Attack of the Teaparty - like “Hee Haw” meets “28 Days Later.”

[Danascot]

Best quote today:

"The attack on the Republican establishment by the tea party folks grabs the gaze like a really bad horror flick — some version of “Hee Haw” meets “28 Days Later.”

It’s fascinating. But it also raises a serious question: Are these the desperate thrashings of a dying movement or the labor pains of a new one?

My money is on the former. Anyone who says that this is the dawn of a new age of conservatism is engaging in wishful thinking on a delusional scale.

Simply put, it’s about fear-fueled anger. But anger is not an idea. It’s not a plan. And it’s not a vision for the future. It is, however, the second stage of grief, right after denial and before bargaining.

The right is on the wrong side of history. The demographics of the country are rapidly changing, young people are becoming increasingly liberal on social issues, and rigid, dogmatic religious stricture is loosening its grip on the throat of our culture.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/opinion/09blow.html?ref=opinion

[alfredo]

1. I think the idea behind the tea baggers is to build a far

right wing party. They are under the delusion that they are a majority.

[TheBigotBasher]

2. Simply because Fox gives them the impression

that they are the majority.

[alfredo]

7. And I will do nothing to dispel that myth.

[sharp_stick]

3. 28 days later

was a great horror flick, how dare they try to compare that to the tea party morons. ;-)

[The Doctor.]

5. At least those with the rage virus were better capable of reason.

And Hee-Haw was genuinely entertaining.

[Danascot]

6. That and the fact that they're definitely not the fast 28 days zombies.

More like the old-school slow, lurching zombies of Day of the Dead.

[anonymous171]

4. What about Economic issues? I don't give a shit about religion.

I want to see a liberal majority that is supports liberal economics. Social Liberalism is nice but it's not really enough.

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. If "Bargaining" is next

what will that be like? I would rather negotiate with radioactive scorpions.