Rise of the Tea Party

[cityimrov]

I'm probably premature in making this post but is the main reason that the tea party is so strong in politics is that, well, they vote?  As much criticism as this movement gets, they do something that few apparently do these years, that is, vote. 

[JeffreyS]

Yes I admire their passion and they will mature as a party find better candidates and perhaps co opt the Republican party.  I am not saying their libertarian views will change but when they have a more established leadership they may be able to vet out the kooks like Rick Scott.

[cayohueso]

I don't mean to recurve the thread but did anyone see that now Rick "The Mothership" Scott is now trying to mandate quarterly drug testing for all state employees? With this guy's background, I wouldn't be suprised if he or his cronies owned drug testing companies. What a douche.

[hillary supporter]

  The essence of the tea party is the conception  that their generation will not be as sucessfull as their parents generation. Fed by fear of the republican party, and the success of 2010 elections, they are on a high note. But the good days will be short lived, mainly in national politics, as the rest of the country lacks the strong backing they have here in Jax. The republicans are losing in legislation in congress as they dont control the senate and the white house.
Tea party supporters will lose momentum in 2012, and the activity will succumb to dissatisfaction with their candidates who, as a part of american politics, will"compromise" their issues, and sink into voter apathy.

[Garden guy]

  The essence of the tea party is the conception  that their generation will not be as sucessfull as their parents generation. Fed by fear of the republican party, and the success of 2010 elections, they are on a high note. But the good days will be short lived, mainly in national politics, as the rest of the country lacks the strong backing they have here in Jax. The republicans are losing in legislation in congress as they dont control the senate and the white house.
Tea party supporters will lose momentum in 2012, and the activity will succumb to dissatisfaction with their candidates who, as a part of american politics, will"compromise" their issues, and sink into voter apathy.

The entire republican and tea parties are based in fear mongering and made up history....i hope we can vote mr brown as our new mayor....if we sane people get behind him...he has a chance of taking this city back.

[wsansewjs]

I know this is off the topic, but if United States ever got into a civil war again, Tea Party would be the main culprit of it.

-Josh

[copperfiend]

Funny how they didn't preach about government being too big when GW Bush and his congress were passing the Patriot Act.

[BridgeTroll]

I know this is off the topic, but if United States ever got into a civil war again, Tea Party would be the main culprit of it.

-Josh

By voting??

[NotNow]

"The Tea Party movement is a grassroots movement of millions of like-minded Americans from all backgrounds and political parties. Tea Party members share similar core principles supporting the United States Constitution as the Founders intended, such as:
•  Limited federal government
•  Individual freedoms
•  Personal responsibility
•  Free markets
•  Returning political power to the states and the people

As a movement, The Tea Party is not a political party nor is looking to form a third political party any time soon. The Tea Party movement, is instead, about reforming all political parties and government so that the core principles of our Founding Fathers become, once again, the foundation upon which America stands."

Sounds like a REAL dangerous bunch. 

[copperfiend]

"The Tea Party movement is a grassroots movement of millions of like-minded Americans from all backgrounds and political parties.

All backgrounds? All political parties? Nope. It looks like a bunch of close minded, white Republicans to me.

[Shwaz]

"The Tea Party movement is a grassroots movement of millions of like-minded Americans from all backgrounds and political parties.

All backgrounds? All political parties? Nope. It looks like a bunch of close minded, white Republicans to me.

That's called prejudice.

[NotNow]

"All backgrounds? All political parties? Nope. It looks like a bunch of close minded, white Republicans to me. "

I suppose we all have our own bias's to fight.

[copperfiend]

"The Tea Party movement is a grassroots movement of millions of like-minded Americans from all backgrounds and political parties.

All backgrounds? All political parties? Nope. It looks like a bunch of close minded, white Republicans to me.

That's called prejudice.

Sorry. What I should have said is that it looks like a bunch of close minded, white Republicans (and Colonel Allen West) to me

[copperfiend]

Look at this Tea Party "diversity" event.

http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/08/tea_party.html#

[danem]

Funny how they didn't preach about government being too big when GW Bush and his congress were passing the Patriot Act.

I do believe the movement came about as a result of that. No one running for the GOP nomination in 2008 had a chance if they spoke against anything that the then-current Republican president did. Obviously it wasn't until after the nomination of a weak GOP candidate and the election of Barack Obama before more of the concerned parties became more outspoken and bold about their beliefs.