Today's Republican Party is....

[Ziggy Stardust]

Oh wait, I forgot, you have a massively overblown view of the Tea Party's presence and power, in Congress and with the public, and nothing I say has ever made the least dent in that delusion.

I do to. I guess mainly because of stuff like: "the TEA party debate" where all the important republican candidates show up to woo those votes their way. I'd love my illusion to be dented. Not really a strong illusion anyway. Fishing wires.

Is it just cosmetic and rhetorical pandering while ignoring them on the legislative stage just to get the votes? I think it's likely that when TEA party supported candidate wins the office, there's going to be just as sour faces as the die hard Obama supporters have now. Washington seems to me to be this oiltanker like mammoth with the turning circle of Mars. Every candidate every election runs on change, and they always largely fail to deliver. Too many interests, stakes too high for radical change.

[Veldan Rath]

Washington seems to me to be this oiltanker like mammoth with the turning circle of Mars.

I really like this description.

The imagery makes me giggle.

And kinda points outlines the boondoogle that is the massive federal government over here. (yeah, cheap shot, mea culpa)