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...only up until they point that they are for it?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/opinion/13lighth...

But those expectations could be upset by an unexpected force: the Tea Party. Strangely, for a movement named after an 18th-century protest against import levies, Tea Partyers are largely skeptical about free trade’s benefits — according to a recent poll by NBC and The Wall Street Journal, 61 percent of Tea Party sympathizers believe it has hurt the United States.

At first glance, the Tea Party’s position may seem contradictory: its small-government, pro-business views usually go hand in hand with free trade. But if you consider the dominant themes underlying its agenda, it makes sense that the movement would be wary about free-trade policies.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/11/tea-parti...

WASHINGTON -- An attempt by a Kentucky water district to raise rates in order to meet clean water regulations has become political, with a local Tea Party organization stepping in and arguing that the county should simply ignore federal rules.

According to the EPA, the regulations are intended to reduce not only bladder cancer, but also colon cancer, rectal cancer, and health risks to pregnant women and their fetuses. The Northern Kentucky Tea Party did not return a request for comment.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/1...

At the time that Sen. McConnell was privately advising Mr. Bush to reduce troop levels in Iraq, he was elsewhere excoriating congressional Democrats who had urged the same thing. “The Democrat[ic] leadership finally agrees on something — unfortunately it's retreat,” Sen. McConnell had said in a statement on Sept. 5, 2006, about a Democratic letter to Mr. Bush appealing for cuts in troop levels. Sen. McConnell, who publicly was a stout defender of the war and Mr. Bush's conduct of the conflict, accused the Democrats of advocating a position that would endanger Americans and leave Iraqis at the mercy of al-Qaida.

Unless he is prepared to call a former president of his own party a liar, Mr. McConnell has a choice. He can admit that he did not actually believe the Iraq mission was vital to American security, regardless of what he said at the time. Or he can explain why the fortunes of the Republican Party are of greater importance than the safety of the United States.

Why does he hate fiscal solvency?

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A93YH201011...

Boehner stands firm on tax cuts

(Reuters) - The top Republican in the House of Representatives on Wednesday said he was firm in backing permanent lower tax rates for all income groups, including the wealthy, setting up a showdown with President Barack Obama.

...on spending?

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/flipflop-rand-p...

Rand Paul reverses on core campaign pledge before even taking office

"In a bigger shift from his campaign pledge to end earmarks, he tells me that they are a bad "symbol" of easy spending but that he will fight for Kentucky's share of earmarks and federal pork, as long as it's doled out transparently at the committee level and not parachuted in in the dead of night," Paul told the Journal for an interview published Saturday.

**facepalm**

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2010/11/04/the-future...

The presumptive new Republican chairman of the House Armed Services committee, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA), has announced that he will push for an increase in defense spending.

"But I also support a higher top line because we have underlying costs that are taking such a high percentage of our budget that we’re not going to have enough to do the R&D and do the weaponry spending to provide the wherewithal to have the defense that we need. So, you know, they cut back in missile defense. They cut back in the F-22. They cut back in the next generation bomber. All these things for the future, and we can’t wait for the future to come. We need to be prepared for it. So, I think we need more money in defense and I think we need to do a better job spending that money."

Don't disappoint us, now is your chance to be the small government, fiscal conservatives you have been bragging on for two years!

...start presenting new ideas to get this country on track?

All I hear from them is liberal this and marxist that but no new ideas just a blame game. You won the house now you need to get to work on being part of the solution. This country needs new ideas and fresh blood int eh fed, you have provided the fresh blood now you need to quit blaming others and come up with viable solutions for the problems we face.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/pol...

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds, in fact, that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters think it is at least somewhat likely that most voters will be disappointed with Republicans in Congress before the next national elections. That includes 38% who say it is Very Likely.

...will history repeat itself with another great depression starting the yar after that majority was attained?

...ratchet down the rhetoric, hyperbole and outright fabrications since a token election win didn't seem to make a dent.

What a bunch of smug, sneering gloaters. You guys should get Eric Cartman to be your mascot.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/politics/local...

"The man was seen outside the polling place in North Philadelphia was wearing a pin that indicated his party affiliation, along with a black hat, sunglasses and leather coat."

"A check with Philadelphia election officials revealed no voter intimidation reports at the polling location related to the man."

will you finally come out of the closet? I mean come on girlfriend, you're not fooling anyone!

...to throw them all in the FEMA camps?

Smug and/or sneering some might say...

A group of thugs tackles and curb stomps a woman. Then a few days later the candidate they were "supporting" thanks them by taking out a full page ad in the local newspaper thanking them for their support.

Classy.

http://barefootandprogressive.blogspot.com/2010/10...

Or will the idea of which lead to the rise of another furor in our political scene?

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/gop-...

The battle among Republicans over what the party should stand for — and how much it should accommodate dissenting views on important issues — is probably going to move from the states to the Republican National Committee when it holds its winter meeting this January in Honolulu.

Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support to demonstrate that they “espouse conservative principles and public policies” that are in opposition to “Obama’s socialist agenda.” According to the resolution, any Republican candidate who broke with the party on three or more of these issues– in votes cast, public statements made or answering a questionnaire – would be penalized by being denied party funds or the party endorsement.

While Bush was in office none of them cared about providing health insurance to the nation, ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan nor about the health of the economy.

Yet under Obama they are stepping over each other to get out a GOP version of the healthcare bill, they are all about ending the war ASAP and amazingly they are scrutinizing the economy with a fervor I have never seen from them in the past.

Did their hearts grow three sizes in January? Are they now rallying under proper leadership in Washington? Why are they so concerned about traditional left-wing issues suddenly?