re: HOW THE RIGHT LOST ITS MIND

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But the real turning point came with the election of Barack Obama and the rise of the Tea Party. While many of its discontents can be traced to the Bush years—Medicare Part D, changes to immigration policy and the big-bank bailouts—the Tea Party did not gain traction until after Obama’s victory. The timing fueled suspicion that the movement had more to do with the new president’s race

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shite like this invalidates any "point" the article was making

the original Tea Party (small government-based, anti-taxation, etc) went after REPUBLICANS. the frick does Obama's race have to do with that?

This would be a great point if I didnt openly acknowledge this as a given just a few posts ago dipshit.

The only possible acknowledgement of the liberal perpetual outrage machine on your part, is:

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obviously liberalism too

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In amongst a diatribe about republicans.

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So now you're complaining about the fact that liberalisms perpetual outrage machine is so blatant that its only worth a passing reference in the context of a conversation with a party which was not even you?

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No, I'm complaining that you're lamenting the sliver in the republican eye, and minimizing or completely ignoring the plank in your own. It's like a democrat calling out an establishment republican for supporting Marxist policies, you're just too much of a zealot to acknowledge it.

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shite like this invalidates any "point" the article was making

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I saw that sentence and had the same reaction, but if you read the next sentence he concludes that characterization to not at all describe the tea party. He goes on to say it was vastly diverse and adhered to core party ideals. In fact he describes it very positively.

I can attest to that description because I canvased for Ron Paul who was the REAL leader of the initial tea party and it was indeed extremely diverse.