Tag: tea partiers
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What’s the difference between a dictator and a tea partier?
“Compromise is what’s led us to the mess we’re in right now. We can’t compromise our way out of this,” U.S. Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ranger, said in a Wednesday morning C-SPAN defense of his decision to oppose the Boehner plan. And only I know the way out. Sounds like a dictatorial mindset to me.
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Tea partier identifies America’s greatest enemy
This tweet was sent by a tea partier to Rep. Phil Gingrey after the Gang of Six plan was unveiled: PLEASE run against Saxby Chambliss! Pragmatism is killing the Republic!
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Your move, ideologues
So what excuse will the tea party’s congressional mouthpieces invent for rejecting the “Gang of 6” compromise, supported by everyone from Saxby Chambliss to President Obama? You know they will oppose it, even though the closure of loopholes (tax increases, in ideologue parlance) is accompanied by tax reform. Hope they prove me wrong.
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A market researcher and a tax collector
Before they became Tea Party mouthpieces Jim DeMint ran a market research firm and Michele Bachmann worked as an IRS lawyer. Yeah, I’d follow them anywhere.
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Summer indoctrination camp
As someone who had to endure two weeks of Vacation Bible School, I can empathize with the poor kids enrolled in Tampa Liberty School, organized by members of Glenn Beck’s 9/12 Project. Children will win hard, wrapped candies to use as currency for a store, symbolizing the gold standard. On the second day, the “banker”…
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