Last night as I was watched primary election results trickle in, I was struck by the consistency of the 'message' of the all the Tea Party robots (or “voters” as a “non partisan” person would call them) who were interviewed after casting their vote.



Each pretty much stuck to the party mantra, "Less Government/give the power back to the people."



While technically you can’t fault the fact that the robots all seems to be drinking from the same cup of Tea, here’s my problem. Not one reporter asked these robots what I think is the all important question, 'what exactly does that mean?'

Make no mistake about it, this right wing faction of the Republican Party is one step removed from batshit crazy. They are systematically trying to and succeeding in knocking off established/moderate Republicans who they believe aren’t doing enough to cut spending and stop the growth of Government.

And if you believe the pundits, they are also making it easier for certain Democrats, who were thought to be in trouble, to win reelection. I tend to agree with the pundits, but as a Democrat I know, when victory is at hand, we tend to find a way to mess it up. So, I’m keeping quiet on that front for now.

But as usual, I digress.

These Tea drinkers, like their de facto leader Sarah Palin, and the Republicans they continue to beat down, complain that the President and the Democrats are spending unnecessarily -- on things like the stimulus package, which many economists have said helped avoid a second great depression and the health care reform bill, which is estimated to reduce the deficit by $143 billion over the next decade -- all while proposing to permanently save the Bush-era tax cuts which, while still being scored, are expected to cost 4 times what the “failed” stimulus and health care reform bills are estimated to cost over the next decade…COMBINED. (Click here to read today’s - Washington Post Article on the Republicans proposed tax cuts)

Can I get a WTF from the congregation please? Amen.

Maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m just so slanted to the “Left” to understand why all this talk about big government and over spending is nothing more than the typical Republican double talk. Let’s face it, for all the talk, their primary concern is saving the Bush tax cut for those making over $250,000 a year because without them -- they say -- the economy is going to tank even further. Keep in mind, these same tax cuts have been in place since the start of this economic fiasco conjured up by the Bush administration, and have done little/nothing to help boost the economy or spur job growth.

Or maybe it’s because I can’t actually believe that these Tea drinkers, who are SOOO mad at everything, have the slightest clue as to who the hell they are voting for, and that they are only voting for them because they aren’t “establishment” people.

Here’s a prime example of what I mean.

Take the Tea Party candidate for Governor of New York , Carl Paladino. He wants to relocate welfare recipients to empty ‘jail facilities’ because he thinks, “they would probably like living there because of the great bathroom facilities” and that the facilities could be a place “where they would work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in 'personal hygiene.”

Now I will admit both of these statements have been taken a little bit out of context, but not enough to make them false in anyway. This is exactly what he thinks and is proposing as a solid new and fresh idea.



How exactly does this grand idea boost the economy, spur job growth or slow down the growth of government? If you have an answer, please share it with me, because this one really stumps me.



While Paladino, Sharron Angle [the Nevada Tea Party candidate running against Harry Reid] and Christine O’Donnell [the Delaware Tea Party candidate for Senate] will each make the fall election season more interesting than usual, should even just one of them win, I will need a serious infusion of some of that Tea.

How else am I going to get a good enough buzz to contain the embarrassment of the fact that enough Tea robots thought either one of them were qualified to be elected to anything.