Elitists must swallow Tea

[Stephanie]

By David Keene - 02/08/10 06:21 PM ET
The Tea Partiers have spooked the political establishment. Many Washington insiders who cling to their faith in democracy while deathly afraid that people unlike themselves might actually get involved in politics are busy assuring each other at cocktail parties and on Sunday talk shows that the newly involved will lose interest before the next election. Or, better yet, they might turn on the Republicans who have thus far been the beneficiaries of their numbers and energy. The phenomenon began with last year’s town hall meetings. Hundreds and then thousands of people showed up at congressional town halls traditionally attended by a few dozen voters. Worse, attendees began asking questions.

Edited, just post a paragraph please, they can read your link.








It won’t.

read the rest here.
Elitists must swallow Tea - TheHill.com

 

[WillowTree]

Famous last words. "Who are these people?"

 

[rightwinger]

Since that hasn’t happened yet, or at least didn’t in Massachusetts, Democrats are now busily predicting that the Tea Party movement will either implode or wreak havoc within the GOP as ideological purists use the movement to force candidates to move too far to the right to win elections. At the same time, they are warning people like Sarah Palin that associating with Tea Parties is the political equivalent of playing with explosives.

Sounds like a plan

 

[Toro]

"Elitists"

Ah, class warfare...

 

[Stephanie]

"Elitists"

Ah, class warfare...

nope, just calling them what they are.

 

[Toro]

"Elitists"

Ah, class warfare...

nope, just calling them what they are.

The "bourgeoisie."