From its beginnings, the tea party movement has been about stealing progressives' act. But they can't...because they suck at it. A small group of progressives proved that yesterday in the Five Points area of Birmingham, Alabama by taking part in a national day of action and protest against British Petroleum. More after the jump!
Make no mistake, this was a small group -- about fifteen people -- but last year in Birmingham I found just two teabaggers for a Sarah Palin book-signing. There were no misspelled signs yesterday, and everyone to whom I spoke was well-informed. This gives me hope the center is shifting in America: we're making sense while they aren't.
What do I mean by "shifting the center"? Well, a couple of weeks ago I went in search of proof that BP has been lying all along about the oil flow. I not only learned that five thousand barrels of oil would fill about one-third of an Olympic-size swimming pool, I also discovered a bipartisan agreement on energy policy as well as the need to punish a criminal corporation.