2 From Truthout:
In Search of the Real Tea Party
Denis Campbell, Truthout: "Is there more to the Tea Party movement than the birthers, tenthers, and Obama-as-Nazi-ers? More than fervent followers of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and FOX News? Is it a real 'movement' or deceptive corporate Astroturf? ... Is the movement as crazy as its seemingly fringe, racist-placard-bearing members, or is there a broader, 'silent majority' (tribute to R. M. Nixon) seething underneath, a majority that we rarely hear from?"
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The Extremist GOP
The Editors, The Nation: "The GOP's lurch toward extremism extends far beyond the ideological cleansing of moderate RINOs, 'Republicans in Name Only.'... Broadening the debate is fine. But when one party pulls that debate toward extremes that even its most radical leaders have recently rejected, the prospect of political dysfunction, if not explosion, grows exponentially.... Joe Miller, running strong for an Alaska Senate seat against Murkowski, supports repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment, which provides for the direct election of senators; wants to privatize Social Security; and is against abortion even in cases of rape or incest."
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Denis Campbell, Truthout: "Is there more to the Tea Party movement than the birthers, tenthers, and Obama-as-Nazi-ers? More than fervent followers of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and FOX News? Is it a real 'movement' or deceptive corporate Astroturf? ... Is the movement as crazy as its seemingly fringe, racist-placard-bearing members, or is there a broader, 'silent majority' (tribute to R. M. Nixon) seething underneath, a majority that we rarely hear from?"
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The Extremist GOP
The Editors, The Nation: "The GOP's lurch toward extremism extends far beyond the ideological cleansing of moderate RINOs, 'Republicans in Name Only.'... Broadening the debate is fine. But when one party pulls that debate toward extremes that even its most radical leaders have recently rejected, the prospect of political dysfunction, if not explosion, grows exponentially.... Joe Miller, running strong for an Alaska Senate seat against Murkowski, supports repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment, which provides for the direct election of senators; wants to privatize Social Security; and is against abortion even in cases of rape or incest."
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