I was going to write, “AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK,” and maybe throw up some exclamation points (!!) for effect. Then I was going to list its attackers: the Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, the lunatic blogosphere (Pamela Geller, etc.), the always-wrong blogosphere (The Corner, etc.), Mitch “The Smooth Man” McConnell, the Clown Prince of Politics, Newt Gingrich and, yes, the Tea Baggers and Partiers whose analysis stops with naming Obama America’s Designated Hitler (h/t David Yazbek), Franklin Graham, Fox “News,” and all the other pro-am propagandists, from the mega-wealthy who fund the “grass-roots” movements, to the dumb-as-kale little people, who march around in period costume, proudly waving their misspelled signs and advancing the cause of their rich masters, and who end up with nothing to show for it except unemployment, state fair servings of deep-fried butter, and “freedom.” That was all one sentence! I’m exhausted. Still… Read More… More on Tax Day Tea Parties
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Ellis Weiner: The Enemy Within! (?)