http://fund47.blogspot.com/2012/04/4th-annual-san-francisco-tax-day-tea.html

The photos may give you some ideas for signs or themes that you can use at your local Tea Parties.

If Tea Parties can be done in San Francisco, it can certainly be done in your local community!

He presented actual data, in other words, actual evidence. Your rant is not a counterargument.

Doomberg on April 16, 2012 at 9:47 AM

According to that poll, she carried 46% of Independents, while her opponent carried 49%. Not convincing in the least, as in a deep blue state like that you have to peel off more Independents and Dems than that to win, even if 100% of GOP voters vote for you.

It is interesting to note that while the LSM was bashing the Tea Party the hardest was when I was seeing the most growth, which seemed somewhat surreal. I speculate that being in the limelight, for good or bad, was beneficial to the Tea Party, much like bad press for a rock star sold records.

To say that the Tea Party is on decline is an utterly ludricrous position. While Tea Party candidates haven’t done well in the elections, there has been a noticable impact that has little chance of dissappearing off of anyone’s radar scope anytime soon…

…no matter how much the LSM wishes it to.

You can take your tinfoil hat off now. COD and Angle were nothing but loser candidates leeching off the Tea Party for their own ends. Your blind hatred of the GOP “establishment” has turned you into a fool and a sucker for every huckster and con man who says what you want to hear.

JFS61 on April 16, 2012 at 9:24 AM

He presented actual data, in other words, actual evidence. Your rant is not a counterargument.

But I posit a different theory. The Tea Party really hasn’t been in the news much lately — and, usually, when the movement is mentioned, it’s by opponents who cite Tea Partiers in Congress as obstructionists.

We had a Tea Party rally in Sacramento over the weekend and the Sacbee, which is our local paper, didn’t even bother to report on it even though it was 10 times bigger than the occupy protest they promoted.

More troublingly, the poll found that strong opponents of the Tea Party outnumber strong supporters by two to one.

I can believe this. You basically have the entire Democrat apparatus opposing the Tea Party, and then there’s the chunk of the Republican Party captured by the faux-moderates who have never seen a liberal policy they don’t like.

I don’t believe I am alone in my thinking so yes, support for the entity called the tea party is declining but the support for its ideology is still very high.

Certif on April 16, 2012 at 8:07 AM

I don’t believe this. I think the selection of Romney as the Republican candidate shows a significant part of the people who describe themselves as “Republican” or “conservative” have actively chosen to discard limited government conservatism.

I can’t help but notice the absence of a reply from Vyce. Again who are these “true cons” of which you speak? ” true cons ” is a leftist talking point. Please feel free to correct me. Perhaps on another thread.

Bmore on April 15, 2012 at 9:30 PM

It’s just the latest permutation of “right wing extremist” and “wingnut.” It’s rolled out anytime someone criticizes Romney’s big-spending policies and other left-wing policies. It’s a fact-free smear meant to silence opposition and shut down debate, that’s all.

This mythological account of the Senate races is a joke.

Nom de Boom on April 15, 2012 at 10:15 PM

You can take your tinfoil hat off now. COD and Angle were nothing but loser candidates leeching off the Tea Party for their own ends. Your blind hatred of the GOP “establishment” has turned you into a fool and a sucker for every huckster and con man who says what you want to hear.

You want to oppose gay marriage or abortion, start your own movement. The tea party is for fiscal stuff.

raccoonradio on April 15, 2012 at 9:15 PM

This.

My opinion differs from yours, I think you will see it come back through the results. You really think all those people just quit believing what arguably could be called core beliefs? If we do not see the crowds I believe we will see it in election results, although there are still rallies going on.

bluemarlin on April 15, 2012 at 7:50 PM

I was going to post something along those lines. The Tea Partiers are still going to come out in droves to vote out every liberal we can. And that is the truth regardless of what some Tea Party leaders say/think. The Tea Party is not a real party, but conservatism on display.

That part of the Tea Party that opposed Romney has disintegrated into everything the left claimed. They are nothing but hypocrites and the whole country can see it clearly now.

The lies are exposed.

The good guy won, in spite of the lies.

Romney is the most conservative candidate we have ever had. And far more conservative than any one else in the party. There isn’t one person who didn’t prove they didn’t have any real claim as a conservative, from Gingrich to Palin… they are all hypocrites.

That is why Romney won.

The part of the Tea Party that opposed him has been exposed as the hypocrites they are. They will not keep any power.

Fortunately, there are more Tea Party folks who realized it and either quit the hypocrite Tea Party or turned their Tea Party to Romney.

The hypocrites exposed themselves. Good riddance.

petunia on April 16, 2012 at 2:37 AM

People like you are why I distrusted Romney. You know nothing about the Tea Party movement and it sounds like you know nothing about Romney. You are the hypocrite, spewing hate for things you know nothing about. Romney did’t “win” because he is the most Conservative, hardly. He won because he was an experienced campaigner, with money, and the support of the establishmant and you know it..
The Tea Party movement in many states has helped elect people and brought issues to the ballot, many of which were passed. What have you done other than get on an internet forum and write glowing love letters about a man and hate about his opponents? Next time before you write something know what you’re talking about.
I realize you are infatuated with Romnay, that has been clear from all your posts. But the hate you spew has not convinced me he is the right man for the job. I am ABO so he will get my vote, but that is truly sad. I sincerely hope Romney is nothing like you or we are in serious trouble.

Certif on April 16, 2012 at 8:07 AM

The ‘TEA Party’ has been used by many politicians trying to latch on to its success. Your words are accurate. The TP was never meant to be a politcal party but an idealogy. I identify with the TP movement because it reflects how I feel/believe in that area.

The biggest frustration for me with the TP movement is that whatever is accomplished in the House is squashed by the Democrat controlled senate. There has not been enough focus on the senate races.

Support for the Quit Being a Dumb Ass With My Money Party remains quite strong.

I don’t care what you call it, the ground swell for get your hands off my wallet is growing.

I don’t believe I am alone in my thinking so yes, support for the entity called the tea party is declining but the support for its ideology is still very high.

Certif on April 16, 2012 at 8:07 AM

This +100.

The power of the TEA Party is the very thing that makes it so hard to poll. Rather than being some sort of manufactured “movement” like the occupiers, people who believe in the original TEA Party tenets (Taxed Enough Already!) are an unmanaged grassroots group with no central organization. Those who believe in the ideology are unlikely to stop having those beliefs, especially as we see the results of the tax and spend madness of the current administration. But they will look askance at those who try to co-opt the movement and make it a marketable label for whatever they’re trying to sell.

It’s particularly telling that the TEA Party is painted with the same brush as the social conservative movement. While I’m sure many TEA Party believers are also pro-life and anti-gay marriage, not one person I know thinks the two types of conservatism (social and economic) are inextricably intertwined. There is only one way they’re related: both economic and social issues are best decided at the state or community level, and the government ought to get the heck out of all of them.

Our messages have concerned spending, O’care, regulations that kill industries, government control; truly radical stuff, huh? One of my favorites is our sign (with news report attached) about the thousands of jobs already killed by O’care by the destructive 2.3 percent tax it has imposed on medical devices.

Back then, by careful count, the ratio of favorable gestures from the public ran about six or eight to one.

For the past year, this ratio has been twenty to one, and often far more. And now includes a sprinkling of black Americans every week.

Quiet doesn’t mean dormant. As we get closer to November, you’ll see the Tea Parties flex their muscles more noticably.

Louis
The General Wayne Tea Party

P.S. Anthony Wayne’s nearby home and church look much the same as in his day. He fought battles all around this part of eastern Pennsylvania, as well as elsewhere.

I echoed the premise that some people are anti-govt, but don’t want their entitlements messed with.

Rusty Allen on April 15, 2012 at 8:06 PM

Yeah never mind I paid UNWILLINGLY into social security and medicaid… o and the UI insurance that you dont see either ( know that the companies pay the tax, but its getting paid nothing less… so what.. just walk away from it? )

That part of the Tea Party that opposed Romney has disintegrated into everything the left claimed. They are nothing but hypocrites and the whole country can see it clearly now.

The lies are exposed.

The good guy won, in spite of the lies.

Romney is the most conservative candidate we have ever had. And far more conservative than any one else in the party. There isn’t one person who didn’t prove they didn’t have any real claim as a conservative, from Gingrich to Palin… they are all hypocrites.

That is why Romney won.

The part of the Tea Party that opposed him has been exposed as the hypocrites they are. They will not keep any power.

Fortunately, there are more Tea Party folks who realized it and either quit the hypocrite Tea Party or turned their Tea Party to Romney.

The hypocrites exposed themselves. Good riddance.

petunia on April 16, 2012 at 2:37 AM

well..

at least you got the names right..

Look I’m planning on voting for Romney, but the stuff you just spewed out about him being the most conservative candidate EVAH!!! is just stone cold laughable..

we don’t believe it, the mods who backed him early didn’t believe it, in fact it was his lack of strong conservative views which attracted them in the first place…

You got yer Romney.. be happy with that..

Sitting there on your hobby horse proclaiming all who stood before him liars apostates and hypocrites just makes you look like a sycophantic fool.. sickeningly so..

Why do so many of you Extreme Romney voters have to act the ass so often? NOBODY is as PURE as YOUR DEAR BELOVED MITT…

get over yourself lady..

The selection process is over, and you’re just peeing in the pool of goodwill Romney desperately needs right now..

If you by acting like an OBOT get just one voter to say..”screw you, I’m staying home”, you should get a check from the Obama campaign.

Get it through your head, being first in Romney’s line, doesn’t get you any prize,.. you’re of no more value than the last voter who decides to vote for him..

He’s going to listen to the voting blocks most likely to benefit him,.. and if the Tea Party can.. he’ll side with them as well..

he’s a politician.. remember?

Not Jesus Christ.

The rest of your leftist dips posting here should STFU about it, you’re demonstrating your gross ignorance about it with every denigrating post.

The lies are exposed.

The good guy won, in spite of the lies.

Romney is the most conservative candidate we have ever had. And far more conservative than any one else in the party. There isn’t one person who didn’t prove they didn’t have any real claim as a conservative, from Gingrich to Palin… they are all hypocrites.

That is why Romney won.

The part of the Tea Party that opposed him has been exposed as the hypocrites they are. They will not keep any power.

Fortunately, there are more Tea Party folks who realized it and either quit the hypocrite Tea Party or turned their Tea Party to Romney.

The hypocrites exposed themselves. Good riddance.

No.

Tea Partiers have jobs.

We’re still here. We’ll vote.

We now openly discuss politics in any setting. We openly discuss religion, abortion, economics, liberty, and, well, you name it….we discuss it.

We’re no longer fettered by social mores set and supported by the Left (and by RINOS)–mores established for one reason only, to stifle conservative thought.

Take all the polls you want. Your best chance is to steal the election via ACORN style fraud. God help you if we catch you.