When you first heard of the Tea Party, who did you think belonged?

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I immediately thought of those people who want art and music classes eliminated from schools.

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[+6] - Lustig Andrei - 12/05/2011Immediately I thought of OmSigDAVID.
[+3] - jcboy - 12/05/2011Well since I moved to Florida I immediately thought of rednecks.
[+3] - engineer - 12/05/2011I thought of people who don't really understand how taxes work in terms of who pays and who benefits. I really wasn't thinking "redneck" or "idiot". I think the term has...
[+3] - tenderfoot - 12/05/2011My first thought was " only in America ".
[+3] - Green Witch - 12/06/2011[quote]I am 1OO% certain that thay contributed nothing -- in the most absolute sense -- to the betterment of my life, in any way. Those music classes were a complete waste of my time. Thay were...

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When you first heard of the Tea Party, who did you think belonged?

Supporters of the Original philosophy of Americanism
as set forth in the US Constitution belonged.

My mind also went to the celebrants of the original Boston Tea Party.

David

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I don 't give a damn about art nor music classes.

David

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I immediately thought of all the fundamentalists, including most Texas politicians.

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@plainoldme,

Immediately I thought of OmSigDAVID.

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Well since I moved to Florida I immediately thought of rednecks.

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My first experience with them was actually live. I live near the capitol of my state and was there on non-government business. I saw some people out front of the senate building wearing ball caps with tea bags hanging off of them. They were protesting something the state senate was debating having to do with some much needed infrastructure funding. There were probably only 8 of them, but 5 of them had signs with misspellings. I thought they were all high school dropouts or a group of people with dyslexia and were upset that their own needs for more education was being ignored in favor or roads and bridges. That night the Tea Party was profiled on NPR and I put it all together.

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@plainoldme,

I thought of people who don't really understand how taxes work in terms of who pays and who benefits. I really wasn't thinking "redneck" or "idiot". I think the term has morphed over the last year so now I think more "uneducated" but I'm still mostly on my initial impression.

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@engineer,

My first thought was " only in America ".

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Those are interesting replies.

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@edgarblythe,

in re: Texas politicians.

It is just too bad that they feel compelled to be "so Texan" all the time.

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@Lustig Andrei,

That answer wins the prize. I laughed out loud.

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@jcboy,

I think a lot of us think of rednecks. After I think of people who want to dumb down the schools, I think of older ladies in polyester slacks with elastic waistband, white jackets that are too big for them and baseball caps.

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@engineer,

I know what you mean: the longer they are around, the more they wear out their welcome.

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@Green Witch,

Green Witch wrote:

My first experience with them was actually live. I live near the capitol of my state and was there on non-government business. I saw some people out front of the senate building wearing ball caps with tea bags hanging off of them. They were protesting something the state senate was debating having to do with some much needed infrastructure funding. There were probably only 8 of them, but 5 of them had signs with misspellings. I thought they were all high school dropouts or a group of people with dyslexia and were upset that their own needs for more education was being ignored in favor or roads and bridges. That night the Tea Party was profiled on NPR and I put it all together.

U coud be right, but sometimes people play with spelling to make a political point.

David

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@plainoldme,

plainoldme wrote:

I know what you mean: the longer they are around,
the more they wear out their welcome.

Hay: its OUR country!
WE started it, not U!

( I 'm going for a red, white & blue motif; white is the background.)

We r fighting to preserve our Original philosophy
(as amended) from deviation n distortion by the likes of U!

Liberals shoud be called "distortionists".

David

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@Lustig Andrei,

Lustig Andrei wrote:

Immediately I thought of OmSigDAVID.

Thank u, Andy!
That 's probably the nicest thing I 've ever known u to say!
My heart is touched.

(Yeah, I know u 'll say that so is my head, but thanx anyway.)

I wish that I had more energy to actively participate in politics,
as I did since I was a kid in elementary school, but my strength is on the wane.

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Lustig Andrei wrote:
Immediately I thought of OmSigDAVID.
Thank u, Andy!
That 's probably the nicest thing I 've ever known u to say!
My heart is touched.

(Yeah, I know u 'll say that so is my head, but thanx anyway.)

I wish that I had more energy to actively participate in politics,
as I did since I was a kid in elementary school, but my strength is on the wane.

If you wish to take that sly dig as a compliment, David, who am I to rain on your parade?

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@Lustig Andrei,

Lustig Andrei wrote:

Immediately I thought of OmSigDAVID.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Thank u, Andy!
That 's probably the nicest thing I 've ever known u to say!
My heart is touched.

(Yeah, I know u 'll say that so is my head, but thanx anyway.)

I wish that I had more energy to actively participate in politics,
as I did since I was a kid in elementary school, but my strength is on the wane.

Lustig Andrei wrote:

If you wish to take that sly dig as a compliment, David, who am I to rain on your parade?

The sly dig is deftly and adroitly dug:
I embrace their philosophy, for the most part,
not including their vu against women's defensive rights in freedom of abortion.

Quoth my former girlfriend, Maralyn:

Former girlfriend Maralyn wrote:

Take the Best and leave the rest.

David

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@plainoldme,

plainoldme wrote:

I immediately thought of those people who want art and music classes eliminated from schools.

Complete and total fuckwits.

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