why has the Tea Party not attempted a coup d'etat?

[ThemBombs]

i've always wondered this. they have millions of members nationwide and as ardently conservative as they are it baffles me that there hasn't been a large scale coup attempted yet in Washington

[Nanners]

cause they know if they try to pull shit obama is gonna call his black panther brothers and whoop they asses

[Akrazotile]

i've always wondered this. they have millions of members nationwide and as ardently conservative as they are it baffles me that there hasn't been a large scale coup attempted yet in Washington


Well in terms of physical safety it's a much safer bet to try to convince liberals to use reason and logic when it comes to policy making than to try and gather a bunch of random civilians together to try to take over the world's most powerful government. Although in terms of probability I would say the latter seems a bit more likely.

[kNIOKAS]

What are you talking about :lol

"dis not about dis life" as one man would put it.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Because Obama took their guns away. :(

[GimmeThat]

first, there probably had been miss fired shots between tea party members in its attempt to control washington which prevents the party to progress.

second, while military prowess had helped a few individuals to be seated as the president, including the founding fathers.

it hadn't necessarily been the majority

[Take Your Lumps]

Cause this is Murica and we don't play that sissy Frenchie shit over here.

Rock, flag, and eagle.

[KevinNYC]

i've always wondered this.

I've always wondered why The Coup's classic Genocide and Juice is not recognized for the masterpiece that it is. Was Hip Hop Nation, not ready for this level of sophisticated irony back in 1994?

http://embassy730.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/The-Coup-Genocide-Juice.jpg

[RidonKs]

because strength and force are overwhelmingly against them and they would get put before a firing squad within a month?

[nathanjizzle]

because they are old and complacent. change is for young people. why do you think coup's involve young men between 18-30. i didnt see no old people during the arab spring

[KevinNYC]

because strength and force are overwhelmingly against them and they would get put before a firing squad within a month?

Also they are close to taking over one of the two major political parties which is a quicker route to power.

[RidonKs]

Also they are close to taking over one of the two major political parties which is a quicker route to power.
yea but the instigators of a tea party coup wouldn't be those close to power in the gop. it would be grassroots and most likely very violent and even more likely very opposed to any collaboration with either of the two major political parties but perhaps especially the republicans.

[RidonKs]

because they are old and complacent. change is for young people. why do you think coup's involve young men between 18-30. i didnt see no old people during the arab spring
what makes you think the tea party is old and complacent? hell even if on average it is an older movement, it is by no means complacent. it has had more of an effect on american politics as a grassroot movement certainly than anything in the past few decades. (EDIT: THIS SEEMED LIKE TOO BOLD A STATEMENT. DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF ANY OTHER GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS OF THE PAST FEW DECADES THAT HAD MORE OF AN IMPACT ON AMERICAN POLITICS?) the tea party has been incredibly successful. maybe it's because it's well funded. maybe it's because the ideas resonate with people. it could be for any number of reasons. but certainly among the reasons it is successful is the fact that its members are NOT complacent, by any means and no matter how old they are.

[kNicKz]

maybe it's because I live in the liberal northeast but the tea party seems pretty irrelevant

[DukeDelonte13]

maybe it's because I live in the liberal northeast but the tea party seems pretty irrelevant


It's irrelevant everywhere.

[Real Men Wear Green]

It's irrelevant everywhere.
Except Congress. You may not like what they're doing but "irrelevant" is the wrong word to describe them. They've had an enormous impact.

[DukeDelonte13]

Except Congress. You may not like what they're doing but "irrelevant" is the wrong word to describe them. They've had an enormous impact.

Has there been any legislation passed that was influenced or introduced by the tea party?

[RidonKs]

Has there been any legislation passed that was influenced or introduced by the tea party?
this isn't a play by play of the tea party implementing congressional legislation but it does explain quite well the indirect ways in which the tea party has made its message understood and thus affected policy (http://faculty.georgetown.edu/baileyma/TeaParty_FinalNov2011.pdf)

[Real Men Wear Green]

Has there been any legislation passed that was influenced or introduced by the tea party?
They don't pass anything but obstruction is another way to have an impact and they've done that.

[DukeDelonte13]

this isn't a play by play of the tea party implementing congressional legislation but it does explain quite well the indirect ways in which the tea party has made its message understood and thus affected policy (http://faculty.georgetown.edu/baileyma/TeaParty_FinalNov2011.pdf)


very nice.

My opinion is that since the 2012 elections the tea party has kinda been dying out. Republicanism is slowly getting more "normal" with less catering to those that far down the political spectrum.

[DukeDelonte13]

They don't pass anything but obstruction is another way to have an impact and they've done that.


the mainstream R's have been doing their thing w/ or w/ out the Tea Party IMO.

[KevinNYC]

It's irrelevant everywhere.

Has there been any legislation passed that was influenced or introduced by the tea party?
very nice.

My opinion is that since the 2012 elections the tea party has kinda been dying out. Republicanism is slowly getting more "normal" with less catering to those that far down the political spectrum.

Um, there was a government shutdown less than a year ago. That cost us between 12 and 24 Billion dollars. They threatened the debt ceiling which would have had a giant impact on the world economy.

The House Majority Leader lost a primary election for the first time in history.
We don't have an immigration bill. These two things are related.

Impeachment talk has been slowing building in the Republican Party. We are about to have another bunch of hearings on Benghazi with a Tea Party affiliated Congressman in charge.

They are not irrelevant. They have been effective at pulling the Republican Party far to the Right of the American People and they affect the standard House Leaders making them much, much more intransigent, even on issues that have broadstream support. John Boehner's tenure is all about fear of the Tea Party.

The Tea Party is not yet marginalized or isolated in the Republican Party, though the counterreaction is building. They and their talk radio allies are here for the next few years.
The intraparty battles that will happen in 2016 will be brutal.

[RidonKs]

Um, there was a government shutdown less than a year ago. That cost us between 12 and 24 Billion dollars. They threatened the debt ceiling which would have had a giant impact on the world economy.

The House Majority Leader lost a primary election for the first time in history.
We don't have an immigration bill. These two things are related.

Impeachment talk has been slowing building in the Republican Party. We are about to have another bunch of hearings on Benghazi with a Tea Party affiliated Congressman in charge.

They are not irrelevant. They have been effective at pulling the Republican Party far to the Right of the American People and they affect the standard House Leaders making them much, much more intransigent, even on issues that have broadstream support. John Boehner's tenure is all about fear of the Tea Party.

The Tea Party is not yet marginalized or isolated in the Republican Party, though the counterreaction is building. They and their talk radio allies are here for the next few years.
The intraparty battles that will happen in 2016 will be brutal.

+1

[Take Your Lumps]

The coup already happened.

Although the Tea Party was just used and spit out by corporate interests as a means to that end:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission

[Patrick Chewing]

because they are old and complacent. change is for young people. why do you think coup's involve young men between 18-30. i didnt see no old people during the arab spring


That's because the older people have jobs and things to do with their lives :oldlol:

Look at Occupy Wallstreet. Every one of those idiots was weird and hippie-like and a majority of them had no job.


The human brain doesn't fully develop until your mid 20's, but you want teens and 20-something's to rule the world.... :facepalm

[travelingman]

cause they know if they try to pull shit obama is gonna call his black panther brothers and whoop they asses
http://i60.tinypic.com/2cxe1k0.gif

[Lakers Legend#32]

Planning a coup det ta would require brains and when Sarah Palin's your leader...

[Brokenbeat]

http://i60.tinypic.com/2cxe1k0.gif

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[MadeFromDust]

i've always wondered this. they have millions of members nationwide and as ardently conservative as they are it baffles me that there hasn't been a large scale coup attempted yet in Washington
Prolly bcuz they're real people doing real people things, like working, taking care of family. It's called the "Silent Majority" for a reason. They're not like those lefty luzers who got no jobs and got nothing better to do than promote radical causes and gather around with each other in public parks to "protest" all things :rolleyes:

[gigantes]

i've always wondered this. they have millions of members nationwide and as ardently conservative as they are it baffles me that there hasn't been a large scale coup attempted yet in Washington
coup d'etat?? what, do you think this is south america or something...?

OTOH i'm sure there's nothing they'd love better.

[Derka]

Because complaining, blaming and whining is much easier than actually doing something. Same goes for the other side.

[gigantes]

Because complaining, blaming and whining is much easier than actually doing something. Same goes for the other side.
the other side of WHAT?

like, what exactly is the counterpart to a bunch of upper-middle class obnoxious a-holes dedicated to living in privilege at the expense of much poorer ppl?


...... i'm listening, mister derka.