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If you read any of the extensive coverage of the Tea Party Convention going on this weekend in Nashville, TN, be prepared for dramatic stories of rampant grassroots infighting, questionable convention finances, and radical convention-goers flocking after polarizing demagogues.
The real story? Much different.
Attendees are wildly enthusiastic, not just about speakers, but about ideas. Those ideas are focused almost exclusively on basic conservative principles like limited government and fiscal responsibility (not the Obama birther conspiracy). And attendees are barely aware of the criticism that has been launched at the Tea Party Convention by mainstream media outlets.
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Sweet Tea for Convention Attendees
This happens all the time when I try to answer questions about either/both. The person who started out asking an "innocent question" because he "wants to know more about the church" ALWAYS turns into an "instant expert on the church" who knows mmore than I do even though what he says always shows that he knows NOTHING about it/them.
Sorry if I sound pizsed right now but that's because I AM. I should have known better than to even answer this jackasss to begin with.