“Bob, I just don’t think the grassroots tea party movement much cares about your criticism or apprehensions.”
I never said they did. I also don’t believe anything I say here has one iota of influence on Palin. Frankly I don’t care.
It’s a public bulletin board, people post info and others respond and discuss. People get their politics-freak on here and satisfy their need for news. (I’m not calling people here a freak, it’s a figure of speech)
Why the obsession that I’m trying to influence events outside this website? My activism days are over. I took arrows for you, FR and conservatism for 8 years, I’ve got enough holes in me for one lifetime.
What is going on with the TP right now was experienced in a very small microcosm at the Network. I saw how the bickering, petty rivalries and possibly a lack of leadership, vision and commitment from areas at the top helped it dissassemble.
I don’t want to see it happen again. The TP movement is the best chance we have to establish a conservative ascendancy in this country. But there a hundred ways it might fail and the leaders need to be cognizant of them all. I can see some of it happening right now but I am confident as a movement it will have the resilience to succeed.