Why saying ‘I’m in the Tea Party’ is the same as saying ‘I eat glue and like it’
Does anyone else have that same moment of “what did you just say?” when a member of the “Tea Party” opens their mouth? Does anyone think they even understand what they are saying when they open their mouth? Does anyone else agree that they seem to have a Rupert Murdoch/Koch created robot living inside of their head controlling their every movement and thought process? Does anyone else think that what the “Tea Party” believes is good for them and the country is no better than eating a bucket of toxic glue while claiming that they like it?
If ignorance is bliss, I’m surprised the “Tea Party” isn’t gallivanting around singing ‘Kumbayah’ whilst dancing with pretend unicorns in a field of imaginary sunflowers that produce oil from their stems.
They live in a world that just simply doesn’t exist. They believe government programs are “charity,” and that the government shouldn’t be in the business of providing happiness and success for those that inhabit the country for which they govern. Here I was thinking all this time that the great nation that is the United States of America wanted to enable “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” as well as promote the general welfare. What was I thinking?!
Oh yes, I was thinking that I actually read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America.
It’s not “charity”… it’s a promise our forefathers granted to us when building the government the “Tea Party” now claims to despise. It’s not “charity”… it’s civilization, and a respect for our fellow citizens.
Just like eating glue, the “Tea Party” message is toxic, unhealthy, and should be avoided. The fact is, they don’t seem to understand that the debt ceiling is not about money to be spent, but rather money that has already been spent and it is our obligation to pay. That’s why we will default if we don’t raise it. We owe money, and by not raising the debt ceiling it shows the rest of the world how irresponsible we are. Interests rates will go up, and Americans will be losing more of their income than ever before. The President would be forced to raise taxes to pay for it. What the “Tea Party” is pushing for is exactly what they preached against when starting their little bowel movement (Taxed Enough Already). Well guess what? If we default, you’re about to be taxed a lot more.
The mission of those that fund the “Tea Party” is that of corporate, profit-based initiatives, that favor the wealthy over the poor. Those that are in the “Tea Party” are in it for either that reason or perhaps it is not about taxes at all. I believe it is also about an extremist right-wing fringe of the nation that lost their sh*t when a black man became President. They are trying at all costs (including global economic catastrophe) to destroy the chance of President Obama’s reelection. They think that they can make him look as bad as possible by destroying the American way of life, and then blame it on the black man in the White House. Well, guess what? We, the American people aren’t falling for it. We know it’s the “Tea Party” that is destroying jobs, forcing Americans to have less freedom (women’s rights, gay rights, religious rights, etc), and perhaps even forcing a higher tax rate just to prove a point. If the “Tea Party” was so upset about our rising deficit and out of control spending, they would’ve had protested nearly all of President Bush backed legislation. It’s a sad day in America when those that claim to be the most patriotic are the same ones that push the country back into the knife that they are holding. It’s pathetic, and far from Patriotic, and anyone in the “Tea Party” should be ashamed of themselves. I honestly believe that two-thirds of “Tea Party” members don’t even know what they are angry about. Taxes are at their lowest rates in half a century. Guess what? It’s not about taxes.
I really hope that these particular individuals in America will stop their fetish of eating glue. It’s mucking up our insides, constipating our national way of life, and forcing the rest of the world to look at us with a weird glance like, “Dude, they eat glue and like it.”
Don’t worry Earth, we don’t all eat glue and like it. Most of us understand how toxic it can truly be.
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6:29 pm
The Constitution says “promote” the general welfare, NOT provide the general welfare.
Look at the way the inner city has gone since the “Great Society”. There is nothing “well” about that.
11:19 am
Tea Parties are for little girls and Mad Hatters.
4:29 pm
Rubio is hot, which you’ll see when you watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdLysYfJMXI He made sense to me.
12:20 pm
From the so called enlightened crowd….I find the use of generalizations on here pretty humerous.
4:54 am
You mean like your comment back in April about how everyone on the Left hates America and hates soldiers?
This proud veteran’s daughter cordially invites you to take a flying leap.
9:07 pm
To understand Tea Party ‘logic’ you have to understand Tea Party “attitude adjustment,” i.e., where the ideas come from. Short and simple: find me a Tea Partier that does NOT listen to Fox “News.”
Fox now has the largest listened share, so they get to spew their poison right into the open minds of the listeners…
I though freedom of speech is a good thing, but I also believe that you should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. Were I the FCC, I would shut the entire network down – all outlets, all channels, all streams, all forms of distro. Until they prove their claims (which, of course, they can’t) or change their tune (which they won’t) they should be kept off the air.
Then watch the caffeine in the Tea wake up the idiots when they realize it was all lies. (That is REALLY the scary part – what happens if they win, get disenfranchised, and then, when it’s too late to do anything but go to war, realize how they have been duped…)
Fox Network, a Maytag for the mind…
4:59 pm
Kathryn, that’s like claiming that people who like the way the character Uncle Tom behaves can’t be racist because Uncle Tom was black.
4:53 pm
Kathryn, its easy. The three gentlemen have no use for people of their own race, they identify with WASPs and are therefore ‘safe.’ Just because you are the same race of those whose race you disdain does not excuse you from the label of racist.
As for Bachman, well, any woman who gets her law degree because her husband commended her to do so and, as a good wife, she is to be submissive can hardly be concerned with equality between men and women. So, by the TP’s standards, she is a ‘good woman.’ Can’t get any more sexist than that, now can you?
4:33 pm
That was answered in the column. “If ignorance is bliss, I’m surprised the “Tea Party” isn’t gallivanting around singing ‘Kumbayah’ whilst dancing with pretend unicorns in a field of imaginary sunflowers that produce oil from their stems.”
They are ignorant.
4:10 pm
Herman Cain, Alan West stated the POTUS isn’t black enough..that’s racist.
Michele Bachman is a Fundamental Christian – women should be submissive – that’s sexist.
Alan West – research anything he’s said to co-worker’s – that’s sexist.
The Tea Party’s “love affair” with them is because they are a means to an end – run this gov’t into the ground.
4:07 pm
I think you are missing a big point. It seems as if the tea party is trying to bring about the “end times.” They think they get to leave, so who cares about those who are “left behind.”
5:41 am
LOL!!
3:20 pm
If the tea party is racist, sexist, etc, then how do you explain their support of: Herman Cain, Rep. Alan West, Marco Rubio, Michelle Bachman?
Just askin’.
4:01 pm
That’s like suggesting misogynists never get married
4:11 pm
That’s just how dumb they are – they can’t even realize they’re supporting a movement that, had it been in place from the beginning of our country’s history, would prevent them from having the voice they do today.
4:18 pm
“Herman Cain, Rep. Alan West, Marco Rubio, Michelle Bachmann” are you flippin kidding me??? Have you ACTUALLY LISTENED the nasty and vile things these so-called “leaders” spew??? If you have, than you already answered your own question!!!
4:33 pm
Tokens
4:34 pm
These people that you mention are what are commonly called “beards”. It’s a slang term used to describe a false or phony relationship usually that gay men have with women in order to hide their homosexuality. In other words just like Michele Bachmann is a “beard” to her gay husband (c’mon that’s no secret) She and the others you mention are “beards” in order to make the Tea Party look somewhat normal.
Those of us with some brains are not fooled – are you?
4:39 pm
I can sum them all up in two words: finger puppets. You can always find someone of any group who will side with money and or power.
4:57 pm
“If the tea party is racist, sexist, etc, then how do you explain their support of: Herman Cain, Rep. Alan West, Marco Rubio, Michelle Bachman?”
DUH!! Because all those folks you just mentioned are as well, even though they are a cross-section; it lets them feel like they aren’t racist and sexist by promting a woman or a black man…seriously, have you ever listened to anything anyone of those people you mentioned SAY???
5:01 pm
You can be a hardcore bigot and still tolerate – even like – the individuals in the hated group who do your bidding. Especially if those henchmen also give you plausible deniability when it comes to being a bigot.
5:09 pm
Simple. Google “tea party racism” and pop some popcorn and grab a coke. Understand, when they do nothing about this, their silence implies consent. If people will not stand up for the right thing, then the bullies and bigots never get beaten.
5:24 pm
It’s a matter of they protest too much, methinks.
They push forward the only black people in their party (all 3 of them) and use them to claim: “See? We aren’t racist! We’re a diverse party! We’ve got colored people too!” Same applies for the women. They find the most airheaded, anti-women’s rights women out there, and get push them forward as “proof” that they aren’t sexist.
5:26 pm
The concept of “token” members to convince the brainless masses that they’re an inclusive group never quite dawned on you, did it?
5:42 am
Michelle Bachman-lol
8:40 am
lol