What did the "blanking" Tea Baggers ever risk?

[maxrandb]

These true patriots of the Occupy Movement have sacrificed more for the "tree of liberty" than any Tea-bagger could dream of.

Think about it. The corporate backed Tea-baggers strolled around for a day with signs, food, porta-potties, entertainment and charging stations for their Medicare supplied Scooters...all supplied by their corporate backers...and then they would return to their mundane existence.

They showed up with guns, but never fired a shot!

They showed up with anger, but never suffered any consequence!

They showed up for an hour, but never camped in the cold rain!

They showed up with demands, but never had to actually sacrifice their comfort!

These brave folks on Wall St and all over the country are risking arrest. They are braving the elements. They are risking their livelihood. They are risking their good names and reputation. They are risking their jobs.

In the Navy we have a saying; "this is a man I want with me in battle"! Well, let me tell you, if the choice is between the phony Tea-baggers, or these folks I see at the current protests...there is no choice!

These OWS protestors are have more in common with our Founding Fathers than any of those cheap imitation Tea-Baggers...no matter how many 3-corner hats they put on their heads.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. How many teabaggers ended up getting arrested during their "protests" and rallies?

:shrug: For some reason, I don't remember seeing many- the response to them certainly wasn't typical of a supposed dictatorship. :eyes:

[Morning Dew]

2. Hey! They risked missing the early bird special.

[Arctic Dave]

3. Wheel of Fortune? McClintock?

Murder She Wrote?

[maxrandb]

4. You forgot

"The Price is Right".

Not only a great show (well it was with Barker and before Drew Carey), but it is exactly how our Government works today.

[hifiguy]

5. The batteries on their Rascals could have pooped out

I suppose. :shrug:

[stevenleser]

6. They missed their daily NASCAR fix... nt

[Mac1949]

7. They risked humiliation. And with the misspelled signs and

funny costumes, not to mention the nonsensical slogans, that's exactly what they achieved for themselves.

[maxrandb]

8. But they sacrificed nothing

NOTHING!!!

They wanted to compare themselves to the founders of this country who risked hanging in a public square. They pissed and moaned if there weren't enough porta-potties.

Like I said; "the Tea-baggers can wear all the tri-corner hats they want...but they shrink in comparison to these Wall St protesters when it comes to being willing to sacrifice for your beliefs.

Tea-baggers "talk" about "standing by your principles"

OWS folks actually "do" stand by their principles.

That takes courage...and that is something the Tea-baggers never had.

DISCLAIMER: If there are mispelling in this post it's because I don't have my "effing" glasses with me.

[Mac1949]

9. I agree absolutely. I was just trying to point out, in my sometimes

'round about way what idiots they are as well. But your point is spot-on and well made. :thumbsup:

[Countdown_3_2_1]

10. They never blocked traffic, never engaged in civil disobediance.

But look what they did in Nov. 2010. They ran and won majorities in 20+ statehouses.

What are they doing? Voter ID. Union Busting. Changing Presidential Electoral laws to give the GOP an advantage.

MY POINT: never, ever underestimate your enemy. The Baggers may not have gotten arrested, but they accomplished their goal. Taking the US House stopped the Obama agenda and set in motion the 2012 push.

KNOW YOUR ENEMY. They didn't just stand in parks with signs. They were joining and working with local govt to affect change...They ran for office.

---Learn from this. They never stopped at the picket line. Getting arrested was NEVER their goal. They were recruiting. Their real protest is happening now in State houses across the US.

The real task is to find out what worked for them, and to do the same.

[EFerrari]

11. That the media followed their every move is just evidence

of its profound corruption.

[Fuzz]

12. Strangers using their porta-potties which would be scary because they might be liberals.