Tea Party should abandon GOP

The tealiban will be dropped like a hot potato. They are the Whigs with taliban principles.

Yes, the Tea Party should destroy the GOP ASAP! Please!!

They should start their own political party. I'd support that!

BUT FIRST WHICH TEA PARTY

The other day I told the RNC NOT to bother calling me again until they resolved their good-ol' boy attitude. Now letters to both Boehner and Priebus are being sent via e-mail and snail mail explaining why I am withdrawing support of the RNC.

Sure, as far as the eye can see,

Dem 58%
Rep 38%
Tea 4%

The TEA Party needs to take over the GOP and oust all RINOs. What good does it do to leave it? This suggestion is poorly thought through.

That would be excellent news for the Democrats.

It would be excellent news for all those who love freedom but it would not be good news for the totalitarian Leftists and Debtocr@ps.

We on the left just love guys like you, fats. You make coming on this site fun and entertaining. (BTW, the question should be reversed to say: Should the GOP abandon the Tea Party? Wonder what kind of response that would bring?)

I'm glad you were so entertained by the revelation that you're anti-liberty.

I guess you mean they ought to follow DeMint who did a Palin?

How about the entire populous vacating political parties whole?

Yes, do it! Do it!! The poor Democrats wouldn’t stand a chance against a united Tea Party that has divested itself of the Establishment GOP!

I can hear them now, begging, pleading:

“Please, Br’er Teabagger! Please don’t throw us into that thar briar patch!!”

Either join the Libertarian Party, or become their own.

Hell yes, throw them under the bus

The TP was quickly sucked into the establishment. That's why notable TP reps (like Rubio, Allen, Noem etc.) voted in favor of the NDAA as written. Sad.

The Tea Party is great, but it is not a sufficiently broad coalition to take control of the government. If the Tea Party goes independent, that will only leave the big spending Republicans in the Republican Party. A Congress split three ways with the Tea Party, the remaining big spending Republicans, and the Democrats will see the Dems and remaining big spending Republicans combining on almost everything to rapidly increase government spending. The Tea Party in the Republican Party has largely forced big spending Republicans to back away from big spending at least in their public pronouncements. In fact, the Club for Growth evaluations showed the Republicans to be in favor of substantially less spending than Democrats. Take the Tea Party out of the Republican Party and all the brakes are off.

Yes, this Boehner nonsense is a set-back, but the 2014 election can make the Tea Party more powerful again and make them strong enough to control the Republican Party. One set-back should not defeat them.

The Tea Party was a No Tax and Spend Movement .... Then the far right Christian Coalition intruded with the Abortion issue ..... Then the far Right Extremist Militia muscled into the mix! !
I had hoped the Tea Party would evolve into a Libertarian type movement .... audit the FED Keep a stronger Military than Paul wanted but bring them home... More state control.. Only way a third party can ever survive .....

That's an excellent idea. You guys should get started now cuz you only have two years.

To abandon the GOP and go it alone is self destructive. No third party has a snow-ball's chance of being taken serious and 0 chance of influencing either major party.

Have you forgotten that the GOP itself started as a minor third party to the Democratic-Republicans (which became the Democratic Party) and the Whig Party? They fielded an Abolitionist Presidential candidate named Fremont, who lost, but just four years later they fielded another candidate named Abraham Lincoln.

Although I'd reverse it - Repubs need to abandon Tea Party.

Why?? The Tea Party is the only organization that will fight to save our Constitution. The Marxis dumbocrats are tearing it to shreads on Obama's orders and whims.

Ever hear of the Libertarian, Justice, and even Constitution Parties?

Tea Party is a bunch of RWNJs. I need not prove it. Their members in congress and general membership prove it on a daily basis with their stupidity, ignorance and in some case racism.

We switched our voter reg to unaffiliated quite awhile ago. I also wrote to our state GOP telling them I felt they no longer represented my small gov conservative values.

I think right now would be a great time to change voter reg. in protest....and let the GOP know you are doing it, and why. I am encouraging everyone I know to take action. Mebe a mass exodus would get the attention of these party hacks.

Rand Paul said he ran as a repub because getting on the ballot was so difficult . We need to figure out how to make it easier .

great idea

...and vote entirely third party, like Constitutionalist perhaps? Anything to shake up the two party system we have now.

A party called "Constitution Party" does exist. They would be the logical choice.

Yes, that is what I meant.

See my Reply to Temlakos.

They would if they lived up to their name, which they don’t. They started out that way, but got quickly taken over by Dominionist Christian theocrats.

They’re the “Constitution Party” in the same sense that North Korea really is “The Democratic Republic of North Korea.”

'CONSTITUTIONALIST PARTY', IT HAS A RING

What most don’t understand about the tea party people is that they are not connected to either the Democratic or Republican Party, they are more in agreement with conservative viewpoints and spurn the liberal ideology..

They should kick out the coat-tail riding fakers

Not connected to the Republican Party? Perhaps you need to put in a call to the Boner. He seems to have some tea cups hiding in his pantry.

The Boner just took those "tea cups" out and smashed them against the wall. Why do you think I wrote as I did?

Excuse me but those tea cups are still members of Congress. Those tea cups are still members of the NOP. The Boner has simply put himself in another fix.

He's a coat-tail riding faker