Courtesy of Mother Jones:
Life is good if you're a tea party Republican from Utah. With all that momentum, there's little reason to doubt the the movement's long-term viability in the Beehive State. Right?
Well, no. A recent poll conducted by Brigham Young University's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy shows that overall support for the tea party in Utah has dropped from 53 percent during last year's elections to 46 percent in April.
Among independent voters, support for the tea party has plummeted by nearly fifty percent, potentially helping moderate Democrats. But for "strong Republicans," support for the tea party climbed from 76 to 82 percent. The poll issues a clear warning for candidates like Chaffetz, Hatch—and, down the road, even Lee—who hope a hard push to the right will secure their political futures.
The takeaway: as the tea party continues to consolidate its support among Republicans, independents (i.e., the voters who end up deciding elections) are drifting away in increasing numbers. Whether this trend continues taking hold in Utah—the heart of the conservative heartland—could be a bellwether for its national viability.
News Corp suffering potentially fatal fallout from their phone hacking scandal, turnout for Sarah Palin's movie and Bristol's book sales almost non-existent, and now support for the Teabaggers falling like the Palin family IQ.
Didn't I tell you that this was going to be a great summer? Perhaps next time you won't doubt your Uncle Gryphen so much.
Hi Bristol:
ReplyDeleteDon´t you find it interesting that Sadie´s BFF here had to mention you in a post about Teabaggers? Now I know why you find the comments here amusing. The readers here refuse to acknowledge the fact that writing a book and going on a book tour is an achievement, especially for a 20-year-old. Some people! And they act as if cosmetic surgery is against the law or something. Do you smell jealousy? I do. The last time I checked America was still a free country. Speaking of cosmetic surgery: As far as I (and most Americans) are concerned, you can undergo cosmetic surgery until Jesus walks the Earth again, but you will never be as cute as Meghan McCain.
I wish I could share your enthusiasm, Gryphen. But in DC, they have lost any connection to the real world as we know it. Our democratic president seems intent on selling, no, giving away the farm.
ReplyDeleteObama is turning out to only be one of the better republican presidents.
Personally, I am not feeling the audacity of hope.
It was bound to happen. The entire edifice of teabaggery is supported on but two pillars: obdurate ignorance, and panicked bigotry. It never was a genuine grassroots movement, but was merely a vaporous cloud of inchoate white nationalist rage of those fearful of political and demographic change which was ripe for the exploitation of Murdoch and the Kochs. These gullible sheep who would come to be known as teabaggers were then herded and whipped into panicked frenzy by FauxNews and FreedomWorks (a.k.a., Dick Armey and the Koch brothers).
ReplyDeleteThey were fed a steady diet of hyperventilated cries of "THE SKY IS FALLING!" on an hourly basis. Such bullshit claims as the apocryphal FEMA/ACORN concentration camps, the genocide of the elderly, the imposition of Sharia law, headless torsos in the desert, etc., etc., etc. ad infinitum can only be kept up for so long. After more than two years of 24/7 bombardment of this patently absurd Chicken Little nonsense WITHOUT ANY CATASTROPHE OCCURRING, it becomes increasingly difficult to sustain the elevated level of panic - and the limited attention span of the FauxNews viewers - indefinitely.
To anyone with even a partially functioning prefrontal cortex it is becoming increasingly obvious that the teabaggers don't know what the hell they are talking about on ANY subject. Remember: the pillar of obdurate ignorance. The teabaggers may indeed believe the pablum they are spoon fed by FauxNews and the Armey of Dick, but everyone else is getting sick and tired of their idiotic febrile whining.
Additionally, the teabaggers who've been elected - or not - have been among the most incompetent, feeble, and disingenuous politicians in history. So much for principled leadership responding to the will of "WE THE PEOPLE!"
The teabaggers also cannot escape the pernicious stench of racism which clings to them like stink on shit. Try as they might, they cannot rid themselves of their incipient racial animus that is so central to their very core being. Why? Because it is the second pillar of teabaggery. If it weren't for that sense of inchoate white nationalist rage that was brought to the surface by the election of President Obama, the teabaggers would never have emerged from their subterranean lair.
This moribund tribe of cave dwelling cousin humpers with more toes than teeth are looking even more pasty, wan, and sickly than ever. They cannot sustain themselves on the toxic diet of hyperbole, misinformation, and venomous lies that they receiving at Murdoch's teats. There they will suckle until they wither and die in ignorance and fear.
Let them suffer the ignoble fate that they so richly deserve.
Did anyone hear about Brisdull's turnout on the 6th in Birmingham? Just wondered.
ReplyDeletenever a doubt, Unca G! never a doubt!
ReplyDeleteAm debating where I'd troll after the palin plague is gone, (if ever) you have supplied us with so much fodder the last three years. It will feel like I've lost a good friend!
Of course I'll continue to check in due to your great writing ablilties and humor.
Crap, Gasman you just topped out! So funny and true, I just got my "AB's" workout for the day!
ReplyDeleteYou and Uncle G should go on a road tour, taht would be awesome
When Palin was gov errr I mean CEO of Alaska, Alaska was the least ranked state for business. Hahahahaha. That is some selling point, she was the worst CEO in the nation :)
ReplyDelete2007 http://www.cnbc.com/id/19733620/
2008 http://www.cnbc.com/id/25501924/
2009 http://www.cnbc.com/id/31765926/
2011 Alaska pulled up to 49th with that dipshit Parnell at the helm. You know how bad Palin had to be to have Sean be able to take Alaska up a notch?
http://www.adn.com/2011/07/07/1957222/alaska-is-49th-in-business-rankings.html
OMG! Gryph, This is an article about the quitters new email release but the picture they used of her is priceless! You'll want to add it to your collection. LOL!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/08/us-palin-emails-idUSTRE7670FV20110708
Tea Baggers...yes, we see buyer's remorse setting in all over the country.
ReplyDeleteThe backlash cometh to the rest of the nation just like it did in Alaska. Alaska once embraced the Tea Party but ended up saying NO to Tea Baggers - US Senator Lisa Murkowski made history by winning reelection via a write-in vote over Republican candidate Joe Miller (aka crazed-hypocritical-egomanical-vote disenfranchiser-Tea Bagger Poster Boy).
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ReplyDeleteDid anyone hear about Brisdull's turnout on the 6th in Birmingham? Just wondered.
9:18 AM
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I don't have it, but someone posted a link on here that there were 50 people in line, see 10's , in fact 5 10's of people bought her fuck story in Bama.
8:41 aren't you precious..
ReplyDelete9:09 "Our democratic president seems intent on selling, no, giving away the farm." How's that, please explain. I BELIEVE he's doing a fine job considering BS from both the LEFT (Firebaggers) & RIGHT (Teabaggers).
Back to the demise of Baggers, Palin, Fox News; couldn't happen to a better bunch of folks.
What would make this a truly great summer would be for one of these grifters, fear-mongers, and frauds to actually end up getting indicted for something meaningful. I'd ROLFLMAO to see Grifter Granny being towed away in in cuffs. Or Limbaugh, Beck, etc. and watch them bawling the whole way...
ReplyDeleteAnd to Anonymous troll @8:41 - a book at 20 would indeed be an accomplishment - if in fact she had actually written something meaningful and had it published without help from her Mother's connections and notoriety. It is an insult to real writers who work very hard to write something that actually has value and to attract an editor and have it published.
"News Corp suffering potentially fatal fallout from their phone hacking scandal, turnout for Sarah Palin's movie and Bristol's book sales almost non-existent, and now support for the Teabaggers falling like the Palin family IQ.
ReplyDeleteDidn't I tell you that this was going to be a great summer? Perhaps next time you won't doubt your Uncle Gryphen so much."
Uh, hate to piss in your cheerios but which of those things could YOU have possibly predicted were coming? So trust you about what, exactly?
I mean, any one of us could have guessed Palin's movie would be a joke based on everything we knew about it. And Biscuit's book? Christ, my dog could have predicted that. Right before he pissed on it. haha. (well at least I tried to put a little humor in my bitchy comment, ok!)
The way the President has been compromising his principles (at least I used to think he had principles, now I'm not so sure), we might as well have a TeaBagger in the White House. President Obama has embraced TeaBagger economics to the point that he's no talking about the same Confidence Fairy as Mitchy-Mitch McConnel is.
ReplyDeleteUtah, Land of the Mormons, will vote for whomever the LDS Church tells them to. Do you really think the Church Elders would pick a Tea Party candidate like Bachmann over one of their own (Romney, Huntsman)?
ReplyDeleteSo how do we find out Fox advertisers? This seems to be the way to influence anything being done about him. If they jumped ship in the UK trying to distance themselves from the scandal taint, it seems to me advertisers here in the US should be concerned too.
ReplyDeleteWe can help them accept this if we contact them, just like Beck, advertising dollars rule. The far right are way more into influencing this way, they really know how to complain!
It just seems to me now is the time! It was the public in the UK who started this ball rolling, lets get with it!
You know, the only reason the teabaggers won big last election was because the far left progressives stayed home! Just because they weren't getting what they wanted fast enough. They've jumped ship. Took their toys and ran back home, babies.
ReplyDeleteGet a clue people, look what has happened since then!
"in fact 5 10's of people bought her fuck story in Bama"
ReplyDeletePalin crowd's are always overestimated. If they report 50 it was more like 19, including Tripp and his nanny.
Elmo 10:19 Listen up Elmo Fudd, please provide proof "President Obama has embraced TeaBagger economics". If not, sit down & STFU.
ReplyDeletePlease Cut the Crap...here are the facts & PBO's accomplishments
http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/
TO THOSE WHO CONSIDER PRESIDENT OBAMA A DISAPPOINTMENT; YOU'RE JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION!
ReplyDeletehttp://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/what-has-obama-done-since-january-20-2009.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/08/us-palin-emails-idUSTRE7670FV20110708
ReplyDeleteWow, that photo is a doozie,
A rats nest deluxe and the botox on the lips, I'd have a lisp if I had to try and spit words out of that mouth.
Was the first comment here a joke or just odd? First it sounds anti-G then rip on B?
re "Obama giving away the farm" -
ReplyDeleteJane Hamsher states, "According to both the Washington Post and the New York Times, Obama is proposing cuts to Social Security in exchange for GOP support for tax hikes."
She goes on to say:
"Now if you think that this is something the President is doing because it’s the only way to get Republican cooperation you can stop reading here, because we’re going to disagree. From the moment he took the White House, the President has wanted to cut Social Security benefits. David Brooks reported that three administration officials called him to say Obama 'is extremely committed to entitlement reform and is plotting politically feasible ways to reduce Social Security as well as health spending' in March of 2009. You can only live in denial for so long and still lay claim to being tethered to reality."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/08-3
8:41 - while I agree that Bristol is no match for Meghan, I sort of cringed when you said " . . . the fact that writing a book and going on a book tour is an achievement, especially for a 20-year old."
ReplyDeleteCome on, get real. Bristol didn't write that book. As far as the book tour goes, she had to have Mommy with her and all she really has to do is smile and sign. No one gets to stand still long enough to say anything of substance to her.
Jealous?? Ha - more like frustration that someone with so little talent or substance can get so much money and opportunity for what - for getting knocked up and whining about it.
9:59 - try to lighten up.
ReplyDeleteGryphen has a right to boast and be playful a little. He's been right more than most, and he provides solid commentary with a slight cathartic edge and healthy dose of sense of humor.
If you don't like he writes, there are plenty of other places to visit.
Oh, and you are right you did put very little humor in your bitchy comment. May I suggest a nap? You sound worn out.
Gasman, your comment made me smile.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Gryphen...what do you hear of "Fred" who is writing the book exposing the whole enchilada? Did he meet his deadline? Is it still a GO? Come ON! Why no updates on this from you?? Could "Fred" be the one in possession of the flat-bellied pic of Ms. Fraud?
ReplyDeleteGasman....your BEST yet!! LOL!
I do not agree with some here that President Obama has sold out or stopped trying.
ReplyDeleteConsidering what he has been up against, it is amazing what he has achieved thus far.
I believe Gryphen had a post up recently with a link about the staggering achievements this man has accomplished thus far.
But you won't hear much if anything about those on broadcast or cable news shows - not even MSNBC or Current.
Right now, I think the progressives in the media are having a feeding frenzy because he isn't perfect and hasn't accomplished everything on our Wish List but they need to focus on the hypocrites in the GOP/TP and the Blue Dog Dems. One man cannot accomplish our goals with those odds against him.
People who say he's useless or selling out are not paying attention. Medicare can stand to have some intelligent pruning as long as the services are maintained and providers are not discouraged. There is a lot of fat still going to drug manufacturers, insurers, and the like.
Voting in more progressives would solve most Medicare and healthcare issues because we might get a single payer system through. A president, any president, cannot do that without like-minded people in Congress.
The media is hyping this "concession" talk up to create more drama. As the deadline for the debt ceiling nears, it is going to get a lot crazier in order to hike up ratings.
We have to look at the facts - not the drama.
This is quite an admission from PM David Cameron
ReplyDeletehttp://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/News-Of-The-World-Prime-Minister-David-Cameron-Says-Hed-Have-Taken-Brooks-Resignation/Article/201107216026571?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_16026571_News_Of_The_World%3A_Prime_Minister_David_Cameron_Says_Hed_Have_Taken_Brooks_Resignation
"The truth is, we have all been in this together - the press, politicians and leaders of all parties - and yes, that includes me. We have not gripped this issue."
OT: Just ran across this which is almost related to this topic
ReplyDeletehttp://leftaction.com/action/send-john-boehner-pair-balls
9:42 am
ReplyDeleteGeeesh! That picture is, well....the picture of true SKANK!
What kind of creepy, crawly critters do you suppose are living in that greasy, unwashed rat's nest she calls hair?
Bleeechhhh!
Utah is practically a tribal society, so I'm guessing the "elders" of the church have decided a teabagger presidential candidate will not have enough appeal and are cueing "the faithful" to support Romney.
ReplyDeleteLove the Gasman. He's right.
After the swearing in on January 20, 2009 my t-bagger relatives were sure the world would end; or at least FEMA operatives would drag "good christians" from their homes to re-education camps.
The capture and death of Osama bin Laden resulted in two heavenly weeks of silence from their usual rants.
I live here. I heard this earlier in the week. I loved this news!
ReplyDelete@8:41- Thanks for confirming that Bristol reads & comments here. But we all knew that already.
ReplyDeleteFor a Fairy Tale Troll, you're always somehow revealing things for our side and not the Palins. THANK YOU.
Oh, and FYI, Bristol did not WRITE the book. Her writer is Nancy French and Ms. French is credited on the cover of the book. I guess you can't quite read? Reading comprehension is just not "your thing." (We know you can't write from your childish posts here...)
Truly disturbing is right. Incredible for these people to try and give our shameful history of enslaving other human beings the positive "family values" twist. To add insult to injury they neatly "forget" that these slave families were sold apart all the time, at the whim of the white masters.
ReplyDeleteAnd, to turn the the civil rights movement into a negative for African-Americans is despicable.
The marriage thing is like a cult and they worship it. How can some Americans continue to sink lower and become less informed; spiritually, mentally, and emotionally?