Whenever Jon Stewart needed to reach out to a particular group or person, he would always say the following: “Meet me over at camera three.” That was his way of getting something important off his chest. Well, like the former Daily Show host, I think it’s high time for me to have a heart to […]
Tag: Tea Party
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing In North Carolina's 3rd District
North Carolina has been getting national attention for some time. Between the draconian voter restriction laws, “Moral Mondays” in Raleigh and people being arrested it’s been a busy state. However you look at North Carolina today, it’s obvious the people of North Carolina are not happy with the direction their state has taken under the […]
Scarborough Warns GOP Change Or You’re going to have Hillary For 2 Terms (VIDEO)
Sunday morning on Meet The Press, MSNBC’s Morning Joe host, Joe Scarborough took issue with the “political amateurs” in the Tea Party. “It’s not about compromise, it’s not even about ideological moderation,” Scarborough said. “It is, though, about political moderation. You’ve got to be relevant to the center of America. People forget this, but Republicans […]
Legal Pot, Better Pay, And Its Okay To Be Gay: US Electorate Snubs Tea Party Agenda
Election Night 2013 is over and like any election night, there were winners and losers across the political spectrum. However, while it is often taken as an article of faith by media pundits that the United States is a center-right nation, yesterday’s results do not support that often repeated claim. Instead Election Night November 5th, […]
A Tale of Two Gubernatorial Elections
If you were looking for a central theme in the reelection of Chris Christie in New Jersey and the defeat of Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia, it was this: the Tea Party has ostensibly worn out its welcome with the electorate. Voters in both states rejected the politics of obstructionism and made it clear that they want solution-based governing. Let’s […]
Calling A Spade A Spade: Is It Fair To Compare The Tea Party To The KKK? (VIDEO)
Jamelle Bouie has a piece in The Daily Beast this week that deals with email comments made by Alan Grayson in which he compared the Tea Party with the Ku Klux Klan. Understandably, the comments have drawn a lot of attention as well as a lot of criticism, most of it from Republicans. While Bouie does […]