This is not rocket science – he has been a successful biz dude and have been playing in politics far longer than I. But even with that, he cannot be given a pass for this faux pas. Unless of course, it wasn’t and he only wished to have it perceived like the Democrats use those words (which sends quite a message in and of itself). Again, from DiStaso:
FLAT EARTH SOCIETY? Republican National Committeeman Steve Duprey acknowledged referring to the “far right fringe of the Tea Party” as “flat earth believers” at a state party executive committee meeting last Monday night, Nov. 4.
Well, at least he’s being a sight more honest in what he believes than what Obama keeps saying about what he says…but still wrong.
Duprey told us, “I’m not against the Tea Party. It is a movement grounded in fiscal conservatism, which I support. But it does contain some who don’t believe in any government and who think anarchy should rule, and they are on the far, far fringe.”
Glad to see that the NH GOP RNC Committeeman decided to adopt the exact same the language of the Democrats with as much skill and as much actual knowledge of the TEA Party as when the NHDP called a Progressive Republican, Charlie Bass, a TEA Partier. Not even Libertarians are anarchists – while they believe in probably even less money than I do…
Sidenote: although with bigger and bigger Government, being grown by both Parties (one enthusiastically and one just a bit more sullenly and with token weasel words), I do wonder if, more and more, I’d outstrip them just to ensure the pendulum moves away from the utter destruction of the Framers’ vision.
…they are not “Big A” Anarchists (although I can introduce you to some Voluntaryists that Mr. Duprey just MIGHT like. It shows badly, however, that Mr. Duprey in making that NEW statement, has spent extremely little time with TEA Partiers and has little clue. One then wonders how well he can actually represent the full spectrum of NH Republicans at the RNC meetings?
Let me remind Mr. Duprey again – the Taxed Enough Already Party, by our very name, believe that Government has grown FAR too large – and blame both parties for the current state of mal-government in which it has become so large that it is now its own special interest group and has become a Public Master – ahead of its real purpose: public servants. We believe that Government is continuing to take more and more from us for functions never believed to be needed, desired, or part of a true Constitutional government at the Federal level. We believe that the root cause is a failure, by both Parties (even as we had expected more from Republicans), to stay within the boundaries set by the Framers – at both the Federal and State levels.
Less Government, a Federal Government that lives within the strictures of the US & NH Constitutions, is not Anarchy!
Most of us know that Democrats, having been co-opted by the New Left (outright Socialists and Communists), are responsible for most of this – but could not have accomplished it without some tacit agreement from Republicans (see BU’s Dr. Angelo Codevilla concerning the Ruling Class vs the Country Class). Yes, we have heard the Republican words, and sometimes the pointless Republican actions (the US House voting 40 odd times to repeal Obamacare being one of them) – but when a material effect could have been made, the TRUE actions have not been to stop the growth of Government dead in its tracks (the current BCA one of the very few exceptions), but merely to slightly slow the growth that the Democrats have pushed for.
Pretty much, the equivalent of a rusty handbrake on the tail end caboose only half thrown while the locomotive is barreling down the track gathering steam.
Let me be kind and assume that you just haven’t much contact at all with us, so Mr. Duprey, I invite you to come on GrokTALK! to have a discussion about what a TEA Partier is – and isn’t. Our podcast runs two hours – and I am willing to go as long as you would like to take to get your message out. Let us discuss the Schism between the “Establishment” vs the “Liberty & Freedom” wings of the Party, shall we?
