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The Tea Party Saved The Republican Party. In A Broad Sense, The Tea Party Rescued It From Being The Fat, Unhappy, Querulous Creature It Had Become, A Party That Didn't Remember Anymore Why It Existed, Or What Its Historical Purpose Was. The Tea Party, With Its Energy And Earnestness, Restored The Gop To Itself.

In A President, Character Is Everything. A President Doesn't Have To Be Brilliant... He Doesn't Have To Be Clever; You Can Hire Clever... You Can Hire Pragmatic, And You Can Buy And Bring In Policy Wonks. But You Cant Buy Courage And Decency, You Cant Rent A Strong Moral Sense. A President Must Bring Those Things With Him. He Needs To Have, In That Much Maligned Word, But A Good One Nonetheless, A Vision Of The Future He Wishes To Create.. But A Vision Is Worth Little If A President Doesn't Have The Character - The Courage And Heart - To See It Through.

The 2008 Election Settled Nothing, Not Even For A While. Our National Politics Are Reflecting What Appears To Be Going On Geologically, On The Bottom Of The Oceans And Beneath The Crust Of The Earth: The Tectonic Plates Are Moving.

Wit Penetrates; Humor Envelops. Wit Is A Function Of Verbal Intelligence; Humor Is Imagination Operating On Good Nature.

Beware The Politically Obsessed. They Are Often Bright And Interesting, But They Have Something Missing In Their Natures; There Is A Hole, An Empty Place, And They Use Politics To Fill It Up. It Leaves Them Somehow Misshapen.