New Hampshire Tea Party Activists Don't See Harm From State Same-Sex Marriage Law

[Keith Bee]

Run time: 01:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yVltbQPi58   Posted on YouTube: April 19, 2011 By YouTube Member: ivolsky Views on YouTube: 79051   Posted on DU: April 23, 2011 By DU Member: Keith Bee Views on DU: 470

 
Teabaggers making sense??? Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! The end is nigh!

[Turbineguy]

1. I call BS on this video

These people are obviously imposters. I did not see a single misspelled sign.

[demwing]

2. Thom Hartman is right - we have a few things in common with this group

we should co-opt some of that populist energy

[HolyCity2012]

3. Are you sure?

I think the most tactful thing to do would be to show-up at their rallies with a mega-phone and yell at them.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x574864

[demwing]

5. Yes I'm sure

I quote Hartman, talking about how progressives can help push the Populist Right a little toward the Populist Left:

And progressives get it as well and we need to figure out a way, and I think it’s very simple, I think that, we should all sign up for the tea party stuff, get on their mailing lists, show up at their events, and find those areas of agreement, you know. Stand up with a sign that says “stop international trade deals.” “No more NAFTA and CAFTA.” “No more tax breaks for billionaires.” I mean pretty straightforward stuff, right. “America for Americans.” “Bring our jobs home.” “Stop the insane trade deals that help the corporations.” “Buy American.” I mean, you know, we could actually if we got organized, not even do we have to get particularly well organized. We could have a profound effect on this “movement.”

http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2010/02/transcript-thom-hartmann-talks-about-why-populist-left-should-be-reaching-out-populist-

Not all Tea Baggers will respond, but some will. Some don't give a damn about Social Conservatism (as we see by the OP). Some just KNOW that the way things are is not the way things should be. They get the populism, but they are looking for populist leadership. We can either jump in and help direct that populism, or drop out and cede it to Sara Palin and Donald Trump.

Yeah...I'm sure.

[Crowman1979]

4. The Tea Party is a clusterfuck of ideas who's common ground is to only support the top 1%.

For every teabagger who supports same-sex marriage, there are five times as many who oppose it.