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Newsjock

(11,733 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2012, 12:54 AM Nov 2012

Reno letter to the editor: 'Tea party gave nation many blessings'

http://www.rgj.com/article/20121116/OPED02/311160026/Letter-Editor-Tea-party-gave-nation-many-blessings?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Now the holiday season approaches, we should pause and give thanks to the tea party for the blessings they have bestowed on our nation.

Thank you for forcing Mitt Romney so far to the wingnut right during the Republican primary that his subsequent back flips and contortions made him appear lacking any core values. Thank you for giving us a collection of candidates who were manifestly unqualified to be in the Senate or House, and converting winnable races into ignominious defeats.

Thank you for imposing on the GOP unyielding opposition to immigration reform, thereby delivering to Democrats a large and growing voter bloc, for denigrating gay and lesbian rights, for ridiculing the value of science and public education and for turning the Republican Party into a club of grumpy old white guys and their lacquered consorts, assuring that most of the college-educated electorate and most under 30 vote blue, and for opposing a woman’s right to control her body and demeaning the concept of equal pay for equal work, giving President Obama his victory margin.

Tea party, you are truly the gift that keeps on giving to establish a long-term Democratic majority in our country. Thank you.

Mark Richter, Reno

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Reno letter to the editor: 'Tea party gave nation many blessings' (Original Post) Newsjock Nov 2012 OP

Yes thank you tea baggers. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #1

lacquered consorts.. Permanut Nov 2012 #2

Love it! calimary Nov 2012 #5

I never thought I'd utter these words, but I agree, Thank You Teabaggers! Excuse me....... Tarheel_Dem Nov 2012 #3

Let's not be sore winners Smithfield Nov 2012 #4

I don't see anything silly or bitter there. teamster633 Nov 2012 #6

Oh Please. ..the teabaggers definitely need THANKING Cha Nov 2012 #8

Our core values are shining, and thanking the tea partiers is scarcely bitter retort or name calling peacebird Nov 2012 #13

Let's stop "Playing Nice". It doesn't work with people who hate you. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #16

As if any teapartiers could understand this well written letter senseandsensibility Nov 2012 #19

Wow.. I was thinking.. "tea party..blessings"!? And, now I see where Cha Nov 2012 #7

well done Hamlette Nov 2012 #9

A grateful nation also thanks the Teabangers for all their fashion innovations! struggle4progress Nov 2012 #10

it always amazed me that some of these idiots wore redcoats. CitizenLeft Nov 2012 #14

! struggle4progress Nov 2012 #15

Because Teabaggers would have all been Tories. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #17

Mark, you need to be a DUer. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #11

Great LTTE, K&R, thanks for posting Martin Eden Nov 2012 #12

Don't forget their many contributions to the English Language! Buns_of_Fire Nov 2012 #18

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

1. Yes thank you tea baggers.

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 01:05 AM

Nov 2012

Permanut

(5,643 posts)

2. lacquered consorts..

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 01:12 AM

Nov 2012

I'm gonna remember that one.

calimary

(81,501 posts)

5. Love it!

Reply to Permanut (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 03:03 AM

Nov 2012

I love this line: "...for turning the Republican Party into a club of grumpy old white guys and their lacquered consorts..."

Mark hits another one outta the park. I met him briefly at a state Dem convention here in L.A. We'd been emailing back and forth. He's very bright, very articulate, and extremely dedicated!

Tarheel_Dem

(31,241 posts)

3. I never thought I'd utter these words, but I agree, Thank You Teabaggers! Excuse me.......

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 02:07 AM

Nov 2012

Smithfield

(6 posts)

4. Let's not be sore winners

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 02:10 AM

Nov 2012

Blue is in style, let the strength of your own core values shine, not silly bitter retorts or name calling.

teamster633

(2,029 posts)

6. I don't see anything silly or bitter there.

Reply to Smithfield (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 03:14 AM

Nov 2012

To paraphrase Truman, 'I tell the truth and they think it's hell'.

Cha

(297,692 posts)

8. Oh Please. ..the teabaggers definitely need THANKING

Reply to Smithfield (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 03:55 AM

Nov 2012

peacebird

(14,195 posts)

13. Our core values are shining, and thanking the tea partiers is scarcely bitter retort or name calling

Reply to Smithfield (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 11:33 AM

Nov 2012

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)

16. Let's stop "Playing Nice". It doesn't work with people who hate you.

Reply to Smithfield (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 11:52 AM

Nov 2012

Kick the fuckers in the teeth when they're down.

Twice.

Just so they know the first kick wasn't accidental.

Playing Nice only emboldens those that hate you as they confuse courtesy for weakness, and hasn't yet worked once in politics.

senseandsensibility

(17,138 posts)

19. As if any teapartiers could understand this well written letter

Reply to Smithfield (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 01:06 PM

Nov 2012

or appreciate the irony and sarcasm. Yes, let's worry about their little feelings. Sounds like a winning plan. Welcome to DU.

Cha

(297,692 posts)

7. Wow.. I was thinking.. "tea party..blessings"!? And, now I see where

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 03:54 AM

Nov 2012

this is going ..thanks Newsjock!

Teabaggers come straight from the Kochs, foxscrews, limpbaugh and the hater brigrade!

Great letter, Mark Richter, Reno