Boston Tea Baggers Rip Obama a new asshole
Andy
By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff | January 21, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/01/21/united_in_anger_tea_party_fed_revolt/
The Tea Party movement that stoked antitax protests from Seattle to
Washington, D.C., found its inspiration in Revolutionary-era Massachusetts.
And this week it helped fuel a modern political revolt right here on the
turf of its tea-dumping forbears.
The anger driving this loose coalition of activists, united by a distrust of
government, helped vault a little-known Republican state lawmaker into the
Senate seat held for 47 years by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
As Scott P. Brown's populist message began making inroads into Democrat
Martha Coakley's commanding lead, the call went out online, via e-mail and
in chat rooms, drawing Tea Party activists to Massachusetts to woo its
famously liberal electorate.
"It was a miracle moment,'' said Christen Varley, a 39-year-old blogger from
Holliston who helped found the Greater Boston Tea Party last year. "Boom, he
went from zero on the radar screen to what everyone was paying attention to.''
Several Tea Party activists now are considering candidacies for state
representative and state auditor, as well as Congress, said Varley. But many
are focused on just making a statement, rather than building a viable third
political party.
"I guess it's just a way to vent our frustration, to make our voice heard,''
said Barbara Klain, who cofounded the Greater Lowell Tea Party with a bunch
of signs and no e-mail address. People were not sure what to make of their
Tea Party Boat Float in the Chelmsford Fourth of July Parade, she said. Now
she has about 400 members.
"It seems to be working,'' Klain added. "I had no idea we were going to have
this impact when I started last year. It's very satisfying. And it's a
little scary, too.''
Until recently, the Tea Party movement had not seemed to be surging in
Massachusetts. Activists in Boston, Worcester, and Lowell held protests on
tax day, April 15, like their compatriots. Some joined a Sept. 12 protest in
Washington, D.C. But Varley's group launched a website only in December, a
month after meeting with other Massachusetts activists and deciding that
they would not endorse a Senate candidate.
Enthusiasm for Brown began to soar, however, after the campaign asked Varley
to recruit voters for a fund-raiser and about 150 of those on her e-mail
list of 1,300 turned out for a snowy morning breakfast fund-raiser in
Westborough. He spent 2 1/2 hours, Varley said, talking to conservative
voters who urgently wanted to be heard.
"I spent the next two days saying, if you like Scott Brown, go out and
spread the word,'' Varley said. "That's what they did. And it exploded.''
The same thing was happening elsewhere, as conservative pundits began
training their attention on the race and activists from states including
Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York began flocking to Massachusetts to
hold signs, make calls, or do whatever it took to help block health care
reform through Brown's election.
That word-of-mouth fervor was helpful for a minority-party candidate who had
limited infrastructure in Massachusetts and no funding expected from the
national party that had given up on the seat.
Brown's candidacy began going viral among conservatives just after the new
year, at about the same time the campaign launched a controversial ad
showing President John F. Kennedy's likeness morph into Brown's and at a
time when Brown was hitting the conservative airwaves and the Coakley
campaign was mostly dormant.
Brown was not a perfect fit for the Tea Party platform, an amalgam of
antigovernment complaints that coalesce around issues of shrinking
government and preventing national health care reform.
In a scorching analysis circulated a week before the election, Massachusetts
small-government activists Michael Cloud and Carla Howell tried to dissuade
Tea Party voters from supporting Brown, noting that as a legislator he had
supported health care reform in Massachusetts and urged voters to defeat
their popular but unsuccessful 2008 ballot question to eliminate the income
tax.
"Scott Brown is the worst fake tax-cutter in the Massachusetts legislature,''
they wrote. "And a fake ally is more dangerous than an open enemy,''
Senate candidate Joseph L. Kennedy, a 38-year-old Libertarian from Dedham
who was a Tea Party enthusiast before he was a candidate for the Senate
against Brown, thinks he should have been the beneficiary of the activists'
fervor.
"The people in the tea parties sold their own soul,'' Kennedy said.
Yesterday, as the next round of challengers lined up to continue the
electoral surge, Brown endorsed Republican Bill Hudak's candidacy against US
Representative John Tierney.
Martin Lamb of Holliston plans to challenge US Representative Jim McGovern;
Brad Marston is running for state representative, and independent Kamal Jain
of Lowell for state auditor, members of the group said. Massachusetts GOP
chairwoman Jennifer Nassour was leery of giving too much credit to the
insurgent Tea Party movement.
"I couldn't tell you who they were if they walked past me,'' said Nassour.
"I think that really, the people that got involved on Scott's race were the
ones that just really were motivated for things to be different here.''
That said, she is not going to decline the assistance when the party
represents such a small fraction of the state's voters.
"We're 12 percent, so quite honestly, anyone who's going to come along and
help us are welcome,'' said Nassour.
Dänk 1010011010
> The Tea Party movement that stoked antitax protests from Seattle to
> Washington, D.C., found its inspiration in Revolutionary-era Massachusetts.
> And this week it helped fuel a modern political revolt right here on the
> turf of its tea-dumping forbears.
>
> The anger driving this loose coalition of activists, united by a distrust of
> government, helped vault a little-known Republican state lawmaker into the
> Senate seat held for 47 years by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
Why would government-hating Teabaggers vote for a member of the party
that presided over the largest expansion of federal government in U.S.
history? Where was their outrage when Emperor Bush was wiping his ass
with the Constitution and seizing new powers for the Executive branch?
As for taxes, they aren't nearly high enough to repay the $12 trillion
national debt, nor even to cover the current budget. So far the
Teabaggers have offered no suggestions on HOW to reduce the budget
deficit.
And why would Republicans create a second right-wing party that would
siphon rightard votes away? This does not make sense, but what does
make sense is for the Democrat party to create a phony political
movement to split the rightard vote in 2010 and 2012.
Andy
"D�nk 1010011010" <dan...@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 21, 7:35 am, "Andy" <a...@andy.com> wrote:
>> Tea Party shows its muscle in Bay State
>> By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff | January 21,
>> 2010http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/01/21/un...
>> The Tea Party movement that stoked antitax protests from Seattle to
>> Washington, D.C., found its inspiration in Revolutionary-era
>> Massachusetts.
>> And this week it helped fuel a modern political revolt right here on the
>> turf of its tea-dumping forbears.
>>
>> The anger driving this loose coalition of activists, united by a distrust
>> of
>> government, helped vault a little-known Republican state lawmaker into
>> the
>> Senate seat held for 47 years by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
>
> Why would government-hating Teabaggers vote for a member of the party
> that presided over the largest expansion of federal government in U.S.
> history? Where was their outrage when Emperor Bush was wiping his ass
> with the Constitution and seizing new powers for the Executive branch?
>
> As for taxes, they aren't nearly high enough to repay the $12 trillion
> national debt
Notice the AP article does NOT say "Bush "
Democrats propose $1.9T increase in debt limit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_debt_limit_11
snakehawk
> The Tea Party movement that stoked antitax protests from Seattle to
> Washington, D.C., found its inspiration in Revolutionary-era Massachusetts.
> And this week it helped fuel a modern political revolt right here on the
> turf of its tea-dumping forbears.
>
> The anger driving this loose coalition of activists, united by a distrust of
> government, helped vault a little-known Republican state lawmaker into the
> Senate seat held for 47 years by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
>
The truly amazing thing is that the Tea Party movement "stoked antitax
protests" right after Democratic president Barack Obama signed into
law a long-needed tax break for the lower and middle class Americans.
It was one of the first things Obama did after becoming president.
So what were the Teabaggers protesting? Well, it seems president
Obama also vowed to allow the massive tax breaks for the super-wealthy
fat cats on Wall Street, passed under the Republican Bush
administration, to expire rather than call upon Congress to extend it.
The only people the Obama administration threatened to tax were the
filthy rich. Apparently, the Teabaggers didn't like that.
Make sense? Not really. Predictable? Sure, if you follow the barrage
of big-money propaganda that swamped the media right after Obama was
elected. The Teabaggers have no idea what they are protesting--they
are just following the herd.
None4U
"D�nk 1010011010" <dan...@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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> Tea Party shows its muscle in Bay State
> By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff | January 21,
> 2010http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/01/21/un...
> The Tea Party movement that stoked antitax protests from Seattle to
> Washington, D.C., found its inspiration in Revolutionary-era
> Massachusetts.
> And this week it helped fuel a modern political revolt right here on the
> turf of its tea-dumping forbears.
>
> The anger driving this loose coalition of activists, united by a distrust
> of
> government, helped vault a little-known Republican state lawmaker into the
> Senate seat held for 47 years by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
Why would government-hating Teabaggers vote for a member of the party
that presided over the largest expansion of federal government in U.S.
Ive voted independant since 1980 , But Im not a teabagger. Im as qualified
to explain Independant voters to you as anyone.
They didnt vote for Brown. . They voted Coakley out. They voted against
Obama. They voted 75 years of kennedy fuckups out. Its payback. Brown
got in by default . There wasnt any other non asshat runners. Joe Kennedy
ran as an Independant and got 2%
Where was their outrage when Emperor Bush was wiping his ass
with the Constitution and seizing new powers for the Executive branch?
Conservatives get way more leniency then Socialist. And we had jobs. Thats
a fact, Dont care if you dont like it .its still true.
As for taxes, they aren't nearly high enough to repay the $12 trillion
national debt, nor even to cover the current budget. So far the
Teabaggers have offered no suggestions on HOW to reduce the budget
deficit.
Yes they have. Cut government size and expenditures 50% across the board.
Domestic spending is off limits. The Patriot act and Homeland defense
budgets are not off limits. That would get us a government running at 75% of
yearly tax revenue. Just like Ireland .
And why would Republicans create a second right-wing party that would
siphon rightard votes away?
They didnt. Independants dont belong to any party. Its the luck of the
draw. Who ever pisses off independants the most, gets the attention.And
gets voted out. The other party be default gets left alone. Independants
always voted more for Dems anyways. So it cost Dems more votes then Repubs.
This does not make sense,
To you , because you vote people in. To celebrate a victory with an asshat.
Independant vote people out. And dont care what leftover loser wins.
It makes absolute sense. Listen very carefully. Vote OUT the enemies of
the state and spenders. If theres only two candidates . The other wins by
default. It doesnt mean independants voted for the winner. They didnt.
Why are there only two choices for President , but over 50 for Miss America.
Its asinine. We aint playing that corrupt two part system game. The bigger
evil gets voted out. he lesser evil stays, Because thers nobody else left.
If it was up to me . We would be allowed to vote everyone out. Last
election would of been NO Mc Same, No Obama. But that aint happening.Because
the parties and government are corupt. So we voted the Republicans spenders
out who crashed ther economy. They had to go. Obama turned out to be a
Socialist spender whos crashing the USA . Now he has to go.
You Getting it yet. Because Im sick of waisting my time explainig it.
but what does
make sense is for the Democrat party to create a phony political
movement to split the rightard vote in 2010 and 2012.
You already have one. The Democratic party is the phony one. The Socialist
party hijacked it and created the real one. But cant run Socialist because
they would lose.
We are voting the Socialist who hijacked the Democatic party out.
And to remind you once again. Independants vote people out. NOT PEOPLE IN.
Perform or get voted out. We dont celebrate a victory with the winning
asshat. Who won by default. We vote people out. for NOT representing the
peoples wishes.
The Dems are raising the debt ceiling another 2 trillion. Some more of you
are gone.
Anything you do wrong will cost you.
We keep score.
Salty Stan
Another lib who just doesn't get it.
ObaMao
>On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:35:39 -0500, "Andy" <an...@andy.com> wrote:
>
>>The anger driving this loose coalition of activists, united by a distrust of
>>government, helped vault a little-known Republican state lawmaker into the
>>Senate seat held for 47 years by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
>
>I really hope you keep believing that
>
>MA election had nothing to do with the state wanting the dipshit who
>won
>
>They won because Democrats hated the "watered down" legislation and
>sent that message to the leadership---either by staying home or voting
>a message.
You're full of shit.
MA *already* has a health care bill that's even more socialist than
what was being proposed.
Naw, they're fed up with the overall Nobama agenda.
Andy
<smo...@board.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:35:39 -0500, "Andy" <an...@andy.com> wrote:
>
>>The anger driving this loose coalition of activists, united by a distrust
>>of
>>government, helped vault a little-known Republican state lawmaker into the
>>Senate seat held for 47 years by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
>
> I really hope you keep believing that
>
> MA election had nothing to do with the state wanting the dipshit who
> won
>
> They won because Democrats hated the "watered down" legislation and
> sent that message to the leadership---either by staying home or voting
> a message.
====================
Fucking Liar. Record turnout was reported for a MASS special election.
Independents sick of ObaMaoism kicked Coakleys asss back to her Baa Staaan
Ghetto.
Massachusetts voters turned out in strong numbers Tuesday to choose a
successor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, with the campaigns making pitched
last-minute appeals in what has become a surprisingly tight special election
for the United States Senate.
All day, from Pittsfield to Palmer, from Marlborough to Boston, polling
stations reported a high number of voters, far more than in the December
primaries. The polls, open since 7 a.m., were due to close at 8 p.m.
Until a few weeks ago, the Democratic candidate - Martha Coakley, the state
attorney general - seemed to have a sizeable lead in the special election.
But over the past month, the Republican challenger, Scott P. Brown, a state
senator, started to galvanize Massachusetts' many independent voters,
seizing on dissatisfaction with the economy, taxes and governmental
spending.
In a sign of concern in the Democratic camp, organizers made urgent pleas
Tuesday afternoon for volunteers to help in the closing hours of voting to
boost turnout in areas thought to be party strongholds.
"We NEED people in Cambridge and Somerville to door knock, do T-stop
visibilities (holding signs) and continue making phone calls," said an
e-mail from Marjorie C. Decker, a Cambridge City Councilor. "Voter turnout
needs to be higher in our communities - it can make the difference in this
race."
(story continues below)
ObaMao
>What does MA legislation have to do with the House passed bill, vs the
>Senate passed bill?
>
>You're making a blind argument (which apparantly you don't know a
>fucking thing about)--and attributing the loss entirely based on
>ignorance
>
>MA democrats are mad at the Senate for NOT accepting the House Version
>(they compromised)
Lemme get this straight, twinks.
You're saying that the people are protesting that their society isn't
sufficiently "progressive" and so they vote for a conservative whom
they will have to face for six years instead of one of their own
"progressives," i.e., Coakley????!!!?
Talk about moonbats shooting themselves in the foot, eh.
Dänk 1010011010
I'm not a liberal, but yes, I don't get it. Having personally
attended a Tea Party rally last year, all I saw were former Bush
disciples who were suddenly upset that Obama was continuing the same
policies.
All of the sudden Teabaggers are concerned with the deficit. All of
the sudden the Teabaggers are concerned about the size and power of
the federal government. All of the sudden Teabaggers are concerned
about upholding the Constitution - part of which includes the checks
and balances that Emperor Bush destroyed in the name of 'national
security.'
Aside from the ex-Bush disciples, there were the theocrats, waving
banners that said "One Nation Under Gawd" and claiming that the Ten
Commandments were the only Constitution the country needs.
As an independent who voted AGAINST Obama and AGAINST Bush, tell me
why I should support the Tea Bag or Republican parties (I believe they
are really the same). A good start would be for the Tea Party to
differentiate itself from the Republicans by taking a firm stand
against George W. Bush and his criminal administration. Until that
happens, the Teabaggers are just a bunch of Republican rightards,
believing whatever 'libertarian' Glenn Beck tells them to believe.