Bitter Teabaggers

[marmar]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Just a year ago, tea party activists came roaring out of the congressional elections eager to shape the looming race for the White House.

Things have not gone as planned.

Turned off by Mitt Romney's style and evolution on several important issues, they have bounced from one candidate to another in hopes of finding a formidable alternative to the former Massachusetts governor to focus their enthusiasm.

After a series of disappointments — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and businessman Herman Cain among them — the anti-establishment movement has settled, for now, on a favorite: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, even though he has spent more than three decades in Washington politics. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/tea-partyers-not-keen-gop-presidential-field-194149832.html

[Bake]

1. They don't really give a crap about ideology.

They just want three things:

1. To be in control.

2. To pay no taxes whatsoever.

3. To get that black guy out of the "White" House.

So they figure Newt might have a shot, and what the heck, it's worth a try since the rest of the crowd are nutjobs (of course, so is Newt).

Bake

[Initech]

7. It's more about #3 than anything.

Sure the movement was spawned from insane Reagan-era idealogies like less government and no taxes but there's no denying that it's an inherently racist movement. It was spawned out of nothing but pure hate for Obama and they'll go away once Obama leaves office.

[edhopper]

2. If you leave the tea bag in the tea pot too long,

the brew becomes very bitter and too strong for consumption.

Yes that's an analogy.

[izquierdista]

3. It's coming down to Obama vs. Romney

What flavor of corporatist do you like, America?

[Scootaloo]

4. Fuck it, let's run off to the woods to eat cake frosting!

So long as we remain ideologically pure, the world will bend to our wishes! It's worked so well in the past!

[Aerows]

5. It's true

Ideologically pure or not, the truth is the truth. You can have whatever flavor you want, as long as you want vanilla.

[Scootaloo]

6. So you're telling me Obama is no different from the republicans.

I'm starting to wonder why this site is called Democratic Underground. it's more like RepublicanFifthColumn.