Maine GOP now the Tea Party
May 10, 2010 12:44 PM   Subscribe

On Saturday the Maine Republican Party adopted this platform. It is the first party convention in the country to officially align itself as a Tea Party.
posted by epsilon (9 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Single link to a PDF file is very rarely a good way to go with a post. If someone wants to present this with some context, that'd probably be okay. -- cortex



 
Might be an easy out for one or both of the Senators to jump ship, not that I really think they will, but....
posted by edgeways at 12:45 PM on May 10, 2010


whoa, whatcha got there, a PDF?
posted by boo_radley at 12:45 PM on May 10, 2010 [1 favorite]


Warning: PDF
posted by ryoshu at 12:45 PM on May 10, 2010


As goes Maine, so goes the---uh oh.
posted by Bromius at 12:46 PM on May 10, 2010


Does this mean that Olympia Snowe is less likely to win her primary?
posted by leotrotsky at 12:47 PM on May 10, 2010


I wonder if they're indirectly referring to START when they mention "rejecting any treaty that limits our firearms". I mean, a ballistic missile is just like a big bullet, right?
posted by backseatpilot at 12:48 PM on May 10, 2010


Additionally; so now can I publicly laugh at people who claim the Tea party is really (honestly!) about opposition to both parties?
posted by edgeways at 12:49 PM on May 10, 2010


well its not all bad. i like that 'read the bill' thing, and all of section I.j about congress term limits and pay raise. then it descends into crazy talk :/
posted by Mach5 at 12:50 PM on May 10, 2010


I love seeing this kind of stuff put in writing:

ii. Parents, not government, are responsible for making decisions in the best interest of their children, whether disciplinary, educational, or medical.

Makes it easier to build a case against them when they roll their kids in carpets and beat them to death.
posted by Ron Thanagar at 12:50 PM on May 10, 2010


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