Matt Welch: Tea Party people are all alienated from government but divided on Palin and other issues

As the race for the Republican presidential nomination for the 2012 elections heats up, Fault Lines follows the Iowa campaign trail to investigate the underlying forces shaping candidates.What role does religion play in the US presidential elections?
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@madderbass right but a poll showed that the tea party was 50% paul and 50% palin
You can’t have an honest debate on the Liberal bias “Real” News.
Lol, that’s why I wouldn’t mind seeing a Repub become President again to see if the Tea Baggers will put pressure on him or her.
@madderbass FYI – the teabaggers were full of shit well before establishment republicans waved shiny objects to get them off course. The fact that this faux movement was so easily carried off message is a clear indicator that they were knuckle draggers all along.
No more excuses for stupid.
Ayn Rand was a moron who thought she could survive on her own genius but when cancer threatened to wipe out the little bit of wealth she managed to put away for her old age she changed her name and applied for welfare benefits. The queen of the Libertarians, a stupid bitch preaching to the ignorant. She had a modicum of success on her own but like other so called self made successes, when she failed and she turned to the state to keep her ass off the street.
@cosmosgato
That’s racist.
The TEA Party needs to be specific, and not just say “reduce spending and taxes”.
Meh I think Ron Paul isnt exactly the greatest. As a libertarian i think Liberals, and Tea Partyists are out of their Fucking minds.
Why have a meaningful debate about important issues with people that may actually come to believe in individual rights along with small govt. when we can just assume they are not” real” thinkers like us and call them names. Stupid tea baggers. Meanwhile the Libertarian movement continues to stall, sputter, and shit the bed every November. We debate incessantly amongst ourselves. why don’t we ever seize the opportunity to do it nationally when it can count for something?
I hate the teabaggers.
@friday0408 Excepting of course an invasion.
@brixcity17 I don’t advocate war. I said in a time of war. I am a Libertarian I don’t believe war is ever the answer.
@friday0408 If that means military. Never. Not until an army is on our borders would I advocate war.
@brixcity17 into National service.
@brixcity17 But to have More Freedom you have to respect the Freedom of others. If we had such a state would it matter if someone from another country came here if they did their work, caused no harm, and paid whatever local taxes they were subject to?
Yes the congress can raise an army if they have the votes, but in a system like that would you really need a large standing army? Enough people in this country like to play soldier as it is, so you would have local Militias that could be called
@friday0408 But even in the Constitution it allows the federal government to raise an army right? (why would congress have the war power without an army). I am a new Libertarian so this is not a jab or hit on you. But it is still a party, a party that still has to abide by the constitution and the constitution says an army is needed. I believe in peace and free trade and see ur idea that borders are basically non existent because of those two things. More Freedom Less Government. Libertarian.
@ThePythagoran He’s very conservative in my opinion. He’s pro-life stance and his take on economics are the bad sides. His disdain for big business and love for the “little guy”, are the good sides.
I was actually ok with the Tea Party movement till they got hijacked by the loons and turns into the Tea baggers.
It is a bit difficult to differentiate the loons from the good candidates in that bunch these days. Guess we will see during the campaign.
can I just say I’m not a Ron Paul purist and still a libertarian? His take on NAFTA and the WTO give me a little concrn that he might sacrifice the good to the perfect. Don’t get me wrong, I’m behind his running for president but I’m always a little concerned by followings that are a little too boisterous and a little unreflective.
can I just say I’m not a Ron Paul purist and still a libertarian? His take on NAFTA and the WTO give me a little concrn that he might sacrifice the good to the perfect. Don’t get me wrong, I’m behind his running for president but I’m always a little concerned by followings that are a little too boisterous a little unreflective.
I’ve been a Libertarian since 1977 and I’m in the Tea Party. The core values of the Tea Party are Libertarian. BTW, the Republican establishment hates the Tea Party. George H.W. Bush said as much.
@unclefixer Yes you have to defend your own freedom. A true Libertarian doesn’t see a border because we believe in freedom. Any person has the right to work and live and be wherever the choose so long as they are not infringing upon personal property rights which are defended by the individual. A true libertarian state doesn’t need to fight wars because it makes no claim on national lands. All lands are owned by the individual, private business, or local government; leaving them to defend it.
LMAO He keeps saying Tea baggers!
I’m convinced that Paul Jay isn’t aware that there is another meaning for “tea bagger.”
Ok here is the difference between a libertarian and a tea partier. Libertarians do support freedom, but this is more of a “let it all hang out, no rules and no referee, if it feels good do it philosphy!! It would be nice to live in such a world, but people have to live, we have to work, we have to follow rules and the tea partiers know ” freedom isn’t free”
If you want freedom you will have to work for it and you will , at times have to defend it . That folks is the difference!!
wow….AlJazeera blows puts all the American news companies to shame. Imagine if CNN or MSNBC broadcast-ed this??
Satan rules the world with holy books.
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@MrDarthmaul123 if im a low life WTF does that make u?what kind of dumbass sucks a fictional hedgehog’s dick?
@warionumbah1 wow what a lowlife dumbass who whines over a fictional hedgehog
if we join forces we can finish the stupid sonic fantards and help this generation of kids to live a happy life. all u hav to do is subscribe to antisonicenterprises to make a difference.
of course you know that al-jazerra is just another disinfo propaganda outlet…distracting you from the real problems Though you might not grasp the meaning,Wahdah Khanfar director of the media outlet has recently resigned after it was discovered he was meeting with the CIA. agents ..wanting the channel to alter its media(propaganda),lolo
the sad thing is,all the candidates have sold out to the very people who are attacking this countries morals,attacking Christianity,and pushing perversion on our youth through Hollywood,and grade school sexual education…despotism always follows the Jews….
being an atheist,it took a while,but finally after looking at history,and countries that embraced atheism,the barbarity of man towards man is astonishing…I would rather live in a christian nation,than one of atheists….Religious people ,for whatever reason,there chemical makeup,need a crutch ….and God is it for them…
@SprayVomit XD yes i felt like putin this childish comment on a political video
IM THE FIRST XD!!!!!
@TZIDuffman skyrim!!
So I can join the army and get sent to Iraq and gamble with my life but I’m not adult enough for a beer? Fuck the US government. Howcome every other country in the fucking world is 18 to drink except this punk ass country?
Ron Paul 2012. Restore America Now.
The Tea Party Betrayed Ron Paul
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Great episode.
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Jew curse Christians.
“The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge.” -the Bible. WOW I didn’t think it explicitly said it. WOW
@Loltochapel I agree on that sense.
I love being an atheist
My studies show that politicians especially target Sonic fantards more than any other type of user on YouTube. If you are one of those politicians, come join ASE so we can drive those inferior neanderthals out of town.
The Modern Day Tea Party was started in support for Ron Paul and these bastards hi-jacked it >:-I
Well done documentary…
11:27…Whoa! He takes his sunglasses off. Now that’s EMPHASIS!
Christian right is the equivalent of the EDL.