Submitted by R. Neal on Sun, 2010/02/07 - 8:49am
Sarah Palin Hijacks The Tea Party Movement:
But the media now have their definition of what it means to be Tea Party. This convention gave them simplistic nativism, birtherism, media bashing, homophobia, and a heavy dose of neoconservative foreign policy.That is the image of tea partydom that Judson Phillips poured out to the eager media this weekend and is now percolating through the many channels of mass and new media.
By Monday afternoon, it will begin to harden and the tea party movement will be Sarah Palin’s movement.
Kleinheider eulogizes the Tea Party movement, which Judson Phillips "held down" while "Sarah Palin drove a stake right through its heart" on live TV.
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I'll be danged...
Kleinheider is actually capable of real insightful work. What a killer piece!
I also note the usual suspects have comeout to snarl at anyone who dares to see through their charade.
"Hijack" implies that they
"Hijack" implies that they didn't go willingly.
C'mon. The PAC that emerged from this Tea Party nonsense requires fealty to the GOP platform in order for candidates to be funded.
In case this wasn't already completely obvious, this is a "movement" of Republicans, by Republicans, for Republicans.
In other words, a more or less accurate portrayal of the "movement:" a credulous bag of disaffected GOPers fed a steady diet of misinformation.
(Dear Tea Party: In a continuing fit of white (hot) rage, please please please push the nomination of Scott Brown and Sarah Palin for 2012. You will guarantee Obama's 2nd term in office.)
(Dear Tea Party: In a
One should not pray for things or to things, but this might be the exception to the rule.
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