Reply #70: They tried to whip up their "base"...

[CoffeeCat]

...to get them good and angry for election time.

Problem is--I don't think the corrupt, political apparatus expected them to
start a movement with their own candidates who aren't in on the fix.

They've created FrankenTeaStein.

I have mixed feelings about this. No way in hell would I vote for a tea partier.
However, look at what the "establishment" does to an outsider or a movement that will most likely
try to buck the corruption and the Tony Sopranoish game they're playing with our democracy.

Establishment Dems would do the same thing to the Progressive Wing of our party, if we established
a movement and our candidates were winning.

...Something to think about.