Some nimcompoops have celebrated on this site about the death of the Tea Party. Some of us have pointed out that the Tea Party is still active and more interested in local politics...
Tea Party candidate beats old time, moderate Republican!
Dick Lugar (r) a long time fixture fixture in Washington DC, who played too close Barack Obama, lost his primary bid for a new term. His opponent, Richard Mourdock, is supported by the Indiana Tea Party.
I guess we know who was right all along.
Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
Right about what?
Lugar's defeat had nothing to do with Mourdock being supported by your nutty political "party" (if that's what you think it is) and everything to do with Lugar being too old and serving too long. A "moderate" republican (the horror) would have beaten him too. There was some post-election polling by Repuke pollster Christine Matthews showing that none of the 5 talking points of the teabaggers were listed as a reason why Mourdock supporters voted for him.....and 60% of Repuke primary votes wanted to actually try to solve some of the country's problems, even if it meant working with the democrats to do so.
Let me ask you some questions.........how do you propose ever getting anything done in local, state or national politics when you advocate electing people who refuse to compromise on anything? Do you understand how crazy you sound when you treat "moderate" like a dirty word? Do you understand how stupid and offensive it is to take the position that I hate America because I'm going to vote for Obama? What is it with the demonization? As vigorously as I disagree with you idiots on almost everything political, it wouldn't occur to me to question your patriotism....I just think you're wrong and stupid....under what circumstances does it become acceptable to say someone hates their country because of which political party they happen to vote with? Taking that position is wrong and destructive. Call me stupid, call me liberal, call me wrong....but don't tell me I don't love my country.