Tea Partiers in Two Camps: Sarah Palin vs. Ron Paul
https://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/tea-partiers-in-two-camps.html
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The problem with Palin
The American Spectator
by Quin Hillyer
04/19/10
Sarah Palin, 55 percent unfavorable poll ratings notwithstanding, is a political phenomenon the likes of which American public life rarely has seen. There’s something distinctive, something deeply personal, about the way her legions of strong supporters rush not just to defend her but to counter-attack any and all of her critics. Palin has a way of establishing a sense of connectedness with her backers — such a strong, attitudinal sense that she is not just like them but one of them — that she has created what amounts to a one-woman, conservative ‘identity politics’ writ very, very large. Yet if conservatives are to continue a political love affair with this admirable and galvanizing woman, we need to insist on more than mere identity. And more than mere attitude...
https://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/19/the-problem-with-palin
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Terminally Dumb People
By William Blum
If you shake your head and roll your eyes at the nonsense coming out of the Teaparty followers of Sarah "Africa is a country" Palin and other intellectual giants like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh ... If you have thoughts of moving abroad after the latest silly lies and fantasies like "Obama the Marxist" and "Obama the antichrist" ... keep in mind that the right wing has long been at least as stupid and as mean-spirited.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25435.htm
The Palin Principle - Bible trumps Constitution
By Rick Ungar
While the religious right are free to vote for candidates who share their reliance on religious belief, they are not free to re-imagine the fundamentals of this country - at least not without putting their reinvention through the rigorous process of amending, or re-writing, our Constitution.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25434.htm
Neocon Sink Their Fangs Into the Tea Parties
By Ira Chernus
"This is the playbook for the resurgence of the conservative movement," says none other than Dick Cheney, on thebook jacket. It's "a must-read for conservatives who want our movement to dominate," exclaims a blurb from Karl Rove.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25557.htm
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Palin
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karl+Rove
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Glenn+Beck
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rush+Limbaugh
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tea+Party
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Constitution
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Quin+Hillyer
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Blum
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ira+Chernus
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The problem with Palin
The American Spectator
by Quin Hillyer
04/19/10
Sarah Palin, 55 percent unfavorable poll ratings notwithstanding, is a political phenomenon the likes of which American public life rarely has seen. There’s something distinctive, something deeply personal, about the way her legions of strong supporters rush not just to defend her but to counter-attack any and all of her critics. Palin has a way of establishing a sense of connectedness with her backers — such a strong, attitudinal sense that she is not just like them but one of them — that she has created what amounts to a one-woman, conservative ‘identity politics’ writ very, very large. Yet if conservatives are to continue a political love affair with this admirable and galvanizing woman, we need to insist on more than mere identity. And more than mere attitude...
https://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/19/the-problem-with-palin
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Terminally Dumb People
By William Blum
If you shake your head and roll your eyes at the nonsense coming out of the Teaparty followers of Sarah "Africa is a country" Palin and other intellectual giants like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh ... If you have thoughts of moving abroad after the latest silly lies and fantasies like "Obama the Marxist" and "Obama the antichrist" ... keep in mind that the right wing has long been at least as stupid and as mean-spirited.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25435.htm
The Palin Principle - Bible trumps Constitution
By Rick Ungar
While the religious right are free to vote for candidates who share their reliance on religious belief, they are not free to re-imagine the fundamentals of this country - at least not without putting their reinvention through the rigorous process of amending, or re-writing, our Constitution.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25434.htm
Neocon Sink Their Fangs Into the Tea Parties
By Ira Chernus
"This is the playbook for the resurgence of the conservative movement," says none other than Dick Cheney, on thebook jacket. It's "a must-read for conservatives who want our movement to dominate," exclaims a blurb from Karl Rove.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25557.htm
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Palin
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karl+Rove
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Glenn+Beck
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rush+Limbaugh
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tea+Party
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Constitution
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Quin+Hillyer
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Blum
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ira+Chernus
rudkla - 20. Apr, 08:27
