"BOB KLAHN -> DAVE DRUM"  wrote in
news:31433$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>>>> Most Tea Party candidates nationwide lost.
 RS>>>> Many of them lost big.

 TR>>> False!

 TR>>> ABC News\Politics

 TR>>> "Candidates backed by the Tea Party scored major victories in
 TR>>> Tuesday's midterm elections even as some of its most high-profile
 TR>>> candidates suffered upsets."

 BK>   Now, notice he calls the first two lines above false, in spite
 BK>   of the fact that what he posted does not even contradict those
 BK>   lines.

 BK>   TP candidates scored major victories is not the same as most TP
 BK>   candidates scored major victories. Most TP candidates went down
 BK>   the toilet. Some scored major victories.

 BK>   Note, the TP scored major victories, the republicans didn't.

According to ABC news, more than 2/3rds of Tea Party candidates lost.
Many of them very badly.

 TR>> Thats true. When the Tea Party first came along, the
 TR>> leftists must have felt threatened by it, as the first
 TR>> thing they did was try to hang the `racist' tag on it.

 BK>   No, the first thing they did was call them Tea Baggers. Then the
 BK>   TPers tried to deflect from that by screaming race card. Though
 BK>   the TP is still mostly older white male. That even their
 BK>   defenders can't deny.

 TR>> That didn't work.

 BK>   The right is quite expert at deflecting the truth.

Especially when it shows a right-wing claim to be a flat-out lie.

 TR>> They tried to marginalize it, ignore it, pretend it
 TR>> wouldn't take off, probably hoping to discourage people
 TR>> from supporting it.

 BK>   Which, it turns out, is the real world. Most people don't
 BK>   support the TP.

 TR>> That didn't work, either.

 BK>   It wasn't necessary, the TP not only never had majority support,
 BK>   but they are going to be in trouble as soon as the republicans
 BK>   get a handle on how to put them down.

They're going to learn the hard way that governing is a lot harder than
just making inflammatory speeches.

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