Quote Originally Posted by tony View Post
Heres my problem with the Tea Party movement, these town halls, or whatever and also leads me to believe that the opposition gets attention because the media gives it to them, not because they are significant in numbers. Look at the simple demographics of the opposition and then look at the demographics of the United States today, the two don't match up. As shown in the previous election minority vote is significant, and not just black vote. Latino vote, Arab Americans, Asians, whatever but none of these groups show up at these rallies in significant numbers to oppose the current administration, to be frank what you see is mostly angry whites. It is because of this that I cannot say that they have a significant amount of influence politically.
What makes you think they arent significant in number? What makes you think that the people that want this horrid bill make up even 1% of the American voters? Dems are in power right now because Bush was a PR nightmare for the GOP. Hell, just look at the current favorability of the dems in congress right now. They had everything going for them for the last 3 years and they found a way to squander it away.

Yes, most of the people you see right now are angry whites, but what does that really prove? When you look at those that are for this, you dont see any different. All that says to me is that whites are more politically active than minorities, nothing more, nothing less.

Quote Originally Posted by tony View Post
When Fox news has to play up the numbers at Tea Party rallies I can tell what is really going on and regardless of what polls say. When the Republican party does little to evolve with the times and continue to fight for the status quo, this is why you have such a large number of independent voters. When the right doesn't do anything to remove their selves from the protestors this past weekend yelling out racial slurs and other ignorant statements, I do not take that side seriously.
You say that Fox inflates numbers, where is your proof? MSNBC or CNN? The same organizations that have their credibility riding on Obama's success? Thats no different than asking a climate change scientist if climate change is real or not. They have absolutely zero credibility because they have an obvious agenda.

I agree with you that there is no real for anything racial being said, but at the same time I really dont care. Those same people that were slured to are the ones that have been calling anyone that doesnt fall in line with Obama and the dem ideology a terrorist, a nazi, or a McVeigh wanna be. While I dont think its right, a part of me says they are just getting back what they have been spewing for the last 8 months.

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Know what is coming next? A path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and with that will come a bolstered voting base for the Democratic party. They are able to do this because they have evolved regardless of how asinine their platform may be. Point the finger at the left if you want but they get it and Republicans don't.
I agree with you. The dems know they lost the independent vote with their socialist agenda. Now they need to supplant them with criminals. Then again, leave it to the dems to ignore the fact that programs have failed in the past cause they can try it again.

I agree with you that there is no reason for anything racial, but to tell you the truth I really dont care about it either. These people are the same ones that have been calling anyone that didnt fall in lock step with Obama and the dems everything from terrorists to Nazi's, to McVeigh wanna be's.