The Tea Party’s Obstruction Game
Obstructionism and the local Tea Party are one and the same. If Fox News had a branch office in Payson, it would look exactly like the Tea Party.
Most people in Payson are just trying to live normal lives. They’re working jobs, raising kids, paying bills—they don’t have time to keep track of the Hoopleheads. That vacuum of attention gives the obstructionists room to stir up trouble.
And who fills their ranks? Plenty of folks on the financial edge, scraping by on nothing but Social Security. They’ve got just enough anger to feed on Fox News and just enough fear to believe Trump is some kind of savior. Taxes send them into a frenzy, but they’ll gladly hand over money at the casino, fall for scams, or blow what little they have without a thought about saving or investing.
Now, in the last chapter of their lives, they cling to Fox and Trump like a lifeboat. Meanwhile, the real solution is obvious: if the majority of “normal” people in Payson woke up and voted, the Hoopleheads wouldn’t stand a chance.
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