From the New York Times comes this harrowing tale of a woman’s descent into the tea party madness, seduced by all the easy magical answers:
Urged on by conservative commentators, waves of newly minted activists are turning to once-obscure books and Web sites and discovering a set of ideas long dismissed as the preserve of conspiracy theorists, interviews conducted across the country over several months show. In this view, Mr. Obama and many of his predecessors (including George W. Bush) have deliberately undermined the Constitution and free enterprise for the benefit of a shadowy international network of wealthy elites.
I once again refer to what I said at the beginning of this phenomenon: it is morphing into something incredibly ugly that will do more long-term damage to the Republican Party than Obama. The Teabag Terror will become The Teabagger Fail. It’s a long article, and it’s disturbing to see perfectly good people so warped by fear.
