tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post1892540325058536626..comments2023-11-05T03:20:46.695-05:00Comments on The Ostroy Report: Is the Tea Party the New Republican "Brand?"The Ostroy Reporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04955421147082736335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-16580272568134452412010-05-26T10:00:12.179-04:002010-05-26T10:00:12.179-04:00Wow! I am always amazed by people, under the guise...Wow! I am always amazed by people, under the guise of protecting others, commit the very same offenses of which they accuse others. Freud was spot-on with that "projection" thing. Look up what "Tea Bagging" actually means. You'll be surprised to see that it has 1000% nothing to do with homosexuality, and in no way, shape or form is it a "gay" slur or an attack on gays. Funny...you've used more gay slurs in your "interpretation" above that it makes me wonder just who the homophobe is here....The Ostroy Reporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955421147082736335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-87207846392492723232010-05-26T09:21:55.846-04:002010-05-26T09:21:55.846-04:00I am confounded by the ad homninem attacks made ag...I am confounded by the ad homninem attacks made against tea partiers.<br /><br />One of the things that never ceases to astound me is that the party that most cultivates and attracts support from the LBGT movement would use, in a disparaging manner, a homophobic term.<br /><br />Calling someone a teabagger is basically calling them a fag or gay or whatever word you wish to use.<br /><br />Now I would expect that from the Archie Bunkers of the world. But from "progressive" and "open tent" people, why would anyone ever use a word like tea bagger to describe a political opponent other than to use the word in an ugly pejorative way?<br /><br />It seems to me that it is part and parcel of the typical approach of Democrats. Win against Republicans whatever the price, whatever you must swallow. So what if Clinton abandoned the gay movement with "don't ask, don't tell"? So what if he betrayed the unionists with Nafta? So what if he betrayed the poor with welfare reform.<br /><br />The Tea Party movement? Is little more than the people who followed Ross Perot whom the Democrats really cheered on, because he was taking more Bush votes than Clinton votes.<br /><br />And reinvention? Why wasn't it a problem when Bill Clinton was a "new" Democrat?<br /><br />Let's stop kidding one another. Politics is a result oriented, reverse argument engineering game.<br /><br />No one should make the mistake that they are speaking from righteousness or intellectual honesty.<br /><br />This is about power and control and all these arguments are simply means to an end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-35775333044313819062010-05-25T09:02:18.777-04:002010-05-25T09:02:18.777-04:00The tea party has become much more than when it st...The tea party has become much more than when it started. It is a haven for malcontents many of whom are moved by racist homophobic religious beliefs. Yes, there are those who do not like the Dems policies, but they are only part of this group. The GOP did this on purpose. They want power so badly they do not care if they destroy the country. Divide us so they can win. They make me sick. Fat pracing white folks (I am white) many of whom are on Social Security and Medicare screaming about their dislike for the government and its programs. WTF??????????????????????????????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com