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She’s the Darjeeling of the Tea Party?
Blog Guy, I see Sarah Palin, the possible future former potential presidential candidate, spoke at a Tea Party gathering over the weekend. I’m not sure I get the whole Tea Party thing. Wasn’t the 1773 Boston Tea Party a protest against being taxed by people we didn’t elect, and don’t Americans now get to elect their lawmakers?
That’s generally true, although for example, I don’t get to elect them.
Ah, I hear you. So you’re a convicted felon, huh?
No, just a law-abiding second-class citizen in Washington, DC, taxed by legislators I didn’t get to vote for.
Good luck with that. Anyway, why do they call themselves the Tea Party. Can you explain it?
Sure. The movement’s lore is steeped in tea.
Sometimes the blog just writes itself…
Okay, these numbers just make no sense to me. The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows that 82 percent of Americans now disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job.
So wait. You’re telling me that 18 percent of Americans DO approve of how they’re doing? Seriously?
Where the hell are they finding these people? Sensory deprivation tanks? Institutions for the criminally insane? Astronauts just back from the Space Station?
Are these approvers really just thankful that they haven’t yet received a photo of their congressman shirtless, or worse?
The only other explanation I can think of is that this 18 percent were really just engaging in sarcasm. “Oh yeah, I totally approve of how Congress is handling stuff.”
Let’s think about this. Four members of Congress have resigned already this year for personal scandals too stupid to mention here, and that’s not even connected to the ongoing debt fiasco.
@Shra – since we’re talking about Congress, how about “get good & mad…then get rid of everyone”
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