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To: combjelly who wrote (556320)	3/21/2010 11:18:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

He has been telling the truth for the past year and they have refused to listen to him" Ok. I haven't been paying attention to him. Sadly, for him, the Republicans have a distinct tendency to purge those who tell them things they don't want to here when they lose. So I expect them to start 'purifying' themselves in the wake of this defeat. Oh yeah, Frum has been a voice of reason since Obama took office. He was an econ speech writer for Bush. He reminds me of the Rs that I knew growing up....Ripon Rs. I just checked his wiki description. You know why he's so reasonable.....he's from Canada originally. ;-) "Apparently, tea baggers and their craziness have much more appeal for the Rs." Populism can be a powerful force for change. Not so sure how it can work for maintaining the status quo. The R's sense the power behind it, but refuse to recognize that populism is against much of what they stand for. Granted, the current crop seems to be fueled by fairy tales and lies. But that doesn't change the nature of the beast. Tea bagger populism is a perverse populism....its reactionary....wanting to go backwards instead of forwards. From what I've read in history, the most successful populism is that which looks forward.