What the right gets wrong

Every American (fuzzy-thinking Tea Partiers in particular) should read this. Twice.

When Tea Party Wants to Go Back, Where Is It To? - Washington Post

In all fairness, here's what the Dems AND the right get wrong:
What Happened to Change We Can Believe In? - The New York Times

Maybe the party's new motto should be "Democrats: The Lesser Evil."

LATE ADDITION: Our Banana Republic - The New York Times

Elections are not commodities

Voters Are in the Dark on Campaign Spending - Washington Post

It's the Republicans, stupid

Recession Election - The New Yorker

In your guts, you know they're nuts

Surprise! Beck's "history teachers" were also, shall we say, sanity- challenged.

Confounding Fathers - The New Yorker

The truth about health care

Health Care and the Campaign - The New York Times

All politicians vow to defend the average American -- until it actually comes to doing it

One-Note Tax Debate - The New York Times

Finally, a guy who says what people who aren’t thinking are thinking

Tears of a Clown - Christian Science Monitor

Glenn Beck Is Obsessed with Hitler and Woodrow Wilson. (I'm Just Saying.) - Washington Post

Conspiracy Theorists Find Validation from Glenn Beck - Washington Post

Being Glenn Beck - The New York Times Magazine

The key word is 'true'

America's True History of Religious Tolerance - The Smithsonian

What do Americans think of government? Apparently, they have no idea

Beyond the Tea Party: What Americans Really Think of Government - Washington Post

What do they really want?

Shadowy Players in a New Class War - Washington Post

Obama's big "spending spree"? Never happened

Hey, Small Spender - The New York Times

The most effective antipoverty program may need to begin before birth

At Risk From the Womb - The New York Times

The joke is on them -- and us

The Very Useful Idiocy of Christine O’Donnell - The New York Times

Tea and Crackers - Rolling Stone

Yes, but which Founders?

The Founding Fathers Versus the Tea Party - The New York Times

The Republicans' Pledge: we will win the war on math

Downhill With the G.O.P. - The New York Times

LATE ADDITION: The G.O.P.'s 'Pledge' - The New York Times

Further evidence that, as a species, conservatives tend to be clueless, brutal, and smug

Jobless Workers Dispute Claim that Unemployment Benefits Foster Complacency - LA Times

Look them in the eye

For Many, Health Care Relief Begins Today - The New York Times

Sacrifice is for the little people

The Angry Rich - The New York Times

Why Not Extend Obama's Stimulus Tax Cuts? - Washington Post

For the Good of Democracy, Tax Cuts for the Rich Must Expire - LA Times

Tax cuts don't count in the land of make believe

Senate Republicans Unveil a Plan to Make Bush Tax Cuts Permanent - Washington Post

LATE ADDITION: The Tax Cut Racket - The New York Times

People are the problem (and the solution)

The Meaning of the Koran - The New York Times