http://oportet.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] oportet.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2010-04-27 10:09 am
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I'm not a liberal, but if I was, I can't imagine what I would have against the Tea Party movement - so hopefully a liberal/democrat could help me out with this.

I understand the movement is made up mostly of conservatives, so wouldn't that either be a good, or at worst, neutral thing for you when elections come around?

Sure, the Tea Party isn't an official party with representatives, but when a big (or the big) election comes around, they'll most likely endorse someone (If they don't, that would fall under neutral). If the person/people they back are Republican, you saw it coming, and you'll pretty much have the same outcome there would have been if the TP never existed (again, neutral result). If the person/people they back aren't Republican, it wouldn't be taking many, if any, votes away from your side - nowhere near the number it would be taking away from Republicans (this would fall under good for you).

Or am I missing something?

[identity profile] xforge.livejournal.com 2010-04-28 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
They were there to get arrested. You should probably study the history of public protest a little more deeply before you comment on things like this. And teabaggers get hassled by cops? HAA, you're kidding right? Tell me, Vida daahhlink, if an armada of black people showed up to a protest on the Mall in D.C. carrying loaded firearms and waving signs about the Tree of Liberty needing to be Watered with the Blood of Tyrants, how long would they last?

[identity profile] dreadfulpenny81.livejournal.com 2010-04-29 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Who knows? Since Obama's the President, it will probably last a while.

[identity profile] xforge.livejournal.com 2010-04-29 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You go right on thinking that ::pat pat::