A census sign that the Tea Party is less than it seems
By Dana Milbank
WashPost
Sunday, April 11, 2010
The 19th century cartoonist Thomas Nast, who made the Republican Party an elephant and the Democratic Party a donkey, would, if he were alive today, have reason to draw the Tea Party as a paper tiger.
At least if the Great Census Panic of 2010 is any indication.
Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul and others in the Tea Party's starting lineup have warned Americans about the evils of the census, and many activists have called for a boycott. This prompted fears among Republicans that they would lose seats in Congress if conservatives refused to be counted, and Karl Rove took to the airwaves this week to urge compliance.
He could have saved his breath. There's evidence that this Tea Party rebellion is a bust.
(More here.)
WashPost
Sunday, April 11, 2010
The 19th century cartoonist Thomas Nast, who made the Republican Party an elephant and the Democratic Party a donkey, would, if he were alive today, have reason to draw the Tea Party as a paper tiger.
At least if the Great Census Panic of 2010 is any indication.
Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul and others in the Tea Party's starting lineup have warned Americans about the evils of the census, and many activists have called for a boycott. This prompted fears among Republicans that they would lose seats in Congress if conservatives refused to be counted, and Karl Rove took to the airwaves this week to urge compliance.
He could have saved his breath. There's evidence that this Tea Party rebellion is a bust.
(More here.)
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