Tea Party movement threatened by internal rifts

[47of74]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- It emerged in anger and it threatens to split in anger.

One major group in the Tea Party movement -- named after the famous Boston Tea Party -- is set to host its first convention in February, with former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as its keynote speaker.

But there are fractures in the movement that threaten its future. And if history's any guide, such movements tend to flame out.

The Tea Party movement erupted on April 15 -- tax day -- over criticism of President Obama's economic policies and what organizers called big government out of control. The movement, made up of local, state and national groups, continues to protest what it considers fiscally unsound policies.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/07/tea.party/index.html

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Take that, teabaggers.

[CatholicEdHead]

1. Just like in religion, they fragment

To be as "pure" in ideology as possible. :crazy:

[SkyDaddy7]

7. Very True!

I just hope they stay alive long enough to run candidates in the 2010 elections!!!! So we can watch ultra-stupid in action!

[Soylent Brice]

2. good. may they eat their own.

[Mulehead]

3. Threatened by internal riffs and

teh Stupid, which is so strong within them. May their pointy little heads cave in on their way to the Scrap Heap o' History.

[AllentownJake]

4. A bunch of angry people with no discernible political ideology are infighting

How did this happen?

[Confusious]

5. Why do they have to tell us it's the

"famous Boston tea party?". Are the people reading it morons?

Wait, don't answer that...............................

[louis-t]

10. OK, YOUR group will be known as...

"The Famous Boston Tea Party", and YOUR group will be known as the "Original Famous Boston Tea Party." Hey, that's how they settle it when 2 bands have the same name.

[Turbineguy]

6. It's probably that hoity-toity

Earl Grey crowd.

[tanyev]

8. Yeah, sure, the movement just "spontaneously" erupted on April 15.

...with a lot of help from well-funded right wing groups and Fox News.

[vinylsolution]

9. And may they take their fascist corporate backers....

... with them on their journey over the cliff.

[damntexdem]

11. English versus Irish Breakfast Tea?

;-)

[BlueIdaho]

12. I think it all started during the Bergamot Dynasty...

Let them eat corn dogs...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. the judean peoples liberation front....

[wildflower]

14. From the article:

<<And in the late 1960s, populist anger was geared against big government.>>

Is that what people see the late 60s movement being about?

[47of74]

15. That's what they like to pretend it's about

They don't like the reality of what the 60s was about, so they just pretend it was about the people being against big government.

[BlueIdaho]

16. They weren't even there... nt.

[AlphaCentauri]

17. "There are disagreements over the exact direction of the movement. "

They never had a conviction to change anything they been asking for everything to stan still

[bhikkhu]

18. Taxed Enough Already vs Freedom Isn't Free

...bound to be some trouble there.

[dugaresa]

22. they are missing the "Money Must Grow on Trees" fringe group

that helps to pay for all the wars and stuff like roads. :sarcasm:

[showpan]

19. At least they are doing something

While the Democrats don't seem to be doing much at all. As a matter of fact, the democrats are also split since Obama has sold us out for the same failed GOP policies. It's too bad because they have the right idea, just the wrong motives. If they were against both parties, as it should be, since the majority of both parties are the same, then they would really be more credible. Maybe someone will combine some of theirs and some of ours to create a real tea bag party and kick out all those wealthy fascist neocons that have taken over.

[Odin2005]

20. I am giggling in amusement.

:rofl:

[mbperrin]

21. Disagreeable narrow assholes can't form a cohesive organization?

Whoda thunk?

:)