Freshly Risen Zombie GOP Is Dead. Again.

It was a moonlit night. The Zombie Nevada GOP stumbled across the barren sagebrush strewn landscape of Nevada's Desert. The horrifying gurgling and slobbering of the freshly risen party were indistinguishable at first. But slowly recognizable words appears, "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEID! GEEEEEEEEEEEET REEEEEEEEEEEEID!"

The citizenry, having barricaded themselves into any available space, cowered in fear of the monster. No one knew how to stop it, and it seemed inevitable that the sheer will of the beast would be enough to destroy Nevada's political future. Forever.

All seemed lost. Humanity was doomed.

But then, the sound of footsteps echoed across the open desert.

A dark cloaked figure appeared. He was holding a shotgun. And moved straight for the shambling zombie.

The roar of the double barrel blast exploded across the playa. The zombie, too busy spewing its bile crusted murmurings never heard him coming.

The Nevada Tea Party had killed the Nevada GOP.

And the next day, as the sun rose, the still trembling citizens emerged from their bunkers to survey the landscape. It was going to be okay.

And somewhere in a smoke-filled back room in Washington DC, a mysterious man from Searchlight smiled.

Other Things Written on Palin's Hand

Last week at the Tea Party Convention, news reports covered a story about how Sarah Palin had written notes on her hand.

Unbeknownst to the world, Palin had also written notes on her other hand.

Thanks to sophisticated graphic analysis the world can now know with those notes were:

• "Remember to wink at camera every 30 seconds”
• "Don't shoot at audience-they're paying me"
• "Remember to pick up Moose milk on the way home"
• "Africa is not a country-Africa is not a country"
• "Don't chew tobacco on stage"
• "Remember to tug on your earlobe - hi kids!"
• "Truth is irrelevant-you work for Fox"

The Tragedy of the Tea Party

It's kind of sad.

Populist movements have made a major positive influence on the history of our country. The Antitrust movement of the 1890s the Huey Long in the 30s when the civil rights movement in the 60s have been a remarkable effective way to change the status quo of our governance.

However, as great as fiscal responsibility is as a movement concept, The Tea Party is going off the tracks.

At the recent convention in Nashville, speakers on the podium and attendees in the crowd spoke endlessly about things that had nothing to do with fiscal responsibility. Racism, xenophobia and suspicion of science were unfortunately the things that got the biggest crowd roars from the main stage.

This blog has been making fun of The Tea Party from the earliest days, but honestly what American can argue with the idea that the funds we collect should equal the funds we spend (except in some special circumstances like war or recession)?

However, since the wingnuts on the stage have more agendas than just spending control, The Maddening Crowd is going along with them. It's kind of scary. The opening speech at the Tea Party Convention looked a lot more like a Ku Klux Klan rally, an American speaking about fiscal responsibility.

The worst part, is that our fabulous media and even the fake media like Fox news, are failing to pick up on this dark and evil turn. Yes I said evil. These media companies and their pundits are avoiding to point out the absolute hypocrisy and selfishness of the allegedly "populist" tea party leadership, as they distort the message to the lowest common denominator.

Not good. Not good ago.

If I was Anne Frank, I start looking for an attic to hide. Metaphorically speaking of course.

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