Tea Party stands up to RNC

United States
March 18, 2010 2:12pm CST
About time too. It is being reported that the meeting between RNC Chairman Steele and the Tea Party Representives did not go as well as Steele was hoping. The TP basically told them that they were not the RNC's "lap dogs". That they were an independent movement and that Republican politicans exspecting an endorsements from them in the November elections will be shocked because most will not get it. They are not going to "endorse" the party. Because they feel the republican party has betrayed the party ideals. But they will endorse individual candidates as they saw fit. They also let Steele have it for the failings of the Republican party. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100318/us_nm/us_usa_politics_teaparty_1 Way to go guys.. take back your movement...call the dirt bags on all sides. So do you think this will stop the RNC from trying to hijack the movement? Well the RNC stop trying to court them? Tell what you think.
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spalladino
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
18 Mar 10
Kudos to them! I'm on the email list of the group who organized the tea party I attended and they were none too happy with the "convention" and the assumption that the Tea Party Express PAC represented everyone. Those of us here in Florida are committed to supporting candidates who we believe will best represent US. I believe the GOP will still try to continue to hijack the movement...I anticipate Palin will be using the phrase "tea party" as much as she used "you betcha" when they send her on the road stumping for candidates. No, I don't believe they will stop trying to court the membership...there are a lot of us and they need us...but we don't *need* either party really.
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lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
19 Mar 10
Yep...that about sums it up...we don't need them...but they need us. I am really disappointed in Palin...she has stumped for some horrible Republicans that the Tea Party or other grassroots would endorse...but she trying to make it look like they are. I hope they keep calling them out on it too. The tea party groups need to keep standing up for themselves. I hope they do.
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anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
20 Mar 10
No, I don't think it will stop them because I think they know they have to link themselves with the tea party or they're going to find themselves in some trouble. What I think may happen is the two conservative groups will divide their base and possibly help the Democrats, depending on what all happens between now and the elections. I think if the tea party pushes their candidates in the GOP primaries that may also help the Democrats, depending on where it is of course. It SEEMS that the tea partiers like the most conservative candidates - I'm not sure how they ended up supporting Scott Brown because he's fairly moderate - and I don't think most of the country is that far right. In the south it might but in the northeast the only Republicans that usually win are moderates. I know the tea party isn't the Republican party but I'm assuming if they're choosing candidates for primaries it will be Republican primaries since I can't see them helping any Democrats. The one word I saw in the article you linked to the most often was "conservative". I was glad to read that that one guy said he'd like to get rid of the "Obama as HItlers" signs" I know everyone who supports the movement doesn't feel that way but those signs ARE the first thing you see on TV. Some may blame the media but even on Fox you can see them right away, they always seem to stand up front where they can't be missed. I think something like that can really be a turn-off. It's perfectly fine to disapprove of or disagree with someone but like that guy said President Obama has good intentions. I'd like to believe they all have good intentions, or most of them at least. Anyone in politics, like with any field where you're in the public eye, has to have a bit of an ego and some desire for "power", but you need a little bit of that to have the nerve to even run! I kind of envy you, it would be fun and kind of exciting to be a part of a grassroots movement like that but there doesn't seem to be one where I'd fit in, not yet anyway. I'll keep looking, though! Annie
anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
20 Mar 10
It's certainly NOT that they "don't support Democrats", X. Yes, I'm a registered Democrat but the only real reason to stay that way is so I can vote in the primaries. I'd love to see some REAL third party alternatives that aren't there because they happen to billionaires. It's kind of hard to explain why I don't "fit", especially since I know you're going to shoot down every argument I have...lol! I mean, I know you always say labels like "conservative" and "liberal" don't really mean anything, ya-da-ya-da, but these people call THEMSELVES conservative and the basic principles I think they're going by aren't my principles, if that makes any sense to you. Of course I believe in our Constitution and the rights it gives us all but I don't think our founders were perfect geniuses. Sorry, I just don't...they believed in slavery and that women were far inferior to men. I know that was just the times they lived in but I think that's an indication of why I have to agree in a sense with those who say the Constitution is "a living, breathing document". There are lots of things not addressed in the Constitution because they didn't exist over 200 years ago. I don't want a "BIG" government or for the government to "takeover" every aspect of our lives but I don't see the government as the enemy or as something with no place. I don't like to pay taxes but I DO like the services we all take for granted so I know they're a necessary evil. I absolutely agree that our government wastes far too much money but I think I differ from the tea partiers on what our priorities should be. It may seem to be an oversimplification but I guess I see the tea party movement and conservatives in general as having the "survival of the fittest" and "every man (or woman or child) for him or herself" attitude. I'm all for everyone being responsible and for those who are able to work to do so but I also believe there are times when people need a helping hand. I guess I'm of the believe that it DOES "take a village" sometimes, that we're not all just individuals out for ourselves. I'm not anti-business but I do think there needs to be some regulation and that everything isn't better by being privatized. In a nutshell, I DO believe health care is a right not a privilege, it shouldn't be a for-profit industry and whether or not someone gets treated or the quality of their treatment shouldn't be based on how much money they have or their ability to pay. Annie
xfahctor
@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
20 Mar 10
come to the dark side annie.....
xfahctor
@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
20 Mar 10
What about the regular tea party folks and ideals (besides the fact that they don't generaly support democrats) doesn't seem to fit you? I see the critisism you level at republicans (rightly so), I see the frustration you, like so many others, express with the current state of government. What about this movement doesn't fit? I'm not talking about the hyperbole, the hitler signs, and all the other nonsense that dots nearly every protest, right OR left wing...I mean the general idea of resetting government to it's propper form? Whats not to fit? Is it that they don't support democrats?
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gewcew23
@gewcew23 (8007)
• United States
19 Mar 10
I cannot understand why anyone in the Tea party movement that would want to go back to the GOP. The only possibility that I could think about is if there are only two choices and the Dem was so bad that it made the Repub candidate look so good. It is easy for the GOP to sound good right now because they are the opposition party. Take a trip down memory lanes and the GOP does not look so good.
lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
19 Mar 10
Neither side looks good right now. But the RNC was hoping the TP people would back them uncondidtionally because htey are the "oppoisition" party. NOt working. Which is good. I am glad they remember how horrible each side has acted.
laglen
@laglen (19759)
• United States
18 Mar 10
I hope it stops them from trying to kill a good thing. The RNC needs to get their own stinkin values and leave the tea party alone! They see that the Tea Party represents real American Citizens and not the stupid elite, or the blind followers.
lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
19 Mar 10
The RNC need the tea party people to vote for them in mass to get back in power. They want to be able to use them as they see fit to elected who they want. Not going to happen. The tea party movement has let it be know they will only support the candidates THEY want to support. They are not a tool or weapon to be used and abused by the RNC. I was hoping this would come back to bite the RNC in the butt...and it looks like it will.