Posted on 08/07/2014 2:01:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Wednesday’s political coverage was about as predictable as the drive by media fawning over the Obama regime.
The narrative had already been set. Now the media, flush with Potomac fever, a disease far worse than Ebola, announced the tea party is dead.
For liberals, the tea party probably is like a monster from a bad horror movie. Unfortunately, liberals never seem to learn. The monster in the bad horror movie never dies.
Neither does the tea party.
The left picked a curious race to call as the end of the tea party. In Kansas, Dr. Milton Wolf, Barack Obama’s second cousin, took on longtime Senator Pat Roberts. Some outside Washington groups that want to take over the tea party anointed Dr. Wolf as the tea party challenger. They tried to vilify Mr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts has a solidly conservative record and shares an identical rating from Heritage Action as Ted Cruz.
While Dr. Wolf is charismatic and engaging, no political pro seriously thought he had a chance. So on Tuesday night, when Mr. Roberts beat Dr. Wolf, the political pundits were ready again to declare the death of the Tea Party.
Of course, they ignored the fact that Justin Amash, a tea party favorite crushed a challenge from the Republican establishment. And also in Kansas, Mike Pompeo easily beat back an establishment challenge from moderate Republican Todd Tiahrt.
If the media was to be believed, Mr. Tiahrt should have been a shoo-in to win. He ran to the left of Mr. Pompeo. He channeled his inner Harry Reid and demonized the Koch brothers. The left wing American Wind Energy Association back Mr. Tiahrt. Instead of winning, Mr. Tiahrt lost convincingly....
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“The Tea Party Is Dead”..........
Another liberal wish.
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