MC: Joining Terrorists For A Tea Party

I hadn’t planned to attend the local “tea party” protests. These days, both Democrats and Republicans go stone deaf when confronted with demands of fiscal responsibility. But after I learned from the Department of Homeland Security that there was a chance that I could meet some honest-to-goodness terrorists there, I had to go. In a report released early this week, DHS warned law enforcement to beware of tax protesters, pro-lifers and returning military veterans. How could I resist? After trying so hard to abolish such terms as “war on terror” and “terrorism” from the lexicon, our brand-new, post-partisan, unification federal government has discovered that indeed there is such a thing as terrorism threatening America after all. And the danger is from conservatives, such as those who attend tea parties/ Michael Costello , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

Question: Costello is referring to a controversial Homeland Security report in which prolifers, those opposed to immigration, and returning military veterans could be susceptible to recruitment by right-wing extremists. Do you think those who attended the Tea Party protests around the nation are susceptible to extremism?