>>>>>>>>>I know they are not all Republicans but are there really moderates in the Tea Party? Seems to me they want to burn it all down.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The degree to which you're uninformed is just staggering. There ARE moderates in the tea party....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I will leave the insults to you. I stated my opinion and will let it go it at that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>An opinion is based on research and information. What you do is conjecture or a SWAG based on nothing more than what you feel at the time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Do you disagree with me? Do you feel there are a lot of moderates in the Tea Party?
>>>>>
>>>>>Yep....Read about the tea party (other than wikipedia) and you'll find that there are moderates in the Tea Party who are worried about the direction of the agenda...
>>>>
>>>>Fair enough. I will read up. Maybe my mental picture is outdated.
>>>
>>>Probably not outdated so much as limited to specific media portrayals:
>>>
>>>You could start with any one of the links I've previously provided in messages to you in the past. If that doesn't suit your fancy, then how about just these two to start:
>>>
>>>Snippet:
>>>The number of members from aging “Emptying Nests” communities in this breakdown is surprisingly low (0.87 members per 10,000) considering how the tea partyers are often portrayed – as a more elderly set.
>>>
>>>A ‘tea party’ census: where members live and why that’s important
>>>http://patchworknation.org/content/a-tea-party-census-where-members-live-and-why-thats-important/
>>>
>>>or:
>>>
>>>Snippet:
>>>Polls from Rasmussen and The Winston Group objectively show that Cohen owes America an apology. A significant percentage of tea partiers identify as Democrats and independents according to the Winston study:
>>>
>>> In three national surveys, done for New Models from December 2009 through February 2010, 57% of Tea Party members called themselves Republicans, another 28% said they were Independents, and 13% were Democrats. Two-thirds of Tea Party members identify as conservatives but 26% say they are moderate and 8% described themselves as liberal.
>>>
>>>Surprise! Tea Party Membership Reflects America
>>>A couple of polls out this week shatter the myth of the "old white man" theme advanced by the media and the left.
>>>http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/surprise-tea-party-membership-reflects-america/
>>
>>I do not perceive Tea Party members as elderly. Mostly middle aged, white, and relatively affluent. Demographic studies have borne this out. Here is one I read --
>>
>>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html
>>
>>Key word: angry.
>
>Interesting discussion here;
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gttEvvDPyLM


I watched the video and while it is certainly a discussion that needs to take place (and did), it is also a perfect example of Al Jazeera taking fringe groups and giving them a legitimacy in the foreign media and world view that they do not hold here in the U.S. Where is the balance in that discussion? It was entirely one-sided. It's no wonder folks who watch Al Jazeera have an image of the U.S. today that this country is represented by fringe groups which just isn't true. It would be no different than if the U.S. mainstream media presented a one-sided discussion on anti-semitism in Turkey participated by only those who held that view:

http://www.pipelinenews.org/2010/Resurgence-of-Anti-Semitism-in-Turkey-Amsterdam.html

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