Does Castle Understand The Tea Party?
Reporters were all over the state yesterday covering the Castle-O’Donnell race. Dave Weigel, from Slate covered some campaign events and got some comments from Mike Castle.
There’s something almost quaint about this faith in the local media, especially when O’Donnell’s supporters are asked about the same stories. They, like many members of the Tea Party movement, don’t think that information in newspapers is definitive; it may even be inferior to what they hear from their friends or from talk radio. This is one of many reasons why Castle gets along with these activists the way a negotiator might deal with a hostage-taker.
“Some of the things they seem to advocate go beyond the norm,” says Castle. “I have trouble distinguishing sometimes between the factions out there that are in this ultra-conservative mode. You know—be it the patriots, or this Tea Party Express, or the different factions of the Tea Party. I’ve seen advocacy for eliminating the Department of Education, for example.”
He’s interrupted again—”Hi, Debbie!”—but keeps musing on how Tea Party activists shout down legislation by saying it’s unconstitutional.
“There are a lot of things that the federal government does that, you know, might not be explicitly in the Constitution per se,” says Castle. “There are a lot of things that the states do, too. And they’ve been doing it in some cases since the 18th century.” He shrugs. “I do suppose it is a good question to ask.”
It doesn’t sound like Mike Castle is taking the Tea Party very seriously, and that’s a problem. They’re going to be running his party soon and perhaps at least one of the houses of Congress.
Tags: DE-Sen, Mike Castle
Politico has this scoop:
You know what they say about glass houses and stones.
Another nugget from this article – O’Donnell met with Palin at Glenn Beck’s rally. Does this mean Palin could still endorse her?
You got that right — he has no clue about the Tea Party, because he’s essentially reality-based, which is why right-wingers despise him so.
I’m not sure this is reality-based:
“There are a lot of things that the federal government does that, you know, might not be explicitly in the Constitution per se,” says Castle. “There are a lot of things that the states do, too. And they’ve been doing it in some cases since the 18th century.” He shrugs. “I do suppose it is a good question to ask.”
It’s a good question to ask? Really? It’s good to ask to overturn 200 years of U.S. governance?
No, not that specifically. He’s trying not to offend these people, completely missing the point that they exist mainly to take offense. Today’s world of politics has totally passed him by.
WaPo peice on O’Donnell just posted and they snagged q great quote:” what’s so exciting and energizing about all of this is that your are not being duped,”.
One can imagine th confused cheer that went up after that winner.
We must all be alert for in Germany in the early 30’s a party came along and told the people exactly what they wanted to do. A lot of folks said they will never do that it’s just election time talk. But with folks like Angle and Paul they are true believers along with a few other nuts in congress we all could be in for one big surprise.”Remember when Fascism comes it will come wrapped in the flag and carrying a Bible” Sinclare Lewis said this in 1935
Another famous quote from the 30’s that is true today and use by raido host and Repuks alike the method not the quote “The people can always be brought to the bidding of it’s leaders. You tell them they are being attacked. and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotsim and exposing the country to danger” Herman Goering
“The people can always be brought to the bidding of it’s leaders. You tell them they are being attacked. and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotsim and exposing the country to danger” Herman Goering
This is the exact tactic that GWB and his cronies used in the run-up to the current war(s). Yet most Democrat Senators & Congressmen voted for authorizing the war. They were afraid of being seen as “weak”. They were in fact WEAK & they proved it with their votes. Our dead & maimed soldiers thank both the loony right & the spineless left for their warmongering and lack of testicles, respectively.
Right on Tyrone
Sinclare lewis could have been refering to the resent Beck march lots of flags and God
Any chance you could switch your moniker to Truth Speller?
“Any chance you could switch your moniker to Truth Speller?
Truth Punctuator? (it’s should have been its)
I’m a prick when it comes to spelling, grammar & punctuation (as anyone who comments on TNJ’s site will tell you), but I’m inclined to cut TT a break. His spelling, grammar & punctuation are far better than the brightest “minds” on the right-wing websites.
Having said that, I’m sure one of the better educated people here will dissect my sentences & point out my errors.
Oh well. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Please nominate me for Asshat of the day. The “it’s” I read was not written by TT and it was used correctly.
article in today’s Wall Street Journal, at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703720004575478062002035590.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_news (you may need a subscription), title “Tea Party Favorite Unsettles Delaware GOP”
Two paragraphs
To be sure, a Rasmussen poll released Tuesday suggested voters aren’t exactly flocking to the O’Donnell campaign. Only 39% of respondents said they felt favorable toward her, compared with 67% for Mr. Castle.
But fewer than 13,000 people voted in Delaware’s previous midterm GOP primary. With those numbers in mind, Ms. O’Donnell said she hopes to peel off just enough votes from registered Republicans to win.