Politics and Culture

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I heard the speech on the radio and was struck by how much more substantive it was than the Obama preacher-on-fire, cliche-ridden ones. Another thing I liked was the absense of cheap applause lines.

She hit just about everything cons have complained about the past year, the spending, secrecy, corruption. Emailing this speech to your friends would catch them up on current events quicker than reading a year of the Corner.

She showed what's likable about her, the earth-bound charm, and what was not, a Fargo-like accent that I can see grating on the urban. Overall, excellent.

In a general sense, I think the Tea Party should stop being a movement, quick. A movement based on opposition to something should cease existing as soon as it's reached its goal. Tea Partiers helped check Obama's socialist agenda. Good for them. Now, team up.

To continue as a semi-formal entity, one just cohesive enough to make specific demands and require political pandering, outside of a more established, realistic structure would only serve to divide the electorate and invite easy attacks by liberals. News outlets are already running "divided Tea Party" stories.

(The precedent is the Reform party. Libertarians have caused many Republican losses as well.)

It would be if Democrats had a visible far left called the "anti-war movement" or "net roots"...wait, they do and it's wreaked havoc on moderate Dems after Obama united (some would say "fooled") them briefly for his victory.

Warning: If you're a liberal, the video below may have the same effect garlic has on vampires.