White House says its confused about Tea Parties

comparing a group of htem where protesting near the white house holding up all kinds of signs. He could have sent and aid out to see what was going on and why the people were mad. But I guess that was too much trouble.

He is lying. He saw hte reports. He saw the signs. He knows what htey were about. He is just does not want to address the issues. He wants to ignore them. Well if these rallies keep going and grow he will have a real hard time ignoring them. And congress will have an even harder time of it. Obama may find they will put re-election before his policies and may start voting against them. Pelosi might start finding it harder to get her bills passed through.

Maybe then he will listen and do soemthing about it. For right now he is completely dismissing the whole event. That decision may come back to bite him in the butt in the long run.

Did you read Coulter's article on the tea parties? The Left has been calling them "tea bagging parties" and other such nonsense and completely discounting them. They are all going to be in a for a very rude awakening.

I particularly loved her assessment of California...CA is a laboratory for Democratic policies and all you have to do is look at CA to see what happens when the left is in control.

http://www.anncoulter.com/

In just a few years, Democrats had turned California into a state -- or as it's now known, a "job-free zone" -- with a $41 billion deficit, a credit rating that was slashed to junk-bond status and a middle class now located in Arizona.

0bama's response to the tea parties is all the proof we need about him.....

Did you see that CNN clip of that reporter confronting the protester in the guise of "reporting"?

She wouldn't even let the man answer the question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMxKMr2wnhk

I agree that California is a perfect example of what democratic rule can do. New York is also a fine example. Now take a step to the right and look at the economic status of Alaska and Texas. How hard is it for some to recognize states that are bankrupt versus states with budget surpluses?

If it weren't for Texas, California would have had years of brownouts thanks to the incompetence of Gray Davis and other democrats in California that opposed power plants to appease environmentalists despite the increase in population and increased drain on existing power plants.

You must have been watching MSNBC. If you had actually gone to one you would know what they were really about.

If you had seen more coverage and not just bits and pieces put up to make it look a certain way you would have seen the overwhelming theme was taxes and government spending. Including the bail outs.

In all fairness, Lil, everyone from the right seems to sincerely believe MSNBC abd CNN wanted them to look a certain way and everyone else believes Fox wanted them to look a certain way, don't you think? BTW, there were no parties in my area that I could get to, even if I'd have wanted to.

I really don't mean to come off as "anti-tea party" but I really don't understand why it's being done now when it wasn't done the past few years. I mean, the middle class has now gotten a tax cut and most of the spending that's now being done is necessary. I guess this is one of those times we'll just have to agree to disagree, which is kind of my point - it's the right who is behind the tea parties and their main goal is to get the Republicans back into power.
Annie

"I really don't mean to come off as "anti-tea party" but I really don't understand why it's being done now when it wasn't done the past few years."

Have you ever heard of "the straw that broke the camel's back"? People can only take so much before they take action. It's happening now because Obama campaigned on change, and instead of changing what he called "out of control spending", he's drastically increased it. People are fed up.

"I mean, the middle class has now gotten a tax cut and most of the spending that's now being done is necessary."

Are you high? It's NECESSARY to spend money researching pig manure? There are loads of pork and earmarks that congress and Obama approved that is absolute crap and you MUST know it.

"it's the right who is behind the tea parties and their main goal is to get the Republicans back into power."

No, the goal is to stop the excessive taxation and crap spending being done by our government. If it were solely to get republicans back in power there wouldn't be democrats and independents attending these. I can name a number of mylotters that voted against McCain that attended tea parties.

yep there were nation wide. Including washington dc. Obama is just using this as an excuse so he does not have to talk about what these people are so upset about. He has decided to ignore the problem.

well then problem solved - as long as you ignore the problem it miraculously solves itself - good for him - excellent leadership skills!

maybe they are confused because they themselves do not know much about taxes. After all most of them do not pay theirs.

Reminds me of some of the signs I saw yesterday

"Hey Congress: Before you raise MY taxes, pay YOURS first!"

and my favorite:

"The Constitution: Another document they haven't read"


On the 4th I'm making a sign that says

"Obama and Pelosi, sitting in DC, P.O.R.K.I.N.G"

THose are great. I saw some really great signs. You ought to start a discussion asking people what their favorite sign was they saw at the tea parties.

I saw a ton of great signs....a discussion is definitely in order....

I saw one young girl holding a sign that said "Pay your own damn mortgage!" LOL love it....

I agree. THey are not going to publicy admit it but we got their attention.

you know what I see.....third parties playing a real role in the next election. Both major parties have disguested the american public. They will be more willing to look at a third party now. I hope they are ready for it and have their ducks in a row....this could be their time.