Tea Party's Increasing Unpopularity -- Nobody Likes to Be Threatened

Tea Party's Increasing Unpopularity -- Nobody Likes to Be Threatened
Saul Relative – Sun May 1, 12:38 pm ET\

A recent poll conducted by USA Today/Gallup indicates the tea party movement could be headed for a bit of trouble in the coming months. The poll revealed that there is a 14-point gap between those who perceive the tea party unfavorably (47 percent) and those who see it favorably (33 percent). It is the widest margin that has been exhibited by far concerning the relatively new political movement and it has occurred since January. Could the right-wing movement have pushed too hard with its message of reform, especially concerning Medicare, Social Security, unemployment benefits and collective bargaining? Or might it be that Americans do not particularly like living in the shadow of constant threat?

To explain: Since the inception of the tea party movement in 2009, when it began to coalesce from a disparate group of libertarian idealists into a popular movement against fiscal irresponsibility and government overreach, the tea party has been a movement that threatens. They threatened Democrats across the board, blaming Democrats and liberals for the national debt, uncontrolled spending, health care reform and a vast number of other issues to which many of the conservative movement opposed. They threatened Republicans, untried politicians with whom they disagreed and veteran incumbents with whom they disagreed. In short, the tea party threatened the political status quo of the predominantly two-party American political system.

Not only did they threaten, but they won. In the 2010 midterm elections, they did so in a big way, replacing Democrats and Republicans alike, and propelled their candidates (and candidates that they supported) into control of the House of Representatives, not to mention governorships, and many state legislative positions throughout the country.

Once ensconced in positions of political power, they began to threaten the established order of things, threatening future elections. They were especially threatening to incumbent Republicans and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio.

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with a bunch of uneducated delusional crackpots!

The GOP was doing the exact budget crap that they say the Democrats did but didn't raise a peep. It wasn't until, Oh My God, a black man ran and won the presidency...

Anybody who doesn't think this whole "grassroots" movement isn't fueled by racism is a fool.

Shoot, they aren't even bright enough to allow a "token Black" to join to improve their image.

They'll scream it from the rooftops that they aren't bigoted, though.

And they haven't been Nazis for at least a generation.

...the backing of the usual array of corporate interests (e.g., the Koch brothers) and political insiders (e.g., former House majority leader Dick Armey). Add ignorance, racism, got-mine conservatism, and free-floating fear of change, mix till people are confused, simmer prominently in the media pot and dish out in November 2010. Serves only the billionaires.

We need positive messages to help us feel good about where the country is going.

They have none of that, NONE.

than their insane claims.

It didn't come from "diparate groups"
there were no "ideals"
the "movement against fiscal irresponsibility" came 8 years late
"government oiverreach"? - Gitmo and wire tapping wasn't enough?
"threatened Democrats across the board" - no they didn't the media they follow did (and won)
the conservative movement created everything the Tea Baggers have been instructed to oppose
the only threat to Republicans was costing them the Senate
they aren't a third party. They aren't a party at all. They are the epidome of media created nonsense inside our national bubble.

A lot of folks are realized that these cuts won't just effect others, but themselves too