The Edge of Tomorrow

"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Monday, April 26, 2010

A Second Serving of Weak Tea

Jesse Walker and Radley Balko look at the Tea Party. They find, not surprisingly, that members aren't really opposed to big government as long as it does what they want it to do.
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Jimmy Espy said...

After talking to some members of the Tea party crowd this has been my experience too. It's not fair to lable everyone in the movement, or even the majority, but certainly there are plenty of Tea Partyers with little philosophical consistency.

April 26, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Charles said...

I had an experience similar to one you told me about at the only Tea Party meeting I've gone to. The second person who spoke was really upset about the growing debt and out-of-control spending, but he seemed most angry that he didn't get a Social Security COLA this year.

April 26, 2010 at 5:35 PM

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