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Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?
When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: the wing-nuts have taken over the GOP. Think I'm being harsh? The angry folks at the protest -- which attracted several thousand conservatives -- ...
Scenes From a Tea Party
Scenes From a Tea Party
yglesias.thinkprogress.org — My colleague Lee Fang grabbed this shot at today’s Michelle Bachman Tea Party: In detail: There are... all kinds of nutty people in the world, but these kinds of things are the wages of a conservative leadership and media that’s ... (more) Scenes From a Tea Party
A Tea Party party registers in Florida
politico.com — A Florida conservative has registered an official "Tea Party" with the office of the Secretary of State,... and is promising to run candidates against Republicans and Democrats in state and national races. "The current system has become ... (more) A Tea Party party registers in Florida
Is The Tea Party Over?
motherjones.com — The tea partiers are launching the revolution. This week. But will anyone actually show up? On Sunday,... Rep. Michele Bachmann challenged viewers of Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to join her last-ditch attempt to kill health care reform. The ... (more) Is The Tea Party Over?
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Corn To Weekly Standard: I Accept
Mojo Feed | Mother Jones — ... And hundreds of millions don't. RT @GOPLeader: AP: ‘Thousands rally’ to protest Pelosi #healthcare http://bit.ly/1JUFJP #Housecall #killbill I was responding to a message that had been sent out minutes earlier by Republican House minority leader John Boehner, who was celebrating the arrival at the Capitol of thousands—yes, thousands!—of conservative citizens who were willing to yell and scream and hold signs of hate to beat back the emerging health care reform legislation. The award citation, written ...

The Right And The Tinderbox
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... reasonable and important debates to have about all this - whether this is the time to expand health insurance, whether we should have done it years ago, whether a public option is a good thing, whether Medicare can be cut enough to save enough to make this affordable. But the Republican right has not engaged such a debate in a meaningful way. And yesterday, the House GOP leadership gave their blessing to a raggedy bunch of extreme anti-government fanatics whose rally contained the following elements: ...

Link roundup for 7 November 2009
Infidel753 — ... elections, not lose them, and the results continue an ongoing pattern of Democratic wind in traditionally Republican turf. Reconstitution 2.0 has a startling and revealing collection of quotes from Hitler. Keep these for the next time someone claims he was an atheist. Jack Jodell is working on a "progressive manifesto" to clarify what the left stands for -- give feedback in the comments. Already up: the economy and the role of government. Traitor. Dachau. Rothschilds. Sambo. Sponsored by House Republicans. A ...

GOP Nazi Rhetoric Continues and Backfires
NJDC Blog — ... tyranny did not stick, and the House of Representatives passed a health insurance reform bill over the weekend. And it appears, at least for the moment; their disgusting cavalcade of Holocaust rhetoric has backfired. But the bill’s passage did not come without loud and sickening displays of Nazi related rhetoric. Representatives from various Holocaust rhetoric using factions, including “wing-nut” GOP activists, TEA Baggers, 9/12ers, Beck, Limbaugh, Fox News fans, and full blown right ...

Doug Elmendorf calls out the American people
Ezra Klein — ... That may be because the public will vote them out of office, or because the other party won't give them sufficient cover. But the country is in a bad way when public incoherence is matched by political cowardice. One test to know when that's happening? The minority leader is holding tea parties. It's one thing for politicians to worry about facing the mob. It's a whole other for them to become the mob. ...

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Is The Tea Party Gang Turning GOP Into A Party of Hate?Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: The wing-nuts have taken over the GOP. Think I'm being harsh? The angry folks at the protest -- which attracted several thousand ...
Is The Tea Party Gang Turning GOP Into A Party of Hate?The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: The wing-nuts have taken over the GOP. Think I'm being harsh? The angry folks at the protest -- which attracted several thousand ...