Posts Tagged ‘Tea Party’
While perusing the Internet today, a Facebook group called Unreal Americans grabbed our attention. The group’s purpose is to confront “conservative mistruths, propaganda and down-right lies about the progressive agenda.”
The group recently posted this image to their newsfeed:
along with a caption asking Facebook users to “Click LIKE & SHARE if people calling for “zero taxes” shouldn’t be using public streets and sidewalks.”
Already, 6,225 people have liked the image and 2,368 people have shared it with others.
We think the group raises an interesting point, what do you think?
In this video Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) suggests it would be challenging.
In a Monday morning interview on MSNBC, Rep. John Fleming expressed vehement disapproval of President Barack Obama’s deficit reduction plan, which includes measures to raise taxes on the wealthy.
Fleming decried the plan, claiming that it would kill jobs provided by well-to-do “job creators.”
When asked by MSNBC host, Chris Jansing, about his business ventures (including his part in multiple Subway restaurants and UPS stores from which he netted $6.3 million last year) Fleming claimed that his business expenses left him with little to tax “by the time I feed my family.”
Fleming told Jansing that the $6.3 million is “before you pay 500 employees, you pay rent, you pay equipment and food.”
“The actual net income of that was a mere fraction of that amount.”
“By the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over,”.
$400,000, we assume excludes his $174,000 salary that he earns as a Representative.
So tell us, could you scrape by on $400,00+ a year? Would raising taxes on people in Fleming’s class be “class warfare?” Do you really believe that Fleming will create jobs with his wealth?
Sound familiar?
This week’s GOP debate looked a little like Snow White and the 6 dwarfs. The female lead being played by Presidential newcomer Michelle Bachmann.
Who is this Michelle Bachmann? She is the three term Congresswoman from Minnesota with long standing conservative credentials.
She has been the swooning darling of Tea Party movement. Maybe more impressively, She is a mother of 5 and a foster mother to twenty-three!
Although not as famous as Sarah Palin, she is beginning to steal some of the right wing thunder from her Alaskan sister.
Michelle is a history buff and a huge fan of New Hampshire. She noted the debate took place in the same state as the Battles of Lexington and Concord (her words not ours).
Palin remains the better storyteller, though, as Colbert depicts her take on Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride
But back to Bachmann. The debate was certainly not her first appearance, but she used it to announce her candidacy in the 2012 Presidential race. Some would argue that her performance surpassed that of Palin’s, who famously stumbled in the Couric hot seat. You can be the judge of her debating chops.
She brings high energy, charisma and proven fundraising ability to the race to nominate a Republican challenger to Obama. She also is known for unyielding stances, biting commentary and high-profile gaffes.
While Bachmann is known for her striking statements, she is quite articulate compared to clumsy Ms. Palin, as The New York Times reports:
Ms. Palin’s absence created an opening for Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who is similarly well liked by grass-roots Tea Party Republicans — and whose supporters have sought to present her as more substantive and better rooted in policy than Ms. Palin is.
According to political blogger Nate Silver, Bachmann not only has advantage over Palin, but candidacy potential:
She has considerably better favor-ability ratings — Americans who are familiar with her split about evenly on whether they like her or not, which is not true for Ms. Palin…it’s possible that [Palin's] missed her moment — whether or not she decides to run. Rather than being a proxy for Ms. Palin, Ms. Bachmann may instead be preferred to her in the eyes of Republican voters.
Bachmann lurched into the nations living room when she provided a surprise Tea Party response to President Obama’s State of the Union in January (see above).
In addition to being a fiscal conservative she is also a social conservative with evangelical roots. Sample: She accused Planned Parenthood of encouraging sex trafficking.
While she has claimed to be bi-partisan, she now expresses regret of reaching across party lines in the case of Libya.
There will, no doubt, be much written about this photogenic candidate. Some of these words will be penned by her… she has a memoir due to be published in the months ahead.
Mitt Romney is running for president!
Okay, you probably could have predicted that. But no one could have predicted how rough his first week as an official candidate would turn out.
Having announced his candidacy early Thursday, Romney quickly found himself fighting off criticism and fighting for airtime.
The former Massachusetts governor’s conservative credentials have been being questioned since his name entered the ring for the GOP nomination. Things took a turn for a worse when the questioning turned into an all-out movement to stop his campaign, led by Tea Party leader and failed Senate candidate Joe Miller.
‘In a matchup against Obama, Tea Party voters are looking for a consistent constitutional conservative,’ said Miller. ‘We will never get behind Mitt Romney. On issues like gun rights, gay rights, abortion, immigration, and health care, Romney has flipped more than John Kerry flopped.’”
As if Romney’s record wasn’t detrimental enough, his campaign seemed to have trouble just getting mentioned in a week that featured a lot of buzz around other potential candidates. One of those causing a stir was Sarah Palin, whose bus tour seemed to steal the spotlight.
Sarah Palin crashed her red, white and blue bus into Mitt Romney’s party yesterday, sweeping into New Hampshire for the final leg of her multi-day East Coast tour as he was in the state declaring his candidacy for president.”
Jon Stewart provided some insight into another issue overtaking the media.
As for now, Romney’s main defense appears to be his business experience, at least that’s his opinion.
Thanks to Wikimedia
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
How’s this for a party? Republicans set to hold their first debate TODAY!
Maybe just one more semester…College graduates are less excited than ever about heading into the real world.
Avoid at all costs: Gas for rental cars can cost up to $9!
It is tradional for the political party in opposition to the President of the United States to give a rival speech on the night of the State of the Union address.
Yesterday the Republicans did even better… they supplied not one but TWO rebuttals from the other side of the aisle!
To get the Party started, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin gave the official Republican response following the President’s speech.
His remarks were followed by Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota giving the Tea Party backed response. It was the latter response which had most pundits abuzz… but maybe not for the reasons you’d think.
The talk of the morning has been Bachmann’s seemingly failed attempt to look into the camera while delivering her remarks. David Axelrod, a top advisor to President Obama, even took a moment to poke fun when appearing on MSNBC later in the evening.
CNN, the only network to air the address, later explained Bachmann was looking into the Web-cam set up by the Tea Party Express and not the camera broadcasting across the nation…oops!
New Year Eve is a time for reflection… and Parties!
When reflecting back on 2011 there was one party that got every one’s attention:
The Tea Party.
Despite their sometimes silly costumes and signs, the ultraconservative Tea Party proved they were serious in 2010.
From Florida to Alaska, Tea Partiers bucked the GOP establishment by making sure their candidates were on the ballots of many of the year’s most watched electoral races. Their new-found political clout garnered media attention all over the country.
The attention wasn’t always positive. In Delaware, Tea-Party-favorite Christine O’Donnell was repeatedly mocked after being forced to announce she wasn’t a witch.
Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul received bad press of his own when he made provocative comments about civil rights. Eyebrows were raised when some of his supporters physically attacked a liberal activist.
In the end, the group had highs and lows like any political movement. While they might be credited with putting Republicans into the leadership of the US House of Representatives, they failed to help them take control of the Senate.
So, the question is: Who will be invited to the Party next year?
We at USDemocrazy could not resist sharing with you this arousing assessment of American current events in Anime. Please share with us your favorite moments in the video above. We have so many we do not know where to start…
Budget problems? We ain’t got no stinkin’ budget problems! California unveils its brand new $578 million school complex.
D.C.: Prepare ye the way of Glenn Beck, et. al.! The Maine Tea Party has prepared a very helpful guide to navigating D.C. that’s worth your review.
It’ll cost you $80 to snap a pic with Blago. If you had a face like that, you’d charge too.
Thanks to Wikicommons.
Storm in the Tea Cup? Organization kicked out of Tea Party due to racist remarks.
Half a Billion! Facebook connects 500 million people.
Hip to run shine? Illegal distilleries reappearing in the US.
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This week we are all over the place. From liberal Tea Partiers to supper ninjas we got you covered.
Liberal Tea:
It wasn’t long ago when the now famous Tea Party was born. As it has grown, the movement has largely positioned itself to the right than the traditional Republican party. Now it seems the Tea Party folks may be too liberal for America.
Take Rand Paul the Tea Partier in Kentucky who is now the Republican candidate for Senate. A new Public Policy Poll finds that more Republicans think he too liberal than too conservative.
Frankenstein:
Ever wanted to play God? Well scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute are playing at it. They have succeeded in creating a synthetic life form. The process took 15 years and $30 million. What did they create? Bacteria.
You might think that for 30 mil they could do a little better than giving us a new strain of the flu.
Ninja Vigilantes:
A mugging in Australia was stymied this week by a gallivanting group of ninjas. The brilliant muggers chose to carry out their crime right outside a ninja school. The ninjas who witnessed the attack, rushed to save the victim and proceeded to scare the bejesus out of the assailants.
Thanks to Wikicommons.
By now, most folks have heard about the infamous “Tea Party” movement. With the 2010 mid-term elections for Congress creeping up, US politicians (particularly Democrats) are getting worried about re-election. In the months ahead, Republican hopefuls may be looking to Tea Party participants for party favors.
The original Tea Party (OTP) in Boston Harbor, thanks to Wiki Commons.
We at USDemocrazy would like to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of our readers a happy TAX DAY!!
What’s so happy about paying the government money? Well, not much according to a certain political movement –namely, the Tea Party.
Sure, they’ve gotten a lot of lip service since they launched their cause a year ago, but a recent poll has really helped the country understand the views and the people of this Party.
There is a time for seriousness and a time for silliness. And then there’s a time to just sit down and have tea and crumpets. Republicans got up to all three at their anual Conservative Political Action Conference last week.
Apparently conservatives like to dress up… either that or Ben Franklin has invented a time machine.
More awesome Mardi Gras pictures at thedailybeast.com!
Who dat leading the Mardi Gras celebrations?!
Let’s talk… Just not in public… says Steele to the Tea Party guys.
Bye bye, Bayh! Oh come on, that was too easy.
