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@JC Now that is an idea, stop paying all the house & senators retirement for life (and the other bennies they get) let them pay into social security, their own healthcare and find jobs after their 4 years of 'service' and I bet alot would change in the way government handles social security, taxes and all the spending. Because we pay these people for the rest of their lives, they have lost touch with what the working voters are really going through. Get them off the tax payers tit.

it shows a trend in america, when Axelrod proclaims that tea parties, where Americans can protest about taxes, bailouts or any thing else. he calls this unhealthy? What about the first amendment. Are we about to lose this right?

I really don't understand this conservative/republican/right wing initiative to be contrarianistic/disrespectful/misguided. I don't have a problem with anyone speaking their mid – but have a legitimate point. Things are starting to improve – are "Tea-baggers" against that? We just got a tax break that we didn't under Bush – are the Tea-baggers against that? There has been assistance given to small businesses (I have benefitted), not just the large Mega-Corps that do most of their business overseas... are the Tea-baggers against that? Real solutions are being suggested and real dialogue with the world is occurring once again – are the Tea-baggers afraid of that? They need to find a different source for their talking points and rally cries.

Why should it be unhealthy unless it is becomes harful toi the democrats and they send hit men to disperse the party. We hav e right to express our opinions. that is what our domacracy is all about. we have freedom unles the govenrment take is away and it looks like thye would like to do that. Our voices need to be heard now. We did not get a fait election and we can speak regardless if anyone likes it.

I really can't believe they (Obama adm.) are so stupid (yes I can). I know it's not a good thing to say but, WAKE UP!! However, on the other side, this is what the people wanted and now it's what they're getting.

I am thankful for the federal tax cut I'm getting this year. What David Axelrod doesn't say is that many of us in small community are shouldering a huge tax burden because of bush programs that were ordered but not funded. I pay, Federal, State, City +, County, School, property, and a ridiculouly high sales tax. I bet there are taxes I pay that I don't even know about. ... – That was not a joke...... I would participate in the tea party just because of all that. BUT, the scary part of these tea party actions is the radicalized spin infultrating the true message. Hard working people should be careful that their tea party is not being funded by something darker and more radical....... Beware of the radical storm rising. The radical right will fight the only way they know how, with a good lie that you just might become a part of unknowingly.

I'm sure last year's election confirmed for David Axelrod how gullible the general public can be. But he's pushing the limits of this when he suggests that the overwhelming reckless spending of our country's wealth and leverage of it's future from this administration so far can be made up for with a tiny tax break now.

Any way you spin it, we are all paying for their spending spree, their ineffective bailouts and their massive government build-up. This is not why I go to work every day!

So let me get this straight.
La Raza organizing protests to support illegal aliens = Good for the country

ACORN staging protests and subverting the voter registration process = Good for the country

Various liberal groups protesting military actions in the war on terror = Good for the country

Code Pink disrupting congress and vandalising Marine Corp recruiting stations = Good for the country

People taking to the streets to defend the Constitution and runaway government spending and taxation = Unhealthy

By the way many of the same people at these protests were also protesting spending by the Republicans, but the media wasn't listening. They were too preoccupied with the Cindy Sheehans of the world to give two flips about what conservatives were saying. Plenty of Republicans were getting booed at these events also.
Don't make the mistake of confusing conservatives with Republicans.

It very American and Patriotic to have these tea parties in the first place, if Axeltoad doesn't like it then he can shove it, don't ask what your country can dio for you, ask what can you do for your country! read your history books you liberal morons!

and to Misters Alexrod and Carville,

This peaceful and public domenstration protesting against the tax and spend habits of our President and Congress are exactly what are Constitution is all about. Your responses to and opinions of the Tea Parties around our nations refinforce my opinion of your elitism, and your total abandonment of what is great about this nation, its citizens and their right to assemble and protest against a financially intrusive and irresponsible government.

Tea baggers are not the voice of America – they are a rabid hate filled fringe of mostly racists and religious zealots that have destroyed the GOP. They did not organize from the grass roots – it was faux news, Gingrich and lobbyist like Dick Army that paid for and organized these cowardly liars in to these fake grass root demonstrations. If they were real why would they be protesting the fact they are all getting a tax cut? There were none of the super wealthy out there protesting.

MadinAZ,

You offend me with the ingorance of your comment connecting people who stood up in peacful assembly across our nation to protest the current tax and spend actions of our government to someone who on the very outer fringe, committed a violent, disgusting act against innocent people. That is how our nation was born.

Your intolerance for their freedom is repulsive, and very un-American.

Promoting hate is always unhealthy to actually protest on substance is worth the words but to just say taxes too high is utterly ridiculous when this is the lowest in years! Research before opening your tea bags

"...Fully 27 percent of Medicare is devoted to spending on end-of-life health (in other words, health care that doesn't work...."

I am shocked and apalled that Mr. Feehery sees elderly people as liablilties that should be not entitled to receive medical treatment in the final stage of their life. What a sinful way of thinking.

Unfortunately, he does not elaborate what exactly he means with a "more rational way to look at end-of-life care". Letting elderly people choose between poison pill and lethal injection? How about gas chambers?

And while we're at it – what about all these disabled people?

I agree with Carville. Let the Republicans have there Tea Parties. They throw their tea and complain, yet offer us no new idea's of their own. It is really exciting to watch how hypocritical they are.
The party of NO has no new idea's, should we be surprised. Who is laughing now republicans.
I think it is healthy for this country to watch the Republicans eating their own. Tea anyone?

One of "them"? MadinAZ, Tim McVeigh was not one of us.
He was a barely adult loser version of a Columbine school shooter.
An atheist, but moreover with ideas contrary to liberty and value of every individual. He was no "conservative". He was not right wing.

NO one is considering that by raising taxes on big business (which in turn simply cuts even more jobs) or on the 'wealthy' that would invest in increasing employment but in turn are now moving off shore with not only their money but with their business (even more than before) and their homes. By doing all this and increasing the taxes on energy, the consumers are the ones that are effected by the increased taxes since higher taxes are always passed thru to the consumer. SO GUESS WHAT, THE MIDDLECLASS did not get increased taxes – true, but we are paying even more this way. AND don't forget, in 2010 there will be a tax increase on the middle class. It will end up being cheaper to be unemployed if this continues, since the taxes on unemplyemnt dollars will be less or none at all.

Axelrod was downplaying the reality behind the tea party............yes there was folks out there against taxes and bailouts to wall street bankers but there was also the groups who used the moment to promote their anti-obamanism. That I find unhealthy and harmful to the republican party. I worry that if they stoke the fires too far some of these folks will try to plot against the president and that would start (I'm afraid) a riot in the streets.

The president should address folks concerns about potential increase in taxes and explain the bailouts of these companies but republicans need to discourage extreme groups you are irrational and use slurs against the president before if gets out of hand.

Axelrod's just mad because we know that the only people who pay taxes are at the tea party. My tea party had 38 people, and we are the only ones who pay taxes in South Carolina. North Carolina had 3 tea parties, and I know for a fact that everyone in the state who pays taxes was at them. My cousin Billy and and his wife Susie are the only tax payers in Nebraska, and they told me that their tea party was great. I wish all the black democrats would shut up because they don't know what to do with our country. We need to get rid of the big bully Obama. He's had more than enough time to fix the country. The republicans were doing a great job with America- why in the world would the people vote for change??? I am the smartest man in the world, and I know better than you stupid heads! I am mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is hard to blame people for being frustrated into some kind protest when you consider the scope of government waste combined with corporate welfare in the trillions, and the seemingly never ending war on terrorism (what ever that means) combined with very very traditional old washington style politics that we were promised would END with Obamas election. I'm pissed too! Nobody would have predicted that Obama would give wall st. so much money and power in the form of geithners appointment or there may have been a lot less support for him last november. And now he is back tracking on his vow to leave gun control out of his agenda and has loosed hillary and holder on the second amendment, practically the only thing left intact by bush and cheney. That is not change we need it is imperialism and totalitarianism the federal government has gotten fat and unresponsive to the needs of the electorate and must be cured of its addiction to our money. The tenth amendment has recently been getting some much deserved attention and should be read by every american, it may shed light upon some things that some people don't want you to know.

The Tea Parties were a joke. We have taxation with representation, unless of course you didn't vote last November.

Perry needs to zip it. The Republic of Texas crap is just that. I'm American first, not Texan! We don't have time for his positioning for his, what seems like, his never ending terms in office.

Those who have been brought up properly realize it is immoral to take things that do not belong to you. It doesn't matter who he is taking from, it's wrong.

That's real nice that the left try to paint everyone who protested as right-wing anti-government nuts. I guess it's OK to protest against and to exercise your 1st Amendment rights when it comes to GLBT rights, or illegal immigration, or pro-choice...but if you want to stand up for your own right to keep your own money without the gov't taking it, then somehow that's "displaced" or "unhealthy." Give me a break!

I'm not a Republican...and I'm not a Democrat...but I did go to protest at a local Tea Party against what's going on in DC (BTW I protested against Bush's policies too) – this time more so against Congress than against the administration (Congress has the power of the purse). It's pretty remarkable to claim that 95% of people just got a tax cut (about $400 lousy dollars a year) when in fact our grandchildren's grandchildren are still going to be trying to pay off this debt.

"If we don't respect the freedom of speech for those whom we disagree with, then we don't respect it at all."

These Tea parties are nothing more than partisan hypocrisy and complete ignorance. They want the government to lower taxes, which inevitably produces huge deficits and burden for the future generation, while at the same time also complain about the huge deficits (where were they for the past eight years, they should have protested then!) that'll burden future generations. And none of them tackle the big items in our nation's budget like medicare, social security, or military spending. In fact they say we're not spending enough on our military. They want taxcuts for themselves AND taxcuts for their children. Sorry, it just doesn't add up. Somebody will have to pay, and if you don't want your children to be the ones, it'd better be YOU who pays! Put your money where your big mouth is!

Axelrod is right. These tea parties are unhealthy because all you see are the same angry, racist people that were at the Palin rallies calling Obama a 'fascist' and a 'socialist' (and they probably can't even define the word). If after ALL that our President has proposed the vast majority of Americans still support our President these parties of a maximum 600000 are a joke. They may get bigger, maybe reach 2 million if they're lucky but the only Americans who are 'fed up' and trump this up to a 'future uprising' are the Republicans. Look at the President's approval ratings after all this tea party nonsense- still high. Dems and rational-minded Independents are giving our President a chance to SUCCEED!!!

Republicans are just blind followers. They just assume whatever FOX or Rush say is true. They are protesting high taxes? If they had a mind of their own (or at the very least listened to a news source that really was "fair and balanced") they'd realize that Obama lowered their taxes!

If they are going to make spectacles of themselves, at least get the facts straight. They just look like fools.

Brought to you incognito by Faux News and their "fat and happy" wealthy supporters who simply don't want to pull their fair share of the load!

"Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto boarded the bandwagon first by signing on with tax day tea parties in Atlanta and Sacramento. Now Glenn Beck will be broadcasting from the Alamo in Texas and Greta Van Susteren will party in Washington, D.C., amounting to hours and hours of rotating live coverage of the anti-tax, anti-spending events.

"This year Americans across the country are holding tea parties to let politicians know that we've had enough," Beck said yesterday. "Celebrate with Fox News."

How exactly is this "grass roots"?
How can anyone say that FAUX news is news – let alone all that "Fair and Balanced" crap they have been shoveling?

FAUX News is nothing more than a right wing political outlet for the GOP and has lost all objectivity and credibility!

Why didn't John King ask if a news media who constantly spews hate and unsubstantiated characteristics of the president of the US supporting and then hijacking a populist movement as "unhealthy?

Once again John King carries the Republican water!!

"Where is fox news credility after promoting tea parties."

The same place it was before promoting the tea parties.

Tea Baggers – When's the next Klan rally ?

This was not about taxes, all one had to do was look at a the majority of the signs the so call tax protesters were carrying and listen closely to what they were saying. Pure and simple, this was a veil attempt of the No Party to protest against the President. This fringe group of people who continue to not accept the fact they lost the election and to top that, to a man of color.

The original Boston Tea Party protested taxes levied without the consent of the taxed parties: No taxation without representation. Every one of those protesters this week has Congressional representation. Their so-called tea parties are making a mockery out of the American Revolution.

Are sure its not Kool-Aid the Republicans are brewing...?

For all of you who bring up the theory of Bush spending trillions of dollars to "keep us safe", would you please direct me to where you are getting your references from. Had he been more vigilant with his own administration's intelligence gathering, perhaps we wouldn't be where we are today. Unfortunately we are. Blambing our current President for all the ills of this country, while amusing, is non productive. Dragging the future well fare of our children and their children for generations to come is also non productive. We are right now paying for our parents and grandparents. I am quite happy to do so.

The teabag "movement" is nothing more then the easily mislead and willfully uniformed being manipulated by the weathly, i.e. fox news corporate and radio talk show elites to have middle class workers fight for the elites current tax breaks set to expire in 2010.

It is truly scary how easily these tea bagging folks are manipulated to fight against thier own interest.

Sometimes people are far to short sited on these issues. Axelrod said he didn't understand why Americans were angry because the president just cut taxes for 95 percent of us, but what about in 4 years or 8 years or 12 years when we have to start paying all the money back we spent? How low will taxes remain? The fact is people were angry over government spending and looked a little farther then it seems Axelrod would want them to. I do not think it is anymore damaging to Republicans then it is to Democrats because this is a problem that crosses party lines. Spending like this is irresponsible and can lead to many more problems in the future.

Chuck, Enlightened Voter, could you tell me what is racist about protesting the governments uncontrolled spending starting with the Bush/Obama 750 billion dollar bailout? I call it Bush/Obama because Bush spent 350 billion and Obama spent the rest when he became President. Also, why is it that if a white person disagrees with Obama's political agenda they are racist, but when 95% of the black voters vote for a black man instead of a white man that is not a racist issue? It is people like you in the Democrat party that loves to cry racism, all the while knowing that you guys are the ones that play the race card to try to keep this country divided in order to promote your agenda.

Keep trying.

If you misdirect enough, and lie enough, and keep repeating your inanities, the fact that nearly 300,000 people took the time to protest the stupidity of the 'progressive' leadership in this country will just go away. And then you can be happy in your little cocoon of alternate reality.

Yeah Axelrod. I should kiss Obama's feet for giving me a tax cut. I think I'll retire on the extra $7.69 a week of my own money he's allowing me to keep. Meanwhile he's ringing up debt at a rate that would even shame Bush! Some of you imagine that the rest of us have the same "my team vs your team" concept you have. Millions of us are fed up with both donkeys and elephants. Neither wants to serve the people, just control us.
Remember how just last year protest was patriotic? Now it's a lunatic fringe that should be silenced or ignored. What really worries you partisans is knowing it is real anger. Obama already has generated nation-wide protests before his first 100 days is even up. Have you noticed that firearm sales are up over 40% and ammunition is flying off store shelves? Not everyone will meekly submit to your agenda.

Ironic that the bulk of the protesters have never made and will never make $250,000 a year and therefore will benefit from Obama tax policies. These were just angry republicans who lost an election that needed an outlet for misplaced rage!!!

David Axelrod is the "real" President of United States--

He is,and has been," the teleprompter" from the beginning !

Well if the TEA parties were based on fact that would be one thing. But since our taxes have DECREASED for most of the country. While the rest of the 5% has stayed right where it has been for yrs, it seems kind of silly. The stimulus seems to be helping slow the once rapid decline of our economy (BTW, The dems NEVER asked for bush to be such a dud do nothing idiot who dismissed the warnings)
To me it is just a bunch of hate mongers that want to have a tantrum because they are so irrelevant and washed up. They pray on ignorance and the ignorant seem to be following. Its pretty sad. I wish they actually fact checked what they are protesting. As a of most of them look like fools!

Yes I agree with Jeff W. Where was the tea party outrage when the two Bushes were in the Whitehouse? Where was the outrage when we Americans lost civil liberties under the so-called "Patriot Act" of W. Bush? Where was the outrage when we were deceived into a war under the banner of non-existant "weapons of mass destruction"? Where is the outrage over how many trillions of dollars, and how many lives on both sides of the equation it cost because of that deception? Where was and is the outrage over how many of our sons and daughters in the military have come back maimed and wounded both physically and /or mentally because of that same deception?

Attention Tea-Baggers, Douche-Baggers, Red-Neck White Trash, racist pigs, Neo-cons. red-staters, in-bred, Appalacia, Sheet Wearers, War Hawks, Porn-lovin' bible thumpers, and Hillbilliys and Cowboys: I put up with your sorry asses for 8 years. You go straight to Hell or Texas which ever you get to first. Keep your f–king guns and put those where the some don't shine. You are so disgusting I could and have vomited thinking of you. Take your Confederate States and GET OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are morally repugnant. (I'll pause while you look that up). As an aside; I was raised in Applacia-I know what you scum bags are, what you do, and what "feeds you stupidity." Just go NOW. Take Hannity, Rush and the rest with you.

I love you folks that spew your party line "where were you when Bush was increasing the deficit". My question is, where were you? If you were yelling about Bush's spending, than you are a hypocrite for saying it is ok for Obama to spend like a drunken sailor. If you said nothing about Bush's spending, than you have no right to comment on others views. Everyone needs to get past party alliances and understand that we can not out spend our means – a lesson many homeowners are learning!! The only solution in the future to pay off this spending is for the "95%" that got tax cuts to take on higher taxes above what were cut. Now that should should be interesting to see how the middle class accepts that.

good to see the racist dems here calling everyone else who practices the 1st Amendment a racist

I thought dissent was Patriotic. That's what the Dems told me the past 8 years

Matt,

How is spending money and losing lives for a useless war over false pretenses keeping us safe? This "Bush kept us safe" argument is wearing thin. If he had kept us safe September 11th would be nothing more than a Friday this year. Not only have we lost thousands of lives on a lie, but we also managed to anger most of the world. Regardless, I can assume from you comment that your a member of the "patriotic" right who thinks diplomacy is weakness. If you are bolstering Bush's success on foreign policy and Katrina, you obviously are not paying attention. I have been, and from where I sit, we have a president who is actually spending money on our prosperity and not on oil.

Keep drinking the tea, so to speak.

Axlerod needs to read the Declaration of Independence, and the First Amendment to the Constution again. I thought being Liberal meant entertaining all ideas, and protecting free speech. I guess the first amendment only protects certain people, and certain ideas, under our new overlord. Dig the new boss, same as the old boss. We just got fooled again.

Axelturf calls us "unhealthy" and I understand the president was downright "furious" about the tea parties he hadn't heard anything about. CNN sends an airhead reporterette who couldn't get a job at the leading cable news network to berate and ridicule rally attendees. It's anchors and "analysts" giggle like the arrested adolescents they are and indulge themselves in sophomoric frat house potty humor. The Obamabots, as is their wont, play their tattered racist card. All concerned pretend to not understand what motivates tens of thousands of ordinary people to raise a collective voice that is seldom provided fora and summarily dismissed when it is. If I didn't know better, I'd think all of the aforementioned were just plain scared of the phenomenon. Well, be afraid, very afraid.

Obama Administration translation: "unhealthy" means you disagree and don't blindly follow our words. Since when is any debate or difference of opinion unhealthy in a democracy?

Mike in NYC. Please don't call me WHITE. I prefer to be called a European American

In other words, if people happen to disagree with this administration and the direction they're taking us, there must be something wrong with them? As for the so-called tax cuts for 95% of Americans....hogwash. Axelrod is just one of the many patroninzing, dismissive, out of touch fools entrenched in this administration.

I am not a Republican OR a Democrat, but I am savy enough to know that all this insane spending of taxpayers money is gonna have to be paid back......WITH INTEREST. And that interest, which will be bazillions of dollars, will be going to the Chinese because they are the ones purchasing the Government bonds to finance this disaster in waiting. While most Americans have a positive view of Obama, most every poll I've read says a great portion of the population think this spendathon is bad.

So all these "geniuses" who prattle on about people like me being right wing extremists should put their brains in second gear and get off the Kool Aid. These people who are now and who have been our so called "representatives" are stealing our money. It's eventually gonna take a huge "across the board " tax increase to pay it back. There are not enough "rich" people to do it. A pox on all these idiots houses. Both parties have run amok and we're the ones who are gonna pay for it.

Yes, it is unhealthy to exercise constitutional rights in the United States...thank you David Arselrod. Time for the Illuminati in Washington to ban all Freedoms so no one can oppose the One. The anger here is with all Dems and Reps who put us here, and all you who support them....

From what I'm reading 70 percent of the American public like everything Obamas doing

So if 30 percent of the people want to have tea parties ... go ahead

The rest of us will be busy keeping this great country alive, after 8 years of Republican poison ...

I love David...a brillant mind and a empathetic heart.

The tea parties are an avenue for frustration..it's not about the tax cuts for the people..it's about bailing out HUGE corporations who mishandled this own house (monies) and used the public to make things right...I think the better term is corporate welfare. When you have Mr. and Mrs of Main Street just making it and watch this happen it becomes very frustrating..and seeing the bonuses given out just fuels the fire.

Aside from that...David please press on to get the release of Roxana Saberi, Esha Momeni and Robert Levinson! Thanks...God is with you on this.

As an unapolagetic died in the wool LIBERAL, I have no problem at all with the tea-baggers. It is just simply people protesting peacefully in the American tradition.
What are they protesting? I believe that this country and world are in such a topsy turvy turmoil with problems everywhere that people just feel upset, confused and angry. And they want to express it openly. OK by me. I too am upset, confused and angry. We want some order and sanity. So my tea-bagging neighbors, you ordinary people like me, you have my support.

Right-wingers just don't get it. Peaceful protesting went out of style in the days of the anitwar demonstrators who trashed their own campusses and neighborhoods to make their "point".

What the left is really saying in their disdainful criticizm of the Tea Party demosntrators is that Taxed Enough Already are rank amateurs at the art of protest. The left is the true pioneer of demonstration without substance, and TEA, by incorporating substance into their protest, shows thenselves to be intellectually retrogressive and inferior.

After all, anybody can make a case where a case exists. The left has historically been creative in obfuscating the absense of a case. That is the true mark of superiority.

It's UNHEALTHY for the Democrats that are trying to "CHANGE" our country into SOCIALISM and bankrupt us.

Democrats WILL NOT BE RE-ELECTED-thank God !!!

Shows Axelrod's disdain for the Constitution – our ADM is full of those – and they need to be watched very closely. Nov 2010 they will be out and I"m a Democrat (they are liars).
Jack C
WA

Torture and teabagging two great traits of the GOP.

To Chuck and Enlightened Voter: I agree with you 100%. It was a Sarah Palin and Joe the non plumber crowd. Why weren't these people at work like the rest of us. The signs and comments were filled with hate. This is what the republican party has resorted to.

"If you aren't angry, you aren't paying attention."

I am angry that the Bush Administration put the country in a position that made it necessary for the new administration to spend so much.

@Get A Clue 11:47:
I, along with Mr. Axelrood and the rest of the three hundred million people of our country who didn't attend, know "full well" what the premise behind the Tea Party was.

Demonstrations against the size of government and taxes is great; I applaud that. However, when, in these demonstrations we start comparing Obama to a socialist and a communist and a fascist and a monkey, we accomplish NOTHING.

Organizers say that those people do not speak for those with honest concerns. Well, they are at your demonstration. Get rid of them so they do not reflect poorly on you.

The tea party "movement" is a creation of the monied elite to manipulate the willfully uninformed and easily mislead middle class to fight for the wealthy's tax breaks set to expire in 2010.

The full court press by fox news and rich talk radio personalities in promoting the "rallies" delegitimize any simbalance of a "grassroots "movement.

It is sad to see how easily some americans are being manipulated against there very own interest by the visceral hate of the Obama administration by greedy and hateful.

"Did anyone speak up about the protests of Cindy Shehan or Code Pink being "unhealthy". "

What???!!!??!?!?!? The right-wing went after these protesters with a level of hatred that only they can. They were called every name in the book, and had their patriotism called into question. What hypocrisy on your part.

i think the "tea party" idea was a good idea however i heard NO message. i think the people are mad at both parties in washington ie: pork spending from both sides. i think their message was LOST when FOX news hannity,beck,an others jumped in an made it an obama bashing. this fueled hatred among the crowd an over-powered what the group was trying to portray. this was not successful to america in my opinion,it only made the deep conservative republicans look like jerks.

I hear what these people are saying but I just don't get it. The previous administration increased the deficit by more than $4 trillion and these folks must have been living in caves somewhere. They never twittered one tweet or dunked one tea bag about the debt being left to our children and grandchildren! Now that we have continue to pay tens of $billions per year for the useless war in Iraq until the new president can extricate us, but we must invest even more to prop up the disastrous economy left behind.

Where were these tea baggers for the past 8 years?

I must also admit confusion because this was supposed to be about taxes, yet I saw all sorts of signs about socialism, white supremacy, Iraq, gun rights, etc. It was really a hodge-podge of protests.

Republicans say they want small government yet want to tell you who to marry and what to do with your body. They say they are pro life yet love war, hunting, guns and the death penalty. They say they are christians yet spout fear while touting their bibles with their hearts wrapped in hate. They want small government yet are quick to bail out the banks and want to spend massive amounts on defense. They say they love america yet hate don't care about the enviornment. All this is why i can NEVER be a republican.

Tea Parties were awesome!! They were not about raceism, they were about the inflation and raising of Taxes. Actually a lot of people were able to show their concerns on what the house, senate and OBama is trying to do to our Constitution.
To answer Jeff W.'s question, We did not have these Tea Party's when Bush was in office, because we did not need them!!!!
Obama is..".One Big A Mistake America!!"

The rebuttals to the tea parties are repetitive and bogus. Here they are:

Participants are racists who are angry about a black president. – Completely fabricated allegation. Tea parties were focused on government spending, they had nothing to do with race.

Participants are hypocrites because George Bush was a big spender also – Nonsensical. Many protesters are libertarians and independents who have always been concerned with excessive government spending. The only change is that the spending has increased at an alarming rate. And even so, this charge is a tacit admission that big government spending is detrimental.

Protests are inauthentic "astroturf" events promoted by Fox news and conservative organizations – Not true. Most protests were organized by local concerned citizens, and at most promoted by Fox News. But even if it were the case, this charge is a red herring – it has nothing to do with the substance of the protests.

Tea parties are "unhealthy" or some implication that participants are "dangerous" – Baseless. Tea parties were peaceful gatherings of individuals taking advantage of first amendment rights. Again, this is a diversion from the substance of the protest. Classic "attack the messenger" strategy.

Protesters are "teabaggers" – Classic sign of a losing position, result to childish name calling.

I've still yet to see a tea party basher address the issue of government spending head on. Does someone really favor profligate, wasteful, political payola in which congress burdens our children with a huge debt, without even reading the bills in question? Will someone really defend this?

Perhaps Texas should succeed. They would quickly have to start taxing their citizens much more heavily to afford the military they would need as a soveriegn nation. The majority of the US budget goes to Military spending. And then there are the federal subsidies they would no longer receive for everything from education to unemployment insurance. As a conservative state with alot of electoral votes, it would be great to loose them, too. The US could certainly pursue a more progressive course without them. And lets remember that two of the great authors of this current mess, Phil Gram, who reversed Glass Steagle and the regulations on wall street in the late 90's, and our former President Bush belong to this state. So t hey have all that great leadership to depend on, too.

He cut income taxes for 95% of Americans... and is raising all other taxes (directly and indirectly) with his multi-trillion debt bill.

End the end, your wallet will be seeing less money at the end of the month and what is left in it will be worth half of what it is now.

Apparently since these are ACTUAL people protesting and not Axelrod's astroturfed sockpuppet army – this protesting MUST be unhealthy.

Axelrod should have the President round these people up?

There was an article in my local paper this morning.....one written by someone who is cut of conservative cloth.....that pretty much came to the same conclusion. He wrote that the Republicans who spoke out at these events (face it, the "Tea Parties" were anything but non-partisan) boxed themselves into a corner by digging their heals in at a time that open mindedness and consensus are the key ingredients to solving our problems.

Just another example of a segment of our politics that has turned into the party of "NO!" and closed, inward-looking "solutions" to complex 21st century problems brought on to no small extent by right-wingnuts sticking their heads in the sand over the past eight years.

By the way Mike in NYC, Blacks and people of color work just has hard as you and whites. There in lies the problem, people thinking like you. What are you afraid of, a Black man turning this country around. You are what is wrong with the Republican party. People like you who seem to think that only white people can do or are doing something. It was people like you that broke this country.

i guess it shouldn't surprise me that the rethugs are this board are taking John King's misstated question and is running with it.,

Repuublicans = lie, deny and criticize.

i think more working clas people will finely wake up and see obama is not for the working people.

What is astoundingly apparent in the responses of individuals participating in the tea parties is that we need major civics educaton in this country. These individuals seem to have no understanding on hoew their government functions or how to seek change or have a voice other than through stringing tea bags on hats and fretting about taxation "without representation" We vote, we write to our congressmen, wew form acton committees to press concerns and offer solutions. That is a democracy. We pay taxes to fund our government: military, unemployement, education. It is magical and childish thinking to think we have these things from nothing. Most importantly, these poor uneducated individuals are merely being used by rightist think tanks to keep the rich rich and themselves exploited. A mere understanding of their own government, if they are capable of rational thought at all, would help them immensely.

Is it not in the United States Constitution the Right to Assembly? If these were enviro-wackos gathering for "Earth Day" would Axeldud call that unhealthy and release a DHS report on left-wing eco terrorism coincidentally on the same day?

These people are upset about the alleged ban on guns and tired of being laughed at? With April 20 coming up, anyone smell a national Columbine moment here?

I love how any kind of pride in White heritage is instantly racist... but black power is celebrated.

yeap, no double standards there

John King asked him if it's unhealthy for "an American to go out and hold a sign and say 'I think my taxes are too high.'"

what Alxerod actually said, was "I think any time you have severe economic conditions there is always an element of disaffection that can mutate into something that's unhealthy," Axelrod said.

Possibly turning into something unhealthy, John King. Can you hear and understand or do you deliberately misstate what was said and then build your questions on the very misstatements. Are you dumb or just a tool for the rep party?

these tea parties were so dumb. If these people put as much concentration and doing something constructive to improve their life instead of complaining it would be more effective.
This president has done more in less than 100 days in the office than Bush did in all the 8 years.
Also people are forgetting that it was BUSH in the office when we got attacked. Why didn't he stop the terrorists before they killed all these people.
All Bush was a gun slinging Texan out to prove a point.
All our young men and women died in Iraq and didn't have to.

tea party is bunch of elitists people who don't want to pay taxes. they have a lot money to buy teas and dump them in rivers. however, we could have used those money to help our country instead of wasting them. first of all, they are not americans.

Matt April 19th, 2009 11:53 am ET

Brilliant.

Got that America?

Protesting wasteful spending of the goons in Washington is 'Unhealthy'.

Bush spent money on protecting this country after attacks on American soil, helping our elderly get affordable prescription drugs and one of the biggest natural disasters to hit the country.

No, Bush spent money on no-bid contracts to his buddies for Iraq, money that is, like HIS bailout of AIG, not traceable and not refundable.
He was not about protecting this country...otherwise, 4200 of our soldiers wouldn't be as dead as the 100,000 innocent Iraqi citizens are right now. Iraq never attacked us!!!!
Had he been interested in protecting us, he wouldn't have approved illegal torture and wiretapping. He would have worked within the laws of this country and the Constitution.
The prescription drug plan has made Medicare the most wasteful government program yet.
And Katrina? He didn't respond to Katrina, he was too busy cutting brush to worry about some levees in LA. You are aware the the FEMA trailers are unlivable, that the money is also unaccounted for, and that millions of southerners have never returned home? But "great job, Brownie."
Obama HAS cut taxes, HAS put strings on bailout loans that will be repaid, and has tried to rein in spending. The trouble is, Bush never thought it important to pay for mandates like war spending and education, so they are woefully unfunded. Plus, Obama actually included war dollars in his budget, unlike Bush who hid them for 6 years. So go march around and whine, but your timing is questionable, since the man responsible for the mess never seemed to bother you at all.

Hypocrisy is only a GOP thing, right? All the angry white men who protest the change taking over this country, blah blah blah.

What about all the black men (roughly 99.999% of them) who came out to vote for Obama, having no knowledge whatsoever of his political platform, basing their vote solely on his color?

Everyone wants to make history. Very exciting. You call it "making history" on your side, but on our side it's "racism and bigotry".

Liberal elitism is disgusting, annoying, and a plague we'll all have to live with for the next decade or so. Face it.

The tea bag "movement" is a creation of the corporate elite to get the willfully uninfomed and easily manipulated to keep the rich from enduring the roll back of their tax cuts in 2010 to the 1990's levels.

Unfortunately many of the tea baggers do not even realize they are being manipulatd against ther very own interest.

This is truly sad

How wrong you are Axelrod ! Nothing could be healtier – and better for the USA. Axelrod looks like a slapstick cop in a Mack Sennet movie.

Those participating in the TEA Parties are not nut cases. They are hard working, mainstream Americans who are fed up with FAT Governments who cater to their cronies at failing, irresponsible US companies as well as to those who feel that they can live off government for the rest of their lives. Wake up America, get back to basics, and make sure we leave something to our next generation! The DEMS (as well as the totally ineffective Republican party) are destroying the basic principles America was built on!

The Boston Tea Party was for taxation without representation. Not about spending.

These quote, unquote "tea parties" were bash-fests for republicans. I saw the one on CSPAN that had Laura Ingraham bashing Obama and company. It was a protest- just called a tea party.

Do any of these people who protested have jobs? I hope they lost them. There are plenty of people out there that would give anything to have a job.

Where is the republican alternative to spending into America? They don't have one, because the government is the only ting left holding things together.

Ar least he didn't say 'let them eat cake'.

I believe that 2010 is going to be unhealthy for the dems in power and in 2012, we will once more CHANGE the president sitting in the WH.

These people are upset about the alleged ban on guns and tired of being laughed at? With April 20 coming up, anyone smell a national Columbine moment here?

Yep, Democrats spend and the Republicans spent more money than any Administration in our history the last 8 years. I did not hear them at all during that time frame. Fox news, Hanity, Limbaugh, and Coulter are True Americans...They talk about Hate and Fear, terrific Americans!!!!

Let's be totally honest, the so-called Tea Party was simply anti-Obama and nothing more. Few of those in attendance pay any taxes at all, most will actually see their taxes reduced (if they have jobs), and few, if any will actually see their taxes increased. These folks are being manipulated by the rich fat cats on the right.

Obama's handshake with Chavez was perfect. African Americans , Latinos, Middle Easterner's all greet each other warmly, even with hugs-
even when the relationship is not that close. It shows respect and caring.
This is a president not afraid to you "I love you back" to the American people. This is why he is loved.

Again, there is lies from the Democrats and the BO lovers. There is not a 95% decrease in taxes . . .there are not 95% of people paying taxes . . . if my statement is inocrrect, please provide actual facts . . . and remember, paying sales tax is not one of the things that BO and the Democs have cut. Therefore I am asking about taxes . . . and hopefully, there is enough intelligence to find the meaning of the word taxes.

I will not hold my breath to get a response

one day, America will fall like URSS because of stupid republicans, teabaggers, catholics, right wing extremists, conservatists, racists and fox news.

I am Democrat and an Obama supporter. The tea-party was mainly supported by the right wing masses and fox news of course. They are protesting the fact that they are no longer in control and justifiably so.

But I do really think Americans need better tax cuts, $20 to $40 a month is really not going to cut it for many of us. Too many billions are going to corporations and not enough to the American people.

What Axelrod means is the Tea Party movement is damaging to the Democrats and their socialist agenda.

Today's headlines:

David Axelrod says the word "unhealthy" to describe a gathering of non-color people who want to overthrow a governement headed by a biracial man who was fairly elected. POTUS serves for less than 100days and makes headway on international relations and wants to cut the taxes of these same people who lie and hate the current POTUS.

Right wing goes stir crazy, because Axelrod uses the word "unhealthy", all the while these same bloggers on this website attended or support the divisive teabagging rallies chanting " socialism, kill him!"

Liberals fresh off getting their talking points from puppet master Obama and Olbermann are out in force explaining why them getting a measly 400 dollar check (even the ones that uh, uh, uh don't PAY taxes) is comparable to bankrupting my childrens futures to uh, uh, uh spread the wealth.

All of Obama's spending can NOT possibly be paid by the wealthy in this country and the FEES (like the ciggy tax,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,) and taxes down the road are going to effect all of us as well, but you SHEEP are too stupid to understand.

Spread MY work ethic, not my wealth.

Experiment failed, One and done Barry.

He's got to be joking about cutting the taxes for the americans. I mean, just what is $2.27 a day tax cu for a married couple going to do? When here, they are force feeding BILLIONS of dollars of incentives to CEO"s and thier corprations to continue in the lifestyle they were accustomed to?

Mutli million dollar bonuses, cruises, trips, gifts etc becaus ehtey canot be seen to lowere thier lifestyles as our esteemed president said but the lowly tax payers get to feet their living in luxury and we get a measley 2 buck tax cut..the president and all their cronies should be ashamed to spout this rhetoric..I mean really...2 dollar tax cut when everyone else gets thier $5000-$10,000 a DAY living expenses paid by us, the taxpayer. Amazing they have the gall to spout this garbage to us about tax cuts!

The TEA PARTY was a flop. Think about it. The only network to talk about it was Fox and half they reported was lies. Hannity, Glenn Beck and Rush Windbag were EMBLISHING the numbers of the crowd count. Only no intelligent people listen to them. People who can't think for themselves that have to have other people do their thinking. How sad.

Mr. Axelrod,why don't you spend time helping find some qualified people to fill the cabinet positions that pay there taxes,instead of trying to stop people who do pay theres from exercising the rights to free speech.

The protesters, many of which it's safe to assume are devoted Fox News believers, were played like the instruments they are by wealthy conservative interests, much the same way Fox News talking heads play them on a daily basis.

Touche, Mr. Axelrod and Carville! TeaBaggers are hurting their party with their mockery outrage.....I agree with you, Jeff W.; their rage is definitely displaced. They are eight years late. The only ones benefiting from their tirades are tea manufacturers.

Free speech is a right that we are priviledged to enjoy. It was not meant to be used as an occasion for individuals to incite recklessness and danger.

This is a very DANGEROUS comment to make. Maybe he would be better advised to wake up and listen to the American public. No one is immune to defeat in the next election. American citizens have had enough and are beginning to take action.

Right. From the beginning I could never understand the parallel between then and now that FOX and their ilk were trying to make. Like if they had protested a bank or something in all these cities, it might have made sense– even do a little something to cause some revenue grief somewhere. Anything.

But no– this whole stunt made no sense.

Obama and his gang of tax dodgers and common criminals opened the door to the treasury for that gang of thieves from wall street, There-by
saddling our childrens children with an insurmountable debt for the next five hundred years..and you obama disciples brag about the tax cut that
obama allowed the working people, the ones that have to pay every ones bills....thirteen dollars more per week in our pay checks????? thats a tax CUT????and another thing I resent,, having to feed and clothe the obamas

For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."

Will Axelrod stop Bloomberg and the MTA from increasing fares ?

Stop trying so hard ..... to make us hate ANYTHING asssociated with the Administration of President Barack Hussien Obama.

You're not a Svengali .... and we are not empty headed dones to be manipulated.

Chill

Cavuto, however, was ambitious enough to try to reconcile the appropriation of the tea-party imagery by a group of people who have representation but just don't like the results - or what they perceive to be the results, since real facts did not play a prominent role at these gatherings or on Fox News during these gatherings.

Thank you, "madinAz". Tim McVeigh is just like these teabaggers.

When all else fails, play the race card....... This gets very tiring and so far from any semblence of truth.... Certainly doesn't promote dialogue.

I agree, it is unhealthy to you mister. Wait until the next one...!!!!

The thing I notice in today's society, is not only is our Government Representatives out of touch with the people they are supposed to represent, but now it seems as if the media is out of touch as well. The media used to be our eyes and ears into the places we cannot be on a daily basis.
Now the media seems to be a mouth piece to that very Government that is out of touch!
It's so obvious.

These "Teabaggers" were not spontaneous, grass roots demonstrators seeking a mutual pleasurable outcome for America as a result of their acts.

They were sneaky, perverted, planners who thought they could take advantage of April 15th and some historical imagery to marginally malign the administration for a cheap thrill that benefited their own selfish interests.

Seems there are always two types of teabaggers.

Back in the 90s, we tried to say, "these are just nutjobs; ignore them."

Then one of them blew up the Federal building in Oklahoma City.

NEVER FORGET!

Where is fox news credility after promoting tea parties. Where is journalistic integrity?

This is a very condescending response to the voice of American people. Another article on this same site brags that the president listens to all people (Venezuela included) and that is supposed to be good diplomacy! Yet, when thousands of Americans want to be heard they are discounted, considered unhealthy in their response (or just an element of dissatisfaction that is about to mutate) or even considered stupid enough to believe that 95% of Americans have just gotten a tax cut! How elitist and shallow to say that these people just respond by 'holding a sign and saying cut my taxes'! The continued spending and indebtedness is outrageous – even other major countries have said this – and the people have been trying to say enough is enough. The spending is not primarily stimulus but a way to promote social agendas and this needs to be owned and addressed.

Republicans will do anything to gain attention right now, even brew endless amounts of weakened tea that they, themselves, don't find that palatable. So what was the point in these so-called parties? Same question for that Texas governor. If he's gotten one favorable reaction to his dumb secesh remarks, it would be interesting to know when and where.

What Axelrod and Co. don't like is the overwhelmingly white composition of the crowds at these events. Truth be said, they only like Whites who nod their heads and meekly accept the transition to the "New America." They're even happier if said Whites heartily applaud it.

The White working and middle classes pay the lion's share of the taxes in this country, and so are shouldering the bulk of the burden for everything from entitlements to the bailout. That's why there were almost no non-Whites at these events - THEY know who's really paying, and who's really taking. Why spoil a good thing?

Brilliant.

Got that America?

Protesting wasteful spending of the goons in Washington is 'Unhealthy'.

Bush spent money on protecting this country after attacks on American soil, helping our elderly get affordable prescription drugs and one of the biggest natural disasters to hit the country.

Obama has allocated more spending for future generations in his first 90 days than Bush did in 8 years.

If you aren't angry, you aren't paying attention.

If Axelrod thinks that a measly $400 tax "pay-off" to us this year and next is going to quiet all 95% of Americans, he is wrong. We are not all stupid and easily manipulated, sir, and we can count. There are less than 100 million of us paying taxes now in this country, and what exactly is the full debt burden now ?? U.S. debt is on course to TRIPLE within 10 years, and future taxes will be extraordinarily burdensome, on us and our children, to sustain the current spending proposals being made by this administration, in order to "change" America towards government-centric solutions, and away from individual responsibility for our families. America is built on opportunity and personal initiative–THAT is why immigrants flock here. Just look at European taxes and national growth in the past decades; only now, as they elect conservatives, are they beginning to try to tackle their problems. Let's start evaluating whether the Dept. of Education and Energy is doing anything of value for us. Stop GROWING government!!
It is utter foolishness to try to take on Obama's 3-prong "education/energy/health care" tax initiatives right now, when this country needs fiscal restraint to lead the way out of the global economic collapse. (Too bad we rejected the proven business leadership of Romney; he knows well how to smartly turn around failure into profitable gains.) Pelosi, Reid, and Obama must be stopped, and the tea party movement aims to do that; if they won't listen now, then perhaps by the 2010 elections....

One thing was clear: They were angry. Fox News' Neil Cavuto made that clear during an exchange with Bill O'Reilly: "They're annoyed at everybody. ... There is a palpable rage here. ... These people are ticked. ... These were a lot of average folks who said they were sick of it. ... They're just very angry. This is a populist rage. ... They don't like being laughed at. They don't like being joked about. They're average folks who want to just be treated like average Americans who are angry." (Presumably, the people who don't like being laughed at were not the people who walked around with bags of tea dangling from the frames of their glasses.)

Absent any clear indication of what, exactly, the protests were meant to protest, or what the protesters think should be done, Fox News was reduced to explaining by implication. Throughout the day, Fox News reporters periodically reminded viewers why they were billing the events as "tea parties" despite what appeared to be a complete lack of beverages of any kind. That reminder usually went something like one, from Bret Baier: "In December of 1773, new world colonists protested British taxation policies by dumping tea into Boston harbor."

Notice anything missing from that little history lesson? Right: Baier forgot to mention the part about "taxation without representation." Fox News kept leaving that part out. Maybe because Fox News wants you to think the American Revolution was the result of colonists unhappy that the wealthiest among them would see the top marginal tax rate increase from 36 percent to 39 percent, or maybe because the tea parties in Texas and California and 48 other states were attended by people who do have representation.

Sure he'd say that. Democrats love taxing us all.

Freedom of speech. Freedom to peacefully assemble. Freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances (okay, a stretch, I know). All unhealthy, because they seem to be at odds with Mr. Axelrod's belief system. Why in the world is CNN covering any mention of the Tea Parties anyway? They mad every effort to have them go by unnoticed. I seem to remember the liberal left saying dissent itself is patriotic (stupid and wrong unless you believe the senators that filibustered the Civil Rights Act were patriots).

I agree with Mr. Axelrod's take on Texas' secession. Be serious.

What a dirt bag, when is protesting your government "unhealthy'?? Why when you criticize a democrat of course. Did anyone speak up about the protests of Cindy Shehan or Code Pink being "unhealthy". David, get a grip, not everyone loves what you and your boss are doing, and I resent being called names by you and that Congresswomen Jan Schakowsky who called me "shameful and despicable" for exercising my constitutional rights of free assembly and to petition the government. I see the brown shirts about ready to come out of the closet! Here's hoping you are soon looking for another job!

The far-right-wng-nutcases will do anything to divide this country. They can't help it. They're set in their ways of power and corruption, and they want to keep it in their court.

We voted NO to them last year, and we'll vote NO to them next year.

RIP GOP

Axelrod considers Tea Party unhealthy because it undermines his socialist agenda. Also Texans overwhelmingly support the Republican Party Governor and independence.

axelrod should be concerned with obama cabinet picks adhere to the laws of the coutry–not with the lawful right of the people to assemble,voice their opinion ,petition their government-and even vote them out of office-the real question now to be asked–will obama peacefully give up power when his term is up–he will only be a one term president-and the dems will certainly loose their majority come the midterm elections

Just one more liberal who hasn't got a clue (or at least pretends not to) what the Tea Parties were all about. Once again, he wants to create a straw man argument that they were only about taxes.

Taxes were only one reason for the parties. One of the more overarching issues was uncontrolled, expansive and ever more intrusive government. You couple this with unresponsive government that passes bailouts and TARP despite overwhelming opposition to such. Add skyrocketing deficits....and you think the people should just kowtow to the Obama regime with a smile?

Honestly! CNN? Axlerod? Do you honestly not understand what the tea parties were about or are you being disingenuous with comments about "I don't understand. Most people got a tax break....blah blah blah"

I think the latter is true and if Congress and the White House don't wake up to this reality they will have some big surprises in the next election. The people are fed up.

Free speech is still allowed by Obama isn't it?

I'm just wondering what attitude toward those world leaders with anti-American feelings the Republican Senator would prefer. Perhaps we should scowl at them. Maybe we should ignore them. That might make them feel better about us. By the way, Chavez wasn't the only leader in the world who compare Prez Bush to the devil. If we avoided everyone in the world who felt that way, there might not be many leaders left to talk to.

Let the tea baggers, though misguided, express their anger. I don't know where they were when Bush was doubling the deficit, but I guess they finally woke up when they lost the election. Pace the rage, folks!

Perry's comments are pure politics. They will cost him the next election in Texas for sure. I'd rather have a moderate like Kay B. Hutchinson over Perry any day.

Mr. Axelrod, President Obama and Congress have become unhealthy for Americans with their out of control spending, passing bills without reading them and their unwillingness to listen to the American people. And the ugly display by Susan Roegsen from CNN at the Chicago Tea Party is another example of how the mainstream media is also out of touch with us.

Start reporting the real news CNN and how our taxes are going to really rise next year with our Presidents 4 trillion dollar budget.

Yep. Typical liberal elitism. If you don't agree with them and their social engineering, you are unhealthy. What is, in fact, unhealthy is a country where about 40% of single filers pay no federal income tax. Where is the equality in that?

Its about the taxes to come Mr. Axelrod. We cannot spend away our future for the pure political benefit of today. That is what we are protesting.

It will not be long before we tax alcohol at the rate we are taxing tobacoo to pay for the flawed financing of SCHIP. Next it will be gas to make up for the conservation Americans have been doing.

It is a never ending cycle when we grow the gov't. We can fix social security by eliminating the pensions of the elected officials. That would light a fire under them and realize that we cannot expect gov't to support us for our own failings.

Ask what GOP and fox news can do for you...

Even Fox News, which served as both quarterback and head cheerleader for the protests, had trouble explaining what the attendees were upset about, and what they wanted. They were angry, Fox told us - but angry at what? Some were angry about taxes, or (typically unspecified) spending, or Washington, or (purely imaginary) attempts to repeal the Second Amendment. Others just seemed angry at the wind. In Texas, some members of the "Party of Lincoln" even began talking about seceding from the United States.

Can you say with me that the so called"tea-party" brings out the best of racists groups in the GOP.

The tea party sheep had their taxes lowered under president Obama. Let's call their tea party what it really was – to bash President Obama. They can't stand the fact that a Black man is in office and that's the truth. Oh and govenor perry should be tried for treason! If he had made the comment back with bushie was president he would have under the patriot act.

So I guess the illegal people in CA walking off their jobs and causing anarchy is OK with Axelrod? Can't have it both ways. But then again all of the tea party people paying for the illegals can't have their say without being discredited by MSNBC and CNN or the White House.

You know, we followed those movements and we had updates around the country. Unless you prove to me and give me FACTS that this "movement" was a manifestation, then otherwise, we don't wanna hear a bunch of white people complaining, are you sure you wanna go there with us??? Ohh don't get me wrong, we've seen a couple mix, just a bit BUT like I say, I'll show you video, we will go that far...

Where were all these so-called "tea parties" when bush was ruining the country? Talk about displaced outrage.