From Thomas Frank's opinion piece in today's WSJ.
It is tempting to understand the tea party movement as a distant relative of the lowest form of televangelism, with its preposterous moral certainty, its weird faith in markets, its constant profiteering, and, of course, its gullible audiences.
Read the full piece here.
*This is not an implied stance on TCD's view on the Healthcare issue. However, we will take advantage of opportunities to make fun of any fringe group that embarrass a political party, Democrat or Republican. PETA, you suck, too.
Great post, that thought is right on.
ReplyDeleteBob Herbert wrote a great op-ed for the NY Times this week and here is the highlight:
A group of lowlifes at a Tea Party rally in Columbus, Ohio, last week taunted and humiliated a man who was sitting on the ground with a sign that said he had Parkinson’s disease. The disgusting behavior was captured on a widely circulated videotape. One of the Tea Party protesters leaned over the man and sneered: “If you’re looking for a handout, you’re in the wrong end of town.”
Another threw money at the man, first one bill and then another, and said contemptuously, “I’ll pay for this guy. Here you go. Start a pot.”
In Washington on Saturday, opponents of the health care legislation spit on a black congressman and shouted racial slurs at two others, including John Lewis, one of the great heroes of the civil rights movement. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, was taunted because he is gay.
Holy smokes!!! These are by far the most repulsive Americans. Again, not taking a stance here except that we should all act with class and civility and certainly NEVER taunt someone with a condition, disease or disability.
Then again, does their stupidity count as a condition? Because then I'm being a hypocrite.