The USA Democrat Government Is Nothing but Con Artists

[Gerry]

Most donations from anyone are done selfishly, to look good or get "closer to god" or whatever the reason.

Religious conservatives are supposed to lead people to God, not to public office.

Organized religious groups have lost their way, their cause, their mission, and true sense of worth and being.

The message is now clouded with the political rhetoric.

Those that want to mix religion and politics should read Crazy For God. Frank Schaeffer and his father are essentially the foundation layers of the Religious Right and Evangelical Movement.

No time to read?

Then just take a listen:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=97998654

[Raider]

Now I think you'll really enjoy this Walter E Williams - Liberal Compassion

Nice find...Thank you. It reaffirms what I've believed for a long time, Liberals are cheap bastards when it comes to reaching into their own pockets for any kind of charity they believe in. These are the same hypocrites who attempt to label Republicans and conservatives (who give the most) as non caring individuals.

[Gerry]

Barbour 2012

[fab]

Nice find...Thank you. It reaffirms what I've believed for a long time, Liberals are cheap bastards when it comes to reaching into their own pockets for any kind of charity they believe in. These are the same hypocrites who attempt to label Republicans and conservatives (who give the most) as non caring individuals.

Eva, I try to be a little more pollitcally correct. I would recommend listening to Mark Levine. He likes given it to them. BTW, Rush Limbaugh is holding a chaity fundraiser.

[Gerry]

Amazing how some people feel that everyone MUST be labeled as something.

That is the fundamental problem of American Politics.

You must fall into some sort of category.

Even when you refuse to fall into a category, others then attach labels to you.

And when someone attaches at label for you, then naturally it is anti-them - meaning; if you do not think, speak, and act like me then you must be one of them...whatever or whoever one of them is.

By being one of them, then you are opposed to me (my views, my ways, my thinking, my actions) therefore I MUST BE opposed to you.

See how today's politics fall into these parties and classifications?

And what I see in most of these political threads is very little individual free thinking. Instead, what I see is a regurgitation of what the party lines are all about and what they party has already said in the past few days.

The citizens that I admire most are the ones who DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS already or read from a script. They are just as bewildered as the person next to them as to the here-and-now, how we got here, and what do we do next. The we I mention is not a party but a we as a whole in society.

My suspicions (actually what I already knew) is that the majority of the Tea Party movement is over 50 years old and white males. This is the generation that represents a dying breed of racism, bigotry, and trying to hold onto that "traditional role" that the white male has played in shaping American Culture and Politics. These are people that represent an anti jewish, anti colored, anti immigrant, and anti government stance.

There is little doubt, in my opinion, that the Tea Party is nothing more than a "Hoods Off" movement. This is clear in their actions, their rhetoric, and in their speeches. They are spread fear - fear of anything that is not "like them".

Case in point - the NRA. The NRA is sending me letters, packages, emails, and even phone calls asking for money and pledges to fight for my rights as an American Citizen and preservation of the Second Amendment. Their entire purpose of being and existence is to make you fear that you are going to lose your right to bear arms and, DAMMIT - that's just the beginning! They are a fear machine. And they are successful at it.

But here's the thing - for me, they have been telling me this for over 40 years. Yes, since I was in my teens, the NRA has made their mark in not only the shaping of the political party but in the spreading of fear. And, in that 40 years, NOT ONCE have I had any of my rights to buy or purchase arms AS A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN infringed upon, reduced, or limited in any capacity.

Some of you will credit the NRA for this. Bullshit. The NRA has essentially been repeated, recanning, repackaging the same message and fear mongering since their inception. And the NRA has become extremely rich in making people afraid and in fear of losing their rights to bear arms. I do not need the NRA. The NRA needs me. The NRA wants me to believe that I need them.

Now I will not renew my NRA membership.

What does that make me? Does that me me a liberal? Does that make me a democrat? Does that make me less of an American? Less of a Patriot? Less of a Veteran? Less of a natural born citizen? Less of a law abiding citizen?

To me, no longer being part of the NRA makes me wise up to the simple fact that I have been the product of a group that has been preaching the same message since its inception to promote candidates of its choosing, to create commercials, to make portray every act to control crime as a criminal act in itself, and portray those opposed to their beliefs as a criminal and less American.

This is not who I am. I do not fully support their candidates, I do not fully support their agenda, I do not fully support their message, and (most of all) I do not fully support their spreading of fear and the US Government as being their enemy...of course, only when it suits them to claim the government as their enemy.

[fab]

I personally prefer herbal teas. Cinnamon is one of my favorites.

[Raider]

My suspicions (actually what I already knew) is that the majority of the Tea Party movement is over 50 years old and white males. This is the generation that represents a dying breed of racism, bigotry, and trying to hold onto that "traditional role" that the white male has played in shaping American Culture and Politics. These are people that represent an anti jewish, anti colored, anti immigrant, and anti government stance.

There is little doubt, in my opinion, that the Tea Party is nothing more than a "Hoods Off" movement. This is clear in their actions, their rhetoric, and in their speeches. They are spread fear - fear of anything that is not "like them".

Your ignorance and stupidity never ceases to amaze me....

National Tea Party Federation : 40% Democrats And Independents
by Political Ape on April 10, 2010


2.5 Million Grass Root Americans March Onto Washington September 12, 2009


Four in 10 Tea Party members are either Democrats or Independents, according to a new national survey. The findings provide one of the most detailed portraits to date of the grassroots movement that started last year.

The national breakdown of the Tea Party composition is 57 percent Republican, 28 percent Independent and 13 percent Democratic, according to three national polls by the Winston Group, a Republican-leaning firm that conducted the surveys on behalf of an education advocacy group. Two-thirds of the group call themselves conservative, 26 are moderate and 8 percent say they are liberal.

The Winston Group conducted three national telephone surveys of 1,000 registered voters between December and February. Of those polled, 17 percent – more than 500 people — said they were “part of the Tea Party movement.”

“It’s a good sample size,” said David Winston, the polling firm’s director. “It will certainly give us an initial base to follow where these folks are.”

The group is united around two issues – the economy/jobs and reducing the deficit. They believe that cutting spending is the key to job creation and favor tax cuts as the best way to stimulate the economy. That said 61 percent of Tea Party members believe infrastructure spending creates jobs. Moreover, given the choice Tea Party members favor 63-32 reducing unemployment to 5 percent over balancing the budget.

It isn’t a “purely homogeneous” group, said Winston.

The group has a favorable view of Republicans generally but that drops from 71 to 57 percent if they’re asked about Congressional Republicans. Congressional Democrats are viewed very unfavorably by 75 percent of Tea Party members – a uniquely strong antipathy. An overwhelming 95 percent said “Democrats are taxing, spending, and borrowing too much.”

The group also vehemently dislikes President Barack Obama – even more so than those who called themselves Republicans in the survey. Over 80 percent of Tea Party members disapprove of the job he’s doing as president, whereas 77 percent of Republican respondents said they disapprove of Obama. The Tea Party members are also strongly opposed to the Democrats’ healthcare plan, with 82 percent saying they oppose it – only 48 percent of respondents overall were opposed.

Tea Party members are more likely to be male, slightly older and middle income. Almost half the members of the group reported getting their news about national issues from Fox News, 10 percent of respondents said that talk radio is one of their top two sources, which is seven-points higher than the average voter.

The Hill

By Sean J. Miller

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Eva, I try to be a little more pollitcally correct. I would recommend listening to Mark Levine. He likes given it to them. BTW, Rush Limbaugh is holding a chaity fundraiser.

I've listened to Mark, he's brilliant... I even purchased his book "Liberty and Tyranny" and I plan to read it soon.

Here's a clip I think you'll really like;

Mark Levin - Health Care deemed a God given right, so demand it as a right every time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Q6DcTJE2M

[HomerJ]

the real con is that there is some kind of difference between one party and the other. they are just two pillars holding up the same artifice

[draggar]

I personally prefer herbal teas. Cinnamon is one of my favorites.

Mint tea is actually great for handling colds and/or allergies.

The main issue with the government is the political party split. Many people will only see god on one side and bad in the other. If we got rid of the political parties then people might actually have to LOOK at the candidates and vote for the one that think is actually best, not because of their political affiliation. The American voting public (lemmings) just vote for who they're told to vote for though advertising (funded by political donations), news stories told by biased news agencies, volunteers who go door to door and usually don't even know about all the candidates, and who their friends are voting for.

Too many die hards on both sides of the fence are running the show and it's killing this country.

[Gerry]

If we got rid of the political parties then people might actually have to LOOK at the candidates...

I've been preaching this for years. And I think most Americans are starting to wake up to the concept. There is too much divisiveness in the country and too much hate for the other side being preached at rallies, churches, and media.

I think that is why you have more and more people looking to alternatives. Still, calling someone libertarian, green party, or independent still casts a label on individuals.

This country is getting more and more ripped at the seams and I see too much of a "hoods off" movement - in other words, people who are bigoted, racist, and extremists joining in rallies because they feel safer in numbers.

There is too much of a political divide along race, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality lines.

In the meantime, there is a huge portion of those peoples who do not abide by or live by the party platform. Those people are feeling as if they are outsiders. But, if there is one thing for surely known and shown in the polls, those are the people that are going to be responsible to who gets elected to office.

Instead of a "hoods off" movement we may actually be witnessing "parties off" nationalism.


In regards to what is going on in Arizona, if this does not parallel Fascism and Naziism, I don't know what does.

Seems to me to parallel right along the Nazi lines and assertions of, Show me your papers!

[bmugford]

If you took the political party restraints off you would have more realistic viewpoints. You take 100 popular issues there is no way in reality 100 Republicans believe one thing, and 100 Democrats all believe the exact opposite. There is a lot of common ground that can't be reached because of political party restraints. It also doesn't help that so many Americans are so uniformed on so many issues.

Brad

[fab]

If you guys want to see how multiple parties work, you should visit Israel. Every ideology has a political party.
As far as voting for individuals, well that's what primaries are for.

[gafadi]

It just so easy to blame , how about you run for a office and let us see how you can improve , you seem to have more clear visions of what things should be like and i bet you can bring the country to right direction within like a year i guess.

[fab]

It just so easy to blame , how about you run for a office and let us see how you can improve , you seem to have more clear visions of what things should be like and i bet you can bring the country to right direction within like a year i guess.

Who is this addressed to, and why. I believe most here have some favorable politicians.