The irony of the Tea Party being poised to throw the U.S. power elite into total disarray is almost too much to contemplate.
@claudeakinsmask Many layers of irony, one being that a default harms the very business interests which fueled the Tea Party's rise
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@mtracey I think this view requires a conspiracy theorists' willingness to believe in levels of organization & malice that don't exist -
@claudeakinsmask No -- part of the irony is that this circumstance came about *without* organization and active malice.
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@mtracey To what extent is the Tea Party even a movement? And to what extent are its activists conscious of advancing biz interests? -
@claudeakinsmask "Tea Party" is an imprecise term; I was using it as shorthand to refer to members of the House GOP who caused the shutdown
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