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Sis: I Love Delusions Of The Right

Sisyphus: I  love the delusions of the right. You tell them they're a movement, put pictures on the TV showing a bunch of misspelled signs, tell them that a purely fictitious “2 million” showed up in Washington and they believe they're going to take over the country. They believe any apparition so long as its coming from Fox. So yesterday they have a special election in a competitive congressional district in Pennsylvania, a district Obama lost in 2008, and the Democrat carries it by 8 points. This is where illusions get shattered by the cold stone facts. Nevertheless I don't expect that to phase the Captain's delusional ardor one iota.

Question: Is there any solid evidence yet that the Tea Party movement is having an impact at the ballot box?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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