Could The Final Tea Party Member Turn Off The Hate Before They Leave?

By William K. Wolfrum

When Nov. 3 rolls around and all can agree that the pretend, grassroots “Tea Party Movement” is dead, it will have but one accomplishment listed on its headstone: “Made Arizonians Look Like Racist Jerks.”

Of course, the simple fact is that “Tea Party Movement” has mostly been DOA since inception, kept alive by the frantic CPR work done on it by the corporate media. Rarely in the history of American events  has a group of so few gathered so much media attention. Rarely has such an obvious scam permeated the minds of the American people. Rarely has an already-poor political discourse devolved into so many monkeys tossing feces.

Let’s get to the nut graph, here: The “Tea Party Movement” is a complete creation of a Republican Party that had destroyed its name and reputation so badly that they needed to rename a bunch of people and pretend they weren’t really Republicans. But the fact is, they all were or are. The “Tea Party Movement” is not grassroots. It is corporate. The Tea Party Movement is not bi-partisan. It is Republican. And the Tea Party – despite occasional flirtations from the likes of Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich – has never been a political movement. It’s been a political sideshow.

And honestly, Republicans don’t have that much use for them anymore.

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By: William K. Wolfrum

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