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Thursday, April 09, 2009 at 9:52 am
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Obviously I watched Glenn Reynolds’ “American Tea Party” interview with Publius Pundit blogger Robert Mayer as soon as I could. I’ve been familiar with Publius Pundit for years as a site that covered popular revolutions in third world nations. Mayer informs viewers of the PajamasTV show that the Tea Party anger is the “same kind you see in all of these countries that have had these revolutions.”
Weren’t those revolutions in countries that didn’t have functioning democracies? Well, so is this one! People are angry, says Mayer, “whether it’s due to massive electoral fraud or the emergence of big corrupt banks with big corrupt politicians.”
I’d thought, somewhat naively, that President Obama’s decisive winning margin ended the agonizing “not my president” debates of 2001-2005 and to a lesser extent (thanks for nothing, Greg Palast) 2005-2009. But maybe, just maybe, ACORN scared up 9.5 million fake votes for Obama. Who can say, really?
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Comment posted April 9, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
That's a really dishonest characterization of what Mayer says. He was careful to distinguish the American situation from Ukrain, etc., even while noting some similarities.
Comment posted April 16, 2009 @ 8:05 pm
The similarity is that the government is out of control. I also did not talk about the government resigning or being overthrown completely. What we are seeing is the development of a grassroots popular movement in the United States that has great electoral potential in the next election cycle. Remember — the Orange Revolution was the culmination of nearly 4 years worth of planning.
Comment posted April 17, 2009 @ 3:05 am
The similarity is that the government is out of control. I also did not talk about the government resigning or being overthrown completely. What we are seeing is the development of a grassroots popular movement in the United States that has great electoral potential in the next election cycle. Remember — the Orange Revolution was the culmination of nearly 4 years worth of planning.
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