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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIsn't it time for the Tea Party to actually start their own party?
As much as I enjoy seeing Republicans fight among themselves, America doesn't deserve another 4 years of obstructionism.
There was a time when Democrats and Republicans could compromise and pass meaningful legislation. But the Tea Party adopted a scorched each policy. And coupled with their suicide pact with Grover Norquist have hurt the recovery. As long as this lunatic fringe can exert control over the entire Republican Party we have more drama in our future.
Initech
(100,108 posts)They are just a creation of the Fox Ministry Of Propaganda, they are not to be taken seriously.
Grantuspeace
(873 posts)If they got kicked out of the Republican party they would wither on the vine. And that would be good for America.
LeftInTX
(25,607 posts)Their financial supporters are big business
Grantuspeace
(873 posts)They certainly haven't been team players. Along with the religious extremists, they have pushed the Republican Party way to the right. I don't think they will ever again enjoy overwhelming public support. But they are still dangerous. If you separate them they will fade away.
LeftInTX
(25,607 posts)I once saw a documentary called the Billionaires Tea Party. Apparently, there was big money behind the 2009 mainstream surge of these dormant nut jobs. When the Republican party and big business realize they are hurting them, they will go away.
tama
(9,137 posts)parliamentary behavior, before it got control of German state through deal with Hindenburg and top capitalists, was extremely obstructionist in order to appear "principled" and gain popular support.
Republican party core of banksters, MIC, oil etc corporations know they need the right wing populist vote and sentiment to have any chance of winning elections and to keep the money coming to their coffins. But handling and controlling populist "principled" sentiment and movement is always the art of riding a tiger. And while the segment of "old, white, male" fascists may not be wise, that does not mean they cannot be smart while playing the power game they've played succesfully for centuries.
And fascism is the last recluse of capitalism.