Schizo Tea Party.

[Ignignokt]

dude, you barely make any sense.

dude, you barely engage in meaningful discussion.

atleast i don't pretend to elevate the dialogue here, forum nanny.

[Winehole23]

What are you talking about?

[Winehole23]

Anybody can say whatever they want.

[Ignignokt]

Anybody can say whatever they want.

I'm glad you turned over a new leaf.

[Winehole23]

Nothing new about it; I always thought so.

[Winehole23]

Maybe it is your own viewpoint that is too rigid and unyielding.

[EVAY]

I don't think that WH needs any help from anyone on any topic, but since I don't know what bug up Igni's butt , I just have to say that I look forward to reading the occasionally 'different' posts by WH. They are occasionally whimsical (as this last one), occasionally weirder than not, but mostly in good humor, and that is somehting we could use more of around here.

I am usually flabbergasted at watching some of the cognitive links he makes, but that's because I'm such a linear thinker I have virtually no imagination. I enjoy seeing someone else share their's.

[SnakeBoy]

Even more, I hope, will stay for the beer

Domestic?

[Winehole23]

Domestic?

Should be encouraged, as there is a veritable ocean of worthy domestic beer. I never foresaw any rule on this point, let alone a firm one.

[spursncowboys]

the best quote that sums up those numbers are " Keep your Goddamn Government hands off my medicare!". contradictions all around.

spin from the liberal machine. No one has ever said where that came from or found a youtube video. This just screams of astroturf.

[spursncowboys]

So you're a whigger huh?

[spursncowboys]

Not to be confused with wigger.

woops. Joke was already made.

[Wild Cobra]

I think the actual number of tea party sympathizers amongst the voting people is seriously exaggerated.

I don't think so. There are so many of them that I find. Most of them won't talk politics with liberals, but wow... I get an earful from so many people I never thought would agree with the "Tea Party." Most just agree, and some participate.

[SnakeBoy]

I don't think so. There are so many of them that I find. Most of them won't talk politics with liberals, but wow... I get an earful from so many people I never thought would agree with the "Tea Party." Most just agree, and some participate.

That's interesting becase you're in Oregon aren't you?

I hear negative Obama comments every where I go. My wife has told me that Her patients are constantly ing about Obama, some to the point that she has had to tell them to calm down so they can get accurate blood pressure. Of course I try to keep in mind that I'm in Texas so that doesn't neccessarily reflect the mood of americans.

[Wild Cobra]

That's interesting becase you're in Oregon aren't you?

I hear negative Obama comments every where I go. My wife has told me that Her patients are constantly ing about Obama, some to the point that she has had to tell them to calm down so they can get accurate blood pressure. Of course I try to keep in mind that I'm in Texas so that doesn't neccessarily reflect the mood of americans.

My experience has taught me that liberals are very vocal about their beliefs publicly, and conservatives stay quiets, as not to be targeted by the radicals. That at least applies here where liberal ideas ore more prominent.

[EVAY]

My experience has taught me that liberals are very vocal about their beliefs publicly, and conservatives stay quiets, at not to be targeted by the radicals. That at least applies here where liberal ideas ore more prominent.

WC, I guarantee that is not the case in Texas...at least not in South Texas.
I have to tell people repeatedly down here that I prefer my home to be a 'politics-free zone' because mere aquaintaces assume that I think like them and want to rail or rant with them. They do it at meetings, at casual lunches, at grocery store checkout lines, etc., etc., etc.

I consider myself a moderate or libertarian on social issues (perhaps laissex-faire is more like it on social issues), a foreign policy moderate, and a fiscal conservative (much more conservative than most republicans I know.)

People down here treat me as though I am wild-eyed idiot socialist, however, because I do not, will not, tolerate right-wing ranting in my home, and will not participate in it in public.

Down here, you're either a Palin Republican or you're an imbecile.

If people know where I live they assume they know how I think, and assume they know that I will agree with every knee-jerk reaction that they have.

I find it ill-mannered and rude.

[Ignignokt]

WC, I guarantee that is not the case in Texas...at least not in South Texas.
I have to tell people repeatedly down here that I prefer my home to be a 'politics-free zone' because mere aquaintaces assume that I think like them and want to rail or rant with them. They do it at meetings, at casual lunches, at grocery store checkout lines, etc., etc., etc.

I consider myself a moderate or libertarian on social issues (perhaps laissex-faire is more like it on social issues), a foreign policy moderate, and a fiscal conservative (much more conservative than most republicans I know.)

People down here treat me as though I am wild-eyed idiot socialist, however, because I do not, will not, tolerate right-wing ranting in my home, and will not participate in it in public.

Down here, you're either a Palin Republican or you're an imbecile.

If people know where I live they assume they know how I think, and assume they know that I will agree with every knee-jerk reaction that they have.

I find it ill-mannered and rude.

You're a fiscal conservative?

prove it.

[EVAY]

You're a fiscal conservative?

prove it.

Easy. I owe not one red cent to any person or en y in the world.

I paid my own way through two undergraduate and three graduate degrees.

I pay my taxes and more, because I don't even accept SS payments, even though I am eligible for them and paid in at the highest level possible for the last 20 years of my working life.

And, I vote for those of either party who work on a "pay as you go basis".

Most republicans I know vote republican regardless of the fact that their candidates start wars without paying for them, and start social programs without paying for them (medicare D).

[EVAY]

Oh, and Igni...thanks for asking.

[Winehole23]

Down here, you're either a Palin Republican or you're an imbecile.

I'm an imbecile. You're a rather obvious one too, EVAY.

If people know where I live they assume they know how I think, and assume they know that I will agree with every knee-jerk reaction that they have.

I find it ill-mannered and rude.

It is.

Over time, you might find something to like about it: that people are generally easygoing and confiding, for example.

[LnGrrrR]

Still, I hope they vote for somebody beside the (R)s and (D)s. For once in their lives to vote for their actual beliefs, rather than just voting for power and pelf.

I doubt their "strongly held" beliefs are actually that. Sure, the posters on this forum may have taken the time to do their research. But I think the majority of tea partiers believe that the US is sliding towards socialism because someone told them that. I doubt half could even give an adequate definition of how socialism works.

[Winehole23]

I doubt their "strongly held" beliefs are actually that.

Sure. I basically agree with you.

But I think the majority of tea partiers believe that the US is sliding towards socialism because someone told them that. I doubt half could even give an adequate definition of how socialism works.

You're soaking in it, Madge!