Compromise hasn't been a part of this government since the 1780s, no doubt. I just did address the issue of talking out both sides of the mouth. I'm as mad as you, but the problem is that no one, outside of the members of the Tea Party that is, takes the Tea Party seriously. And that is for a reason: not even the Republicans want you guys to have any serious credibility. The Tea Party was started as an offshoot of the GOP, really the extreme right wing, to make moderately-right wing candidates appear centrist to help them get elected. Actually, its a very smart tactic. But the Tea Party really is nothing more than a vocal minority that is controlled by the same old leadership. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Do you really think that the Speaker of the House lost control of members of his own caucus? If you do, then I've got some lovely oceanfront property in the Phoenix area I'd like to show you. As a political staffer, I have more knowledge of government than your average freshman Congressman and I bet most of us here do too. Freshman members of Congress are about as useless as goose crap on a pump handle; they don't even know where the bathrooms are until their second or third term. To say that they have any power in Washington is laughable at best.
I don't disagree with the sentiments of the Tea Party (less spending, less debt), but picket signs and irrelevant rallies won't do the trick. You need to work to build true consensus, especially with those who you don't agree with, to move this nation forward. Stop the yelling, the pointless angry tactics, and focus on real, meaningful policies. Continuing to polarize this nation with irrational action and thought is like masturbation: kinda fun while you're doing it but in the end you're only f^$#$% yourself.
Oh, about the 2000 page bills: Government is complicated, it requires a lot of writing to make things happen. I've read huge budget bills in my line of work and I understand them, have to 'cause its my job. The problem isn't how complicated or large the bills are; its that the legislators get a free pass on reading them before voting on them. If they read them, no one would have an argument about the length. Bills can't be dumbed down for the average Congress-critter, or citizen for that matter, to read them in 5 minutes. My job is to read the bills and understand them; maybe the legislators should read them too.
Zdillinger,
You got that all wrong. Have you ever been to a Tea Party Rally? The Tea Party is not a right wing offshoot of the GOP. The Tea Party are Constitutionalist stand on their principal and who want to build a constituency for the greater good for the country, not the lesser of two evils like what we’ve been getting out of Washington.
The Tea Party are Americans who want this government to follow the Constitution.
They want the government out of their lives.
They want the government to stop spending our tax dollars like it was there own personal slush fund. And yes SOME Republicans don't like this because they don't want to be held accountable either.
They want Term Limits for all politicians.
The Tea Party is sick and tired of back room deals. Isn't legislation supposed to be done out in the open on the floors of the house and senate?
They want English to be the official language of the USA… Did you know it’s not?
They want the borders sealed
They want Christmas and Easter back. Not winter and spring holidays.
They want the government to work for the people not campaign doners and lobbyist.
They want young healthy people to get off the system. Get to work!
They are small business owners who can’t stand the weight of all the government regulations and taxes. Have you tried to build a commercial building lately?
They are tired of buying oil off of countries that hate us when there is plenty of oil in this country and Canada.
They are tired of barrowing money off of Communist China.
They are tired of the government telling us what kind of cars to buy.
If you believe in any of these then you are probably a Tea Partier and didn’t know it.
They are people who were mad as hell when the found out that a communist (Van Jones) were walking the halls of the White House advising the President on environmental jobs.(what the hell is that all about). They were mad as hell when the President implemented the Czars 30 of them I think was the total number. Who implement regulation policy with out legislation? Some of these Czars are like Cass Sunsteine (read Cass Sunstiens words about Taxation, Free Speech, Legal philosophy, animal rights, etc etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Sunstein#Views ) and tell me if you feel warm and fuzzy. They were mad as hell when there was a picture of the White House Christmas Tree and what was hanging on it? A orniment with a picture of mao tse tung…. A picture of mao tse tung in our White House.
The Tea Party is sick and tired of back room deals. Isn't legislation supposed to be done out in the open on the floors of the house and senate?
How is it ok for Unions to picket state capitals, or Acorn to picket banks and gays to picket what ever they picket and yet if the Tea Party pickets and we’re a joke, we are called racist, terrorist, violent, and angry? We’re not the angry ones (fed up yes but not angry) You want anger look at the demagoging Liberals. Show me one case where a Tea Partier is ranting with anger?
If the Tea Party is so irrelevant … how did they impact the last election?
The Tea Party are Americans who are reminding our politicians who they work for.
Your comment about freshmen congressmen is the exact reason for term limits. I am sick and tired of hearing about how Washington works… obviously it isn’t working and hasn’t for years. That’s why were in this mess.
How is it ok for someone like Ted Kennedy to be in the Senate from 1962 before his brother got shot until he died a two years ago. That goes for both sides of the isle. Strom Thurmond was in the Senate from 1954 until 2003. That is just insane
Your comment about dumming down legislation. First off I’m wondering if I should be insulted by that comment. Secondly there is no freaking way legislation should be this complicated. I’m not saying that it should be done on one page but when the old Speaker of the House said about the health care bill “ we have to pass the bill so we can see what’s in it” is completely insane! The problem is there are wayyy too many lawyers in Washington. 200 years ago our politicians were businessmen and farmers, now they are all lawyers. There is something wrong with this.
As for some of the comments about Fox News on this thread, Fox news is the only channel that brings these things to light. They are the only ones talking about these issues. If it were not for Fox News we wouldn’t be hearing about the crap that was in the health care bill, the debt issue, the pork barrel spending, the attacks on Christianity, we would have not heard about Acorn and the voter fraud. I could go on. The fact of the matter is I would trust Fox before I trusted any other media. Can anyone tell me where they’re off the mark?
