Brooklyn Beagle thinks that we've all been listening to Sarah Palin and her tea partiers Oolong. And as every tea-degreed citizen knows, over-brewed tea not only tastes bitter, it is harmful to the health.
Howling,
Brooklyn Beagle
Showing posts with label tea party; NY Times/CBS Poll; racism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tea party; NY Times/CBS Poll; racism. Show all posts
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Where's the beef?
Tantrums by angry white men
Okay, so they aren't all men. But, last week's New York Times/CBS poll was quite telling. As it turns out, tea partiers are wealthier and better educated than the general public. And, regardless of their signs and slogans, they think that the amount of taxes they paid last year was fair. So, what's their real beef? They are simply racists who are angry that we have a black president.* Nevermind that his IQ is higher than everyone in the Republican party put together. Forget that he can actually construct a sentence, read, think and has the respect of world leaders, unlike gee dubya.
*According to the NY Times/CBS poll, Tea Party supporters are convinced that:
• the policies of the Obama administration are disproportionately directed at helping the poor rather than the middle class or the rich;
• that President Obama does not share the values most Americans live by;
• that he does not understand the problems of people like themselves. "More than half say the policies of the administration favor the poor, and 25 percent think that the administration favors blacks over whites — compared with 11 percent of the general public.
• Tea partiers are more likely than the general public, and Republicans, to say that too much has been made of the problems facing black people.
Okay, so they aren't all men. But, last week's New York Times/CBS poll was quite telling. As it turns out, tea partiers are wealthier and better educated than the general public. And, regardless of their signs and slogans, they think that the amount of taxes they paid last year was fair. So, what's their real beef? They are simply racists who are angry that we have a black president.* Nevermind that his IQ is higher than everyone in the Republican party put together. Forget that he can actually construct a sentence, read, think and has the respect of world leaders, unlike gee dubya.
*According to the NY Times/CBS poll, Tea Party supporters are convinced that:
• the policies of the Obama administration are disproportionately directed at helping the poor rather than the middle class or the rich;
• that President Obama does not share the values most Americans live by;
• that he does not understand the problems of people like themselves. "More than half say the policies of the administration favor the poor, and 25 percent think that the administration favors blacks over whites — compared with 11 percent of the general public.
• Tea partiers are more likely than the general public, and Republicans, to say that too much has been made of the problems facing black people.
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