Here in Texas, this has been a rough week already, with controversy over our unnecessary Voter ID laws during the first week of early voting and reports that Republican Rep. Pete Sessions spoke disrespectfully to President Barack Obama during a meeting regarding the Republican-orchestrated government shutdown.
So I'm feeling kinda ranty, and decided to post an oldie but goodie:
http://www.youtube.com/...
So here's his list of indictments of the so-called Tea Party:
Ideological purity
Compromise as weakness
A fundamentalalist belief in scriptural literalism
Denying science
Unmoved by facts
Undeterred by new information
A hostile fear of progress
A demonization of education
A need to control women's bodies
Severe xenophobia
Tribal mentality
Intolerance of dissent
Pathological hatred of US government
I think it needs to be updated to add "Determination to suppress votes."
Update: Don't miss this reclisted diary: FreedomWorks: What I Witnessed In Austin This Weekend Shook Me To My Core
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