Let's be charitable folks, Mississippi is one of the most backward states in the nation. Drive the back roads sometime, talk to the people, check out their educational and earning levels, the south in America is ruled by a rigid ideology, now consider the tea party: ideological, uncompromising, fundamentalist, anti-science, tribalism, xenophobia, misogynist, anti-intellect, militia mentality, anti-immigration, in a real sense the epitome of anti American values of inclusiveness and community.
"Still, the Tea Party has also been around long enough to have a record, of sorts. Let’s look at the legacy: No significant legislation, no changes for the better in American life, and no compromise, of course, with the majority of voters who say in numerous polls that the Tea Party has been mostly a negative force in politics. One follows the other, since by the absolutist nature of their philosophy Tea Party members believe that any effort to govern with those they disagree with is traitorous."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/opinion/egan-tea-party-dead-enders.html
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