That is quite a big brush you are painting with. On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would say that most republicans are racist too, so you may be on to > something about them not being any more racist than republicans ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 7:03 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Just as was foretold, Tea party extremists gaining political > ground > > > "Just as was foretold, Tea party extremists gaining political ground" > > Foretold by whom? A bunch of leftist who want to maintain a Democratic > majority? Republicans who are afraid of losing what little power they have? > > > Your title could as easily been "Just as foretold, Obama's economic policies > are a disaster". > > > This nebulous tea party movement is despised by both major parties because > it threatens the existing power structure. Continually defaming the grass > roots movement is one way to neutralize this threat. > > Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be > an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that tea party > adherents are any more racist than other Republicans, and indeed many other > Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and > having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats win in November. > Having one's opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing > joblessness. - Mary Frances Berry > > Mary Frances Berry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Frances_Berry> can see > it clearly and she is as liberal as the day is long. > > > And then there is the threat of actually having to deal with tea party > success. See what a former Republican big wig has to say: > > We don't need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples. As soon as they get here, we > need to co-opt them. - Trent Lott > > > Classify the whole tea party movement as racist or violent is akin to > calling the whole democratic party racist or murders based on Robert Byrd's > actions or Ted Kennedy's actions. It's not going to stop people with > agenda's of protecting a broken status quo from continuing to do so. > > > "They threaten violence, they threaten to overthrow the government to take > back 'their' country and say that under the constitution they have that > right; they traffic in racism; they called the President of the United > States a Communist; they attack homosexuals...you need me to go on?" > > Yes. I need you to post proof of a tea party platform that supports these > things. > > You seem to ignore that many tea parties have blacks, Hispanics, and gays > in attendance to go along with the gun nuts and isolationists. What do they > all have in common? They are tired of same old shit in DC every year > regardless of party. > > The only platform I can find is the "Contract From America": > > > 1. *Identify constitutionality of every new law*: Require each bill to > identify the specific provision of the Constitution that gives Congress > the > power to do what the bill does. (82.03%) > 2. *Reject emissions trading*: Stop the "cap and trade" administrative > approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for > achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. (72.20%) > 3. *Demand a balanced federal budget*: Begin the Constitutional amendment > process to require a balanced budget with a two-thirds majority needed > for > any tax modification. (69.69%) > 4. *Simplify the tax system*: Adopt a simple and fair single-rate tax > system by scrapping the internal revenue code and replacing it with one > that > is no longer than 4,543 words - the length of the original Constitution. > (64.9%) > 5. *Audit federal government agencies for constitutionality*: Create a > Blue Ribbon taskforce that engages in an audit of federal agencies and > programs, assessing their Constitutionality, and identifying duplication, > waste, ineffectiveness, and agencies and programs better left for the > states > or local authorities. (63.37%) > 6. *Limit annual growth in federal spending*: Impose a statutory cap > limiting the annual growth in total federal spending to the sum of the > inflation rate plus the percentage of population growth. (56.57%) > 7. *Repeal the health care legislation passed on March 23, 2010*: Defund, > repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. > (56.39%) > 8. *Pass an 'All-of-the-Above' Energy Policy*: Authorize the exploration > of additional energy reserves to reduce American dependence on foreign > energy sources and reduce regulatory barriers to all other forms of > energy > creation. (55.5%) > 9. *Reduce Earmarks*: Place a moratorium on all earmarks until the budget > is balanced, and then require a 2/3 majority to pass any earmark. > (55.47%) > 10. *Reduce Taxes*: Permanentlyrepeal all recent tax increases, and > extend permanently the George W. Bush temporary reductions in income tax, > capital gains tax and estate taxes, currently scheduled to end in 2011. > (53.38%) > > > > J > > - > > No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in > session. - Mark Twain > > The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and > provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferso > > > >
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