I don't think polls, if done by agencies that know what they're doing, lie. Most polls right now indicate that people are unhappy with Barry O and the Democrats. Polls also say that they don't like Republicans much better and Republican Party membership is at an all time low. The Tea Party Express may seem like it's chugging along but they don't have big favorables in the polls and their most visible leaders, while popular with certain segments of the demographic, are held in lower esteem than anyone else. I doubt Sarah Palin could get herself elected to anything, anywhere in the country, although she seems to be a damn fine endorser, go figger.
One of the positive developments that I'm seeing, is how far back the Wingnuts are having to back off on social issues to maintain even a weak minority base of support. The abortion debate is now no longer whether abortion should be recriminalized but whether it should be subsidized by tax dollars. Gay rights are not in question but whether or not religious organizations can continue to call homosexuality a sin. There is no mainstream or organizational support anywhere, for the idea that discrimination against anybody, for any reason, is acceptable. Wingnuts simply seek to remind us that they are also a minority and deserve some consideration and protection as well. Sounds fair to me. There is still strong support for the military as an institution and those who serve in it and virtually no organized anti war movement but nobody is saying that the current unilateral wars of American aggression in the Middle East were a good idea in the first place or should be continued any longer than it takes to get out, while leaving these countries with at least a minimum level of political and social stability. These are all pretty profound changes from a few years ago.
Like I say, polls don't lie. If trends continue through to next November, the Democrats will at the very least lose their super majorities in the Federal and many State legislatures around the country and maybe that's a good thing but one other thing is for certain, it's not your father's Wingnut fringe out there anymore and will never be again.
Thank you, Sarah Palin. Thank you, Glen Beck. Thank you, Tea Party Express.
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I think your crystal ball is pretty accurate. But I think it's the Moonbat fringe that will creep back under the rock from where it came.
Wingnuts simply seek to remind us that they are also a minority and deserve some consideration and protection as well.
What is your definition of a wingnut? If you mean left wingers, you are spot on. The evidence of that will be affirmed in November.
Tea Partiers get a bad rap from the Ruling Class Media.
But they're just about limited government and fiscal responsibility. That's a 70% approval rating when you phrase it that way.
Wait 'til you see Senators Rand Paul, Joe Miller, Ken Buck, etc. They're gonna be awesome.
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