re: #514 Killgore Trout

Because it’s a quack movement run by nuts. Do you know how easy it is to dig up dirt on the Tea Party organizers? The real problem is that the normal conservatives who make up the majority of the attendees don’t care that they’re being used to advance extremists like Glenn Beck and Ron Paul. Either they don’t care or they’re deluding themselves. As this thread demonstrates there’s a clear disconnect with the reality of what’s going on.

Everybody’s using everybody with these “tea party” events.

It’s possible that some “normal conservatives” believe that in their participation in these things, they can minimize the impact of extremists like Glenn Beck and Ron Paul.

Now, I don’t think that will happen. But it is entirely possible that some of the folks here believe that they can indeed have that sort of impact.