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To which I say, there’s a lot more where this came from. Funny that even the extremists ultimately recognize there’s value in moderation and public perception of institutional legitimacy.

(CNN) — The National Tea Party Federation, an organization that represents the Tea Party political movement around the country, has expelled conservative commentator Mark Williams and his Tea Party Express because of an inflammatory blog post he wrote, federation spokesman David Webb said Sunday…

“Dear Mr. Lincoln,” began the fictional letter posted by Williams. “We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!”

Williams went on to write that the Tea Party movement couldn’t be racist because it opposed government bailouts for Wall Street banks and big corporations.

“Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn’t that what we want all Coloreds to strive for?” the posting said. “What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us coloreds!”

The very thing that generates attention for the Tea Party movement is the very element that it needs to purge in order to be taken seriously. It’s an interesting political equation to solve. Will it last, or is it the second coming of the Perotistas? My money’s on the latter. People on the fringe are usually terrible with discipline, both in regards to behavior and message.

This thing’s already peaked. It fizzles completely after 2012.

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