Our political Quote of the Day comes via NBC’s must-read First Read, which notes the hypocrisy of yesterday’s veteran’s march in Washington choreographed by the Tea Party and headlined by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Texas. Sen. Ted Cruz:
Also, it was striking that the conservatives who shut down the government — by demanding that the health-care law be defunded or delayed — were stoking outrage that parts of the government were closed. It was akin to working to close a grocery store but then being outraged that the bread aisle is closed.
And, of course, there was another featured attraction there as well: a confederate flag flying high among the demonstrators — right in front of the White House which, by the way, is the home of a prominent African-American family. (That didn’t help the Tea Party or Republican brands, either.)
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.