The Joke Turns Out to Be on Them: Rand Paul, Their Hero, is a Fake

The Tea Party

MATT  TAIIBI

TEA AND CRACKERS

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE


…After Palin wraps up, I race to the parking lot in search of departing Medicare-motor-scooter conservatives. I come upon an elderly couple, Janice and David Wheelock, who are fairly itching to share their views.

“I’m anti-spending and anti-government,” crows David, as scooter-bound Janice looks on. “The welfare state is out of control.”