On Tea Party followers mixing religion & politics
And Rick Perry & The Birthers & Real Americans:
BY JOAN WALSH, Salon.com, August 15, 2011
Tea party members are highly partisan Republicans
mix religion with politics
deeply religious
Mostly white
anti-immigrant
tend to be more negative about African Americans than other Republicans
states rights favored over the federal government
" Getting to know the Tea Party It's the GOP's white conservative base in silly costumes. Why couldn't the media figure that out sooner? " BY JOAN WALSH Salon.com, August 17, 2011
As Campbell and Putnam point out the Tea Party values and attitudes do not represent mainstream America but are in fact out of step with mainstream America on a number of issues.
Their research sows that most of the members of the Tea Party are not political neophytes but were actively political for years before the Tea Party movement was born.
" Crashing the Tea Party " By DAVID E. CAMPBELL and ROBERT D. PUTNAM , New York Times , August 16, 2011
And also see more on Rick Perry:
" The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas " By Robert Scheer via Information Clearing House
This inclination among the Tea Party faithful to mix religion and politics explains their support for Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas. Their appeal to Tea Partiers lies less in what they say about the budget or taxes, and more in their overt use of religious language and imagery, including Mrs. Bachmann’s lengthy prayers at campaign stops and Mr. Perry’s prayer rally in Houston.Above quote from:" Crashing the Tea Party " By DAVID E. CAMPBELL and ROBERT D. PUTNAM , New York Times , August 16, 2011
And Rick Perry & The Birthers & Real Americans:
With his graceless attacks on Obama, Perry signals that he'll join the ranks of those who've tried to destroy the president by insinuating -- or saying outright -- that Obama's just not one of us, and he doesn't love his country. Casting doubt on whether Obama has the respect of the military or is "in love" with America tells the birthers and the wingnuts he feels their pain at living under this Kenyan Muslim socialist usurper.Quote from Rick Perry's got some nerve The governor who's talked about Texas seceding from the U.S. implies Obama isn't "in love" with America
BY JOAN WALSH, Salon.com, August 15, 2011
Tea party members are highly partisan Republicans
mix religion with politics
deeply religious
Mostly white
anti-immigrant
tend to be more negative about African Americans than other Republicans
states rights favored over the federal government
" Getting to know the Tea Party It's the GOP's white conservative base in silly costumes. Why couldn't the media figure that out sooner? " BY JOAN WALSH Salon.com, August 17, 2011
As Campbell and Putnam point out the Tea Party values and attitudes do not represent mainstream America but are in fact out of step with mainstream America on a number of issues.
Their research sows that most of the members of the Tea Party are not political neophytes but were actively political for years before the Tea Party movement was born.
" Crashing the Tea Party " By DAVID E. CAMPBELL and ROBERT D. PUTNAM , New York Times , August 16, 2011
...But in fact the Tea Party is increasingly swimming against the tide of public opinion: among most Americans, even before the furor over the debt limit, its brand was becoming toxic...
... Actually, the Tea Party’s supporters today were highly partisan Republicans long before the Tea Party was born, and were more likely than others to have contacted government officials. In fact, past Republican affiliation is the single strongest predictor of Tea Party support today.
...So what do Tea Partiers have in common? They are overwhelmingly white, but even compared to other white Republicans, they had a low regard for immigrants and blacks long before Barack Obama was president, and they still do.
... they seek “deeply religious” elected officials, approve of religious leaders’ engaging in politics and want religion brought into political debates. The Tea Party’s generals may say their overriding concern is a smaller government, but not their rank and file, who are more concerned about putting God in government.
This inclination among the Tea Party faithful to mix religion and politics explains their support for Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas. Their appeal to Tea Partiers lies less in what they say about the budget or taxes, and more in their overt use of religious language and imagery, including Mrs. Bachmann’s lengthy prayers at campaign stops and Mr. Perry’s prayer rally in Houston.
Yet it is precisely this infusion of religion into politics that most Americans increasingly oppose...
...On everything but the size of government, Tea Party supporters are increasingly out of step with most Americans, even many Republicans. Indeed, at the opposite end of the ideological spectrum, today’s Tea Party parallels the anti-Vietnam War movement which rallied behind George S. McGovern in 1972. The McGovernite activists brought energy, but also stridency, to the Democratic Party — repelling moderate voters and damaging the Democratic brand for a generation. By embracing the Tea Party, Republicans risk repeating history.
* David E. Campbell, an associate professor of political science at Notre Dame, and Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard, are the authors of “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us.”
And also see more on Rick Perry:
" The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas " By Robert Scheer via Information Clearing House
August 18, 2011 "Truth Dig" -- It is unfathomable that yet another Texas blowhard governor has emerged as a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. The persistent appeal of the mythology of Texas as a model for the nation defies the lessons of logic and experience, and yet here we are with Rick Perry, a George W. Bush look-alike, as a prime contender to once again run our nation into the ground.
To begin with, Texas is not and never will be a model for the nation unless the other states discover similarly rich deposits of oil and natural gas that account for one-third of jobs and supply 40 percent of tax revenues within those states. If Texas energy receipts and jobs helped float Gov. Bush’s reputation, they have been nothing short of miraculous for Perry’s tenure. The price of oil rose from $25 a barrel when Lt. Gov. Perry replaced the newly elected President Bush to $147 in 2008 and has stayed at more than $80 a barrel since, to the dismay of anyone who has to buy gasoline.
In addition, thanks to breakthroughs in oil field technology that Perry had nothing to do with, there have been controversial new drilling techniques that have vastly expanded the exploitation of gas and oil reserves, producing many of the new jobs that the Texas governor claims. For a relatively ineffectual governor, in a state in which the part-time Legislature holds the power, to take credit for this job boom is as ludicrous as a Saudi prince bragging of his entrepreneurial skills as the source of royal wealth.
and so it goes,
GORD.
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