(page 1) https://www.politusic.com/tea-party/ Left-leaning political and social articles to help you understand American politics, appreciate music, and laugh at being human. Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:42:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.politusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pt-square-96x96.png (page 1) https://www.politusic.com/tea-party/ 32 32 Michele Bachmann Blames Obama For Rapture, End of Days https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/michele-bachmann-blames-obama-rapture-end-of-days/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/michele-bachmann-blames-obama-rapture-end-of-days/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:20:31 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=16243 POLITUSIC

GOP Rapture (no, not CPAC), why Obama is the cause of the End of Days, and blame as the cause for politico-religious extremism. Michele Bachmann has been spending time in …

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Ted Cruz Running For President, Thinks He’s John Lennon https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/ted-cruz-running-for-president-imagine-liberty-university/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/ted-cruz-running-for-president-imagine-liberty-university/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:57:40 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=15834 POLITUSIC

Ted Cruz wants the faithful at Liberty University to imagine all the people having Ted Cruz as their president. (I would file that under, “imagine there’s no heaven”.) If John …

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Why Won’t Tea Party Cooperate With Republicans? https://www.politusic.com/politics/dysfunction/why-wont-tea-party-cooperate-with-republicans/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/dysfunction/why-wont-tea-party-cooperate-with-republicans/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:25:19 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=15748 POLITUSIC

Chances are high that all red-blooded Americans (and even some blue-blooded) survived the wonderful evolutionary period known as “The Teenage Years”, which – thanks to the genetic bond that makes parents …

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Who Do We Blame For Political Extremism, Polarization In America? https://www.politusic.com/rants/political-polarization-blame-misinformed/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/political-polarization-blame-misinformed/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:30:49 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=15596 POLITUSIC

Two events sparked this “what caused political extremism?” rant: Fox News going dark on Dish Network, and North Korea going dark on the Internet. In their own ways both events …

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Republican Party of Emotion and Gravity of Discontent https://www.politusic.com/best/gop-party-emotion-gravity-discontent/ https://www.politusic.com/best/gop-party-emotion-gravity-discontent/#respond Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:04:42 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=11627 POLITUSIC

PREFACE: “Party of emotion” is credited to commentary seen with Jonathan Capehart, and “Gravity of Discontent” to Thomas Frank within the same scenery. While it’s doubtful I’ll add qualitatively to their comments …

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The Political Dialectic: Why Democrats Need The Tea Party, Trump https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats-dialectic-need-tea-party/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/democrats-dialectic-need-tea-party/#respond Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:03:48 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=15008 POLITUSIC

UPDATE 01/20/2017: Tea Party, President Trump – they’re part of the same swing of the pendulum… I don’t know about you, but when I close my eyes and visualize American …

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Best Search: Why Is Tea Party Destroying Us? https://www.politusic.com/best/tea-party-destroying-us/ https://www.politusic.com/best/tea-party-destroying-us/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:00:42 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=14638 POLITUSIC

Finally, someone from the political left has decided to start using the word “destroy” when searching online for what motivates the Tea Party. As such, they win a Best on …

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Republicans In Congress Out of Control: What Now? https://www.politusic.com/politics/dysfunction/house-republicans-vote-sue-obama-scam/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/dysfunction/house-republicans-vote-sue-obama-scam/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=14402 POLITUSIC

Poor John Boehner. Ted Cruz usurped Boehner once again, and the GOP continues to implode. Congress votes to sue Obama for taking executive actions, and now Boehner asks the president to act …

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Tea Party is Crazy https://www.politusic.com/rants/tea-party-crazy/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/tea-party-crazy/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:31:44 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=14278 POLITUSIC

The actions of the über Tea Party groups are so crazy that they give all Americans a bad name – like how most people in other countries think of Americans …

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Sarah Says: Impeach Obama https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/impeach-obama-sarah-palin/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/impeach-obama-sarah-palin/#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:21:39 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=13988 POLITUSIC

I tell you, that Sarah Palin still shoots straight from the hip and she hits her target every single time. She says that Barack Obama should be impeached, and you …

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Tea Party Will Never Be In Power: Their Bond Is Fighting Against Power https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/tea-party-will-never-govern/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/tea-party-will-never-govern/#respond Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:14:41 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=12857 POLITUSIC

Related Article: Tea Party Purification America loves an underdog. Once the underdog wins authority, however, we no longer cheer for him. The Tea Party’s purpose is to cheer and shout …

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Eric Cantor Loses Primary Election: Cantor Got Tea Partied https://www.politusic.com/politics/eric-cantor-loses-primary-election-cantor-got-tea-partied/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/eric-cantor-loses-primary-election-cantor-got-tea-partied/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=12546 POLITUSIC

Eric Cantor lost his primary election to a Tea Party candidate named David Brat. The reaction? On one hand we’re happy that very soon we won’t have to hear the …

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Is Vladimir Putin The New Tea Party Darling? https://www.politusic.com/politics/vladimir-putin-new-tea-party-darling/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/vladimir-putin-new-tea-party-darling/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:06:08 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=11486 POLITUSIC

If Vladimir Putin ran for the US Senate – would he win? (Given some of the crowd-rousing comments at CPAC this year, it seems he would.) Put Putin on a …

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Tea Party: Why Are Democrats Destroying America? Answer: Your Brain. https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-destroying-america/ https://www.politusic.com/rants/democrats-destroying-america/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:33:48 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=10920 POLITUSIC

Conservative republican brain theory: relentless negative repetition serving as the keystone of the long term electoral and fundraising tactics of the extreme right have created permanent connections in the republican …

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Tea Party Ted Off The Cliff: Shutdown Showdown Hoedown. https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/tea-party-cant-stop-obamacare-over-shutdown-cliff/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/tea-party-cant-stop-obamacare-over-shutdown-cliff/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:46:33 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=10573 POLITUSIC

Sideshow, stage show, or anti-government-fanatic’s peepshow – whatever you call the Ted Cruz Tea Party Express to Political Obscurity, the extreme right wing’s absolutism is all it will take to …

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Is The GOP Imploding? Republican Civil War. https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/is-republican-party-imploding/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/is-republican-party-imploding/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:39:02 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=10342 POLITUSIC

Republican Party Implosion: too many factions, all with policy positions that are too extreme to work for an entire nation… GOP goes Boom. Related Article: Tea Party Ted Hoedown Throwdown …

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Tea Party, Meet Prohibition: Why The Tea Party Will Fall Apart https://www.politusic.com/politics/dysfunction/tea-party-doomed-like-prohibition-no-compromise/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/dysfunction/tea-party-doomed-like-prohibition-no-compromise/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:13:11 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=9667 POLITUSIC

Related: Fix Political Dysfunction The Tea Party could benefit from understanding why Prohibition failed. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America wasn’t repealed because near …

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Why Are Republicans So Mean? Right-Wing Politics of Strength. https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/why-are-republicans-mean/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/right-wing/why-are-republicans-mean/#respond Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:10:45 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=9068 POLITUSIC

This batch of extreme right-wing ideologues who rolled into Congress on the 2010 Tea Party Express (the scenic Redistricting Extravaganza Route) are just the sort of insecure middle managers who …

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Tea Party Voters Sway In Many Directions: Can It Focus? https://www.politusic.com/politics/tea-party-voters-sway-in-many-directions-can-it-focus/ https://www.politusic.com/politics/tea-party-voters-sway-in-many-directions-can-it-focus/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:46:53 +0000 http://www.politusic.com/?p=582 POLITUSIC

If the Tea Party can focus and get its independence back from the hard-right Republican Party – it might very well be able to make a positive difference in Washington. …

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