What really irks me about the tea party is their foreign policy and views on Muslims

[Depressed Liberator]

Maybe it's because I have family in Iran, but I feel strongly about foreign policy, wars, etc. This whole non issue with the mosque being built in the vicinity of where the World Trade Center used to be is really pissing me off. This talk about a war with Iran is pissing me off. I fucking hate Glenn Beck and his hijacking of what was our movement. I hate him because of his constant war mongering with Iran.

And I know the Beck and tea party apologists will come say things like, "But where would our movement be without them?" Same place it is now. Most of the tea parties I attended or people I have seen or read about in them are just neocons who are using the opportunity to advance their shitty agenda. Almost everyone is stuck in the left-right paradigm. It's all about being against the Democrats, and once there is another Republican in the White House, things will be all back to normal for them. Our movement? Still will be stuck where it is.

 

[Kregisen]

Sadly you're correct.....look at the advanced polls, the tea party is voting for Romney and Huckabee more than non tea-party Republicans are.

Its all a joke.....and if a Republican wins the presidency in 2012, the tea party is GONE.

 

[silverhandorder]

That is to be expected there are a lot of republicans with no ideology. Go out and mingle, you will find out not everyone is an asshole.

What should really irk you is how fake anti war left is.

 

[Noob]

Of course this what happens when the Neocons take over.

 

[lester1/2jr]

It's amazing all these years after 9/11 and after all the years in iraq that there are still ANY hawks. It's insane really

 

[paulitics]

The shift in power has already happened. I can feel it, the neocons are in control in anticaption of the republican controlled congress.

A new movement needs to be born NOW, and this time we need to make it clear that the government needs to be downsized in all areas.

 

[Stary Hickory]

It's amazing all these years after 9/11 and after all the years in iraq that there are still ANY hawks. It's insane really

Not as many as you would think. Don't mistake support for Romney for support for the wars. ATM in the eyes of the tea party there is no mainstream candidate that has a chance of winning who has better foreign policy views. A guy like Rand Paul could easily get elected with the tea party.

Many in the tea party want to make sure Obama is gone, they will vote for any strong Republican candidate, but they would also jump all over a non establishment candidate if it was thought he would win. Someone like Rand Paul or Sandford is a good bet with them.

 

[oyarde]

I was not aware the Tea Party had official policies on Islam and Foreign policy.Can someone post it ?

 

[Stary Hickory]

I was not aware the Tea Party had official policies on Islam and Foreign policy.Can someone post it ?

Exactly, there is none.

 

[Depressed Liberator]

I was not aware the Tea Party had official policies on Islam and Foreign policy.Can someone post it ?

There are plenty of groups that doing stuff to oppose the mosque in NYC. And every tea party I have been to has discussed Obama "apologizing to the world" and our lack of support for Israel (wut?), stuff like that.

 

[specsaregood]

What really irks me about the tea party is their foreign policy and views on Muslims

The "tea party" represents a wide variety of people with a wide variety of views. Keep that in mind when you try to tie them all up in a collective nutshell. My experience is that foreign policy is not nearly the #1 issue to most "tea party" people. I might suggest focusing on the issues where you agree with the majority of the members. Then tie it back in with the issues you disagee upon.

 

[oyarde]

There are plenty of groups that doing stuff to oppose the mosque in NYC. And every tea party I have been to has discussed Obama "apologizing to the world" and our lack of support for Israel (wut?), stuff like that.

I have not really seen any of that except maybe on Hannity.

 

[WaltM]

so lets take back the one we started, anti-warfare, anti-welfare!
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=257443

 

[CryLibertyOrDeath]

I agree with Rand Paul on the issue of the mosque.

 

[speciallyblend]

this is a created issue by the neo-cons and fear-mongering wing of the gop! this does nothing but alienate this radical wing of the gop!! we must take advantage of this and call them out some how!!!

 

[CryLibertyOrDeath]

70% of the American people agree that the mosque shouldn't be built there. I don't know why you think that the GOP agreeing with them is going to alienate anyone but the Democrats who think it should be built there.

 

[speciallyblend]

70% of the American people agree that the mosque shouldn't be built there. I don't know why you think that the GOP agreeing with them is going to alienate anyone but the Democrats who think it should be built there.

then this country is pretty screwed i would say possibly beyond repair!! It alienates me for sure! i want nothing to do with these 70% of fear worshipers!!

 

[maqsur]

Wonderful piece by The Daily Show on this controversy

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-16-2010/mosque-erade?xrs=share_copy

 

[Kregisen]

70% of the American people agree that the mosque shouldn't be built there. I don't know why you think that the GOP agreeing with them is going to alienate anyone but the Democrats who think it should be built there.

Whether or not something SHOULD happen is irrelevant to whether we should be STOPPING someone from doing it.

For health reasons you shouldn't smoke or eat fast food, 100% of people have to agree with that....however, I'm hoping the vast majority still think we all have our own choices to make.

The way Fox slants the issue into a question of whether or not a mosque SHOULD be built there is very biased.

 

[rnestam]

"ANTI-WAR?....REALLY??? RON PAUL 2012"

Would be a good freeway sign in 'blue states'

I am a converted Lefty to the movement, so are most followers I know being in MA...there are millions of votes on the left to be had...People I know will vote for the most anti-neocon's regardless...and it's looking nice for us that the new boss is the same as the old boss......