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0 pointsDaniel_Newby13y ago0 comments

> If the tea party were a state it would be Texas ...

You appear to have internalized the meme that Tea Party is a synonym for Country Club Republican. This is probably not accurate.

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onedognight13y ago

> You appear to have internalized the meme that Tea Party is a synonym for Country Club Republican.

What does "Country Club Republican" mean to you? To me it means one who goes against their core values for the sake of a rich special interest at the expense of the masses. Here[0] every single House Tea Party member votes to protect oil subsidies despite this contradicting their core beliefs[1] in: "Protecting Free Markets", "Eliminating Excessive Taxes" and "Eliminating the Deficit Spending". In this case using taxes and/or debt to fund a non-free market.

[0] http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/03/01/147597/house-go...

[1] http://www.teaparty-platform.com/

jonknee13y ago

No, the tea party as a group lines up with Texas on immigration, guns, taxes, gays, science, religion, etc etc. Country Club Republicans stay in the enclaves.

cobrausn13y ago

I still can't figure out why you think 'lives in Texas' means something other than 'Texan', other than successful left-wing advertising and right-wing propaganda. Texas is pretty much a microcosm of the US with an independent streak and a strong geographical affinity.

revscat13y ago

But the Venn Diagrams for the two have significant overlap.

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