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Revelations about the connections between a Republican lobbying firm with a long history of astroturfing and one of the two main factions of "Tea Party" protesters are raising fresh concerns that the GOP has successfully hijacked the right-wing Tea Party movement.
A Libertarian political consultant interviewed by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow agrees that in many places the tea partiers' struggle against being coopted is already "a lost cause."
"In some places it's being fought out," Stephen Gordon told Maddow on Tuesday. "In some places it's always been a lost cause. ... People are trying to do the right thing, but GOP organizations and campaigns are effectively taking over the Tea Party movement in some places in the country."
Originally posted by kettlebellysmith
We will not be denied our rightful voice in the electoral process, and we may well lead to a third party. (Or a fourth, if you count the greenies.)
Originally posted by joey_hv.
Get some Ronald Reagan Republican leadership, take the gloves off and attack, attack, attack the Dems ON EVERY ISSUE!
Originally posted by joey_hv
reply to post by whatukno
Here is a winning platform
"We will undo EVERYTHING OBAMA and PELOSI have done"
bam! GOP wins
Originally posted by whatukno
reply to post by joey_hv
So what if McCain won? Looks as if Palin would have quit on him less than a year in office.
I'm just trying to not be predictable thats all
Aw whatukno I wouldn't suspected you to use such a tactic.
You are taking what you know now and applying it to an event that never took place as if the same outcome or actions would be applied. This, can never be verified and you know it.
It may be all a play by the GOP and it may not. To discredit, I am guessing based just off of my head and no hard facts, that a large portion of the people that have identified with the Tea Party movement saw it as a break from the GOP. Hopefully someone will harness that energy and lead the way to a strong platform. I doubt it, but never know.
You also assert that the Right is just attack, attack, attack. The Left does the same. It comes from both, but people like to turn a blind eye to their views and what is done, in order to perpetuate and further their points.
A strong argument can show both sides as failing while still bolstering their views, but most here do not do so and just enjoy to 'attack, attack, attack' as you so have eloquently put.
Originally posted by joey_hv
Get some Ronald Reagan Republican leadership, take the gloves off and attack, attack, attack the Dems ON EVERY ISSUE!
reply to post by whaaa
Both parties do exactly what the lobbyist and megacorps tell them to do.