Comments on: The Tea Party Movement is Still Religious and Socially Conservative

By: Stuart Koehl

Stuart Koehl — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:51:11 +0000

Bush and Cheney look better every day. And when people in Falls Church start scraping off their Obama bumper stickers, you know that the blush is off the Big O’s rose.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:30:13 +0000

So, the Tea Party is simply the part of the GOP that would like to re-brand to try to get distance from having voted in and reelected Bush Cheney & Co.

By: Stuart Koehl

Stuart Koehl — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:27:42 +0000

Why should it be surprising that economic and social conservatism go hand-in-hand, or that those who hold strong religious convictions would be both?

By: John

John — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:04:44 +0000

KingCranium: Huh?

By: KingCranium

KingCranium — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:29:17 +0000

Even as I type, Excitable Andrew Sullivan is clutching this report to his chest and sobbing tears of joy. Most people only rarely get to feel their biases have been almost wholly confirmed.

By: The Tea Party Movement is Still Religious and Socially Conservative – First Things (blog) | Conservatives for America

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:46:52 +0000

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:28:36 +0000

Although I am sympathetic with the Tea Party movement, I have not been sufficiently involved to consider myself a member. Last month, to learn more, I attended a local Tea Party meeting for the first time. The guest speaker mixed economic and social issues in her talk. Although some qualified there questions by, “I know the Tea Party is about small government but I want to ask about . . .”, the discussion after was more about social issues than economic ones. This may have reflected the speaker’s talk, but there was little reluctance from the audience to discuss social issues.

As side note, the audience was predominantly white but, given where I live, probably not evangelical, most likely Catholic or Lutheran.