As November 2nd draws nearer, it seems that the stumbles and fumbles of key Tea Party candidates just keep on coming. This has given rise to ever more questions about the fitness and viability of some of the leading candidates for public … [Read more...]
The Health Care Hypocrisy of a Tea Party Candidate
What word would you use to describe a candidate for the U.S. Senate, who just happens to be a Tea Party favorite, that publically advocates repealing health care reform, opposes the regulation of health care insurers while at the same time … [Read more...]
Today’s O’Donnell Farce du Jour
Christine O'Donnell, one of the Tea Party's newly minted stars has revealed that she will forgo any further national media coverage so as to" focus on Delaware." Her last-minute cancellation of two Sunday show appearances two days ago … [Read more...]
From Palin to O’Donnell or From Farce to Absurdity
Well now that the last of the "Tea Party" primaries is over, one can only wonder what people on the right were thinking when they voted for Christine O'Donnell in Delaware. Didn't William F. Buckley, the scion of the post World War II … [Read more...]
Mislead Enough Already: An Emerging Tea Party Dilemma
Taxes, more than any other issue is what drives the Tea Party movement. Thus those philosophical arguments related to taxation and the resulting size of government constitute the very essence of the rationale for the movement's … [Read more...]
Sarah Palin’s Right: You Should Run on Energy
Palin's full of surprises, but this piece of campaign advice caught me off-guard. After all, a recent poll found that energy is the issue that inspires the most faith in Democratic lawmakers. Since President Obama made clean energy a … [Read more...]
MSNBC’s Airing the McVeigh Tapes: Sensationalism or Timely Reminder?
On April 19th, on the fifteenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing, MSNBC will televise live footage of interviews with Timothy McVeigh, the right wing mastermind of the attack. In light of all the turbulence and controversy … [Read more...]
Is racism baked into the Tea-cake?
Radio Boston's Meghna Chakrabarti caught Mass. Tea Partier Christen Varley dead to rights today. Chakrabarti raised the question of whether racism is central to the Tea Partiers' message; Varley demurred, using the typical trope … [Read more...]
Back to the future in Massachusetts: A Post Script – Brown Snubs Palin
Earlier this year in an article titled "Back to the Future in Massachusetts"(1/24/10), I made the following observations among others: "No analysis of the 2010 Massachusetts election can be complete without acknowledging that the Tea Party … [Read more...]
In his own words: Mark Williams of Tea Party Express
... who is eagerly quoted by the Herald today: Tea Party Express chairman Mark Williams, a Bay State native, is giddy over the reception he thinks Palin will receive. “Boston is the cradle of liberty and it’s also the … [Read more...]
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