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    1. witch-king said:
      The Tea Party sounds a lot like "the poor": blaming other people for their own economic and cultural misery. TP members could use a dose of "personal responsibility".

      Most tea partiers are college-educated middle-class Republicans.

      They aren't saying anything Republicans haven't been saying since the 80s.

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    2. whynot_31
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      Boygabriel said:
      Most tea partiers are college-educated middle-class Republicans.

      They aren't saying anything Republicans haven't been saying since the 80s.

      or any different that the poor have been saying since the feudal period.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
    3. Boygabriel said:
      And you think the public is going to give the Tea Party credit for their intransigence that led to the G6 proposal, rather than, to you know the G6 and Obama, who will get the headlines?

      Walk me through that logic.

      The Tea Party flies in direct contradiction to your statement that, "very few people find people who can not compromise as being credible."

      The Tea Party's brand identity is the absence of compromise.

      This is an inherent contradiction in your argument.

      Any help with either of your claims? I'm still lost.

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      I think the public has seen enough BS over the past 40+ years to be able to figure out that the Republicans and the democrats didn't suddenly do what was best for the country, and will have to give credit to the motley angry dudes: The Tea Party.

      ...but if Obama gets credit, I'll be ok with that

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
    5. The angry dudes who don't compromise with nobody.

      Oh well...

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      ...but the grumpies are causing people to listen to the Gang of 6!

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

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