# The Tea Party is not socially conservative my ass **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760 "2010-10-11T06:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/281 "2010-10-14T14:15:08Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > > > Did private homeowners receive free money to catch up their mortgages? If not then I’m afraid I’m being terribly thick here (a possibility I freely admit). > > Well, [sort of](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeowners_Affordability_and_Stability_Plan), although nobody gave _them_ money. The government gave lenders money and said, “thou shalt modify thy borrowers’ payments”. And those deadbeats are why I can’t afford to have a Porche and a Hummer in my garage? GET THE TAR AND FEATHERS, CLETUS!!! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/282 "2010-10-14T16:11:03Z")
> [@Morella](#): > > An unbiased opinion would be useful. I would suggest attending one of the Tea Party rallies, if you feel strongly about it; however, you might be the wrong color to attend one in Mississippi or Memphis. Dey ain’t nuttin’ but eyes and teeth in da night, baby! Dig? I live in Mississippi, right outside of Memphis, and i can assure you, the Tea Party is as white here as anywhere else in the country (99+%). Yes, I have seen them with my own two eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/283 "2010-10-14T16:14:41Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > > [@Morella](#): > > > > An unbiased opinion would be useful. I would suggest attending one of the Tea Party rallies, if you feel strongly about it; however, you might be the wrong color to attend one in Mississippi or Memphis. Dey ain’t nuttin’ but eyes and teeth in da night, baby! Dig? > > I live in Mississippi, right outside of Memphis, and i can assure you, the Tea Party is as white here as anywhere else in the country (99+%). Yes, I have seen them with my own two eyes. I would humbly suggest that poster **Morella** has misrepresented factual information in order to advance an agenda. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/284 "2010-10-14T16:28:29Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I would humbly suggest that poster **Morella** has misrepresented factual information in order to advance an agenda. Well _I never_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/285 "2010-10-14T16:30:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > > > I live in Mississippi, right outside of Memphis, and i can assure you, the Tea Party is as white here as anywhere else in the country (99+%). Yes, I have seen them with my own two eyes. > > I would humbly suggest that poster **Morella** has misrepresented factual information in order to advance an agenda. Seems so unlike teabaggers to do that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/286 "2010-10-14T16:37:09Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > And those deadbeats are why I can’t afford to have a Porche and a Hummer in my garage? I don’t know what to tell you about the Porche _(sic)_, but it’s my experience that having a Hummer in the garage is really a matter of asking your SO really nicely… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/287 "2010-10-14T16:38:55Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > > > I live in Mississippi, right outside of Memphis, and i can assure you, the Tea Party is as white here as anywhere else in the country (99+%). Yes, I have seen them with my own two eyes. > > I would humbly suggest that poster **Morella** has misrepresented factual information in order to advance an agenda. Bless his little heart. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/288 "2010-10-14T17:02:35Z")
Porsche Carrera Cabriolet has an MSRP of USD$ 88,800 Porsche Boxter manual is $47, 660 MSRP Porsche Panamera is $74, 400 I’d buy one myself but there’s the money thing and I don’t know how to drive a manual transmission. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/289 "2010-10-14T19:08:18Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Well _I never_. Mercy sakes, Land o’ Goshen! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/290 "2010-10-14T19:12:36Z")
Well, that’s not what the boys down at the pool hall say. Maybe “never on a first date”. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/291 "2010-10-14T19:22:50Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > I would humbly suggest that poster **Morella** has misrepresented factual information in order to advance an agenda. > > Bless his little heart. I’ll pray for the chile… ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/292 "2010-10-14T19:56:48Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, that’s not what the boys down at the pool hall say. Maybe “never on a first date”. Maybe. _Right_, like anybody hanging out at a pool hall could afford me. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/293 "2010-10-14T20:49:29Z")
To buy, or rent? ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/294 "2010-10-14T21:11:29Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I post like I do because many of the board’s liberal posters are arrogant, superior, outrageously partisan jerks. So what you’re saying is it’s their fault, not yours. And that you have no control. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > And then there’s the fact that the board’s conservative posters, being the believers in \*\*individual responsibility \*\*that we are > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I declare victory only on rare occasion, and never in order to run off to do it in another thread. You do it in most of the threads you’ve participated in. I think you did it three times in the Death Panel thread. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > There are no lies there to answer for. Just to get you started, there is [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580311) that you started then ran away from. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > And the requested cite, which was for instances of liberal sources talking about creationism vs. evolution, thus creating the impression in many people’s minds that evolution is alleged to be the scientific counterpoint to creationism with regard to how life on earth came into being. There is absolutely no question that for many decades liberals have been laughing at creationists and pointing to evolution as the alternative explanation for life, usually claiming that while evolution doesn’t have all the answers as to how life began, it’s at least pointing the way (which also explains why so many people refer to the “theory of evolution”, another term that liberals are largely responsible for creating but which they now laugh at people for mentioning.) So if there is no question, and it’s been happening for decades, why weren’t you able to come up with a cite? You’ve once again stated it as fact, but can’t back it up. Would you like to apologize and and admit that this is just your opinion? And that once again you’re opinion is based on your fucked up perception of reality, combined with your inability to understand what evolution is? > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > It may not have been the search phrase for what I was supposed to be looking for \*\*as redefined by my opponents, \*\*but it was the correct search phrase for what I was talking about and originally said. Did it hurt when you were moving those goal posts? Someone of your age should be more careful. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I make a simple observation to the effect that the Tea Party has no central leadership or spokesman and look what a clusterfuck the ignorance-fighting liberals of the SDMB have turned this simple, accurate statement into. If only that was what you did. Glad to see it’s still those nasty liberals at fault. So much for conservatives taking responsibility. Just another of the many lies. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/295 "2010-10-14T21:44:16Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > To buy, or rent? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/296 "2010-10-15T01:45:48Z")
And your policy on charitable donation? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/297 "2010-10-15T01:59:19Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > How come every Tea Partier who makes an offensive remark gets labeled a “champion” or “hero” of the Tea Party around here? The Tea Party is made up of millions of people with a wide range of opinions, beliefs, backgrounds, education and income levels. But let one person at a Tea Party rally or one candidate say something offensive, or foolish, or hold up a wrongly worded sign, and immediately they become the personification of the Tea Party. > > Why is that, I facetiously wonder? Not millions. No where near that. But the ones who speak for them and the ones who are running for office are fuckin goofballs. You have Palin, Angle, Paladino.,Bachmann, O’Donnell and others who can not be explained away. They are the tea baggers leaders. They are jokes. One candidate says something stupid or offensive. You kid. They are running an assembly line of ignorance. It is their cash crop. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/298 "2010-10-15T02:36:14Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Not millions. No where near that. Oh, I don’t know. On average a million would be only 20,000 per state and I would imagine their numbers are considerably larger than that, especially when it comes to votership in major elections. I could be wrong, of course, but it looks like the Tea Party is wielding influence way out of proportion to its numbers if so. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/299 "2010-10-15T02:48:28Z")
It gathers _attention_ far outside of its numbers, by the grace of the self-same MSM you bewail, bemoan and bepiss. Notice how quickly they got all organized? Web sites, professional fund raising, press releases. Its almost as if a mass of professional political operatives made it up out of whole cloth. And those people don’t work cheap. Boy howdy, those Tea Partiers sure raised a bunch of money in a big-ass hurry, didn’t they, just passing the hat at local grassroots gatherings! Inquiring minds want to know about that? Or are inquiring minds easily…ooh! shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/300 "2010-10-15T03:07:36Z")
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