It's republicans targeting conservative fringe.
Also, as alxandro said, you can't stereoptype these people. They're from a very wide base. I'm not a tea party goer because I feel the movement is being hijacked, and also because I know there's no such thing as a grassroots revolution.

The tea party movement isn't right or left wing, just prominently right wing. It doesn't have an official stance other than "give us control of our own country." Don't tread on me and such.

I wonder if this means REAL Conservative-types are finally realizing that they've been infiltrated by Neocons.

Or if the Neocons are just trying to get rid non-Neocons.

For all intents and purposes, Neocons comprise of both parties.

Someone can be a fiscal Neocon, and still a social Liberal.

Originally posted by LostNemesis
I wonder if this means REAL Conservative-types are finally realizing that they've been infiltrated by Neocons.
both parties.

Given their posture of fighting terrorism, and their garb of patriotism and democracy, the prospect for dumping these types looks pretty dismal, doesn't it?

As someone who spends much time working with the Tea Parties, I think the realization is beginning to extend both ways. People involved are justifiably cynical with the Republican Party and conservative establishment in Washington. They are more concerned about how they are portrayed on FoxNews than anything else.

I tend to think of it this way: the continuum we face isn't left/right, it is liberty/security. Both major parties, in their partial ways, are guarantors of security. If a third party or independent movement comes from the Tea Partiers (or, in the unlikely event the GOP changes), it will become more rooted in the idea that individuals should make choices on their own.

That said, I don't expect much through this cycle. After 2010, the people who vote for the GOP will see this.

Originally posted by cassandranova
I tend to think of it this way: the continuum we face isn't left/right, it is liberty/security. Both major parties, in their partial ways, are guarantors of security. If a third party or independent movement comes from the Tea Partiers (or, in the unlikely event the GOP changes), it will become more rooted in the idea that individuals should make choices on their own.

I've lived through both "liberal" and "conservative" administrations. Through them all I've had to abide by the laws and pay my taxes. There hasn't been any difference between them in my personal liberties or freedom to choose.

A libertarian administration may remove one or two pesky social restrictions like pot smoking but I don't anticipate that there will be much change in the range of my personal choices. I'd probably still have to pay traffic tickets.

I feel I am already free.

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I have more respect for the tea party folk than i do with Washington.

At least the tea party folks will mostly agree on one thing the Constitution is important and must be closely followed.

THe problems we face today are a combination of repubs and dems that so easily barging away this country's future for short term prosperity.

I think government should be ran conservatively, to me that means less involvement in social affairs and economic steering and taxation.

Why? Because The original idea is great to help the people, but some tyrant progressives get in office and star piling on destroying chipping away at freedom every-time there is a crisis.
This is why the country is going bankrupt,The government has a place to regulate interstate business. It does not have the right to fund health care or other social services.
This is a social issue and society as a whole determines its direction.
THe problem when government intervening is that it has gained a foot hold into peoples lives at the time when they are most vulnerable this can and will be abused and you can do nothing that is not freedom.

This is the same with vehicles, the internet,toilets anything simply anythign and everything is starting to be regulated by this monstrosity. Hell look at firearms the one machine protected in the Constitution and see how they are trying to destroy that law.

Originally posted by TaxpayersUnleashed

The government has a place to regulate interstate business. It does not have the right to fund health care or other social services.
This is a social issue and society as a whole determines its direction.

How does society as a whole address its social issues without forming some sort of governmental body?