nailed it.

FYI 🙂
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By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:25:26 +0000

As an active TEA Party member, I say that this Brit has got it about right. And, yes, it is ironic.