Tea Party Founder Turns on Palin, Gingrich, and "Douchebag Groups Focused on God, Guns, and Gays"

[bigtree]

from HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/20/karl-denninger-tea-party_n_770108.html


10-20-10 03:09 PM

Karl Denninger, an original organizer of the Tea Party, is out with a livid blog post blasting current leaders of the conservative movement and the apparent hypocrisy in their views of the economic issues that originally catalyzed its creation.

According to Denninger, "Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Bob Barr, and douchebag groups such as the Tea Party Patriots" are to blame for the bastardization of a movement that now seems focused on "Guns, gays, God," instead of the Tea Party's original mission: to castigate the federal government for supporting the "rampant theft" of taxpayer dollars that went toward "propping up FAILED private businesses."

Here's the down and dirty of what Denninger believes the Tea Party was all about:

"In short, The Tea Party was and is about the the corruption of American Politics and the blatant and outrageous theft from all Americans that has resulted. It is about personal responsibility and enforcement of the law against those who have robbed, financially ****d and pillaged the nation.

Denninger's analysis of the movement now led by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and represented by GOP candidates such as Sharron Angle, Rand Paul and Christine O'Donnell is biting:

"Tea Party my ass. This was nothing other than The Republican Party stealing the anger of a population that was fed up with The Republican Party's own theft of their tax money at gunpoint to bail out the robbers of Wall Street and fraudulently redirecting it back toward electing the very people who stole all the ****ing money!"


read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/20/karl-denninger-tea-party_n_770108.html


. . . hopefully, they'll rip each other to shreds.

[elleng]

1. Good. Let US divide and conquer,

or take advantage when others do so.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas

[glinda]

29. great saying

[leftstreet]

3. Holy crap. It's about time someone said this

K&R

[txaslftist]

50. Yup.

As a former tea party sympathizer, I am refreshed by his comments.

Used to be that at Tea Party meetings if someone showed up and said he was a Republican politician, he got boo'd.

Now the Tea Party is just another wing of the GOP.

[BeFree]

4. Yep

Always said the rabid t-baggers were people who loved bush and now realize they too were lied to, stolen from, and cheated.

They woke the fuck up and didn't like what they saw. No longer sleeple, but are like the sleeping dog that has been scared awake.

[barbtries]

5. ditto to your comment

[FSogol]

6. Karl Denninger discovers that he is a Rube and all of his ideals

are nothing more than possible Grifts for the GOP.

Haw-haw.

[gratuitous]

10. Cue the Tosh.0 reel

"What did you think was going to happen?"

[txaslftist]

51. kinda like anti-war Dems.

[AlbertCat]

56. Karl Denninger discovers that he is a Rube and all of his ideals

are nothing more than possible Grifts for the GOP.



Needed repeating.

Even Denninger's definition of "Teaparty" is 10 years too late. Where were they when Bush & Cheney were letting business write laws and going to war on lies (that costs a bundle!)? They were stupid enough to think that was all legit. They got their little tax rebate check and thought they done good! Rubes is right.

[bullwinkle428]

7. This is like the old Bugs Bunny cartoon, where Elmer J. Fudd's head

turns into a giant lollipop with the label "SUCKER" on it!!

All we need now are the sad trombones!

[xchrom]

8. Sah-weet! May the fur fly for a long time. Nt

[Winterblues]

9. How much does anyone want to bet he will be voting Republican regardless?

Talk is very very cheap.....

[DeschutesRiver]

12. I think he will; although he did vote for Obama. nt

[janewin]

17. U underestimate these hardcore libertarian Ron Paul types

These people are different for the Christian right types. Check out his youtube videos and u see how far he has been railing against Bush and his financial policies. You better keep your money cos you will lose it. He from Florida but i bet 1 million bucks he wont be voting for Rubio or Meeks or Crist. These people are purist of thw worst kind, its whole bread or nothing

[janewin]

19. this is one of this better videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1VbGcaVvFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqIFoBXGizc

And he wont be apologizing to Queen Palin any time soon because for one hes not running for office and 2 he is irrelevant in the big scheme of things.

[Dr.Phool]

38. He said for the Florida Governor's race.

Healthcare Crook

vs

Bank of America Crook.


He was writing in Beelzebub.

[Uncle Joe]

11. The Republican Party; after Cheney/Bush knew their brand was radioactive, so they just changed the

packaging, covering them selves with a glittery corporate media promoted Tea Party wrapping.

It's like they say "If you can't beat them, co-opt them and then beat them."

True anti-corporate supremacist populism is where the primary political energy is, but don't tell that to the brainwashed Tea Partiers taking Glenn Beck's advice to send more money to the corporate supremacist promoting Chamber of Commerce.

Thanks for the thread, bigtree.

[NC_Nurse]

13. Cool. Now they need to fight to the death. Pass the popcorn...

[Vickers]

14. He'll apologize within 48 hours. n/t

[uncommon]

15. At the very outset of the Tea Party, I was pretty much on board with them.

But they were quickly taken over and steamrolled by corporate America and psycho conservatives.

[txaslftist]

52. you and me both.

[TwentyFive]

57. I was suspicious of the Tea Party from the start.

These "Fiscal Conservatives" only appear when a Democrat gets elected. Where were these "Tea Party" types when Bush/Cheney was spending money they didn't have???

[Chulanowa]

64. Whenever someone says "I'm a fiscal conservative,"

What I hear is this:
"HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY! I'M A DUMBASS HERPADURPDURR!"

Inevitably the speaker has no fucking clue about anything regarding economics, government, or taxation.

[Frustratedlady]

16. Someone needs to send him the links to the Koch/Beck/SCOTUS meeting

and show him what Teabagging sheep look like. That will be embarrassing to all the sheeple who have followed the tea baggers and Repugs, only to find that their best interests weren't what the top 2% meant.

Where's the popcorn?

[Javaman]

18. one question for mr. d-bag denninger

Where the fuck were you when moron* exacted his reign of terror upon us?

jackass.

[timtom]

35. BINGO!!!

That IS the very question of questions to be put to the schmucks who cheered for the Chimpinator in the last 8 years.

[Drale]

20. YES!

ITS BEGINS! Anyone as arrogant and self-centered can not work together for any length of time. It was only a matter of time before they started turning on themselves because in their minds its really all about getting as much power as they can.

[SemperEadem]

47. they were in it for themselves

that's why they're all turning on each other.

[Historic NY]

21. Eating the hand that feeds them....LOL.

[Warren DeMontague]

22. This dude clearly hasn't been paying attention.

Whatever arguments anyone makes in the republican party inevitably go through the sausage grinder to turn into 'corporations should be free to do whatever they want, the military needs more money, and we need to outlaw birth control'.

[txaslftist]

53. As opposed to the Dem sausage grinder, which spits out:

'corporations should be free to do whatever they want, the military needs more money, and we need to support women's right to choose'.

[Eric Condon]

60. "...oh yeah, except when we don't really support a woman's right to choose either"

Stupak, Nelson, all other worthless DINOs

[Warren DeMontague]

61. Even if that was true, it would still be significantly better than the alternative.

Maybe you disagree? :shrug:

[txaslftist]

63. I disagree.

We've been running on "significantly better than the alternative" for decades.

We need to be running on "radically different".

People want the wars ended. People want the military downsized. People want budgets balanced and the economy fixed in a lasting, non-bubble sort of way.

Why can't we run on giving the people what they want, responsible government?

In the alternative, why do we run on a platform of "responsible government" and give the people "kick the can down the road" government? Blame it on the last administration. blame it on the next administration.

The only thing our representatives in EITHER party seem to be able to manage is spin.

[ArcticFox]

66. How about running on "good and just"

Like good for the people. And just punishment of all criminals, whether they be petty shoplifters (no lack of punishment is this and similar departments) or corporate fraudsters (where punishment is little more than a small tax on ill-gotten gains).

On that subject, realize that if everyone were punished as we punish large corporate wrongdoing, someone who robs a bank of $1500 would be punished by having to pay a fine of a few hundred dollars, would have to admit nothing by way of guilt, and would be allowed to keep the rest of the stolen money. Why is this mode of punishment suddenly unquestioned when the money gets into the hundreds of millions of dollars?

[Warren DeMontague]

68. There are a lot of things I, personally, want. An end to the drug war. Yes, a downsized military.

I wanted the Iraq War to end, and it is ending. Plans are in the works to get the troops out of Afghanistan.

I would like a Single Payer Health Care System. I certainly wanted a public option with the Health Care Bill. But I do believe what we got is a significant improvement on the status quo.

Despite media blather to the contrary, a lot WAS accomplished in the past 2 years. Despite the GOP.

I, too, would like radically different, but if you think a mild sense of disappointment on a couple areas is going to make me sit out this election, you're radically mistaken.

And if you think that protecting a woman's right to choose versus people who want to outlaw the pill is a minor, insignificant point of difference, I really can't help you.

[txaslftist]

72. It's a minor point because because it's not a real threat.

The GOP isn't going to seriously challenge Roe. That's just electoral meat they throw out to the base.

They need Roe v. Wade as much as we do. It keeps their members fired up.

[democracy1st]

23. K & R

[political_Dem]

24. A divided house cannot stand. It's time to watch the republican civil war commence in earnest.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. You mean heat up?

The other day Meghan McCain on the RM show showed us the "more moderate" faction. They are in full civil war.

Whigs do come to mind.

[political_Dem]

27. Perhaps, "explode" might be the operative term.

The schism in the Republican party has been happening since the beginning of the 2008 election season. Now all that sound and fury is about to turn bloody as the lines are being drawn between factions. So yes, we can say this "civil war" has greatly escalated.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. I don't know about you, but I am tapping feet

but I also see how many folks here haven't noticed. Perhaps when the knives fully come out...

I gotta say though, the McCain's thanksgiving... I wish I were a fly in that wall... at least two factions at the table.

[Tx4obama]

26. Here's a link of Denninger on Dylan Ratigan's show...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x517093

[county worker]

30. How long does it take some people to find out that they have been suckered

into fighting against themselves?

[txaslftist]

54. that's a great question.

You should ask it of the anti-war Dems.

[BREMPRO]

31. this would be a good time for the movement to IMPLODE!

I'm rooting for this guy- actually agree with him on basic premise- ie corporate welfare should end. The corporate Kochsuckers wing is not about this at all

[SemperEadem]

48. ding ding ding!!! we have a winner folks

Kochsuckers is right!

[FredStembottom]

32. Thanks, bigtree.

A hopeful development, indeed!:beer:

[sadbear]

33. What? The dumbass is surprised?

What the hell did he expect? When you're target is STRICTLY Democrats, you're a republican organization. Tea Party my ass is right.

[disillusioned73]

34. Proud to be the 100th rec

:dem: I'm pretty sure faux noose won't be covering this story.....

[NJmaverick]

36. K & R!

[Scurrilous]

37. K & R

:thumbsup:

[liberation]

39. So... basically he's going Galt on his own creation.

LOL

[Daemonaquila]

40. And a True Believer finally realizes he was astroturfed.

I almost feel bad for him. Almost. But he should have realized that the Rethugs needed a True Believer to make the astroturfing look plausible. Where the hell did he think the money was coming from?

[Moostache]

41. He did not realize this immediately? Why wait so long to speak out loudly?

I have been flabbergasted by the entire media meme regarding the Tea Party almost since its inception. The people that I have been seeing on TV and in person are basically the exact same assclowns that carried Curious George dolls to McCain-Palin rallies and screamed out "kill him" or feared the "Muslim" back in '08.

For anyone who has not already seen it, view Alexandra Pelosi's (yes THAT Pelosi) outstanding documentary "Right America Feeling Wronged" and then contrast and compare the people in THAT film with the morons in the Beck-Palin-Tea Bagger "movement". There is zero, none, zilch, nada, goose egg space between the two!

The longer arc of history will record the Tea Party for what it REALLY boils down to - racist fools saying retarded things and being taken advantage of by the very same people who gang-raped them into their current situation to begin with....talk about a text book case of "Stockholm Syndrome"...

[AspenRose]

45. Well, now that the election's around the corner, his work is done.

Mission accomplished.

[mcollier]

42. Wait A Minute.....

You mean to tell me Glern Beck, Sarah Palin, and Dick Army are not responsible for all the Tea Party Organizing....

Epic Fail!

Our memories are not as bad as you think they are.

The tea party now wants to split from the tea party..... Hot Tea Vs. Iced Tea....

[louis-t]

43. Jeez, teabaggers just can't do ANYTHING right.

Sad, scary bunch.

[beac]

44. Uh oh, MamaGriz isn't going to like this one bit.

She is no doubt penning a blistering Facebook post and/or Tweet as we speak. :rofl:

[Kind of Blue]

46. Please, Sir. Can I have some more of this?

Happy to be your 142nd Rec. Very good news, indeed.

[liberal N proud]

49. ROFLMAO

:rofl: This is what they all deserve :rofl:

[Brighton]

55. Tricked Enough Already!?

Put the Klan back in the Kloset, I say: http://brighton-towne.blogspot.com/2010/10/tricked-enough-already-put-klan-back-in.html

[treestar]

58. Well, well, divided Republicans

What have we here? :rofl:

[groundloop]

59. All good, but is TeaBagger armagedden coming soon enough to keep the House Democratic???

Too bad the teabaggers didn't implode with their little civil war a few months ago. Last I heard we're still in danger of losing the House (please please please let that prediction be wrong). "Speaker Boner" just sounds so awful.

Maybe Karl should buy up some ad time on TV - "if you're a TRUE teabagger you'll stay home on election day"!!!!

[Roland99]

62. "stealing the anger of a population...fed up w/The Republican Party's own theft of their tax money"

Uh, no shit, Sherlock.


Fucking moran.

[closeupready]

65. Wow. Big K&R.

n/t

[brewens]

67. Attention All Teabaggers! Was the title of my email I sent out to

a bunch of people over this.
Here's the text.

Here's a link every tea party fan should read. It's and interview with one of the founders of the movement explaining what a lot of people have known for a long time.
No it's not Dick Armey from Freedomworks, nor is it one of the billionaire Koch brothers from The Tea Party Express. Those of course aren't founders of anything, especially not something that "claims" to be some kind of grass roots movement. Armey and the the people running the tea party now are just big shot Republicans, working for the large corporations and lobbyists.
All this is common knowledge to anyone with any knowledge. Some ignorant, inbred, racist, half-wit, piece of crap, that only thinks what it "gits taught" to think by Fox News, wouldn't have a clue.
Now Republicans will get their ass handed to them again and wonder why. You should have figured it out when Palin ran the McCain campaign into the ground. Stupid people can't be in charge.
I'll tell you what you can do about it though. The same thing you did in 2008, when Obama won, and what you will do in 2012 when he wins again. That is, BEND THE FUCK OVER AND EAT THE SHIT OUT OF EACH OTHERS BUTTS!
The Democrats will still control the House and Senate, a Democrat will STILL be President and he will STILL BE BLACK!

[proud patriot]

69. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee !

[and-justice-for-all]

70. Proof that tea baggers are extremist and want to take us over the edge..

Seeing that those pukes like Palin are not of the chart to the right for the tea baggers, I can only imagine where any of there fake politicians would try to take us.

[WillyT]

71. Kick !!!

:kick: