The Tea Party Strikes Again?

[Phatscotty]

The Tea Party whoops Republicans the way Democrats could only dream of. Republican house leader Cantor spent $5.5 million, Tea Party candidate David Brat spends only $128,000 and wins by 12 points! We continue to hold Republican politicians accountable and we continue to reform and clean house in the GOP. Now if the Democrats started holding their own accountable we would really be on to something great as a country. Unfortunately the Democrats are WAY behind the curve and they are still judging their candidates mostly on race and gender.

BOOM!

[Dukasaur]

<looks around for Death Squads>

[Metsfanmax]

Who is "we?" Do you personally know David Brat?

[saxitoxin]

Wow - an amazing upset.

I don't know anything about David Brat, but I'm giddy at the hysteria that will be erupting in Tel Aviv tonight on hearing Cantor lost. That their money can't even protect the leader of the Israeli coalition in the Republicans.

I can't find anything Brat has said about Israel but it appears he's a non-Evangelical. And, since this is a non-competitive seat yet AIPAC still gave more money to Cantor than any other congressional candidate, I'm going to make an - admittedly shot-in-the-dark - assumption that Brat may have a less accommodating attitude to Israel.

[Phatscotty]

Regardless, beating a guy who spent 5.5 million with only 128 thousand is fucking EPIC!

[saxitoxin]

Oh I just answered my own question - Little Green Footballs is going apeshit unloading on Brat at this moment. They're absolutely seething!



* "Best Israeli Advocacy Blog" by the Jerusalem Post

[Metsfanmax]

Any chance Cantor pulls a Lieberman in the general election?

[saxitoxin]

I'm betting Brat isn't getting an invite to eat lunch with Cruz and Rubio in the House cafeteria! This is the kinda Tea Party candidate Saxi will get behind.

[Phatscotty]

Any chance Cantor pulls a Lieberman in the general election?

There's always a chance, but I wouldn't bet on it. That's more of a Senate thing than a house thing. I would bet the chances he would do that would increase if his loss was more narrow, but he got his ass handed to him.

[kuthoer]

The Tea Party whoops Republicans the way Democrats could only dream of. Republican house leader Cantor spent $5.5 million, Tea Party candidate David Brat spends only $128,000 and wins by 12 points! We continue to hold Republican politicians accountable and we continue to reform and clean house in the GOP. Now if the Democrats started holding their own accountable we would really be on to something great as a country. Unfortunately the Democrats are WAY behind the curve and they are still judging their candidates mostly on race and gender.

BOOM!

What? Tea Party supporter loves Queen? That's quite gay of you. Better get down on your knees and pray until you get 100% straight.

I'm worried for you and I'll pray for your salvation.

[Phatscotty]

The Tea Party whoops Republicans the way Democrats could only dream of. Republican house leader Cantor spent $5.5 million, Tea Party candidate David Brat spends only $128,000 and wins by 12 points! We continue to hold Republican politicians accountable and we continue to reform and clean house in the GOP. Now if the Democrats started holding their own accountable we would really be on to something great as a country. Unfortunately the Democrats are WAY behind the curve and they are still judging their candidates mostly on race and gender.

BOOM!

What? Tea Party supporter loves Queen? That's quite gay of you. Better get down on your knees and pray until you get 100% straight.

I'm worried for you and I'll pray for your salvation.

That's the problem with categorizing people into little boxes and judging books by their covers, that's why you shouldn't discriminate; that's what makes you a hyper-partisan. There are a slew of Democrat issues I support and which I do not support Republicans. That's what makes me an Independent.

[Phatscotty]

Meet Dave Brat, an economics and ethics professor at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, who launched a long-shot -- and ultimately successful -- bid to oust House Majority Leader Eric Cantor from his seat representing Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.

Brat, who admits that he has supported several Cantor candidacies over the years, says he mounted his improbable primary campaign because the House GOP’s No. 2 leader has lost touch with his constituents, “veering from the Republican creed.”

“Years ago he had a good conservative track record, but now he’s veered off,” Brat told ABC News during an interview on Capitol Hill in May. “If you go to Heritage and look at their score, I think he’s at about a 53 right now. I mean, that’s an F-minus.”

Heritage Action’s scorecard tracks Republican votes, co-sponsorships and other legislative activity to gauge how conservative members of Congress are performing. Cantor actually receives a 52 percent, which ranks seventh among eight Virginia House Republicans. The quirky challenger always knew he had a tough road to victory in the primary.

“Most of these [primary] races don’t kick in until about 30 days prior,” he said. “Now everyone’s looking, what’s the race? It’s an open primary and it’s just Eric and I on the ticket.”

Brat, 49, wasn't the first primary challenger Cantor has faced. The Richmond Republican smoked primary challenger Floyd Bayne in 2012 by nearly 60 percentage points before cruising to a 17-point victory in the general election.

But with low primary turnout (just 47,000 voters turned out in the primary two years ago) and anti-incumbency fervor at an all-time high, Cantor’s team said back in May they weren't overlooking Brat, although at the time they said they didn't "see him getting a great deal of traction.”

“We’re on the ground, running the campaign,” Cantor campaign spokesman and senior strategist Ray Allen said in a phone interview. “We take every figure seriously and do our own due diligence. It is what it is.”

“The race was once viewed as a long-shot, [but] it’s tightening now,” Brat said. “We’re well over double, triple what we had on the books just a month ago and so now we’re getting the national attention I always hoped.”

Brat complained that Cantor, 50, has a “crony-capitalist mentality” to take care of the corporate sector ahead of the interests of small businesses.

“On the conservative scorecard, on the free market votes, he’s doing everything wrong,” Brat said. “He’s not following what folks in his district want him to do and it’s hurting the country.”

Brat calls himself as a “free market guy,” and says he wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He also pledged never to increase taxes and to stick to a five-year promise not to vote to increase the debt limit.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dave-bra ... d=24081628

[Metsfanmax]

Since when is marriage equality a "Democrat issue?"

[DaGip]

Too bad Tea Baggers thrive off of fear, conspiracy, and hate...otherwise, I would probably like them.



I am waiting for Tea Party supporters to wake up; but, alas, it will never happen. They love to sleep while members of their party go around slaughtering innocent police officers enjoying the world's most disgusting pizza.



They love to sleep when the opposition (their fellow Americans) get violently assaulted and curb stomped in the street.



They sleep while their leaders speak appealing things towards fear and hate.



The Tea Party is only showing the true colors of the Republican party...if you are Republican, you now can choose two pathways:





Yes, the Tea Party strikes again, but it is with their Death Squads.

[notyou2]

Unfortunately the Democrats are WAY behind the curve and they are still judging their candidates mostly on race and gender.

Please provide proof that the Democrats are selecting candidates on race and gender.

[kuthoer]

Unfortunately the Democrats are WAY behind the curve and they are still judging their candidates mostly on race and gender.

Please provide proof that the Democrats are selecting candidates on race and gender.

Republicans do it all the time, white men. Why is Phatts complaining about Democrats?

....oh wait a second..... Phatts doesn't think minorities and women should be qualified to seek public office. Makes sense to me.

[AndyDufresne]

When I heard this news, I knew somewhere that PS was getting aroused.


--Andy

[warmonger1981]

I would like to know how many of these mass shooters are on psycotropic drugs? WOW you people are idiots. That's why this county is fucked. Democrats use foreigners and race for votes because a lot of those people are poorly educated about our culture or founding documents. Democrats use race as power. Republicans use high powered bankers to get shit done. In the end we all lose to globalists. Kuthoer is obviously a homo-phobe. Maddow is a fucking moron. Ive never heard of a Democrat killing a person with a gun. It must be only racist Republicans. I'm sure our death culture has nothing to do with all these Joker wannabe comic book killers. Suggestive thinking to impressionable people cant ever happen. I mean with the light flicker rate on TV along with drugs and propaganda from all angles has not one thing to do with this. Open your eyes people. We are all under attack by propaganda and suggestive thinking. Hell the one and only Obama, the Messiah, healer of the world hasn't done shit but to device this country more than ever and put the security of our nation in jeopardy. I'm pretty sure Obama has pissed on plenty of foreign leaders as well. Its all a tucking joke. A real bad one.

[AndyDufresne]

I would like to know how many of these mass shooters are on psycotropic drugs? WOW you people are idiots. That's why this county is fucked. Democrats use foreigners and race for votes because a lot of those people are poorly educated about our culture or founding documents. Democrats use race as power. Republicans use high powered bankers to get shit done. In the end we all lose to globalists. Kuthoer is obviously a homo-phobe. Maddow is a fucking moron. Ive never heard of a Democrat killing a person with a gun. It must be only racist Republicans. I'm sure our death culture has nothing to do with all these Joker wannabe comic book killers. Suggestive thinking to impressionable people cant ever happen. I mean with the light flicker rate on TV along with drugs and propaganda from all angles has not one thing to do with this. Open your eyes people. We are all under attack by propaganda and suggestive thinking. Hell the one and only Obama, the Messiah, healer of the world hasn't done shit but to device this country more than ever and put the security of our nation in jeopardy. I'm pretty sure Obama has pissed on plenty of foreign leaders as well. Its all a tucking joke. A real bad one.

I agree, this ^^^ is all a tucking joke.


--Andy

[kuthoer]

I would like to know how many of these mass shooters are on psycotropic drugs? WOW you people are idiots. That's why this county is fucked. Democrats use foreigners and race for votes because a lot of those people are poorly educated about our culture or founding documents. Democrats use race as power. Republicans use high powered bankers to get shit done. In the end we all lose to globalists. Kuthoer is obviously a homo-phobe. Maddow is a fucking moron. Ive never heard of a Democrat killing a person with a gun. It must be only racist Republicans. I'm sure our death culture has nothing to do with all these Joker wannabe comic book killers. Suggestive thinking to impressionable people cant ever happen. I mean with the light flicker rate on TV along with drugs and propaganda from all angles has not one thing to do with this. Open your eyes people. We are all under attack by propaganda and suggestive thinking. Hell the one and only Obama, the Messiah, healer of the world hasn't done shit but to device this country more than ever and put the security of our nation in jeopardy. I'm pretty sure Obama has pissed on plenty of foreign leaders as well. Its all a tucking joke. A real bad one.

Where I your proof that foreigners are overturning elections in America?

Swearing is how you discuss the topics?

You need to grow up and stop your attacks on minorities.

[warmonger1981]

Remember K-Dog. I'm Mike Tyson and your my Robbin Givens. Stop being a homo-phobe. Election without proof of ID might be a start buddy. Letting in aliens and not deporting 68,000 last month. Flying in aliens by the plane loads and not deporting. IDK. Spell check Andy, gets my tucking everytime. Everything is a possibility.

[kuthoer]

Remember K-Dog. I'm Mike Tyson and your my Robbin Givens. Stop being a homo-phobe. Election without proof of ID might be a start buddy. Letting in aliens and not deporting 68,000 last month. Flying in aliens by the plane loads and not deporting. IDK. Spell check Andy, gets my tucking everytime. Everything is a possibility.

I'm a homophobe, where do you get your facts from.

There has been no President outside of President Obama who has deported more illegal aliens in office.

Kiddo you are just a parrot for right wing hate speech.

[Phatscotty]

They see us rollin

They hatin

[AndyDufresne]

They see us rollin

They hatin

They see us goin'
They see us matin'


--Andy

[oVo]

The Tea Party struck in Texas this week too...
they want to cure homosexuals of their affliction
and have made it part of their campaign platform.

Well it's about time somebody got this country back
on track and returned to neanderthal thinking.