Gingrich-Beck Spat and GOP's Teabagger v. Big Tenter Rift

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been taking fire from conservative activists and far-right Republican leaders for endorsing Dede Scozzafava, the moderate GOP candidate running in the special election in New York's 23rd district. These "purists" including Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, Dick Armey, and Bill Kristol are backing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, revealing a wider rift within the conservative movement: the tea-party activist base versus "Big Tent" Republicans.

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A related piece:

House Republicans Pander to Tea Party Movement with Frivolous Resolution Inflating 9/12 Protest Numbers

76 House Republicans introduced a frivolous resolution aimed at playing to the conservatives' tea party base by officially commemorating the Glenn Beck-inspired 9/12 taxpayer march on Washington. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), claims that "the fundamental American principles of limited government and personal liberty are under direct assault." It also seeks to have Congress officially enshrine the inflated crowd numbers pushed by conservatives:

Whereas, on September 12, 2009, hundreds of thousands of American patriots, who refuse to sit idly by as the Federal Government advances skyrocketing deficits, taxpayer-funded bailouts, pork-barrel projects, burdensome taxes, unaccountable policy czars, command-and-control energy policy, and a government takeover of health care, came to Washington, DC, to show their disapproval;

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Whereas estimates of the number of people who peacefully marched from Freedom Plaza to the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on September 12, 2009, range as high as 1,700,000 marchers;

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Resolved, That the House of Representatives expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the hundreds of thousands of people who marched on Washington, DC, on September 12, 2009, to show their love of liberty and their grievance with recent government actions.

The closest thing to an official count, numbers given by the Washington DC Fire Department to ABCNews.com, placed the crowd at "approximately 60,000 to 70,000 people."
thinkprogress.org

The really big numbers (upwards of 1 million) are based on Glennn Beck's delusionary estimate which he claims to have obtained from The University of I Don't Remember.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2009-10-28 05:00 AM | Reply | Flag:

I think this is a good sign. If you want to vote for a candidate that acts like a democrat, why not vote for the one with the D behind his name. Works out great for the Democrats to have two choices but kinda sucks for everyone else. This was the same situation we had with McCain, the democrat with R behind his name.

#2 | Posted by STIRSUMUP at 2009-10-28 05:27 AM | Reply | Flag:

Keep up the "Rino" purge, please! Then the True Believer GOPers can formally adopt their new nickname: "The Twenty Percenters."

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2009-10-28 05:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

It's the crazy test, if you aren't as crazy as Beck then you are not acceptable to the teabaggers. Keep it up, it will be great having more Democrats in Congress.

#4 | Posted by danni at 2009-10-28 07:25 AM | Reply | Flag:

Republicans don't want a big tent. Agoraphobia. Too bad. Not only will they not see the elephant act, they won't win very many elections.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2009-10-28 08:27 AM | Reply | Flag:

Newt is just jealous. He was the original anti-Big Tenter in the early 90's, looking to purify the breed back then.

He's not going to get to run this crowd, so now Newt Gingrich is Mr Moderate?

PULEEEEEZE!

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2009-10-28 09:46 AM | Reply | Flag:

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 04:56 AM

Doc,

It appears researching far and wide to find every little crack in the right ("right" vs "right" is a gem!) must be keeping you up at night.

#7 | Posted by L_RContrarian at 2009-10-30 07:20 PM | Reply | Flag: