"Anti-tax organizers of "tea parties" around the country have tried to
keep out fringe elements like birth certificate conspiracy theorists
and potentially embarrassing national politicians like Michael Steele
and David Vitter. But Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times Monday
that the "movement" is of a piece with the Republican party of the
past decade or so:
"Republicans have become embarrassing to watch. And it doesn't
feel right to make fun of crazy people. Better, perhaps, to focus on
the real policy debates, which are all among Democrats."
"But here's the thing: the G.O.P. looked as crazy 10 or 15 years ago
as it does now. That didn't stop Republicans from taking control of
both Congress and the White House. And they could return to power if
the Democrats stumble. So it behooves us to look closely at the state
of what is, after all, one of our nation's two great political
parties. "
The tea parties, he points out, are funded by typical Republican
billionaires and promoted by Fox News. The crazy attacks that spring
up at them resemble the ones levied at Clinton. Krugman doesn't say
how, in his opinion, the GOP will once again take power. But, he
concludes, "we can only hope that Republicans have moved on by the
time that happens."
Fox News has accused the Huffington Post and other "diabolical
liberals" of attempting to infiltrate the tea parties. "
Rachel Weiner
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The party of Whine bitches they can't get the mythical MSM to cover
their incestuous covens and then complain they are being
infiltrated...which is it? Do they want coverage and attendance or
not?
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