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D. Peter Maus

On 1/10/10 08:46 , Kevin Cunningham wrote:
On Jan 10, 5:48 am, Editor RadioTalkingPoints
wrote:
On Jan 10, 6:34 pm,
wrote:

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...arty-rattles-a...
"Tea Party rattles America's educated class"
[
WASHINGTON–Barely a week into a new decade that will redefine America's place in
the world, the feisty yet fractious Tea Party movement is readying its next
brew.

A landmark Tennessee convention in early February is aimed at transforming a
year of caffeinated conservative rage into a political force to make heads roll.

Sarah Palin will serve as pourer-in-chief, guaranteeing the firebrand former
Alaska governor a bully pulpit from which to bash President Barack Obama. Who,
in this instance, will be a victim of terrible timing, as Palin's critique is
scheduled hard on the heels of Obama's State of the Union speech.
....
... the grassroots fury is aimed at what he described as "the educated class"
.... Every single idea associated with the educated class has grown more
unpopular over the past year,"
.....
"The far-right was knocked out completely," Scher told the Toronto Star.
"Essentially the Tea people spent the entire year living in their own fever
swamp, chanting ridiculous talking points like the `death panel' smear. And it
changed nothing.
.....
"You do have people in the Tea movement who are – let's face it – insane. People
who think Obama is the anti-Christ," said John Mark Reynolds, a philosophy
professor at Biola University and an active voice for thoughtful conservatism.
....
But what the Tea movement lacks most is an actual leader. For a long time,
Reynolds held out hope that Palin might be the one. But his disappointment was
palpable in the scathing chapter-by-chapter review of Palin's Going Rogue he
penned for firstthings.com.

Reynolds, an expert in Greek philosophy, was shocked to discover the book laden
with misquoted citations of Plato and Aristotle – the result, he is almost
certain, of a lazy attempt by the author (or ghostwriter) to quote-mine Google,
to make Palin sound smart.

"It is just inexcusable. I'd like to be a Palinista but I want a president with
a thoughtful world view – that is just a bare minimum requirement," Reynolds
told the Star.
....
"But in writing a book full of spurious misquotations, Palin demonstrates she is
not serious. She has charisma in droves, she lights up a room. But if she is too
lazy to sit down, read books, develop her political philosophy, we can't just
set the bar lower and lower for her until she passes it."
....
]

The teabaggers can also make a visit tohttp://creationmuseum.org/
and watch Barney Rubble play with dinosaurs.
Probably a tour bus .....
--
Cliff

Oh sure, history if chock full of intellectuals who lost their
fortunes spending other people's money, huh?

Like they don't see this coming?

Freedom isn't free, and it can't be bought.

(real crap snipped for your reading pleasure)

OK, for once I agree with you, freedom isn't free.

But you ultra-right wingers never thought you should pay a dime. You
took tax cut after tax cut as your right. And as the debt increased
every years you cheered. So if freedom isn't free, why aren't you
willing to pay for it?

One does not pay for freedom with money.