Explain to me what is the agenda of the tea partys

[RandomThoughts]

I been thinking about this, sorta trying to find the groups of different thoughts if it is a coalition movement, or the coat-tails if their are hanger-ons to the group.

So first we have CNBC guy calling for tea parties, but he is pro wall street. So he would be pro bailout for wall street, but against auto bailout, and against regulating or controlling companies effectively purchased by tax payers. Sounds pretty mainstream republican. Although he might say he was anti-bailout now.

But then their are groups that are against wall street bail outs, and President Obama, but President Obama and the democrats are pushing back on wall street with executive pay, or even comments on replacing CEOs. So these are the socialist criers, thinking government owning banks is wrong. But what do they want, do they want the bailout money back to government, or not happen again. What do they want to have happen? Do they want government to just pull all the bailout money out of the banks? Force liquidation until banks pay it back like calling in a loan?

Maybe they are people that just don't like current administration and so will protest anything but actually don't like current administration and don't want to admit real reasons.

Or maybe they are just against government spending or interacting in anything, then they should be against bail outs of Wall street, And against regulations. Or maybe they think bailout was a trick that government went along with as theft, so they are against the entire system. If that is the case, why are the Republicans there, and why aren't the protesters hammering Republicans for trying to hijack there meetings.

Now added to all this how does Republican backed Fox, and Republican people like newt now become hanger-ons to the protests.

Thinking and thinking on this, it seems like trying to rally people without a real message, then promoting some other message to achieve a means dictated by the people trying to rally, without the knowledge or understanding of the people waving signs at the protests. Like getting a bunch of people at a progressive rally, and saying they are protesting America(Fox spinning example). Spinning meaning of those with thoughts of why they show up, and rallying as many that don't think as they can. To support a message of the protest that comes out the Fox filter.

Can anyone explain this?

[Captain Hilts]

1. I just got a recorded invitation on the phone to attend one. I'll put on my "Re-Elect Roosevelt"

t-shirt and go!

[Hello_Kitty]

4. I want to wear one that says 'Ayn Rand was an illegal immigrant'

:evilgrin:

[Warpy]

2. It's their way of shrieking that they're not irrelevant

and that they hate everything that's going on, no matter if it's necessary to their own survival or not.

It's a temper tantrum from spoiled children who haven't been told "no" in a very long time.

[RandomThoughts]

3. heh,

Thats a really simple answer, and it makes a whole lot of sense, I think I was trying to overthink it.

Thanks

[Fire1]

5. Pretty much. Rebellion.

[malaise]

6. It's a Bush reunion

but they don't know. Lawrence O'Donnell just explained that they're protesting Bushco's tax policy.

[pepperbear]

7. It really is this simple....

we have a "black Muslim socialist" president named Barack Hussein Obama. all of their other "messages" are just convoluted versions of "we have a 'black Muslim socialist' president named Barack Hussein Obama." I know this because there is no way in HELL there wouldn't have been a bailout under mccain. the only difference is they would be defending it if it were to have been the mccain administration's plan.

luckily, we don't have to say the words "mccain" and "administration" together....EVER.

[Politicalboi]

8. President Obama is giving 95% taxpayers a cut

They are only blowing smoke for the rich. Unless of course all these people are rich themselves. I'm sure they think they are, or want to be (me too) but more than likely they are not rich. I laughed at the local newspaper we have here in the Antelope Valley with Tea baggers on the front page. They claim 500 showed up yesterday. My brother the rich Republican of the family brought up Bill Ayers again yesterday and told me I don't know what's going on. I told him the tea baggers don't even know what tea bagging means. LOL! He and his wife are Palin supporters. It's a no win situation with his thick skull.

[Laelth]

9. Why, it's teabagging, of course. n/t

:rofl:

:dem:

-Laelth

[Fovea]

10. Operation Code Blue the Red States.

They hope that if they throw enough red meat at a cadaver, it will rise, zombie like, and vote.