Are these insane birthers, tea-baggers, etc. helping or hurting the Republican party?

[Dennis S]

I can't tell. Sometimes I think people this crazy must be a fringe element, but then sometimes I think maybe 40+% of Americans really are stupid and insane. Will this help or hurt Republican congressmen in 2010?

[Racer X]

if you stop rambling, and actually tell us what the eff this refers to, maybe there can be some comment.

[Black]

I think it's hurting the country and hurting the republican party at the same time.

Don't forget a lot of it is corporate and financial sector interests masquerading as grass-roots activism.

[Mac1337]

Isn't it funny that a bunch of supposedly fringe, marginalized crazies have got the Democrats who control everything in Washington on the run? How can it be? They won, after all. Or do they know something they haven't told their operatives yet.

[Doc]

I think Glenn Beck is making a good bit o' pocket change off of them.

[Dennis S]

Racer X wrote:
if you stop rambling, and actually tell us what the eff this refers to, maybe there can be some comment.

Rambling, in 2 lines? OK. Here you go, Tonto:

Are stupid/crazy protesters helping or hurting Republican party?

[Dennis S]

Here's an article that touches on it:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...0651.story

[decocritter]

Some seem like lunatics and extremists. Some seem like regular folks that are afraid of what is going to happen with their healthcare and insurance.. Some seem like they are concerned at how fast, how big and how wild this Administration appears to be growing. Some seem to be concerned about who is really going to pay for all of this in the end. Some wonder why we are not attempting to clean up the waste of medicare and provide some regulations to the insurance industry, before we change the entire healthcare program (and why we have not done this before). Some just seem to disagree with the way this Administration is handling anything or everything. Some wonder what is really going on in this country.

Which ones are you talking about?

[Black]

decocritter wrote:
Some seem like lunatics and extremists. Some seem like regular folks that are afraid of what is going to happen with their healthcare and insurance.. Some seem like they are concerned at how fast, how big and how wild this Administration appears to be growing. Some seem to be concerned about who is really going to pay for all of this in the end. Some wonder why we are not attempting to clean up the waste of medicare and provide some regulations to the insurance industry, before we change the entire healthcare program (and why we have not done this before). Some just seem to disagree with the way this Administration is handling anything or everything. Some wonder what is really going on in this country.

Which ones are you talking about?

OK, so you seem to have done a good job at describing the paranoid and the uninformed. What about the rest?

[decocritter]

Why can't anyone raise a question or two about what this administration has done, is doing and is planning to do? When did questioning something determine a person was paranoid or uninformed?

I am afraid of those sheeple that don't question someone playing fast and loose with the government, our healthcare, our money, etc.

Black, You can't possibly think you KNOW what is really going on with this administration, especially with the healthcare issues, since they are not even sorted out by Obama at this point. He says a lot about who won't suffer and who won't pay for it, but very few particulars about who will actually pay for it and how.

I voted for Obama, and I wonder about much of what has gone down so far.

Give me a break. This guy is not bullet proof, because you say so or because he is President.

I questioned Bush's actions as well.