"There are more of us than there are of them," she declared.

No there aren't! But Christine can't comprehend basic math however can smile and look cute on stage and say all the right things to get senior white citizens to the polls to vote. By the way those seniors aren't the majority either.

The majority is US!....GO US!.......ooops! I'm so confused!

Hate to break it to Miss Christine but she is whacky, she a wing-nut--her views are so restrictive of others rights that it would be going back to the Dark Ages. Just like Sarah Palin, smile, blink the eyes and throw red meat. But can they govern or write legislation? Can they think beyond a narrow view of the world. They don't want anyone telling them their child shouldn't drink a sugar-loaded soda but they want to tell teenage girls and women, they cannot have an abortion because they said so.

One thing for certain, I am tired of hearing politicians like O'Donnell, Angle, Palin, DeMint, McConnell throw around the real Americans, we're the best and only We the People, I want my country back, stand by the Constitution when they would trample it to bits.

We're gonna need a sh!t load more lipstick for all these pigs..

*wink wink* you betcha

You people are missing the point. "Us" versus "them" was her way of saying that the current "ruling class" has ignored the people for too long. Whether Democrat or Republican. You want real change in our system, the TEA PARTY is the "little people/citizen" reclaiming the government. That's what you wanted when you voted for Obama and the Democrats last time, wasn't it. It just so happens they turned out to be another form of the "ruling elite." Dismissing the people they govern.

Don't forget yours feisty. Let the beat down begin.

Ragster

I'd be all for the Tea Party if they would only drop the hate part of their 'vision for America'

Yes, we do need a viable third party to keep the elite on their toes, but this just isn't quite there enough.

Tell your TP friends to drop the hate against the rights of other American Citizens and you'll really have something!

Exodite Dragon "Mmm. Divisive politics. 'Us' vs. 'Them' mentality. Way to be a unifier! Way to demonize more than half of the American population because they don't agree with you on all fronts!"

Why are you talking about Obama?

I thought the article was about O'Donnell.

Hey Joe, the left only tries to slap the hate logo on the tea party as a way to discredit them and their movement. Thats the new liberal way anyone who disagres is a bigot. Its getting really old and stupid and never had any basis in truth.

INFORMED, you've said it all-accurately and concisely. Jody and Feisty ooze leftwing typical arrogant certainty of correctness from EVERY pore! So (yawn) predictable.

Ummm... NEWSFLASH... we don't have to 'label' anyone... WE let the party of insanity's own words speak for themselves... after all the inmates are running the asylum these days...

I realize America has been DUMBED down (thanks once again for the right wing nitwits anti-education stance... but these whack jobs... speak for the nutjobs...

Nuff said...

"...drew a sharp contrast between an activist "us" and an establishment "them" -- the same sentiment that endeared her most prominent endorser - Sarah Palin - to many Republicans. "There are more of us than there are of them," she declared"

Learn to read - O'Donnell was referring to the establishment - so if "us" the people against "them" the establishment is divisive politics then you either are part of the establishment or you don't understand the Constitution.

It is so refreshing to see that FR once again has opened up the 'troll' bridge... FREE of charge of course!

Things like censorship & arbitrary collapsing be damned as long as we get the crazies on board... Too effin funny!

Can I GET A WITNESS???

Those who want to believe will believe. How sad they do not bother to look beneath the surface; how sad they believe what they want because it is words from conservatives; therefore, the words must be true. The Tea Party is bank rolled by big business, they're no more grass roots than any other. The Koch brothers fund Americans for Progress which was a huge part of the so-called grass roots Tea Party, busing protestors to rallies. Freedom Works is another that bank rolled the TP. The Values Voters is nothing but a sham to raise big donar dollars for various organizations to spend on their next anti-somthing campaign. Today, it is US vs Them, tomorrow or the next day it is US vs Muslim, US vs pro-choice, US vs immigrants, US vs gays, US vs whatever is the topic of the year. These people are nothing but crooks wrapping themselves in the flag, declaring themselves patriots while planning their next attack on someone else's freedoms. That may sound harsh but anyone spending a few minutes on a computer can find out the truth.

Did the Values Voters talk about the rise in poverty in America, did they talk about how many children live in poverty in the US? Did they talk about solving hunger? Did they talk about ways to create jobs? Did they talk about how to improve education? No, O'Donnell talked about the government regulating light bulbs and toilets, and how dare the Government urge kids not to drink so much soda pop. Today, Mike Huckabee said people with pre-existing conditions don't deserve health insurance and compared them to a wrecked car and a burned down house. Some Values this group has. They only value what they have and care nothing about anyone else.

Jody: Don't forget, Huckabee is a Southern Baptist Preacher! I don't care if you're a Christian or not, preachers are supposed to have a sense of Christian ethics. He seems to forget his mentor's words, "Feed my Sheep, etc." time and time again. I am reminded of another piece of scripture that defines that hypocrite, namely, "It is more difficult for a camel to pass through an eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven!" That ought to be engraved on the Huckster's tomb stone! He is a disgrace to his professed Christian beliefs. If people are dumb enough to listen to him tell them how to vote, then they will reap what they sow.

More than half of America are against them? Let's get really. If the majority of America were against them the Democratic party and MSNBC wouldn't be devoting so much time to denigrating and demonizing the Tea Party.

the so called tea party is just another front for the evangelicals who have been laying low, you'll start seeing more and more of this religion fused politics from them. and in typical rovian style....ultimately they are the very thing they are railing against. they've made a fine art of the pot calling the kettle black and are once again duped by the powers that really control things.

It’s not the left that is slapping a hate logo on them. It’s the constant “Take back our country” “We the people” comments. Take back the country from the majority of voters that elected our President? Why is it that “We the people” only seems to mean to them people who think exactly like they do? Why does there seem to be no room for any kind of discourse or compromise? “We the people” have differing ideas of how things should be done and we need to talk about them and try to come up with the best and most fair solutions to the issues.

Well, I'm more or less a "senior white citizen", and I say she's a kook of the worst kind. There is no "them", there's only "us" and her divisiveness is going to hang her. She may not think so, but we're smarter than that. Sorry, Christine, there is no Santa Claus in politics.

What I get out of most of these comments is that most of the Libs still don't get it. There is a bottom to top revolution going on in this country. I am pretty conservative on a lot of issues (like fiscal issues) and liberal on others (like most social issues). BO has done way more than enough for me not to vote for him for any office anywhere. Neither am I big fan of SP. But I do know that what I am seeing right now is the Liberals in arrogant denial. The villagers are in the castle folks and they are not going to stop until they gut it! Deride and laugh at the Tea Party movement all you like and you will get thumped for your arrogance. Tuesday was proof enough of that within the Republican establishment. The Democrats steamrollered a health care bill through congress that the polls showed Americans did not want and told Americans that everything would be alright because they know best. That set the grass roots on fire and they won't stop burning until 2012 if the Libs don't start listening and get out of denial.

I beginning to like this O'Donnell girl.

Their anti scientific bias is dangerous. Religion has no place in politics-if God is talking to you, you really need to see a mental health professional or at the very least understand that it is coming from within your own mind. Do you want people in charge of nuclear weapons to whom God is talking?

What's to get, Rich? The Conservative Movement is trying to harness the power of angry people, and trying to gin up that anger to the greatest extent possible. It's biting establishment Republicans because they're playing with fire. That sort of anger just can't be controlled. The wealthy financiers are fine with that as long as the chaos allows them to push policies that benefit the rich. They're OK with destroying people's ability to be reasonable as long as it works to their advantage. Ultimately though, it's a trend that's bad for our democracy.

I simply can't wait till Election night when these Tea Party extremist are defeated and they have to give their concession speeches. There bewildered supporters, who were sure they would win, will have these priceless 'deer in the headlights' look on their faces. "What happened? We were supposed to win!" WAA! WAA! WAA!

I seem to recall the same politics being played by the Democrats, only they use "Big business bad, poor people good" If you have any type problem, its big bad businesses fault. Oh wait or it could be Wall streets fault.

Don't act like the democrats are not doing exactly the same thing. They are using class warfare.

Beautiful use of projection, but there is a difference. The gap between the wealthy and the rest of us has more than tripled over the last 30 years http://www.cbpp.org/files/6-25-10inc.pdf . At the same time that middle class incomes were stagnant even in a growing economy http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2008/09/gdp-per-capita.html Congress enacted tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefitted the wealthy few http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/washington/08tax.html . CEO pay continues to soar even while people farther down the ladder lose their jobs http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38935053/ns/business-us_business/ .

So I guess you CAN say that both sides are doing the same thing if you want. Except that Conservatives are doing it to benefit the wealthy elites of society. THAT is a substantial difference.

Do you honestly believe that liberal policies "help the poor". Yeah like food stamps, welfare checks and housing projects really help the poor. They help them to stay poor and marginalized forever, people need opportunity. If you want to see a disappearing middle class go to any socialist country.

Poverty among the elderly dropped by a factor of 4 after Social Security was enacted. Poverty was reduced by half after the Great Society programs were implemented. It rose steadily throughout the Bush years, however. The results speak for themselves, no matter how hard Conservatives work to spin it otherwise. Have the programs been perfect? No, but society was better after their enactment.

And isn't it refreshing to see the 'values' voters AGAIN going back to the old standys of abortion and morals. Guess a lepoard CAN'T change it's stripes, can it?

Hey- if she lied aobut her education, I wonder if she lied about anything else. Somebody needs to demand a peek at the old birth-certificate. (not to determine citizenship, but to determine species)

Did she mean to say 'wingnuts', or 'ding-bats'?

Sorry. My post above should read "hope" not "home". I hate Fridays. My typing fingers are rushing out the door before me.

She had the red blazer, the hair, I really thought she would put on the glasses with no frames...It was, like, sooo cool...

The only THING you left out Dancnman... is the CFM shoes - leather biker jacket and the lipstick!

Somebody better check to see if she has hair on her fingers.

Be careful, you can't afford to have anything leak out of there

Gee, are all liberals as hateful as the bunch here on FR? You guys keep harping on non-issues. Instead of 2 years of "hope and change", we've had 2 years years of "same old sh!t" What's wrong with fiscal responsibility? Smaller government? A FAIR tax system? Of NOT throwing money away just because you can?

I got news for you libbies. I would rather have an O'Donnell than a neighborhood organizer or a career bloodsucker...er...politician. And I'm a proud Independent whose sick of getting stomped on by a party that doesn't care about the people who elected them...yeah, you. Bleeding heart liberals. "If it's broke, throw money at it" is the leftist mantra.

I'll take good middle American values over trumped up know it alls like those in power now.

I guess this means I also don't get to see the proof that Karl Rove's accusations from the other night are "unfactual".

Time was, when @!$%# got this bad, people who knew better packed up and left to find new land and a new method of governance.

No more undiscovered countries; no more future. What's left but for one side to start tearing the other limb from limb, eh?

Yep! I say buy some of Glen Beck's seed, plant a garden or pop em and watch the show. Stand back though, because the fur is gonna fly.

Thanks for posting this. Many of us have tried to make some of those same points. During a Great Recession deficit spending is necessary. Raising taxes on the middle class right now makes no sense since the economy is improving but still sputtering. NO tax rates should ever be permanent. To make any cuts permanent is to ignore the future.

Jody,

I believe that making the middle class tax cuts permanent is more of a gesture to the middle class that the government is thinking about them. That's good and I like the idea, what I believe the Obama administration is proposing is making Bush's tax cut on the middle class permanent. In the future, if a tax increase is warranted, it will be done in another form i.e. it will simply be a new tax. Also, if warranted, the Bush Tax Cuts can be repealed (even after it is parmanent); think about it, the iron clad health care reform can be repealed.

With Congress, I think anything is possible. But as a whole... I agree with your sentiments.

Yeah, what he said.

Let all the Bush tax cuts expire.....the Democrats have been assuring me for the last eight years they were only for the rich anyway. So what does anyone making less than a million dollars a year have to worry about? We'll have this deficit paid down in no time.............

Walkinmyshoes: Excellent post!

Rob,

Why do we keep hearing that perversion of what has been said. No one said it was only for the rich, we’ve only said that it was too heavily weighted to the rich. The largest portion of the tax benefits went to the wealthy. It should have been more heavily weighted to the middle class, who do the vast majority of the discretionary spending. Instead way too much of the money went to people who weren’t hurting for money in any way, it only served to make them more wealthy and increase the gap between those who work for their money and those who’s money works for them.

Excellent post Walk In My Shoes, thanks for bringing it. The only thing the "Bush" tax cuts did was accelerate the off shoring of production by large corporations, since capital gains tax fell below the net corporate income tax. It did created more wealth for the captains of industry, the fund managers of Wall Street, and the already wealthy families all at the detriment of the rest of society. The only jobs they created were landscaping jobs for the undocumented, illegal aliens.

"Why do we keep hearing that perversion of what has been said. No one said it was only for the rich, we’ve only said that it was too heavily weighted to the rich."

Simple, the Conservative position doesn't stand on it's own. How else do you sell a tax plan that gives the median voter a $100 break while millionaires get $100,000? How else do you continue to claim that Democrats want to "mortgage our grandchildren's future" while Republicans want to borrow $800 MILLION from those same grandchildren -- partly financed by China -- to give to the wealthiest among us? To admit the truth is to admit that the Conservative Movement is really about serving the elites in our society. Those are the interests that Christine O'Donnell REALLY serves.

From what I have read, democrats propose extending the Bush tax cut for 98% of us for a period of time, not permanently. That makes sense at this particular time but permanent, never.

They could call the movie The Electoral College Trap...after a chance meeting Sarah Palin goes to Delaware while Christine O'Donnell heads to Alaska!

Too bad...Attack Of The Clones has already been taken.

kimda like what happened 2001-2007

What makes you think it stopped in 2007? I think that's when it accelerated...........

Its better than having elected officials hate America like Obama.

Heartlight3,

The framers of the constitution did not HATE government. They FEARED government. That is why they limited it to those powers which they expressed. This thing we have now is WHAT they feared.

JohnJohn1

This teabagger is also for forcing the Federal Government to regulate when/if/how we masturbate! What has happened to the GOP?

YUCK!!! way too much information.

Actually we need to call the policy what it really is...

The far right purists of the GOP want to force a 13-year-old girl to give birth to a baby that was conceived when she was raped by her father even if her own life would be in danger if she attempted to deliver.

JohnJohn1: Your scenario sounds "rowdy and passionate." It must be constitutional, too, to pass muster with C O'D.

Step back from the Democrats kool-aid JohnJohn.....they have you believing things that aren't true.

You will be very disappointed in early November. The news for the Democrats seems to get worse with each passing week.

Ohhh.. I am SO shaking in my sneakers... lmao

According to righties... the FAT LADY is singing... keep in mind the FINALE hasn't even begun!

BTW: What is your preference on how your CROW is cooked?

It's gotta be Palin/O'Donnell/2011... Yea, go team!!

She hates the "Ruling class" because she's broke. She a perennial has been like her former campaign manager stated. The fact that she wants 13 year old to carry their rapist babies and prohibit masturbation should be a crime in itself. Maybe she needs someone to loosen her up a little.

Hey, we got Barney Frank, you got Sean Hannity...

And you have (in no particular order): Harry Reid, Joe Biden, Maxine Waters, Barbara Boxer, Nancy "We have to pass the bill so we can see what's in it" Pelosi, Sheila Jackson, Charlie Rangel, and my real favorite, demonstrating liberal genius at its pinnacle - Hank "I'm afraid Guam will tip over and capsize" Johnson from Georgia.

Yeah - a stellar collection of America's brilliant minds at work.

She SAYS she's "anti ruling class" but how can that be? She's pushing the agenda of Dick Armey and Grover Norquist, the Koch brothers and all the other wealthy funders of the Conservative Movement. It simply isn't possible to be in favor of what the wealthy elites wish and at the same time "anti ruling class."

What's with this need for prefacing every wealthy republican with the adjective 'wealthy'? How come you never hear a liberal say wealthy Al Gore or wealthy John Kerry or wealthy Ted Kennedy? Only the republicans seem to be able to be deserving, in liberal eyes, of the term wealthy. Oh yeah, because when used in liberal context, it is meant as slanderous. On flip side, I thought the republicans were hill billy God loving gun toters? Which is it?

Why even bother with the class based adjectives - just say 'republican, of whom I hate, because they have different opinions then me'?

It's a way of pointing out that class warfare is real. Conservatives have been waging class warfare for 30 years, and the rich are winning BIG. Meanwhile anyone who has concern for those who are the real meat and potatoes of American society is tarred with the "class warfare" label and cowed into denying the real truth of what's happening. We're even supposed to be ashamed of those wealthy Liberals you mentioned, as if being concerned with societal fairness and the well-being of someone not as fortunate should be a source of shame. If ANYONE should be ashamed it's those who have it all and want what everyone else has as well. Greed runs rampant among Conservative leaders and we're expected to pretend that's a good thing, even healthy. It isn't a good thing, in fact it'll lead to the end of America as a great power.

John - conservatives have been waging class warfare? Your argument is ridiculous. Again, like racism and sexism, class differentiation is the domain of the liberal party. You get everyone all ginned up over people who have more money. They must be EVIL. The STEAL "YOUR" money. You've got that backwards. You advocate taking the money from a 'rich' person and giving it to a poor person. Based on what? Your belief that they stole it? Well, fine, get rid of all the rich people. Who will employ the so called 'poor'? Have you ever seen a poor person running a corporation? You have no clue how to build wealth, and you have no clue how people build wealth. Your jealous, and you are the one who engages in class warfare.

How do you even define rich? What is the magic number? How much is too much? What do you do about that 'poor' guy who worked the last 20 years making minimum wage, and going into debt, because he had a dream of being successful. Now, finally, his or her hard work pays off and they finally get some additional business because people suddenly find their product useful to them. Now, after 20 years of being broke, he cashes in a year of $300K income. Well, that person still has 20 years of being broke and $200K worth of accumulated debt to pay off. Ahh - is that person a filthy stinking rich criminal? Where do you draw the line?

That Fortune 50 CEO who earns 5 million dollars a year is making decisions that most people can't make. The business expects them to make decisions that we will keep the company in business, and YES, make a profit. They have the skill, talent, and experience to do it. They take risks that you could only imagine. And all you can do is just immediately assume that they are taking YOUR money. Give me a break. Again, it is liberals who engage in class warfare.

Ridiculous? The evidence speaks for itself. Evidence of rapidly accumulating wealth at the top of society http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States , of stagnating income among the middle class http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1a8a5cb2-9ab2-11df-87e6-00144feab49a.html , of steadily decreasing benefits and decreasing upward mobility http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0127/p21s01-coop.html . CEO pay continues to soar as everyone else is squeezed, and apparently has nothing to do with performance.

Yes, the rich are doing a great job of beating down the rest of us. Class warfare is real and they rich are winning.

It does seem many have forgotten, we don't know a lot about Obama and he won't tell us. I bet very soon, we will know a lot more about O'Donnell. Lot's of stupid hate here from the liberals. Can't stand what is happening that the establishment is falling like dominoes. Will they make it come November, we can hope. And O'Donnell isn't as bad as a lot that are in there now. Give her a chance, she's a nice looking lady. Better to look at than a lot of the old established men and the California women that ruin our nation.

Better listen to your former Senators advice about the Tea Party. Even Joe knows that the Dems can't beat the Republicans and the Tea Baggers. And a vote against a Democrat is just as good as a vote for a Republican. Odd how the Dems went from their rule for 20 years plan of two years ago to this. They sold out to the extreme left, just as the Republicans are selling out to the extreme right.

Moonbats, you are right, the Tea Party probably lost this Delaware Senate seat for the Republicans...

The poor powerless Tea Party will have to console itself with the consolation prize of helping take 70 + House seats and 9 other Senate seats from the Democrats...not to mention Governors....

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Please scarring the crappola out who? All us godless liberals are doing is pointing out how moronic the tea badgers and the so called value voters are. Get real join the Human race.

O Contraire Kirby, Teabaggers are Entertainment. Like the People who vote for them!

Jerry Springer should do a show on all Teabaggers.

Neilson ratings would go thru the roof.

Here's some popcorn for a Rick... this Freak Show is just getting started...lmao

They certainly scare the crap out of me. I can get behind and even vote for republicans fiscal policies. And then this junk surfaces and I realize I would rather continue having a tough time financially then deal with right wing wackos inserting themselves in individuals rights. wait, aren't they supposed to be in FAVOR of leaving people alone to live their life as long as it doesn't hurt others????

Thank you Impartial... I believe there are a LOT of Republicans out there just like you!

We cannot let the inmates run the asylum!

Kirby - why is it that if a Republic wins there must be something going on, but if a liberal wins everything must be on the up and up. Why do liberals consider their line of thinking to be qualified as 'normative' and therefore everyone else who thinks differently must be a divergence from normal? My, how elite.

Feisty - that is exactly what the public is saying. So in November, we should have a lot of empty rooms after the upcoming democrat defeat.

Yes, now elitism means going to college and graduating in less than 16 years without having lied about it.

I thought it was Republicans who lacked new thinking. Oh that's right, they brainwashed their sycophants of the right (welcome to the party) that they have something new: the ability to deny any new bill introduced by the left. That includes a bill that would have aided small businesses.

sfcret, is First Read blacked out in Delaware?

No it's not blacked out in Delaware, but I doubt if any of the posts above will help anyone make up their minds, since the anti O'Connell rants only try and vilify and done of them are informative in anyway. If Castle had won you lefties would be saying the same thing about him.

sfcret, just kidding with you. I hear what you're saying. But I really do think O'Donnell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus favor. :)

Very good reply. It is evident by the vitrol, as usual, from the left, that the old saying,"thouest protests too much" is in full effect today.

They are already very worried and underestimating her potential to be elected. Is actually a good thing and even Mathews agrees the left is missing the movement and it's impact on the fall elections.

Who knows what Delaware will do, but it is their state to decide, not this board left wing.

Vernr - yeah - if she has no chance of winning, why such concern from the opposite side.

Wow, ruling class? That would be the class of which you have (and hope to) receive your endorsements, O'Donnell. This is simply playing stupid to her base. Although I have to wonder if she's playing. What's amazing is how many people will just eat up words that completely lack any sense of constructiveness. Who does this remind me of....

My concern with her is not that she will win, but that others like her are more and more representing what was once a thriving and legitimate party.

There is a good point being made by DAK4Blizzard: We are served by having two well functioning political policies. The one out of power serves as the loyal opposition. It is important that the "loyal" part not be forgotten. That is what is missing now.

I would basically agree with you're philosophical point. That would mean strengthening state control and downsizing federal control or maybe we need 2-3 congressional locations. One for west coast politicians and one for east coast politicians. Or we could move the capitol to the center of the country. This group is the best chance we have as "the small citizens" to reclaim power by the people and not a government dictating on just for the people.

More of the Republican Wraith! Retards.with.Religious.and.Ignorant.Thinking.Hypocrites

I hope these nutbags make a good showing ,it will make their supposedly take over very disappointing for them.

Hi Sally,

I will give you one perspective on your post re: work at home. At the beginning of this administration, when conservatives first began to notice the strong leftward trend of the government, the people to the right of center reacted using the same tactic which has been historically adequate to address the government, i.e. a demonstration of unity by the concerned people. Hence the 9/12 mass demonstration. It obviously failed to impact the course of the administration. Why it failed was not clear. Subsequent demonstrations erupted in hopes that a concentration of demonstrations might succeed where a concentration of people failed. It soon became clear that that tactic did not work. It did, however, cause the government to take note of the discontent of a large group of people and to respond by attempting to marginalize them to reduce any threat they might pose. As tensions escalated, people did, in fact, give up on influencing the government by using demonstrations and began to work within individual states to influence elections and sway public opinion toward the center. Several state organizations have moved their preferred candidates into the general election arena.

In summary, I think people are moving away from large demonstrations to state efforts.