posted August 03, 2011 12:45 PM            

it is constitutional. but does it resemble democracy in any way shape or form? does it speak to the "overwhelming" dissatisfaction of the masses with the Democratic administration that lost seats in '10.

posted August 03, 2011 05:40 PM            

supposedly number 1/4 million, or 250,000.

How such a small segment of our society [duly funded ] has been tricked out to pimp special interest groups is astonishing to me. As a self professed Virgo rising nerd I find it a little fascinating. The reason they have been given cart blanch by their repub friends and cousins, is only through that funding. Think the media would not be all over a radical leftist group? I think not. Others on this board love to attest that the media is controlled by the left, obviously they are not.

posted August 03, 2011 05:47 PM            

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The office of precinct committeeman (“PC”) has been has been called “the most powerful office in the world” because the PC is the closest structured political officeholder to the registered voter. A registered voter has no vote in internal Party policy; a precinct committeeman does. A PC elects district, county and state party officers, delegates to the Presidential convention and RNC members. PCs sent to the Pres. Convention vote on what policies the party platform will be advocated in the next two years. Through a monthly meeting, PCs interact with their elected Party officials to influence legislation.

Here’s the point: the Party does have good conservatives in it who are willing to take positions of Party leadership, but they won’t get elected into those positions unless the Party has a solid majority of conservatives in the PC ranks. As a PC, you can devote as much or as little time to other PC tasks such as helping to get out the vote on election day and informing the voters in your precinct about the best candidates, how best to vote on initiatives, etc. Politics matter. Look at the outcome of the last election. But to be able to vote for the Party leadership, a conservative registered Republican voter must be a PC. It’s that simple.

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posted August 03, 2011 07:21 PM            

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posted August 03, 2011 08:02 PM            

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posted August 04, 2011 09:58 AM            

250,000 in Tea Party??

Tea Party members and supporters are about 18% of Americans.

posted August 04, 2011 12:47 PM            

but the whole point of this post is that that number is inflated artificially by the fact that there were so few alternatives to vote for in 2010...and so few voters too.

posted August 04, 2011 11:36 PM            

The Tea Party didn't elect all those new House Republicans from all over America with only 250,000 members.

Come on, you can tell me.

posted August 06, 2011 03:46 AM            

The Tea party has a fundamental message "Taxed Enough Already". Think about it, why should I pay more because someone else refuses to work?

You think that anyone with money should just share the wealth? My question is "What do we do with people that can get a job but refuse to because the handout is more than a regular job?"

This country was not built on "hey... I work hard, grow crops and feed my family. How about I give you half and then you can sit on your a$$ and we can both feel good"

I am in a very economically depressed area of AZ and I still found a damn job. I work my a$$ off so that Bear and I can have a good life, why should WE have to give up half to help someone that sits on their butt or this ahole pseudo president that doesn't think twice about spening our tax money to fund his and ms. aholes trips overseas, parties at the WH while others are trying to put food on the table?

Think about it. How would you feel if someone said to you "Hey Kat, I know you love your home, but I have a family that is poor and more deserving SO I want you to move out. Oh.. and I still want you to pay that mortgage and the utilities because they can't do it. Thank you...

posted August 06, 2011 12:53 PM            

it is about how the available candidates were stacked with tea partiers by legal but sneaky tactics, not about the validity of the tea party "credo".

and i don't know how much you make but i'm not asking for half of anybody's money, no not even the super rich who (sob) would only be left with, say, a million a yearif i did?

glad you found a job. but while there is fraud in any system, and slackers in any community, it is ridiculous to say that lexx, for instance, is TOO LAZY to get a job. why should SHE starve to death or suffer a life without meds because of an industrial accident years ago when someone making 300K per year would have to sacrifice a HUGE $1500 so that her disability - which she paid into by the way - can keep coming?? sorry lexx if you see this to use you as an example, but this is REAL.

as to your hypothetical scenario, how many thousands of people have had their homes taken from them so that goldman sachs, and other investment firms, could post record profits (AND be given trillions by the FED RES) this year? and how many people like ME have no hope of owning a home because of the inflated prices rigged by the bubble of the last 10 years(pre-burst of course).

personally i think monopolizing the PC membership was a canny but LAZY way of ensuring that the "other" choice was going to be a tea party candidate rather than anyone else - rather than actual candidates having to go out and WIN OVER voters with their arguments and policies, they enjoyed a non-competitive situation in an election where many people just stayed home because the choice was too unpalatable to make.

i doubt VERY much that 2012 will be a progressive repeat of 2010. recall movements are blooming and buyer's remorse is evident EVERYWHERE.

posted August 07, 2011 08:54 AM            

"LMAO.... so 250,000 people (allegedly) out of over 300,000,000 in this country have somehow swayed the world? 250,000 from all parties (they are democrats, independents, green party and republican) somehow took over EVERYTHING?"...BearsArcher

Yeah BearsArcher, any day now I expect to see leftists claim those 250,000 Tea Party members have perfected mind control. That's the only way a mere 250,000 members could have swayed 300,000,000.

Nice to see you!

posted August 07, 2011 04:43 PM            

People funding organizations. How un-American...unless it's George Soros funding Center for American Progress, MoveOn dot org, Media Matters and other leftist groups.

Oh, and all that astro-turfing? Perhaps you should take a good look at all the union thugs bussed in to stir up trouble. Bussed in to intimidate teenagers at home and business executives AT THEIR HOMES. Oh, and then, there's ACORN. Now ACORN really knows how to astro-turf.