to those of that opinion who are not themselves "pro-regressives" in sheep's clothing, the question is : are they educable?
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:04 PM, M. Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > * On “Tea-Partying”<http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/49793.html> > *Posted by Butler Shaffer <[email protected]> on February 6, 2010 > 03:55 PM > > I have been watching bits and snatches of the “Tea Party Convention” on > C-SPAN. My initial response is much the same as Gertrude Stein’s impression > of Oakland: “there’s no ‘there’, there.” My suspicion is that this group may > be but a neo-con/Establishment inspired effort to neutralize widespread > popular disaffection with the political system; to attract attention away > from a frontal critique of the state (e.g., Ron Paul, LRC, some Leftist > commentators) and into a kind of mushy, make-believe “reform” movement > reminiscent of Frank Chodorov’s observation concerning those who want “to > clean up the whorehouse, but keep the business intact.” I have thus far > heard no principled, fundamental assessment of the state from these > tea-partyers, but only a lot of superficial jabber about “taking back > America.” > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
