Sooo.... Mark William himself is saying that his remarks were "over the top." Ya think?
I'm glad he's gone, but his departure does little to change the fact that this 'loosely knit' federation of groups still largely condones this type of behavior from its leadership. Not one of its friends; not one of its associates or compatriots; but an official "spokesperson" and leader of the Tea Party.
The NAACP did not put words in the mouth of Mark Williams. The damage to the Tea Party was self-inflicted, and I hope this - in addition to the NAACP resolution that brought this whole issue to a head - will cause some additional reflection of this movement.
I support the right of Tea Party followers to protest and to seek policies that reflect their beliefs. However, to do so in the absence of respect for Democracy and democratic principles, the Constitution and common decency is unacceptable.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
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I want to take this opportunity to thank the Tea Party for electing Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown since he voted for the Financial Reform Bill and help the President of the United States with another legislative victory, thank you Tea Party. Have you heard of “Unintended Consequences” or “Blowback”? Was he working for the Tea Party, himself or our Country, hmmm only you can answer this one?
The problem is this. Tea Party candidates will win a number of these congressional races because local districts are often safely partisan in nature. They can make their wild, unfounded claims, crazy accusations, etc., and win. That means not only are we likely to see an increase in Republican seats in both houses, we're likely to see more antics, more insanity, more stupidity. At the same time they're going to do everything they can to derail Obama's policies which will likely mean high unemployment, a moribund economy, and more compromises on policy positions that make no one happy.
That could literally mean that if the Republicans put up a legitimate candidate in 2012, they could win. Such a result is bad enough, but the likely response for the Democrats is to move further to the "middle" to placate voters. As we've seen over the last decade, the "middle" in American politics is basically on the verge of being an 80s Republican. Increasingly that means we'll have a political landscape of a conservative party and ratfuck insane parties. The former, given it's track record, slowly moving to the right, the latter, given it's track record, loudly screaming "socialism, communism, fascism!!!"
If we continue on this course, privatization will be socialism.
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