Tea Time Part II

The revealing New York Times/CBS poll on the Tea Party demographics turned up two golden nuggets.
  
One explains their anger. The other exposes their hypocrisy.
 
The anger: 63 percent of Tea Partiers say Fox is their main news source. Even among Republicans, only 46 percent depend mainly on Fox.
 
A steady diet of Fox News will make anybody rabid.
 
The hypocrisy:  While they rant against the size and cost of government, the Times noted, “in follow-up interviewers, the Tea Party supporters said they did not want to cut Medicare or Social Security.”
 
Of course! They want to keep the government’s hands off their government handouts.
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Tea Time Part II

The revealing New York Times/CBS poll on the Tea Party demographics turned up two golden nuggets.
  
One explains their anger. The other exposes their hypocrisy.
 
The anger: 63 percent of Tea Partiers say Fox is their main news source. Even among Republicans, only 46 percent depend mainly on Fox.
 
A steady diet of Fox News will make anybody rabid.
 
The hypocrisy:  While they rant against the size and cost of government, the Times noted, “in follow-up interviewers, the Tea Party supporters said they did not want to cut Medicare or Social Security.”
 
Of course! They want to keep the government’s hands off their government handouts.
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