Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone writer, can be very abrasive on the page. In person, I'm sure he'll insult me so expertly he'll make me cry. Yet a person with common sense who's worried about the direction next mont's elections are going to hail has no better champion that Taibbi, who writes in the latest issue about the co-opting of the Teabagger movement by the Republican Party and its well-connected and -funded overlords.
His main story involves crazy idiot Rand Paul, who's about to become the next Senator from Kentucky. Taibbi has some admiration for Paul back when he was running in the GOP primary for his outrageous honesty in protesting the war and bailouts; I get kind of huffy whenever a crackpot gets lauded for his "honesty," as if he should be congratulated for being a wingnut. But then he describes how Paul sacrificed his beliefs in order to receive support and, of course, money from the Republican establishment in exchange for his ardent supporters and their enthusiasm, like the Master after reaching the end of his 13 lives.
Scary stuff. But the best part is his verbal asshole-ripping of Teabaggers, Republicans, and all rightwingers who are about to take over the House and quite possibly the Senate. We may be on the losing end of this battle, but I feel better about fighting for a lost cause after reading this piece.
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