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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
They have a lot of independants in their ranks, I'm registered as independant. I'm conservative for the most part but hate the two party system. I hate all the spending, I hate entitlement spending when people are unemployed, 10% for over a year now.
This is what the Tea Party is about. If you paid attention, they got involved with a democrat race
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Which democrat?
I too am registered as an independent and I am more of a libertarian by nature I guess. I believe in being fiscally conservative, balancing the budget, spending wisely and keeping taxes down. However I am also pretty liberal socially. I think gay people should be allowed to get married. I think pot should be legal and I think people should be allowed to do pretty much whatever they want as long as they aren't hurting anyone else.
I don't hate the tea party and I am glad to see some people actually taking some kind of a stance and speaking up for themselves. That said, I still think they are mostly republican and will primarily elect the same republicans who were just in power a few years ago so nothing will really change. Maybe that will be different 5-10 years from now and they will be more of a third party, but for now I don't think they are going bring about much change, it will be more of the same.
For all the talk people do claiming that they want change and that radical changes need to be made, most people really don't. Those who really, honestly want a sea change in direction are a pretty small group. It is partially why guys like Ron Paul only can get 8-10% of the vote. Pretty much everyone else is either happy, doesn't care or only wants small changes made.