The Detroit Free Press tackled the Tea Party this past Sunday with it's usual incompetence. One hundred and fifty--that's right, one hundred and fifty--Tea Party activists showed up for a meeting with no agenda. The house was packed--guessing here, but they must have rented a storage shed. The big news, of course, is that the Tea Party can be defined as "the American taxpayer."
And that smell emanating from my ass can be defined as "rose petals."
It's been a nice couple of days for the good guys:
- Progressive Bill Halter announced he will oppose Blanche Lincoln (Queen of Special Interests) in Arkansas for the Democratic primary. Move.on is all over this--give if you can.
- It looks as if the Dems will pass healthcare reform (however weak), and Repugs are shitting themselves over it (call it an "Oops, We're On The Wrong Side Of History Again!" moment).
- We are now up to 34 Senators signing onto Sen. Bennet's letter urging the passage of the public option via reconciliation. Still don't think it's going to pass, but it's good to see a few more Dems developing cojones (with all due respect to our own Sen. Stabenow).
- Sen. Bunning has shown the Repugs true colors again, opposing help for those in need by filibustering the unemployment extension. They were for him, faced a backlash, now are coming out against him, will probably say he was right in the fall elections but claim to want to help ordinary Americans. Again: how can anybody vote for these fuckers?
Also in Sunday's paper: Dems are losing support among the youth vote (18-29)--not their policies, just their party. Wake up Dems--Lieberman, Lincoln, and Nelson are not the future. Those kids want to support you, but you have to act like true Democrats first, and pass progressive legislation. Carpe diem!
Peace,
emaycee
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