From a New Hampshire Union Leader editorial crediting the Tea Party with ensuring that Senate Minority Leader McConnell would refuse to play ball on the Omnibus:
The truth is that without the constant vigilance currently provided by what can loosely be called the Tea Party movement, Republicans would be just as happy as Democrats to squander taxpayer money. They are only acting frugal now because they know they’re being closely watched, so keep watching.
For the rest of your lives, in fact: civic duty never ends. Just in case nobody’s ever mentioned that.
(H/T: Real Clear Politics)
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What he said ^
partyof1 Monday, December 20th at 12:03PM EDT (link)Most establishment Republicans are Lifers. They find the tea party to be a temporary annoyance. They’ll give us some token spending cuts to play with as they pat us on the head and wait for the grass roots to get complacent again. Time will tell if they are right.
Actually, no, that's *not* what I said.
Moe Lane (Diary) Monday, December 20th at 12:34PM EDT (link)And it’s not what the editorial said, either. Bang the I Hate The GOP drum on your own time, and don’t try to drag me into it.
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Very true, very true
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Monday, December 20th at 12:56PM EDT (link)The price of freedom is constant vigilance. The Founding Fathers knew that, and somebody much greater than me coined that.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
The falcon cannot hear the falconer...
writeblock Monday, December 20th at 9:45PM EDT (link)Most Washington incumbents get too comfortable to feel the same fury as the rank and file. Waste is taken for granted. Back room dealmaking is the way business is done. The only remedy is to challenge the entrenched in primaries. If that fails, it’s new party time.
If I ever come close to despairing...
Moe Lane (Diary) Monday, December 20th at 11:48PM EDT (link)…it’s at comments like these. Four years of Democratic control of Congress, and we still get people who haven’t noticed yet that the rules of the game are Us vs. Them, and that Them pleasure themselves at the thought of Us splitting our focus.
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