Thread: OWS/Tea Party teaming up? Any takers?

Originally Posted by thanatos144

It was very clear on its message from the start just like these OWS communists. The tea party wanted less taxes and less spending like they do right now. the OWS want more government and less capitalism.......l.Tea paty was is and always will be for saving the republic. The OWS communists are for violent overthrow of the haves so they can build a Marxist paradise.

Good grief. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Rude Boy

Good grief. :rolleyes:

They're good patriotic Americans if they agree with me.

If not they're a bunch of communists and ne'er do well.

Partisan Hackary 101.

Originally Posted by ArmyCowboy

They're good patriotic Americans if they agree with me.

If not they're a bunch of communists and ne'er do well.

Partisan Hackary 101.

Never mind not worth the effort

Originally Posted by ArmyCowboy

You haven't stated any truth.

You just keep repeating vague generalities and comfortable talking points.

That's all he does.

Originally Posted by thanatos144

Never mind not worth the effort

No, you listen to talk radio hosts and you're apeing their words to a T.

Originally Posted by ArmyCowboy

The biggest problem we face in American politics is that reasonable discussion turned into 30 second sound bites, which turned into demagogueing which turning into insults.

Add to this the increasing partisan nature of politics and you have a situation in which the groups accuse anyone who isn't in lock step with them of being idiots and morons.

The fact that none of these fringes or groups have enough votes to carry the day and you have groups that are talking at each other and not to each other, which accomplished nothing except for widening the ideological gulf between them.

That's bs that only commies believe.

Originally Posted by Hoplite

More than that. The CPUSA alone is ~5,000 strong in official memberships and about 10-20,000 in supporters and other participants. I dont know how many people they have at the protests as I'm not a member anymore but I'm sure they have a presence there.

Don't forget the Industrial Workers of the World (a primarily anarchist organization). So, yes, us socialists are there too!

Originally Posted by ArmyCowboy

To many republicans a "communist" is someone who isn't a republican.

Or just a tad to the left of Ghengis Khan.

Hey now there's an idea RB, Genghis Khan being a Republican! If that was the case, maybe there would finally be a Republican candidate we could get behind...

Originally Posted by Traveler

Hey now there's an idea RB, Genghis Khan being a Republican! If that was the case, maybe there would finally be a Republican candidate we could get behind...

Atilla the Hun could be his running mate.

On edit: I must have that woman in your signature line. I usually prefer brunettes, but wow ...

Haha, your prefferences may need tweaking....she'll know how to tweak them of course. (Didn't realize you weren't into blonde women!!)

A combination of Genghis and Atilla may just be conservative enough - and i think that's where even the OWS crowd doesn't have anything to worry about as far as the TP goes. Even the TP are just basically fiscal conservatives without any social agenda behind it - half of them even say that they don't care about social issues. Military issues are a bit stronger, but only because some like Alan West served...don't let the OWS crowd make the same mistake and forget about what is core to the base, if they ever go mainstream or organized.

Originally Posted by Traveler

Haha, your prefferences may need tweaking....she'll know how to tweak them of course. (Didn't realize you weren't into blonde women!!)

A combination of Genghis and Atilla may just be conservative enough - and i think that's where even the OWS crowd doesn't have anything to worry about as far as the TP goes. Even the TP are just basically fiscal conservatives without any social agenda behind it - half of them even say that they don't care about social issues. Military issues are a bit stronger, but only because some like Alan West served...don't let the OWS crowd make the same mistake and forget about what is core to the base, if they ever go mainstream or organized.

That's the beauty of the OWS movement (and their General Assemblies). It's all horizontal (not vertical). Everyone gets a say. It's about community and solidarity. I've been reading some Dispatches from OccupyPhilly (from an anarchist, of course), and it's really inspiring stuff.

Edit: I'm into blondes ... just prefer brunettes.

Well that's not so bad then... We'll see if we can take this part of the conversation somewhere more private for a more "in depth" analysis, if you will. Been contemplating the idea of allowing folks to use background images in posts and stuff given the feedback i've gotten.

So you think any of the OWS crowd may formally push for a challenge to hit Obama from the left or anything come convention time? I think quite a few of them have spoken ill of every politician, so i can't think of who they'd try support...and i assume you're as disgusted with the GOP field as much as most Republicans are as well? The TP/OWS movements have come at a time when there seems to be an all time high in angst over both major parties.