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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDkacOveF0 This morning I came across this video from SeekAndFind on another thread. After watching it with my daughter, this thought occurred to me: For many years, the establishment Republicans and the MSM have convinced us that the only way we can win elections is to choose a moderate in the primaries. They tell us that we have to choose a candidate that can appeal to the Independents who are soft on the Constitution and social issues. They tell us that our candidate can't win if he's too polarizing. He has to be soft on abortion ('I'm pro-life, but I'm...

The Tea Party movement is an interesting political phenomenon and, as with any popular social movement, it has both a good side and a bad side. The Tea Party is typically characterized as a radical group of angry Republicans, hell bent on opposing any and all things Obama. The group has been constantly lambasted by political commentators and pundits as a fringe collection of people who would love nothing more than to forever rant and chant at a Sarah Palin-palooza. But with a closer look, the movement gets a bit more diverse than that. Starting with the positive side of...