The Tea Party

[Iaintliein]

Originally Posted by ShysterJon

I'm not saying there aren't blacks and Hispanics in the tea farty. I'm saying it's a lie that blacks and Hispanics make up any significant part of the tea farty, as the tea farty claims.

And what proportion does the TEA party claim? Where is the link to that information?

[Whirlaway]

It will be the Tea Party movement that absolutley destroys the Democrat unions in the upcoming Wisconsin special elections.

The phony race baiting by ShysterJon and his Democrats is proof that the Tea Party ideas are a threat to their Utopian Statist ideas.

The Tea Party movement (their ideas, polcies, and candidates) are winning in all levels of American politics - local, county, state, and federal.

Keep whistling past your (electorial) graveyard ShysterJon...........

[ShysterJon]

You know, Whirlaway, I like your rhetorical flourishes. You could have been a speechwriter for Stalin. But the reality is the tea farty is declining in membership. The following is from an article dated April 16, 2012:

"The Tea Party is in decline and it does not look like it will be able to continue much longer with any effectiveness or impact. A new ABC News poll on the Tea Party finds the more Americans hear about the Tea Party, the less they like about it. The poll also finds that Americans are tired of the Tea Party’s politics and are uninterested in learning any more about them. Unsurprisingly, the Tea Party has a wide gender gap problem as well, with a 13-point spread between men and women.

This poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, finds that six in 10 Americans aren’t particularly interested in additional information about the Tea Party, and 41 percent aren’t interested ‘at all.’ Thirty-nine percent have at least some interest, but just 9 percent are very interested. Among those with interest, moreover, more than six in 10 already support it, ABC News reports:

'But perhaps most damaging is the buzz: Fifty percent of Americans say the more they hear about the Tea Party, the less they like it; just 27 percent say they like it more. That compares with a much closer (albeit still negative) 43-34 percent split on this question in April 2010.'

A related problem for the movement (as with Santorum’s candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination) reflects its difficulties moving beyond its ideological and partisan base."

See:

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com...12/04/16/38089.

[Whirlaway]

Tea Party membership isn't important. It is the ideas of the movement and implementaion of those ideas.

And the Tea Party is building successes in all areas. The Democrats and unions are going to get their balls kicked in Wisconsin because of Tea Party ideas !

Gov. Walker was elected in Wisconsin because of the wave of Tea Party activism in that state.

[nwarounder]

Could a mod please move this to the NBA superthread? Same fucking thing.

[ShysterJon]

Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Tea Party membership isn't important.

Well, of course it is. Tea farty ideas have gotten widespread coverage. At one point, people were curious and joined. But that was then. This is now. Membership has been on a steady decline -- because most people know what the tea farty stands for and don't agree with it.

[ShysterJon]

Originally Posted by nwarounder

Could a mod please move this to the NBA superthread? Same fucking thing.

Using your mouse can get you to another thread, amigo.

[Laz]

I suspect, even though I have no proof, that if you discussed this with many of the responsible members of the minority communities that they would support the position of fiscal responsibility. The idiotic accusations of racism by the democrats have colored the perception many people have of the Tea Party. Those members of the minority community that have embraced it have been welcomed.

[Laz]

Originally Posted by ShysterJon

Well, of course it is. Tea farty ideas have gotten widespread coverage. At one point, people were curious and joined. But that was then. This is now. Membership has been on a steady decline -- because most people know what the tea farty stands for and don't agree with it.

People still believe in fiscal responsibility. That has not changed and I suspect that it will show at the polls. You can laugh at me in November if I am wrong.

[nwarounder]

Originally Posted by Laz

I suspect, even though I have no proof, that if you discussed this with many of the responsible members of the minority communities that they would support the position of fiscal responsibility. The idiotic accusations of racism by the democrats have colored the perception many people have of the Tea Party. Those members of the minority community that have embraced it have been welcomed.

I would imagine the Democrats would be pissed at you for associating him with their party. I'm guessing NBPP all the way.

[I B Hankering]

Originally Posted by ShysterJon

Uh, because the other 10% could include a white woman? I gather you're not a mathematician.

Neither are you, Shitstirrer Jon. Per your citation:
Membership and demographics

Several polls have been conducted on the demographics of the movement. Though the various polls sometimes turn up slightly different results, they tend to show that Tea Party supporters are mainly white and slightly more likely to be male ['slightly more likely', Shitstirrer Jon, not 'preponderantly'] , married, older than 45, more conservative than the general population, and likely to be more wealthy and have more education.[79][80][81][82][83]
A Gallup poll conducted in March 2010 found that—other than gender, income and politics—self-described Tea Party members were demographically similar to the population as a whole ['similar to the population as a whole', Shitstirrer Jon, what say you now?] .[84]
When surveying supporters or participants of the Tea Party movement, polls have shown that they are to a very great extent more likely to be registered Republican, have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party and an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party.[83][85][86] The Bloomberg National Poll of adults 18 and over showed that 40% of Tea Party supporters are 55 or older, compared with 32% of all poll respondents; 79% are white, 61% are men and 44% identify as "born-again Christians",[87] compared with 75%,[88] 48.5%,[89] and 34%[90] for the general population, respectively.


So, as you and your ilk hypocritically demonize and 'oppress' Palin and Bachmann, Shitstirrer Jon, remember they are not 'white men' and they are part of the 'oppressed minorities' you lefties so like to claim you are defending.

[Whirlaway]

HA.....your the fool to think membership is more important than a movement's successes..........

Read it and weep ShysterJon.......

In Wisconsin, Walker Is Likely to Survive Recall

By NATE SILVER of the NY Times........Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a Republican, is likely to survive a recall election on June 5, according to recent nonpartisan polls of the state.

Mr. Walker leads his Democratic opponent, Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, by an average of six percentage points in those polls and has not trailed in any poll since February.

Originally Posted by ShysterJon

Well, of course it is. Tea farty ideas have gotten widespread coverage. At one point, people were curious and joined. But that was then. This is now. Membership has been on a steady decline -- because most people know what the tea farty stands for and don't agree with it.

[ShysterJon]

Uh, actually I haven't said a word about Palin and Bachman, I B Dyslexic.

Whirlaway, I guess the election will prove whether the tea farty is on the rise or decline in Wisconsin. And btw, you wrote "your the fool." Actually, it's "you're the fool," fool.

[Whirlaway]

You can take it to the bank that the Tea Party movement is very much a growth industry !

[I B Hankering]

Originally Posted by ShysterJon

Uh, actually I haven't said a word about Palin and Bachman, I B Dyslexic.

Whirlaway, I guess the election will prove whether the tea farty is on the rise or decline in Wisconsin.

Uh, actually, your ignorant remarks about the Tea Party de facto include Palin and Bachmann, Shitstirrer Jon.