Is this remarkable episode, variously described by some observers
as a Tea Party «hostage - taking» or even «suicide bombing,» going to end in the unthinkable?
As far
as the Tea Party excuse, are you really going to let CNBC personality Rick Santelli dictate policy here?
Akin is only sorry he got caught letting people see that he is as insane
as his tea party supporters.
As a Tea Party supporter I will vote for Obama any day over these Israel shills.
While they talk about being «pragmatists», the consultant and lobbyist classes are just as driven by «gut instinct and guru - ism»
as the Tea Party insurgents they fear and disdain.
Facebookers who had identified
themselves as Tea Party supporters or Christian rock fans, or who had posted messages in favor of tax cuts or against abortion, found an ad from Bachmann waiting for them on their profile page in the weeks before the vote, asking for their support and directing them to a link where they could arrange a free ride to the polling place.
He did say, however, that he won't be running for president
as a Tea Party candidate.
According to statistics on an NBC blog, overall, 32 % of the candidates that were backed by the Tea Party or identified
themselves as a Tea Party member won election.
It suggests, too, that the political winds could be shifting faster than even adept politicians like Mr. Cuomo realize,
as Tea Party populism yields to a variant on the left.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee tried to pigeonhole Gibson
as a Tea Party believer — he campaigned on eliminating the federal departments of education and homeland security, and thinks pistol permits should be reciprocally recognized among states the same way a driver's license is — but he stiff - armed the label.
Olberman billed Paladino
as the Tea Party candidate for the «clearly jinxed office of governor of New York State.»
Koch, who is best known
as a Tea Party funder (and the guy impersonated by NY - 26 candidate / Buffalo Beast editor Ian Murphy during his prank call to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker), helped finance the counter-protest during the Badger State's union - backed «week of rage.»
Ian Murphy, who received national attention for posing
as Tea Party funder David Koch in a phone call to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, was the Green Party candidate in the special election of May 24 for the 26th congressional district.
But be mindful that the special election was a three - way contest that included Jack Davis, running
as a Tea Party line, in addition to Republican Jane Corwin.
Buerkle has at times been at odds with leaders of her own party in Washington and has been targeted by the Democrats
as a Tea Party «extremist.»
SEIU 1199, the powerful health care workers union, has entered the fray in NY - 19 with an ad that tries to portray GOP Rep. Chris Gibson
as a Tea Party extremist.
«She's described
herself as a Tea Party radical.
The WFP often promotes
itself as the Tea Party of the left.
Facing seven other more conservative candidates, Bennett has been the focus of withering criticism from members of his own party as well
as Tea Party activists.
During the race, Weprin tried to paint Turner
as a Tea Party candidate bent on destroying Medicare and Social Security while Turner tried to frame the election as a referendum on unpopular President Barack Obama's policies.
Republicans are concerned that Davis, who is a former Democrat, but was able to get enough signatures to run on the ballot
as the Tea Party candidate, is drawing conservative support from Corwin.
Some purges were embarrassing, such
as the Tea Party support for Christine «I am not a witch» O'Donnell over proven Republican vote - getter Mike Castle.
McCain, 80, first had to get through a primary against Kelli Ward, who ran
as a tea party insurgent proudly backing Donald Trump and aped Trump's criticism of McCain over veterans» legislation.
The system may throw roadblocks in the way of a virtual third party, but online connectivity can fuel the sort of outrage that pushes the major parties to listen, much
as the Tea Party forced Republican candidates to shift their views on taxes and deficits.
The same is too true of the environmental movement; as U.S. - based journalist Suzanne Goldenberg has highlighted: «the very top of «Big Green» is as white and male
as a Tea Party meetup.»
On the other side, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida finds itself on the same team
as tea party activists.
The push for private loans contradicts directly with certain segments of the Republican party such
as the Tea Party Republicans and business - oriented Republicans.
I wonder what he'd use as a direct mailer if he'd run
as a Tea Party candidate...
Not exact matches
If McConnell can fend off his conservative challenger on May 20, guide four of his fellow incumbents through a thicket of
Tea Party primary challenges, and survive the November election — a difficult hat trick — he is likely to emerge
as the one Washington Republican who can return the Grand Old
Party to the grand old political center and put an end to
Tea Party extremism.
But
as that occurred before the advent of the
Tea Party, which was sparked in large part out of concern over the government's profligate spending, such an effort this time around would likely run into greater resistance, particularly from rank - and - file conservative House Republicans.
Bachmann added that Republican presidential ticket reflects these
Tea Party values,
as well.
As a result, many small - business owners see the Tea Party as defending their interests against an overzealous governmen
As a result, many small - business owners see the
Tea Party as defending their interests against an overzealous governmen
as defending their interests against an overzealous government.
They see the efforts of big business to get Congress to reform the tax code and cut corporate income - tax rates
as a diversion from the
Tea Party's fight to lower personal income - tax rates.
Another beneficiary of the
Tea Party wave, Mulvaney serves on the Budget Committee, and earned conservative cred
as a co-author of the Republican «Cut, Cap and Balance» legislation.
As I wrote last week, one possible explanation for why Boehner and the rest of the Republican establishment have given the
Tea Party so much free rein is that they fear primary challengers to the right.
LePage's latest outburst came after a newspaper reporter told the two - term,
Tea Party - backed governor that state Representative Drew Gattine had described the governor
as racist for focusing on black people
as bearing primary responsibility for the drug trade in the state.
He's betting that he can broaden his
Tea Party following by winning over social conservatives, and use a victory in Iowa — where he's in a virtual dead heat with Donald Trump in a new Des Moines Register / Bloomberg poll released Wednesday —
as a springboard to success in South Carolina.
This particular «J L van der Velde» on youtube is subscribed to six accounts affiliated with RT (formerly Russia Today) media and «kdenninger,» an account for Karl Denninger, who is sometimes referred to
as a founding member of the
Tea Party movement.
Note that under the Bush administration many of the problems articulated by the
Tea Party were just under way or in full bloom, particularly easy credit for non-white folks, but
as easy credit also reached white folks, it was tolerable.
Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a
Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who,
as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.
Tea Party supporters in the United States demonstrate very low levels of trust toward China and,
as a result, advocate much tougher economic and military policies.
In the same article we reported that while the Citizens United case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Thomas, the wife of the Justice, created a nonprofit
Tea Party advocacy group, Liberty Central, Inc., with a former lawyer for the Charles G. Koch Foundation, Sarah Field, acting
as her General Counsel and a former Koch lobbyist, Matt Schlapp, serving on her board at inception.
If one more person sends me that super-lame
Tea Party video with the fruitbat dressed
as Thomas Paine, I'm going to pull my hair out of my head.
Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, The New Yorker, E. J. Dionne, Michael Tomasky, Lawrence O'Donnell, Nancy Pelosi — to mention only a few — have all leveled the race charge, aiming, it among others, at Mitt Romney, Clint Eastwood, Donald Trump, the
Tea Party, and anyone who refers to Obama
as a «Chicago politician.»
The survey found that most
Tea Party members reflect the views of religious conservatives,
as opposed to libertarians, on social issues.
Tea Party and evangelicals will rebel, putting up Cain or Perry as third party candi
Party and evangelicals will rebel, putting up Cain or Perry
as third
party candi
party candidate.
About half of the Americans who identify
as part of the
Tea Party movement say they are also part of the religious right or conservative Christian movement, according to a survey released last year by the Public Religion Research Institute.
Or
as a movement designed to work within the feminist movement
as a reformation movement (similar to the early church in Jerusalem to Judaism, or the
Tea Party within the Republican
Party)?
(Note: Just so we're clear, I'm not saying that anyone who opposes gay marriage or the
Tea Party or «happy holidays» is doing so out of fear; just saying that
as citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, fear need not be a factor in our discussion of these issues.)
Conservative Christians did claim some victories Tuesday night, including helping the GOP retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives and helping elect
tea party favorite Ted Cruz
as a U.S. senator from Texas.