Title: Film of DC rally (How many does it look like to you?) Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Sep 14, 2009 Author:. Post Date:2009-09-14 12:37:53 by christine Keywords:None Views:1355 Comments:117
The march Saturday was called "Taxpayer March on Washington" and was organized by FreedomWorks Foundation and a coalition of other groups such as The National Taxpayers Union and The Teaparty Patriots. I think your assumption that every attendee there was a republican (McCain voter) and that the "RP Revolution has been hijacked by the forces of evil" is premature.
Also, how do you know that it wasn't Ron Paul's decision to be in Alvin, Texas this weekend rather than at the DC rally?
So what do you suggest? That Obama gets his way without a fight?
What kind of retarded logic would make you conclude that from me showing the teabaggers are being led by republicans and not Paul supporters?
Did you ever think that we need allies in this fight and that the enemy of my enemy is my friend?
Not when the enemy of your enemy is also your enemy. If you think people like Army, or Beck actually want to change anything you are mistaken. Its political theater.
As for me, I'll take a victory anyway I can get one
Electing republicans instead of democrats isn't victory any way you frame it.
How does anyone on this forum know what RP thinks about that gathering Saturday? Maybe I have this wrong but his message to me has always been to change the Republican party from within. That's the least favorite method of change for me, but it's obvious that the march wasn't aroused or mobilized by the politics of a Dick Armey or any other establishment R. Armey, et al, might be trying to plant their flag in front of the parade, but IMO the true leadership hasn't yet bubbled up.
#58. To: Jethro Tull, Rhino369, Cynicom. Flintlock, SonofLiberty, robnoel (#51)
That's the least favorite method of change for me, but it's obvious that the march wasn't aroused or mobilized by the politics of a Dick Armey or any other establishment R. Armey, et al, might be trying to plant their flag in front of the parade, but IMO the true leadership hasn't yet bubbled up.
agreed.
is it the detractors contention then that none of these people should have shown up to this event or any of the townhall/tea parties all over the country? events, btw, where R politicians get confronted and boo'ed.
regarding Ron Paul, why hasn't he commented one way or the other? and, let me remind folks that he's doing an event with Michelle Bachmann.
#98. To: Jethro Tull, christine, SonOfLiberty, Flintlock, Cynicom, all (#51)
...R. Armey, et al, might be trying to plant their flag in front of the parade, but IMO the true leadership hasn't yet bubbled up.
You may recall that nine years ago Armey and original bloo dawg Dem Billy Tauzin were touring the nation with the ostensibly bipartisan "SCRAP THE CODE-Adopt A National Sales Tax" tour.
Despite the rallies and tee shirt sales (I have one of them-wifey attended some gathering of theirs) it fell by the wayside.
When they wanted the investigation into 9/11 to go nowhere they tried to seat Kissinger in the chair.
Now they want the status quo to remain unchanged so they sent Dick Armey in to try and lead the uprising so he could walk the unsuspecting hopefuls in circles and then eventually off the nearest cliff of public indifference.
Just as when Speaker Dennis Hastert slyly stated that if Bush was re-elected they were going to abolish the income tax, and when Sen. Richard Lugar was testing the presidential waters he said his platform was to be the "abolish the income tax" platform, whenever an ordinary garden variety blue suited PUB hints at abolishing the code/tax or otherwise dethroning some powerful forces you can be sure that he's simply using it as bait, and that none would ever dream of it any more than they'd attempt to limit the powers of their own offices in general and incumbents in particular.
Needless to say after Bush's 2nd win there was no more talk of tax relief for working stiffs. In fact Bush actually tried to abolish capital gains and corporate taxes completely and just make it a payroll withholding "federal air tax"! (In exchange for permanent tax relief corporations would be required to collect the tax from all of their employees! Many such as Chase Bank do that already and that's the way they want things to be-the corporate profits/capital gains tax should be a tax for the privilege of slaving for corporations, with the officers' bonuses and golden parachutes being exempt of course)
And, after Lugar returned to the senate the burning issue of tax relief for long suffering middle class wage earners never got a moment's time in his office. As a US Senator he could still educate and campaign like Hell against the evils of the income tax, but if it wasn't serving as bait for his presidential run then touching it for our benefit just wasn't a priority for him or any other MC.
You can be sure that Dick Armey is available for "inside the wire wrecking crew duty" whenever the powers need a dutiful functionary to kill a movement through simple lack of charismatic leadership or inspiration.
Planting his flag is probably what Armey was sent in to do. The last time he killed a movement that had great potential and in the process he never made a single noteworthy soundbite that could be used to damage the FED or their beloved tribute tax.