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To: Little Joe who wrote (144166)	9/14/2010 11:50:40 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543437

>>Well so far they have proven the naysayers wrong. I doubt that most on this thread truly understand what the teaparty movement is about, nor do they understand its power. At any rate I am content to wait for the general election and let the results speak.<< One of the reasons the Tea Party movement is misunderstood is that it's incoherent. They have scored some victories in Republican primaries, and they have had some defeats, in both primary and general elections. Polls indicate that most Americans don't support them. In fact, the numbers seem to indicate that they are a small minority. But now that I've had the chance to response to you, I'm content to let the voters speak as well.

To: Little Joe who wrote (144166)	9/14/2010 11:57:10 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543437

I doubt the tea party members themselves completely understand their own movement. They want to be on social security and suck down medicare, but they're against "big government". They claim to want America to be competitive, but they are anti-public education (do they have any idea how many engineers the government eduction system in China is turning out?) The baggers are a bag of contradictions- and it would be impossible to "truly" understand them, because they are really all over the map. They think they want smaller government, until smaller government will mean they won't get their benefits- then they will scream (no doubt they feel they are "entitled"). As with all movements, it will pass. It's all sound and fury in the beginning, but our corporate oligarchy will manage to co-opt them as it co-opts everything.