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To: Little Joe who wrote (148436)	10/30/2010 12:04:06 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543541

The tea party is in my view leading the way. lol, right. Angle and O'Donnell and Rand Paul are leading the way. Angle can't come up with answers to basic questions about national security until after the election. O'Donnell is as dotty as they come--even Republicans have mostly disowned her. Paul just makes things up about the Constitution, and doesn't know what the separation of church and state means. They scream about "death panels" that don't exist except as figments of their imagination, and talk about the "Founders" in ways that make it clear that they haven't read "Them" at all. People like Madison, Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Dickinson, and others would have shaken their heads in dismay if they had come in contact with the Tea Party. It would have vindicated every moody suspicion that they had about what democracy would lead to. Maybe you lefties should form your own left wing oriented tea party that works toward effective as opposed to wasteful government. Is there any interest there do you think? Nope. Leftists only want inefficient government. We all want waste and to be taxed up the wazoo. That is the only way to go.

To: Little Joe who wrote (148436)	10/30/2010 8:35:20 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543541

I am hoping that enough Americans are fed up with politics as usual and will elect over time politicians who will fix problems instead of making them worse. That was, of course, Obama. And still is. But when an entire party is devoted to grabbing power back rather than fixing problems--the congressional Reps, nothing will change. Had Obama been met by a Rep congressional caucus led by the likes of Lugar in the senate and Castle in the house, much might have been done.