TIME: Tea Party 'Not Big Movement,' Palin Fans 'Un-American'

Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement “both have far less support in the country at large than a gullible Old Media seems to understand or suggest,” Time magazine senior political analyst Mark Halperin asserted on “The Page” while colleague Joe Klein, on Time’s “Swampland” blog, showed fear of the supposedly impotent coalition as he denigrated her Saturday night convention speech as “anti-intellectual drivel,” scolding as “anti-American” those dumb enough to like her:

Those who celebrate Sarah Palin's lack of knowledge as a form of “authenticity” superior to Barack Obama's gloriously American mongrel ethnicity and self-made intellectuality are representatives of a long-standing American theme – the celebration of sameness, and mediocrity, in a country that has succeeded brilliantly because of its diversity and restlessly eccentric genius. Happily, it has almost always been a losing theme. And, indeed, in the truest sense, it can be called anti-American.

Halperin, political director for ABC News until 2007, appeared on the Sunday edition of ABC’s World News where he insisted Palin and tea partiers are “still not big enough or specific enough to do anything but criticize Obama, criticize the government” and while “that creates excitement,” it's “not a national governing movement.”

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US Male

Thats right. Minimize it and ridicule it. Enough dripping water will wear away a rock.
"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also, it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage."
Sal Alinsky

Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 12:14 PM

CONSERVATIVES ARE BIRTHER TEABAGGERS

Teabaggers are not the real America. They are just the far right wing of the Republican party. The part that all the other republicans admit are crazies in private but in public try to play to.
I don't think half of them have actual birth certificates, having been born in the Appalacians, let alone know enough to claim that the President of the U.S. isn't a citizen. They just follow whatever they hear over the radio. Lemmings.

Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 11:12 PM

Loyal72

I think I'm not concerned with what "the lame-brain" media says or writes. And I'll try to pretend that I don't suspect that all of the sudden political epiphanies that the congress and the "mongrel" are suddenly having, have nothing to do with Palin and the Tea Party!!!!! But a whole lot of newspeople are spending a whopping amount of time trying to CONVINCE SOMEONE that both are "nothings", and it ain't us!!!!!

Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 05:32 PM

Aj

And they wonder why their magazine sales are diving!!!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 11:38 PM

CONSERVATIVES ARE BIRTHER TEABAGGERS

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 05:42 PM

Hobbes

manup
Hobbes
said
Bay Area Patriot
So you are saying the founding fathers were slow? They wrote it. You aren't too bright are you?
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: They only said it once. You 'tards say it constantly, and what you mean by "We the people" is we the conservatives.
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We the people, Means - Any American.! Except you progressive Anti - American Hating Mindless wonders that is hell bent on destroying this Country... Now if that didn't answer your question I will send you a picture..
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I didn't ask a question, moron. If I had a question, I would address it to someone who showed evidence of intelligence.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 08:06 AM

cooperscopy

These pinheads at Time and elsewhere in the media don't have a clue what the American people want and need out of their government, but they will come November...read: Lame Stream Media...Redux....at....
http://cooperscopy.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 01:25 AM

Keltic1

Where is the beef? Even Pelosi says its astro-turf. lol Did getting teabagged in MA change anyone's mind on astro-turf?

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 11:23 PM

S-M-D

30 Years of proof..!
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This is Alinsky up close and personal.
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Liberals applied their rules 5-8-13, to Reagen, Quale, Bush, Newt Gindrich, Trent lott and now Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity and Glen Beck. They also did it to Clarence Thomas and Condelizza Rice, a black man and woman, no less.
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"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. (rule #13)
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Ridicule "Mans most potent weapon" (rule #5)
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"Keep the pressure on" Attack,attack, attack (rule #8)

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 07:37 PM

Recon

damn....Krauthammers onto me...
Sarah has the last laugh,
TEA anyone?

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 07:26 PM

Krewman

@Newgen - Wow, that's a lot of accusations! Just curious, what real evidence do you have, other than the normal FOX News talking points, to back these accusations up?

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 07:15 PM

1st CONFISCATORY CHURCH OF THE GLOW-BALL MYTH

Most of it is right out in the open, if you need proof on what newgen just said, you must not pay much attention, or all you do is watch MSLSD.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 07:24 PM

Krewman

LOL. Instead of real evidence, you only provide more rhetoric. You made my point better than I ever could.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 07:41 PM

Krewman

@Newgen - Wow, that's a lot of accusations! Just curious, what real evidence do you have, other than the normal FOX News talking points, to back these accusations up?

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 07:15 PM

manup

Hobbes
said
Bay Area Patriot
So you are saying the founding fathers were slow? They wrote it. You aren't too bright are you?
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: They only said it once. You 'tards say it constantly, and what you mean by "We the people" is we the conservatives.
=========================================================
We the people, Means - Any American.! Except you progressive Anti - American Hating Mindless wonders that is hell bent on destroying this Country... Now if that didn't answer your question I will send you a picture..

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 06:33 PM

Deyo

I perceive Obama’s lack of respect for America. His bowing to King Abdullah; his unwarranted apologies on behalf of America Citizens; his refusal to protect America against terrorists; his out-of-control of spending; his health care plan which he wants to jam down the throats of hard working Americans; his attempt to humiliate the third branch of government; his immature, ever so present, finger pointing at a past administration; his total lack of love and gratitude for my America, makes me anti-American? People who want government to take control of their lives and who want government handouts are un-American.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 06:25 PM

CONSERVATIVES ARE BIRTHER TEABAGGERS

Wow, with a brain like that, there must be alot of room in your head.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 05:20 PM

razmataz

Well, at least newgen can be said to have a brain, shame you can't make the same claim.

Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 05:05 PM