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annabanana

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3. The fact that the rank & file of the Tea Party consists almost entirely

Reply to PETRUS (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 10:19 AM

Dec 2012

of "low information voters" who have been fed a steady diet of RW cant and lies is at the heart of this entirely true situation.

Seeing signs saying "Keep the Government out of my Medicare" should be sufficient proof of that.

edit: The day that those low-info folks become informed is the dawning day of the revolution!

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"the gap between most Democrats and Tea Party backers is informational, not ideological" [View all] PETRUS Dec 2012 OP

This is probably more true than we would like to think? kentuck Dec 2012 #1

This may be true of the rank and file Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #2

The leadership is 100% plutocrat. annabanana Dec 2012 #4

Exactly. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #6

The fact that the rank & file of the Tea Party consists almost entirely annabanana Dec 2012 #3

Teabaggers / Pubelickens = dumb. Progressives / Libs = smart. bunnies Dec 2012 #5

Ideology limits what they (both groups actually) will take onboard as "information" kenny blankenship Dec 2012 #7

this gives them way too much credit. if somehow they could accept the truth, unblock Dec 2012 #8