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So what won the US midterms - sanity or fear? : Comments

By Adam Wand, published 9/11/2010

The Republican Party paid a high price for joining the Tea Party.

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In the American south the combination of- folk religion , rock and roll , and snake oil has always been a popular entertainment , a better name for the tea party anthem might be: "The W. C. Walcotts medicine show".

Americans have a different attitude to both loan defaults and bankruptcy; Over there you just hand back the keys and walk away to a new start. I suspect that the proposition that they might have to spend 25 years paying of these failed loans might explain some of the anger.

The west has been in general decline ever since the first oil crisis.

The most lasting legacy of Bush jumior could be the resurrection of the 'Persian' empire.
Ever since Winston changed the British fleet from coal to oil, preventing Iran from dominating this place of vital national interest,was a corner stone of Anglo-american foreign policy.
Bush senior understood this reality, his son did not understand.

I am a liberal voting liberal conservative , being described as "left" is a new experience; "Pray sirs what planet do you come from"
Posted by pedestrian, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 11:35:06 AM
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The Tea Party was a creation of the FOX Network http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/chuck-todd-admits-fox-news-created-and and is indeed underwritten by Big Coal and directly funded by a few Big Oil Billionaires such as the Koch brothers.

It is representative of a handful of disaffected white middle-class conservatives who refuse to acknowledge there has been a desire for change - not only in the US but also in Britain, Australia and some European countries - after the extremist policies of the last decade.

Unfortunately Obama has been blamed for everything that's happened since he was elected (but not actually in control) and the economic situation in the US is hurting everyone.
The public hysteria resulting from even the Health reforms is just an indication of how volatile their society is.

Lies are constantly presented as news -http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101105/el_yblog_upshot/citing-shady-numbers-republicans-take-aim-at-the-cost-of-obamas-trip-to-india

The Old Guard is fighting their way back the only way it knows how - by fostering social division and dissent.

Time will tell if the Tea Party will split the traditional Conservative vote.
Posted by wobbles, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 12:32:08 PM
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One wonders which century or even millennia Richie 10 lives in to write such a comment. Perhaps the 12th century?
Posted by Ho Hum, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 2:01:37 PM
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Ho Hum , I have absolutely no idea as to what Mr 10 is saying, do you?
Posted by pedestrian, Thursday, 11 November 2010 9:07:38 AM
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Mr 10,

Is that you Kevin?
Posted by keith, Thursday, 11 November 2010 2:13:22 PM
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wobbles
'the old guard' are actually pretty new.
Posted by pedestrian, Thursday, 11 November 2010 3:53:06 PM
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