Just what the Tea Party didn't need- a party backed candidate linked to 9/11 truthers. I was feeling cautiously optimistic about the Tea party movement, but if much more of this line of thought persists I don't think the movement will be around for long.
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The Tea Party movement consists primarly of conspiracy-theory freaks who listen to "Coast to Coast AM" and believe Timothy McVeigh was an American hero. No respectable conservative would or should association with them. Republicans embrace these freaks to their own peril.
No respectable conservative would or should association with them.
That is over stating the truth. There are plenty of normal run-of-the-mill conservatives in this group. Unfortunately there are also some fringe people who are giving the whole a bad name.
I think the problem is that as a new group there is no real authority to keep the fringe in place- if they are loud enough they come to represent the whole.
This group makes Independent moderates look to the Democrats as Republicans embrace the group. This is not good for the pitarty nor for America. These people are entitled to their opinions, but they are making it harder and harder for me to explain why I, a moderate gay Illinoisan, am a Republican.
Look, Steve B, there have been ample opportunities for the Republcan Establishment to distance themselves from the Circ de la Freak dominating the Tea Party movement. But rather than distancing themselves, the Republican Establishment has been fanning, if not outright embracing, the fringe freak flames. Hell, the Tea Party Circ de la Freaks are Sara Palin's base.
In any case, one thing should be abundantly clear: Run-of-the-Mill normal (read: MODERATE) conservatives are NOT WELCOME in today's republican party.
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