That's what one columnist thinks.
Unfortunately, I think that she's guilty of giving the tea-baggers more credit for being a true grass-roots movement than it actually is. In the first place, demographically speaking, they're Republicans.
And, in the second place, they're not even a significant plurality of the American people. I mean, come on--even George McGovern had better numbers.
The Tea Party is an ongoing media event, organized by media-savvy Republicans attempting to create an atmosphere of hate and fear designed to intimidate a lawfully-elected liberal government. And the media, which always has mostly been conservative-owned, is lapping it up.
I'd almost rather die that paraphrase Richard Nixon. But where the hell is the real Silent Majority when you really need them?
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