The only good thing about the Tea Party

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For years, the Democrats have bemoaned the glue which has been the Pugs together. They have used their combined forces in ways which Democrats are unable to do, as the Democratic Party is composed of many smaller factions, and these splinter groups are not always on the same page.

This has been one of the areas in which the combined forces of the Pugs overwhelm the Dems, and for which we have sought some sort of solution for quite some time.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for us to raise our tri-cornered hats and throw them into the air with some exuberance, and open the champagne.

The Tea Party has splintered the Pugs into those who are completely insane, and those who might have a shred of sanity left in them. And it doesn't look so good for either one.

Let's face it: there is an element within the country today that respects the nutcases like Sarah Palin. And that same group also enjoys skewing the Dems at every chance they get. With folks like Glenn Beck, Palin, Hannity, O'Reilly and all those other fuckheads, they have taken up the mantle of the Tea Party, and will, from this day forward, be considered by many on BOTH sides, as batshit crazy.

I remember one show which was interviewing a voter, who self-ID'd himself as a Pug, and said he voted for Obama. His reason? Two words: Sarah Palin. And I don't think he was alone in his reasoning. Palin scared many people around the country, and they fled from voting for McCain/Palin. I think it's clear to many people that the Tea Party now contains many of the nuts who long ago hijacked the right, and is holding it hostage.

Does this splintering help Dems? Maybe, but not because there are so many "saints" on the right, but because the party, in the end, has now been divided in a way that might be torn between two different candidates on 2012. Just as Dems have had to deal with offshoots such as the Green Party, the Pugs will now have their house divided as well.

So here we are. The GOP is caught up in a decision either to split their party between whackadoodles and the Party of Obstruction. They're both bad, and now they are going to be unable to reconcile their differences. The Dems have two choices--show voters how crazy the current slate of the TP is, or to run and hide from both parts of the GOP. The Dems have been shown to be cowards in the past, but it's clear now that we need to gain momentum and separate both wings of the GOP from now on. It's only when the left can vote en masse as a unified party that we will defeat the other side, and let their current elements go separate ways.

[Oregone]

1. No good from the Tea Party splinterists can come for the Democrats

Trust me. Ive read splinteritism is always bad for progress

[unpossibles]

3. how so?

I'm curious. While I find it sad that the nuts on the far right can actually get TV coverage (must be nice to be a splinter group owned by the largest media company I guess....), I think it will be good not only for us, but for the less crazy conservatives. Also, in my opinion we need to have open public discussions about the things they are unintentionally or poorly bringing up, such as the lack of quality education when it comes to politics and beyond, race relations, the inherent problems in Libertarian Utopian fantasy, etc.

[Oregone]

4. Trust me on this. All "splintertlisticism" is evil and bad

You either believe with me or against me

[unpossibles]

6. you're making less sense than usual

can you clarify, please?

[SpiralHawk]

2. Obstructionists + Whackdoodles = Republicons

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7. Hmmmm....is that the same lady

who did the bandaids at the pug convention? Either that, or all repugs look the same......












(sarcasm. and i hate to waste a tag on it.)

[Cal33]

5. I think you have a point there. nt