Category Archives: The Teabagger Fail

Conservative Culture Sows the Seeds of its Own Demise

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Conservative Culture Sows the Seeds of its Own Demise”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Millennials, who will be the decisive cohort in future national elections, are less religious than previous generations and less likely to respond to social wedge issues. Evangelicals, on the other hand, are voting in … Continue reading →

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The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail “Conservatism is alive and well in Missouri and Minnesota,” Santorum crowed, at a rally in St. Charles, Mo. “Tonight was a victory for the voices of our party, … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Inherit the Slave Wind

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Morning Awful: Inherit the Slave Wind”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail About two dozen tea party activists showed up in Nashville recently to argue for a more “progressive” view of American history in the state’s public school textbooks: Fayette County attorney Hal … Continue reading →

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Wall Street is Technically a Street in America

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Wall Street is Technically a Street in America”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo I guess we can’t call this a gaffe from Mitt Romney. Nor is it a laugh line, because it isn’t funny. Mitt Romney is American street the way Hot … Continue reading →

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The House GOP Has a Plan

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The House GOP Has a Plan”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBooman got it exactly right last week: It is within the Republicans power to obstruct and, by doing so, make the president look weak and ineffectual. That’s the path they’ve chosen. However, … Continue reading →

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The Revolution Will Be Monetized

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Revolution Will Be Monetized”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis segment from Rachel Maddow’s show last Friday examines the for-profit scheme of modern conservative politics, a trend I’ve zeroed in on several times here while studying tea parties: the swank for-profit “convention” … Continue reading →

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The Teabagger Fail

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Teabagger Fail”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Beltway has noticed a backlash against tea parties: These experts say independent voters who make up the swing bloc of the electorate typically pay less attention to politics than staunch Republican and Democratic voters. … Continue reading →

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They Are Not Listening

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “They Are Not Listening”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn case you haven’t heard, some tea party folks turned up at the president’s stop in Iowa today to complain about Joe Biden calling them “terrorists” in the debt ceiling crisis (which is what … Continue reading →

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Movement Failures and the Debt Ceiling Crisis

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Movement Failures and the Debt Ceiling Crisis”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo far, Common Cause is the only liberal organization that has brought the power of civil disobedience to bear on the 112th Congress in this time of manufactured debt limit crisis. … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Tea Party Welchers

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Morning Awful: Tea Party Welchers”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailTea Party Nation, the organization that held a “convention” with Sarah Palin in Nashville eighteen months ago, is rapidly dissolving into a hate group. They’re also a for-profit entity that doesn’t pay its … Continue reading →

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Double-Down on the Crazy

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Double-Down on the Crazy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWhat to do when half the independents in your “movement” have figured out the scam? Utah’s independent voters are cooling to the state’s tea party movement, with support dropping by more than half over … Continue reading →

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