Why is the TEA Party so important to this Republic?

This, a comment left at the New York Times in response to their latest lying wailings that the GOP has gone 'too far Right'...

It's a good thing that Paul Ryan and the TEA Party 'faction' have come along, just in the nick of time to thwart the far-Left swing of the once-proud Democratic Party! Yes, what you are decrying as a far-Right shift is but a reaction to the far-Left shift we've been watching since at least the 1980's.

I voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976. I voted for Al Gore, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, twice. Unfortunately, I had to shift away from the Democratic Party, because of the radical far-Left takeover that's choked the 'democracy' from the Democrats.

Look at yourselves first! Listen to Artur Davis! There's no need to speculate as to why the TEA Party is in ascendency! Without a TEA Party anchor holding center, this Republic will fail, because far-Left Democrats and Establishment Republicans are now corrupt; both are missing the desire to check a bloated, statist government. Both have forgotten what is fiscal responsibility. Neither are capable of keeping this Republic intact much longer, I fear. At least not as it was founded.

Democrats, listen to Aurtur Davis. Hear, hear!

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