Americans are gradually concluding that Tea Party hatred of Barack Obama played a bigger role than concerns over deficits or dislike of big government. Hatred, very likely driven by racism, is what brought the Tea Partiers together, and they haven't betrayed that hatred. It's still raging.

The Republican candidate, Romney, has exhibited signs of, at its kindest, what can only be described as "emotional instability". Romney's comments are so twisted and confusing it's hard to tell if there is one Mitt or five.

The modern conservative formula has proven to be a winning one so one can't fault conservatives for using it. An election is a popularity contest, not a competency contest. Even a candidate with a severely conservative intellect can typically memorize the procedure that solves all problems, cures all ills and guarantees re-election. To solve any problem, follow this procedure: 1. Cut taxes. 2. If the problem remains, privatize. 3. If the problem remains, deregulate. 4. If the problem remains, start a war. 5. If the problem remains, pray harder. 6. If the problem remains, blame it on liberalism. 7. Get re-elected and go back to step 1.

The Republican candidate, Romney, has exhibited signs of, at its kindest, what can only be described as "emotional instability". Romney's comments are so twisted and confusing it's hard to tell if there is one Mitt or five.

What is most frightening about Republican's long- running con game is the curious fact that the party's white, poorly- educated, low-income political base keeps falling for the same trick-when they are the primary victim of Republican economic policies which always favor the wealthy at the expense of other groups.. This can only be due to the party's massive propaganda apparatus with its constant use of fear-mongering,wedge politics, demonization of the poor, so-called "family values", guns, religion, immigration.and abortion politics. These are purely diversionary tactics developed long ago to dupe the gullible to vote against their own economic interests.

What is most frightening about Republican's long- running con game is the curious fact that the party's white, poorly- educated, low-income political base keeps falling for the same trick-when they are the primary victim of Republican economic policies which always favor the wealthy at the expense of other groups.. This can only be due to the party's massive propaganda apparatus with its constant use of fear-mongering,wedge politics, demonization of the poor, so-called "family values", guns, religion, immigration.and abortion politics. These are purely diversionary tactics developed long ago to dupe the gullible to vote against their own economic interests.

The biggest supporters of segregation always considered themselves Christian conservatives.

The way the modern day Republican party wants to purify America's history reminds me of the Nazi mentality toward purification. I mean, does the good ole days include slavery, segregation and lynchings? Today's google challenge is "Cherokee trail of tears"

We can have a discussion about the Vietnam war and its after-effects. Many Republicans also say something like this, "The North Vietnamese were brutal to the people they conquered once we left. How many people died at the hands of the conquerors?" No doubt about that. You can add in several million more from Cambodia who died in the 'Killing Fields.' I met some 'boat people' while working in 1982. One guy was from Haiphong in North Vietnam (the number one B-52 target) He said that he feared 'going to school' more than the American bombing. That's why he fled and ended up in the USA. What was the alternative in 1973? Keep half a million American personnel there and continue to pay those costs, forever?

I asked him about Newt Gingrich. He said, "Newt was a victim of the Main Stream Media." And how about Ronald Reagan, scion of Republican family values virtuosity? He said, "I'm sure God forgave Ronald Reagan for getting divorced for he was married to a wicked woman." Here's what Jesus says, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

I've had this Republican living in my neighborhood for the past 12 years now, and has been a member of the Tea Party for almost two years. About 10 years ago he stated, "When BJ Clinton gets out of office, Hillary is going to divorce him!" And then, a little later, when it looked like Hillary Clinton was going to be elected US Senator, he said, "After the Election, those two shall surely get divorced." He says he is a strong family values man and can not stand 'BJ Clinton' because he betrayed his wife. I asked him what he thought about Rush Limbaugh. He stated, "He is my hero!" I told him that Rush has been married and divorced about three times. He told me, "It doesn't matter, he's not a politician."