Our county’s tea party has now posted a long article on its website seeking to distance itself from other “racist,” “for profit” and “political guns for hire” arms of the tea party.
“We are not implying that there is anything legally wrong with the way they do business,” it reads. “It’s just not our way.”
The rest of the article is here.
With such a broad mission statement — “We believe in fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets, respect for our Constitution and Bill of Rights, and a government that respects and answers to the people” — you’re bound to catch some eels in your net.
I’ve always argued that the tea party wants it both ways: Making broad, sweeping statements to grow its grassroots base but dodging accountability for the inevitable fallout.
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