Yeah Tea Party is like Nazi Germany...i'm sure you would vote for them if you lived in the states

1) theres a geographical location in america called the bible belt, and they will always vote uber-conservatively, and love candidates that go to church, even if they are complete morons.

2) i would guess that most americans are tired as shit of corruption and lobbyists, etc. i think this really was a strong force for obama. "change"? hell, yes, please, for the love of god. well, the democrats have had 4 years, and a lot of americans are realizing that we are just getting in further debt, and theres still just as much corruption and lobbyists. so the shallow populace is naive enough to believe in the next group that claims they will change everything. in this case the tea party. and will the change shit? hell no. theyll get in office, realize how much moolah they can make through lobbyists, and say fuck you to the people who voted them in too. the whole system is in a funk right now.


i mean, one thing that seems to be common at least in the kdice political threads, is that we all want the goddamned budget to be balanced, and no more fucking spending trillions on credit. and absolutely no one wants corruption. at least we all agree on that. bah, this post is pointless.

"Why do so many Americans actually want to vote for those hateful people?"

The important thing to remember is that the Teabagger candidates represent the same right-wing fring that's always been there. It's not a new wave of a silent majority or previously silent group of people (or anything remotely close to representing moderates).

They just put a new catchphrase in front of it.

Interesting point.
So is it wrong to assume that the Tea Baggers have recently become stronger than the more moderate republicans?

I think that's an oversimplification.

The Tea Party gave a coordinated voice to a group of people that had previously been acting separately. You didn't have candidates winning on the (insert other right-wing party name here) ticket very frequently, but this year you have multiple races either won by or dramatically affected by a Tea Party candidate.

So, yes, those same people may have been there, but they certainly weren't doing/achieving as much, for better or for worse.

I was responding to jpc's post there.

Verm,

The vast majority of teaparty supporters we supporting republican candidates.

Certainly part of that movement was supporting fringe 3rd party candidates, but my point was that this isn't an uprising of people who weren't previously voting or supporting candidates.

Though I do think it does obviously show a rift in the GOP and maybe some transitioning away from (or just voicing frustration with) the moderate conservative voice of the party.

"The vast majority of teaparty supporters we supporting republican candidates"


I inserted the word "were" where you have "we" (just an assumption but it makes more sense).

Yes that is correct. they just got tired of supporting Republican canidiates that where RINO's (Republican in name only) McCain being the prime example

But what about the non-Tea-Party-Republicans?

Are they happy about this development?
And would they still vote for the GOP, just because the Tea Party belongs to the GOP?

Sorry, that was a bit inaccurate. I meant:

Would non-Tea-Party-Republicans still vote for a Tea Party candidate just because the Tea Party belongs to the GOP?