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Wise Guy: This Group Isn’t Tea Party

WiseGuy (RE: Treasurer Malzahn allows voter pick): Calling this group "Tea Party" is way off base. Most Tea Party groups are loosely organized ad hoc organizations sharing a set of common conservative values. This group fills the definition of a political sect or cult without any trappings of a democratic process, open membership or common decency. This is a hierarchical pseudo-religious authoritarian collective whose members serve in lockstep behind a megalomaniacal messianic leader. I just hope they do not serve Kool-aid at their next meeting.

Question: So which factions control the so-called "Republican" Central Committee?



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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