[lbo-talk] more on who the TPers are

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 15 13:43:57 PDT 2010


On Mar 15, 2010, at 4:35 PM, James Heartfield wrote:


> Doug posts on the tea-baggers:
>
> 'That ideological rigidity bore itself out when respondents ..
> blast .. the Troubled Asset Relief Program (a favorite
> target of tea partiers)'
>
> Yup, plainly they are vicious right-wingers. Why else would they
> object to Washington shovelling shedloads of money into the pockets
> of the wealthiest people in the USA

Ah, ellipses are so useful:

Not only did respondents blast McCain for his support of ***stricter campaign finance rules, immigration reform and climate change legislation*** — all of which he’s dialed back in recent years as he’s tacked right — and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (a favorite target of tea partiers), but they also counted against him his wife and daughter’s support for ***same sex marriage***, and his loss to Obama in the presidential race.



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