Tea Party Tiff

[Omikron]

I'm not impressed with the title of the article, but here's that tea party tiff I've been suggesting exists. The focus should be agreement and compromise, which won't involve socially divisive issues. If co-opted by the religious right, the tea party is toast.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/01/t...tea-party.html

Earlier this month, a group of Tea Party activists put Congressional Republicans on notice with a terse letter reminding them not to take their eyes off the ball. The elected officials’ mission, the activists wrote, is to reduce spending, taxes, regulations, and the deficit, not to further the social-issues agenda of the Christian right. “We urge you to stay focused on the issues that got you and your colleagues elected and to resist the urge to run down any social issue rabbit holes in order to appease the special interests,” said the letter signed by 17 leading Tea Party activists and a conservative gay group and sent to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the incoming House speaker, John Boehner, earlier this month. “The Tea Party movement is not going away and we intend to continue to hold Washington accountable.”

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And so, the fight is on for the soul of the Tea Party. On one side: libertarian-minded grassroots activists. On the other: the leaders of the wealthy, powerful, and better-established Christian right, who’ve dominated conservative populism in the United States for decades.

[erosewater]

I was hoping this was going to be a hot chick named Tiff endorsing the tea party

[Len Myers]

Originally Posted by erosewater

I was hoping this was going to be a hot chick named Tiff endorsing the tea party

Still, it's a bit early to tell the elected tea party people what they need to do. They don't even take office until January.

[Pseudolus]

Originally Posted by Omikron

On one side: libertarian-minded grassroots activists. On the other: the leaders of the wealthy, powerful, and better-established Christian right

Oh good grief.

[Loner]

If co-opted? Um, that already happened.

[Omikron]

Originally Posted by erosewater

I was hoping this was going to be a hot chick named Tiff endorsing the tea party

I could have titled it "Tea Party Pillow Fight" and put Kristi Noem up against Sarah Palin.

[Omikron]

Originally Posted by Loner

If co-opted? Um, that already happened.

Show me.

[The Drunken Actuary]

Originally Posted by Omikron

If co-opted by the religious right, the tea party is toast.

Aren't they the main force behind the tea party?

[Omikron]

Originally Posted by The Drunken Actuary

Aren't they the main force behind the tea party?

Depends which tea party you're in. Most of them are local or at the most, state run.

[erosewater]

Originally Posted by Omikron

I could have titled it "Tea Party Pillow Fight" and put Kristi Noem up against Sarah Palin.

(google image searches Kristi Noem)

(shrugs shoulders and thinks maybe after a couple beers)

(scrolls up thread and nods approvingly at TDA's choice to zoom in on the new avatar)