re: #115 eastsider

Can someone help me understand the tea partiers strategy?

At best, the end game is they take over say 10-15% of seats in the house and Senate. And what’re they going to do? participate less than Republicans have been? Obstruct more?

Its not exactly like the GOP has been going along quietly with Obama & the dems actions. Nor has any policy been so extremely “socialist” (that’s what they’re calling it) that it should warrant this kind of reaction.

I just don’t get it, its like they’re saying “people should listen to us, and put us in office, so we can be more obstructive, obtuse, rude and short sighted than those currently in power.”

They’re so alarmingly childish and immature…I just don’t understand how those traits come off as appealing to any prospective voters.

In simple, they’re gideonites. They believe that if they winnow their forces down to the TRUE believers they shall overcome all opposition.

Unfortunately for them, in a democracy a believer’s strength of ten (or one hundred, or even a thousand) still only gets one vote at the ballot box.