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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:50 PM Original message |
Taibbi Cliff-Notes version: The GOP is using the Tea Party as a short cut back to power |
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nykym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. In the old west |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. the teabaggers were started and funded by republican activists |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. They had a ready-made 'core' of a 'movement' to take advantage of in Ron Paul's outsiders. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Every last one of those teabaggers voted for Mc'Cain, W, H.W., and so on ... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes. AND the suckers willing to populate the 'movement' don't know they're being played |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's how they roll |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Exactly. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Correction to OP: |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. These paragraphs sum up what the teabaggers are all about |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And these give an idea of how they work with the GOP |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. ...Paul's platform began to rapidly 'evolve.' |
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