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i think i've told this little anecdote here before, but maybe not.
and i wouldn't say this is representative of anything but i found myself on a guest list more than once for parties hosted by the main movers in the tea party movement in this area. i talked to quite a few of them some of whom are running for office, others of whom are learning about grassroots (or astroturf depending on how things pan out) organizing...i was surprised by the diversity of positions. there was no agreement about philosophical or practical matters. what seemed to unite them was an idea that something Very Bad is Happening Out There and while they can't quite tell you what that Bad Thing is they know that Whatever We Are Doing is Part of that Bad Thing. so being against things seemed to follow. another things they had in common (which is different from being united by) is that these are the first political actions for all these people.
i didn't particularly feel like hearing the obama=communism stuff i suspected was coming so made an outline of my politics known. it likely shut things down.
based on this and what i've read though, i don't think there is a particular ideological center....
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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