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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (729425)7/28/2013 3:20:14 PM
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Yes, yes. I know what y'all like to tell yourselves. Liberals aren't the establishment, but they aren't radicals either. The Tea Party got eaten by the establishment way back. Which is why they shifted from the banks and investors to issues near and dear to corporate Americans. From "keep your hands off of my Medicare" to cutting Medicare.

Look at the leading TP group, Freedomworks. It derived from Citizen's For a Sound Economy, which was founded and funded by the Kochs. Likewise Americans For Prosperity. Pretty much all of the Tea Party is backed and run by wealthy individuals and powerful corporations. That is about as establishment as you can get.

Conservatives are all about acquiring power and keeping it. Look at the primary rationale behind those Republicans pushing for immigration reform. It isn't about what is good for the country, but about winning elections.Pretty much everything the Republicans do is about that.

In 2010 they ran on "jobs, jobs, jobs". When elected they went after Planned Parenthood, PBS and eliminating Obamacare.Not one jobs bill or even jobs related.

As to young people, most of them remember what happened last time Republicans controlled the government. They looted the place and almost killed the economy. They aren't stupid.
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