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Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
Mon Oct 7, 2013, 12:02 PM Oct 2013

The Tea Party's Last Stand

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_tea_partys_last_stand_20131006?ln

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"If the nation is lucky, this October will mark the beginning of the end of the tea party.

It is suffering from extreme miscalculation and a foolish misreading of its opponents’ intentions. This, in turn, has created a moment of enlightenment, an opening to see things that were once missed.

Many Republicans, of course, saw the disaster coming in advance of the shutdown. But they were terrified to take on a movement that is fortified by money, energy and the backing of a bloviating brigade of talk-show hosts. The assumption was that the tea party had become invincible inside the GOP."

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The Tea Party's Last Stand (Original Post) Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 OP
Ed Meese Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 #1
the "liberally-biased media" won't allow it ... zbdent Oct 2013 #2

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
2. the "liberally-biased media" won't allow it ...
Mon Oct 7, 2013, 12:21 PM
Oct 2013

like the "liberally-biased media" shut down all talk of Monica L & Chappaquiddick ...

"controversy creates cash" ...

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